The role of cystine/glutamate antiporter SLC7A11/xCT in the pathophysiology of cancer

N Jyotsana, KT Ta, KE DelGiorno - Frontiers in oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
SLC7A11/xCT is an antiporter that mediates the uptake of extracellular cystine in exchange
for glutamate. Cystine is reduced to cysteine, which is a rate-limiting precursor in glutathione …

Glutathione and glutathione-dependent enzymes: from biochemistry to gerontology and successful aging

D Lapenna - Ageing research reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The tripeptide glutathione (GSH), namely γ-L-glutamyl-L-cysteinyl-glycine, is an ubiquitous
low-molecular weight thiol nucleophile and reductant of utmost importance, representing the …

Sorafenib attenuates liver fibrosis by triggering hepatic stellate cell ferroptosis via HIF‐1α/SLC7A11 pathway

S Yuan, C Wei, G Liu, L Zhang, J Li, L Li, S Cai… - Cell …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Evidences demonstrate that sorafenib alleviates liver fibrosis via inhibiting HSC
activation and ECM accumulation. The underlying mechanism remains unclear. Ferroptosis …

Splicing factor SRSF1 deficiency in the liver triggers NASH-like pathology and cell death

W Arif, B Mathur, MF Saikali, UV Chembazhi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Regulation of RNA processing contributes profoundly to tissue development and physiology.
Here, we report that serine-arginine-rich splicing factor 1 (SRSF1) is essential for hepatocyte …

[HTML][HTML] In vivo CRISPR screening identifies BAZ2 chromatin remodelers as druggable regulators of mammalian liver regeneration

Y Jia, L Li, YH Lin, P Gopal, S Shen, K Zhou, X Yu… - Cell Stem Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Identifying new pathways that regulate mammalian regeneration is challenging due to the
paucity of in vivo screening approaches. We employed pooled CRISPR knockout and …

Metabolic hallmarks of liver regeneration

R Solhi, M Lotfinia, R Gramignoli, M Najimi… - Trends in Endocrinology …, 2021 - cell.com
Despite the crucial role of cell metabolism in biological processes, particularly cell division,
metabolic aspects of liver regeneration are not well defined. Better understanding of the …

Cellular plasticity balances the metabolic and proliferation dynamics of a regenerating liver

UV Chembazhi, S Bangru, M Hernaez… - Genome …, 2021 - genome.cshlp.org
The adult liver has an exceptional ability to regenerate, but how it maintains its specialized
functions during regeneration is unclear. Here, we used partial hepatectomy (PHx) in …

Inhibiting xCT/SLC7A11 induces ferroptosis of myofibroblastic hepatic stellate cells but exacerbates chronic liver injury

K Du, SH Oh, RK Dutta, T Sun, WH Yang… - Liver …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background & Aims The outcome of liver injury is dictated by factors that control the
accumulation of myofibroblastic (activated) hepatic stellate cells (MF‐HSCs) but therapies …

Epithelial plasticity during liver injury and regeneration

VL Gadd, N Aleksieva, SJ Forbes - Cell Stem Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Following injury, the liver's epithelial cells regenerate efficiently with rapid proliferation of
hepatocytes and biliary cells. However, when proliferation of resident epithelial cells is …

Ribosome profiling: a powerful tool in oncological research

D Su, C Ding, J Qiu, G Yang, R Wang, Y Liu, J Tao… - Biomarker …, 2024 - Springer
Neoplastic cells need to adapt their gene expression pattern to survive in an ever-changing
or unfavorable tumor microenvironment. Protein synthesis (or mRNA translation), an …