pH sensing and regulation in cancer

M Damaghi, JW Wojtkowiak, RJ Gillies - Frontiers in physiology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Cells maintain intracellular pH (pHi) within a narrow range (7.1–7.2) by controlling
membrane proton pumps and transporters whose activity is set by intra-cytoplasmic pH …

Tumour hypoxia induces a metabolic shift causing acidosis: a common feature in cancer

J Chiche, MC Brahimi‐Horn… - Journal of cellular and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction• Intracellular pH regulation controls energy balance and cell proliferation:
chemical and biological proof of principle‐Chemical proof of principle‐Biological proof of …

pH-Lemon, a fluorescent protein-based pH reporter for acidic compartments

S Burgstaller, H Bischof, T Gensch, S Stryeck… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Distinct subcellular pH levels, especially in lysosomes and endosomes, are essential for the
degradation, modification, sorting, accumulation, and secretion of macromolecules. Here …

[HTML][HTML] Proton channels and exchangers in cancer

EP Spugnini, P Sonveaux, C Stock… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2015 - Elsevier
Although cancer is characterized by an intratumoral genetic heterogeneity, a totally
deranged pH control is a common feature of most cancer histotypes. Major determinants of …

The WNKs: atypical protein kinases with pleiotropic actions

JA McCormick, DH Ellison - Physiological reviews, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
WNKs are serine/threonine kinases that comprise a unique branch of the kinome. They are
so-named owing to the unusual placement of an essential catalytic lysine. WNKs have now …

[PDF][PDF] Manipulating tumor acidification as a cancer treatment strategy

MF McCarty, J Whitaker - Altern Med Rev, 2010 - researchgate.net
Manipulation of the extracellular and/or intracellular pH of tumors may have considerable
potential in cancer therapy. The extracellular space of most tumors is mildly acidic, owing to …

Lysosome as a central hub for rewiring PH homeostasis in tumors

R Chen, M Jäättelä, B Liu - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cancer cells generate large quantities of cytoplasmic protons as byproducts of aberrantly
activated aerobic glycolysis and lactate fermentation. To avoid potentially detrimental …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular machineries of pH dysregulation in tumor microenvironment: potential targets for cancer therapy

MR Asgharzadeh, J Barar, MM Pourseif… - BioImpacts …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Introduction: Cancer is an intricate disorder/dysfunction of cells that can be defined as a …

V-ATPase inhibitors and implication in cancer treatment

M Pérez-Sayáns, JM Somoza-Martín… - Cancer treatment …, 2009 - Elsevier
Acidity is one of the main features of the tumors. The V-ATPase is the primary responsible for
the control of tumor microenvironment by proton extrusion to the extracellular medium. The …

Effects of miR-34b/miR-892a upregulation and inhibition of ABCB1/ABCB4 on melatonin-induced apoptosis in VCR-resistant oral cancer cells

MJ Hsieh, CW Lin, SC Su, RJ Reiter, AWG Chen… - … Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2020 - cell.com
Multidrug resistance (MDR) is the resistance of cells toward various drugs commonly used in
tumor treatment. The mechanism of drug resistance in oral cancer is not completely …