GLUT, SGLT, and SWEET: Structural and mechanistic investigations of the glucose transporters

D Deng, N Yan - Protein Science, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Glucose is the primary fuel to life on earth. Cellular uptake of glucose is a fundamental
process for metabolism, growth, and homeostasis. Three families of secondary glucose …

A glimpse of membrane transport through structures—advances in the structural biology of the GLUT glucose transporters

N Yan - Journal of molecular biology, 2017 - Elsevier
The cellular uptake of glucose is an essential physiological process, and movement of
glucose across biological membranes requires specialized transporters. The major facilitator …

Crystal structure of the human glucose transporter GLUT1

D Deng, C Xu, P Sun, J Wu, C Yan, M Hu, N Yan - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
The glucose transporter GLUT1 catalyses facilitative diffusion of glucose into erythrocytes
and is responsible for glucose supply to the brain and other organs. Dysfunctional mutations …

Molecular basis of ligand recognition and transport by glucose transporters

D Deng, P Sun, C Yan, M Ke, X Jiang, L Xiong, W Ren… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
The major facilitator superfamily glucose transporters, exemplified by human GLUT1–4,
have been central to the study of solute transport. Using lipidic cubic phase crystallization …

Mechanism of inhibition of human glucose transporter GLUT1 is conserved between cytochalasin B and phenylalanine amides

K Kapoor, JS Finer-Moore… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Cancerous cells have an acutely increased demand for energy, leading to increased levels
of human glucose transporter 1 (hGLUT1). This up-regulation suggests hGLUT1 as a target …

PI3K/mTOR inhibitors promote G6PD autophagic degradation and exacerbate oxidative stress damage to radiosensitize small cell lung cancer

H Deng, Y Chen, L Wang, Y Zhang, Q Hang, P Li… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Our previous study revealed that PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling was associated with SCLC
radioresistance. SBC2 cells were used as primary radioresistance models, while H446 cells …

Molecular basis for inhibiting human glucose transporters by exofacial inhibitors

N Wang, S Zhang, Y Yuan, H Xu, E Defossa… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Human glucose transporters (GLUTs) are responsible for cellular uptake of hexoses.
Elevated expression of GLUTs, particularly GLUT1 and GLUT3, is required to fuel the …

An appraisal of the current status of inhibition of glucose transporters as an emerging antineoplastic approach: Promising potential of new pan-GLUT inhibitors

MK Temre, A Kumar, SM Singh - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Neoplastic cells displayed altered metabolism with accelerated glycolysis. Therefore, these
cells need a mammoth supply of glucose for which they display an upregulated expression …

[HTML][HTML] Curcumin inhibits lung cancer invasion and metastasis by attenuating GLUT1/MT1-MMP/MMP2 pathway

H Liao, Z Wang, Z Deng, H Ren, X Li - International journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Glucose transporter (GLUT) 1 is found highly expressed in malignant tumors and considered
a mediator inducing cancer metastasis. Curcumin is a natural product which exerts anti …

GLUT-1 overexpression as an unfavorable prognostic biomarker in patients with colorectal cancer

J Yang, J Wen, T Tian, Z Lu, Y Wang, Z Wang… - …, 2016 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Glucose transporter-1 (GLUT-1) exhibits altered expression in colorectal cancer
(CRC). The aim of this study was to explore the association between GLUT-1 and survival …