SLC family transporters

X Liu - Drug transporters in drug disposition, effects and …, 2019 - Springer
Solute carrier (SLC) family transporters utilize an electrochemical potential difference or an
ion gradient generated by primary active transporters for transporting their substrates across …

Solute carrier transporters as targets for drug delivery and pharmacological intervention for chemotherapy

T Nakanishi, I Tamai - Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 2011 - Elsevier
Many solute carrier transporters that interact with anticancer agents and contribute to their
pharmacokinetics have been shown to be differentially upregulated in cancer cells as a …

Development of a peptide–drug conjugate for prostate cancer therapy

W Tai, RS Shukla, B Qin, B Li… - Molecular pharmaceutics, 2011 - ACS Publications
TGX-221 is a highly potent phosphoinositide 3-kinase β (PI3Kβ) inhibitor that holds great
promise as a novel chemotherapeutic agent to treat prostate cancer. However, poor …

Expression profile and functional activity of peptide transporters in prostate cancer cells

W Tai, Z Chen, K Cheng - Molecular pharmaceutics, 2013 - ACS Publications
Peptide transporters are expressed predominantly in intestinal and renal epithelial cells. The
functional expression of peptide transporters is also identified in other types of tissues, such …

Evaluation of anticancer activity in vitro of a stable copper (I) complex with phosphine-peptide conjugate

UK Komarnicka, B Pucelik, D Wojtala, MK Lesiów… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract [CuI (2, 9-dimethyl-1, 10-phenanthroline) P (p-OCH3-Ph) 2CH2SarcosineGlycine](1-
MPSG), highly stable in physiological media phosphino copper (I) complex—is proposed …

Imaging tumor metabolism using positron emission tomography

DY Lewis, D Soloviev, KM Brindle - The Cancer Journal, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Positron emission tomography (PET) is an extraordinarily sensitive clinical imaging modality
for interrogating tumor metabolism. Radiolabeled PET substrates can be traced at …

Positron emission tomography imaging of prostate cancer

H Hong, Y Zhang, J Sun, W Cai - Amino acids, 2010 - Springer
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second leading cause of cancer death among men in the
United States. Positron emission tomography (PET), a non-invasive, sensitive, and …

Hijacking solute carriers for proton-coupled drug transport

CMH Anderson, DT Thwaites - Physiology, 2010 - journals.physiology.org
The physiological role of mammalian solute carrier (SLC) proteins is to mediate
transmembrane movement of electrolytes, nutrients, micronutrients, vitamins, and …

Gold (III)-dithiocarbamato peptidomimetics in the forefront of the targeted anticancer therapy: Preclinical studies against human breast neoplasia

C Nardon, SM Schmitt, H Yang, J Zuo, D Fregona… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Since the serendipitous discovery of cisplatin, platinum-based drugs have become well-
established antitumor agents, despite the fact that their clinical use is limited by many severe …

Distinct metabolic differences between various human cancer and primary cells

K Dettmer, FC Vogl, AP Ritter, W Zhu… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Recent years have seen resurging interest in cancer cell metabolism and the role of
secreted cancer metabolites in modulating the tumor stroma. Using a combination of …