DHHC9-mediated GLUT1 S-palmitoylation promotes glioblastoma glycolysis and tumorigenesis

Z Zhang, X Li, F Yang, C Chen, P Liu, Y Ren… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Glucose transporter GLUT1 is a transmembrane protein responsible for the uptake of
glucose into the cells of many tissues through facilitative diffusion. Plasma membrane (PM) …

Supply and demand: Cellular nutrient uptake and exchange in cancer

V Papalazarou, ODK Maddocks - Molecular Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Nutrient supply and demand delineate cell behavior in health and disease. Mammalian cells
have developed multiple strategies to secure the necessary nutrients that fuel their …

[HTML][HTML] Ca2+ as the prime trigger of aerobic glycolysis in astrocytes

A Horvat, M Muhič, T Smolič, E Begić, R Zorec, M Kreft… - Cell Calcium, 2021 - Elsevier
Astroglial aerobic glycolysis, a process during which d-glucose is converted to l-lactate, a
brain fuel and signal, is regulated by the plasmalemmal receptors, including adrenergic …

Structural comparison of GLUT1 to GLUT3 reveal transport regulation mechanism in sugar porter family

TF Custódio, PA Paulsen, KM Frain… - Life science …, 2021 - life-science-alliance.org
The human glucose transporters GLUT1 and GLUT3 have a central role in glucose uptake
as canonical members of the Sugar Porter (SP) family. GLUT1 and GLUT3 share a fully …

[HTML][HTML] MutTMPredictor: robust and accurate cascade XGBoost classifier for prediction of mutations in transmembrane proteins

F Ge, YH Zhu, J Xu, A Muhammad, J Song… - Computational and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Transmembrane proteins have critical biological functions and play a role in a multitude of
cellular processes including cell signaling, transport of molecules and ions across …

[HTML][HTML] Monoethanolamine-induced glucose deprivation promotes apoptosis through metabolic rewiring in prostate cancer

C Garlapati, S Joshi, RC Turaga, M Mishra, MD Reid… - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Cancer cells rely on glucose metabolism for fulfilling their high energy demands.
We previously reported that monoethanolamine (Etn), an orally deliverable lipid formulation …

Identification of a small-molecule glucose transporter inhibitor, glutipyran, that inhibits cancer cell growth

M Kawatani, H Aono, S Hiranuma, T Shimizu… - ACS Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Cancer cells reprogram their metabolism to survive and grow. Small-molecule inhibitors
targeting cancer are useful for studying its metabolic pathways and functions and for …

Relocation of phosphofructokinases within epithelial cells is a novel event preceding breast cancer recurrence that accurately predicts patient outcomes

RA Cheung, AM Kraft, HR Petty - American Journal of …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
Although recurrent cancers can become life threatening, little is known about the
intracellular events required for cancer recurrences. Due to this lack of mechanistic …

HEMGN and SLC2A1 might be potential diagnostic biomarkers of steroid-induced osteonecrosis of femoral head: study based on WGCNA and DEGs screening

Z Wu, Y Wen, G Fan, H He, S Zhou, L Chen - BMC Musculoskeletal …, 2021 - Springer
Background Steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head (SONFH) is a chronic and
crippling bone disease. This study aims to reveal novel diagnostic biomarkers of SONFH …

Effect of neutrophil-like melanin biomimic photothermal nanoparticles on glomerular mesangial cells in rats with gestational diabetic nephropathy

J Li, J Zhang, Y Lu, C Zhang - Colloid and Interface Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a disease with abnormal blood glucose for the first
time in gestation, and its main harm is vascular lesions, usually diabetic kidney damage. A …