Cu single atom nanozyme based high‐efficiency mild photothermal therapy through cellular metabolic regulation

M Chang, Z Hou, M Wang, D Wen, C Li… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Upregulation of heat shock proteins (HSPs) drastically compromises the treatment effect of
mild photothermal therapy (PTT). Herein, we designed a polyporous Cu single atom …

Principles of alternating access in LeuT-fold transporters: commonalities and divergences

D Del Alamo, J Meiler, HS Mchaourab - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Found in all domains of life, transporters belonging to the LeuT-fold class mediate the import
and exchange of hydrophilic and charged compounds such as amino acids, metals, and …

Twin-bioengine self-adaptive micro/nanorobots using enzyme actuation and macrophage relay for gastrointestinal inflammation therapy

B Zhang, H Pan, Z Chen, T Yin, M Zheng, L Cai - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
A wide array of biocompatible micro/nanorobots are designed for targeted drug delivery and
precision therapy largely depending on their self-adaptive ability overcoming complex …

Recent technical advances in sample preparation for single-particle cryo-EM

Y Xu, S Dang - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cryo-sample preparation is a vital step in the process of obtaining high-resolution structures
of macromolecules by using the single-particle cryo–electron microscopy (cryo-EM) method; …

Cryo-EM structure of human glucose transporter GLUT4

Y Yuan, F Kong, H Xu, A Zhu, N Yan, C Yan - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
GLUT4 is the primary glucose transporter in adipose and skeletal muscle tissues. Its cellular
trafficking is regulated by insulin signaling. Failed or reduced plasma membrane localization …

Structural mechanism of SGLT1 inhibitors

Y Niu, W Cui, R Liu, S Wang, H Ke, X Lei… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Sodium glucose co-transporters (SGLT) harness the electrochemical gradient of sodium to
drive the uphill transport of glucose across the plasma membrane. Human SGLT1 (hSGLT1) …

Transport and inhibition mechanism for VMAT2-mediated synaptic vesicle loading of monoamines

Y Wang, P Zhang, Y Chao, Z Zhu, C Yang, Z Zhou, Y Li… - Cell research, 2024 - nature.com
Monoamine neurotransmitters such as serotonin and dopamine are loaded by vesicular
monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) into synaptic vesicles for storage and subsequent …

SGLT5 is the renal transporter for 1, 5-anhydroglucitol, a major player in two rare forms of neutropenia

J Diederich, P Mounkoro, HA Tirado… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Neutropenia and neutrophil dysfunction in glycogen storage disease type 1b (GSD1b) and
severe congenital neutropenia type 4 (SCN4), associated with deficiencies of the glucose-6 …

Integrated AlphaFold2 and DEER investigation of the conformational dynamics of a pH-dependent APC antiporter

D Del Alamo, L DeSousa, RM Nair… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The Amino Acid–Polyamine-Organocation (APC) transporter GadC contributes to the
survival of pathogenic bacteria under extreme acid stress by exchanging extracellular …

Transport and inhibition mechanism of the human SGLT2–MAP17 glucose transporter

M Hiraizumi, T Akashi, K Murasaki, H Kishida… - Nature Structural & …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) is imporant in glucose reabsorption.
SGLT2 inhibitors suppress renal glucose reabsorption, therefore reducing blood glucose …