Unlocking the potential of HK2 in cancer metabolism and therapeutics

SN Garcia, RC Guedes… - Current medicinal …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Glycolysis is a tightly regulated process in which several enzymes, such as Hexokinases
(HKs), play crucial roles. Cancer cells are characterized by specific expression levels of …

Nitroreduction: a critical metabolic pathway for drugs, environmental pollutants, and explosives

TM Penning, AL Su, K El-Bayoumy - Chemical research in …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nitro group containing xenobiotics include drugs, cancer chemotherapeutic agents,
carcinogens (eg, nitroarenes and aristolochic acid) and explosives. The nitro group …

The metabolic enzyme hexokinase 2 localizes to the nucleus in AML and normal haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells to maintain stemness

GE Thomas, G Egan, L García-Prat, A Botham… - Nature cell …, 2022 - nature.com
Mitochondrial metabolites regulate leukaemic and normal stem cells by affecting epigenetic
marks. How mitochondrial enzymes localize to the nucleus to control stem cell function is …

Moonlighting proteins: the case of the hexokinases

C Rodríguez-Saavedra… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Moonlighting proteins are defined as proteins with two or more functions that are unrelated
and independent to each other, so that inactivation of one of them should not affect the …

[HTML][HTML] Hexokinases in cancer and other pathologies

D Guo, Y Meng, X Jiang, Z Lu - Cell Insight, 2023 - Elsevier
Glucose metabolism is indispensable for cell growth and survival. Hexokinases play pivotal
roles in glucose metabolism through canonical functions of hexokinases as well as in …

The pharmacological and pharmacokinetic properties of esculin: A comprehensive review

C Li, J Li, J Lai, Y Liu - Phytotherapy Research, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cortex fraxini is a widely used traditional Chinese medicine. Esculin is one of the main
active ingredients of Cortex fraxini and has attracted more and more attention from scholars …

m6A reader IGF2BP2-stabilized CASC9 accelerates glioblastoma aerobic glycolysis by enhancing HK2 mRNA stability

H Liu, S Qin, C Liu, L Jiang, C Li, J Yang, S Zhang… - Cell Death …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract N6-methyladenosine (m6A) has been identified to exert critical roles in human
cancer; however, the regulation of m6A modification on glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and …

SRC kinase in Glioblastoma: News from an Old Acquaintance

C Cirotti, C Contadini, D Barilà - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the most recalcitrant brain tumors characterized by
a tumor microenvironment (TME) that strongly supports GBM growth, aggressiveness …

Harnessing oxidative stress for anti-glioma therapy

RP Ostrowski, EB Pucko - Neurochemistry International, 2022 - Elsevier
Glioma cells use intermediate levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen
species (RNS) for growth and invasion, and suppressing these reactive molecules thus may …

Mechanisms of long non-coding RNAs in biological characteristics and aerobic glycolysis of glioma

N Zhao, J Zhang, Q Zhao, C Chen, H Wang - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Glioma is the most common and aggressive tumor of the central nervous system. The
uncontrolled proliferation, cellular heterogeneity, and diffusive capacity of glioma cells …