Substrates of the human brain proton-organic cation antiporter and comparison with organic cation transporter 1 activities

DA Doetsch, S Ansari, O Jensen, L Gebauer… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Many organic cations (OCs) may be transported through membranes by a genetically still
uncharacterized proton-organic cation (H+ OC) antiporter. Here, we characterized an …

Improving drug delivery to the brain: the prodrug approach

KM Huttunen - Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The prodrug approach has been thought to be a simple solution to improve
brain drug delivery for decades. Nevertheless, it still comes as a surprise that there is …

Advancing drug discovery through assay development: a survey of tool compounds within the human solute carrier superfamily

D Digles, A Ingles-Prieto, V Dvorak… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
With over 450 genes, solute carriers (SLCs) constitute the largest transporter superfamily
responsible for the uptake and efflux of nutrients, metabolites, and xenobiotics in human …

The mechanism of mammalian proton-coupled peptide transporters

SM Lichtinger, JL Parker, S Newstead, PC Biggin - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Proton-coupled oligopeptide transporters (POTs) are of great pharmaceutical interest owing
to their promiscuous substrate binding site that has been linked to improved oral …

Studying the right transporter at the right time: an in vitro strategy for assessing drug-drug interaction risk during drug discovery and development

R Elsby, H Atkinson, P Butler… - Expert Opinion on Drug …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Transporters are significant in dictating drug pharmacokinetics, thus inhibition of
transporter function can alter drug concentrations resulting in drug-drug interactions (DDIs) …

Novel mineral regulatory pathways in ovine pregnancy: I. phosphate, klotho signaling, and sodium-dependent phosphate transporters

C Stenhouse, KM Halloran, MG Newton… - Biology of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Appropriate mineralization of the fetal skeleton requires an excess of phosphate in the fetus
compared to the mother. However, mechanisms for placental phosphate transport are poorly …

The GPI-anchor biosynthesis pathway is critical for syncytiotrophoblast differentiation and placental development

A Álvarez-Sánchez, J Grinat, P Doria-Borrell… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
The glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) biosynthetic pathway in the endoplasmic reticulum
(ER) is crucial for generating GPI-anchored proteins (GPI-APs), which are translocated to the …

Identification of a six-gene SLC family signature with prognostic value in patients with lung adenocarcinoma

J Zhu, Y Mou, S Ye, H Hu, R Wang, Q Yang… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Given the importance of solute carrier (SLC) proteins in maintaining cellular metabolic
homeostasis and that their dysregulation contributes to cancer progression, here we …

[HTML][HTML] Essential amino acids as diagnostic biomarkers of hepatocellular carcinoma based on metabolic analysis

Y Morine, T Utsunomiya, H Yamanaka-Okumura… - Oncotarget, 2022 - oncotarget.com
Essential amino acids as diagnostic biomarkers of hepatocellular carcinoma based on
metabolic analysis | Oncotarget Online ISSN: 1949-2553 Search: Oncotarget Home …

Transcriptome profile of a new mouse model of spinocerebellar Ataxia type 14 implies changes in cerebellar development

SE Mezey, JP Kapfhammer, E Shimobayashi - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
The autosomal dominant inherited spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) are a group of
neurodegenerative disorders characterized by cerebellar atrophy and loss of Purkinje …