Cystine transporter SLC7A11/xCT in cancer: ferroptosis, nutrient dependency, and cancer therapy

P Koppula, L Zhuang, B Gan - Protein & cell, 2021 - academic.oup.com
… to this cystine transporter as SLC7A11 … nutrient dependency in cancer cells. Finally, we will
discuss how our understanding of SLC7A11 function in ferroptosis and nutrient dependency

Amino acid transporter SLC7A11/xCT at the crossroads of regulating redox homeostasis and nutrient dependency of cancer

P Koppula, Y Zhang, L Zhuang, B Gan - Cancer communications, 2018 - Springer
… In summary, system x − c is a cystine/glutamate antiporter consisting of the transporter
subunit SLC7A11 and regulatory subunit SLC3A2. System x − c -mediated transport of …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting nutrient dependency in cancer treatment

K Fan, Z Liu, M Gao, K Tu, Q Xu, Y Zhang - Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
… as cystine) may cause co-dependency of another nutrient (… we can utilize in nutrient
transporter inhibition-mediated tumor … to be capable of suppressing cystine uptake promoted by …

Cystine transporter regulation of pentose phosphate pathway dependency and disulfide stress exposes a targetable metabolic vulnerability in cancer

X Liu, K Olszewski, Y Zhang, EW Lim, J Shi… - Nature cell …, 2020 - nature.com
… highly dependent on specific nutrients for survival 1,2,3 . Limiting the supply of such nutrients
… Our understanding of nutrient dependency in cancer cells can provide insights for targeting …

The glutamate/cystine antiporter SLC7A11/xCT enhances cancer cell dependency on glucose by exporting glutamate

P Koppula, Y Zhang, J Shi, W Li, B Gan - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2017 - ASBMB
… may be highly dependent on certain nutrients for survival, which … The glutamate/cystine
antiporter solute carrier family 7 … enhances cancer cell dependence on glucose and renders …

The glutamate/cystine xCT antiporter antagonizes glutamine metabolism and reduces nutrient flexibility

CS Shin, P Mishra, JD Watrous, V Carelli… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
… show limited nutritional flexibility and are highly dependent on … transporter that exports
glutamate in exchange for cystine. … ), because cystine is the oxidized dimer of cysteine, a critical …

The non-essential amino acid cysteine becomes essential for tumor proliferation and survival

JA Combs, GM DeNicola - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
… how the cystine transporter, xCT, and exogenous cystine fuel … of key nutrients such as glucose
or cysteine upregulates the … a methionine dependency rather than a cystine dependency. …

Yct1p, a Novel, High-Affinity, Cysteine-Specific Transporter From the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

J Kaur, AK Bachhawat - Genetics, 2007 - academic.oup.com
… Met4p-dependent sulfur regulatory network. The results reveal that YLL055w encodes the …
cysteine transporter in S. cerevisiae, which we have named YCT1 (yeast cysteine transporter). …

lCysteine metabolism and its nutritional implications

J Yin, W Ren, G Yang, J Duan, X Huang… - Molecular nutrition & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
… However, we found that dietary supplementation with l-cysteine showed a dosage-dependent
inhibitory effect … Thus, dysfunction of l-glutamate transporters is commonly associated with …

[HTML][HTML] NADPH debt drives redox bankruptcy: SLC7A11/xCT-mediated cystine uptake as a double-edged sword in cellular redox regulation

X Liu, Y Zhang, L Zhuang, K Olszewski, B Gan - Genes & diseases, 2021 - Elsevier
… To keep consistency, in our following discussion we will refer to this cystine transporter
cells, are largely dependent on taking up extracellular cystine to maintain redox homeostasis and …