Nucleotide metabolism: a pan-cancer metabolic dependency

NJ Mullen, PK Singh - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Metabolic alterations are a key hallmark of cancer cells, and the augmented synthesis and
use of nucleotide triphosphates is a critical and universal metabolic dependency of cancer …

A guide to plasma membrane solute carrier proteins

MD Pizzagalli, A Bensimon… - The FEBS …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This review aims to serve as an introduction to the solute carrier proteins (SLC) superfamily
of transporter proteins and their roles in human cells. The SLC superfamily currently …

Targeting adenosine in cancer immunotherapy to enhance T-cell function

S Vigano, D Alatzoglou, M Irving… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
T cells play a critical role in cancer control, but a range of potent immunosuppressive
mechanisms can be upregulated in the tumor microenvironment (TME) to abrogate their …

[HTML][HTML] Gut bacterial metabolism contributes to host global purine homeostasis

K Kasahara, RL Kerby, Q Zhang, M Pradhan… - Cell host & …, 2023 - cell.com
The microbes and microbial pathways that influence host inflammatory disease progression
remain largely undefined. Here, we show that variation in atherosclerosis burden is partially …

Spatially resolved metabolomics and isotope tracing reveal dynamic metabolic responses of dentate granule neurons with acute stimulation

A Miller, EM York, SA Stopka, JR Martínez-François… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Neuronal activity creates an intense energy demand that must be met by rapid metabolic
responses. To investigate metabolic adaptations in the neuron-enriched dentate granule cell …

Lactiplantibacillus plantarum enables blood urate control in mice through degradation of nucleosides in gastrointestinal tract

M Li, X Wu, Z Guo, R Gao, Z Ni, H Cui, M Zong… - Microbiome, 2023 - Springer
Background Lactobacillus species in gut microbiota shows great promise in alleviation of
metabolic diseases. However, little is known about the molecular mechanism of how …

ENPP1 immunobiology as a therapeutic target

B Ruiz-Fernández de Córdoba, R Martínez-Monge… - Clinical Cancer …, 2023 - AACR
Abstract ENPP1 (ecto-nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase) participates in the
hydrolysis of different purine nucleotides in an array of physiologic processes. However …

A bioluminescent-based probe for in vivo non-invasive monitoring of nicotinamide riboside uptake reveals a link between metastasis and NAD+ metabolism

T Maric, A Bazhin, P Khodakivskyi, G Mikhaylov… - Biosensors and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nicotinamide riboside (NR) is a form of vitamin B 3 and is one of the most studied
compounds for the restoration of cellular NAD+ levels demonstrating clinical potential in …

Emerging roles of dysregulated adenosine homeostasis in brain disorders with a specific focus on neurodegenerative diseases

CP Chang, KC Wu, CY Lin, Y Chern - Journal of Biomedical Science, 2021 - Springer
In modern societies, with an increase in the older population, age-related
neurodegenerative diseases have progressively become greater socioeconomic burdens …

[HTML][HTML] Adenosine receptor signalling as a driver of pulmonary fibrosis

E Cash, AT Goodwin, AL Tatler - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2023 - Elsevier
Pulmonary fibrosis is a debilitating and life-limiting lung condition in which the damage-
response mechanisms of mixed-population cells within the lungs go awry. The tissue …