Astrocyte-neuron metabolic cooperation shapes brain activity

G Bonvento, JP Bolaños - Cell metabolism, 2021 - cell.com
The brain has almost no energy reserve, but its activity coordinates organismal function, a
burden that requires precise coupling between neurotransmission and energy metabolism …

Writing, erasing and reading histone lysine methylations

K Hyun, J Jeon, K Park, J Kim - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2017 - nature.com
Histone modifications are key epigenetic regulatory features that have important roles in
many cellular events. Lysine methylations mark various sites on the tail and globular …

Astrocytic mitochondrial ROS modulate brain metabolism and mouse behaviour

C Vicente-Gutierrez, N Bonora, V Bobo-Jimenez… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
To satisfy its high energetic demand, the brain depends on the metabolic cooperation of
various cell types,–. For example, astrocytic-derived lactate sustains memory consolidation …

The multiple roles of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase in tumorigenesis and cancer chemoresistance

J Song, H Sun, S Zhang, C Shan - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
The pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) is a branch from glycolysis that begins from glucose-
6-phosphate (G6P) and ends up with fructose-6-phosphate (F6P) and glyceraldehyde-3 …

Recent findings in the regulation of G6PD and its role in diseases

Q Meng, Y Zhang, S Hao, H Sun, B Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is the only rate-limiting enzyme in the
pentose phosphate pathway (PPP). Rapidly proliferating cells require metabolites from PPP …

The Smyd family of methyltransferases: role in cardiac and skeletal muscle physiology and pathology

CM Tracy, JS Warren, M Szulik, L Wang… - Current opinion in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•The first comprehensive compilation of Smyd proteins critical role in cardiac and
skeletal muscle.•Demonstrates the Smyd family's unique ability to regulate transcription …

Overexpression of miR-206 suppresses glycolysis, proliferation and migration in breast cancer cells via PFKFB3 targeting

X Ge, P Lyu, Z Cao, J Li, G Guo, W Xia, Y Gu - Biochemical and biophysical …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract miRNAs, sorting as non-coding RNAs, are differentially expressed in breast tumor
and act as tumor promoters or suppressors. miR-206 could suppress the progression of …

[HTML][HTML] Brightness and shadows of mitochondrial ROS in the brain

D Jimenez-Blasco, A Almeida, JP Bolaños - Neurobiology of Disease, 2023 - Elsevier
Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mROS) have been generally considered harmful
byproducts wanted to clear when elevated to avoid brain damage. However, the abundance …

Non-coding RNAs in muscle differentiation and musculoskeletal disease

M Ballarino, M Morlando, A Fatica… - The Journal of clinical …, 2016 - Am Soc Clin Investig
RNA is likely to be the most rediscovered macromolecule in biology. Periodically, new non-
canonical functions have been ascribed to RNA, such as the ability to act as a catalytic …

Inhibition of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase as a therapeutic strategy against cancer

S Sradhanjali, MM Reddy - Current topics in medicinal …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Cancer cells alter their metabolism to support the uninterrupted supply of biosynthetic
molecules required for continuous proliferation. Glucose metabolism is frequently …