Emerging degrader technologies engaging lysosomal pathways

Y Ding, D Xing, Y Fei, B Lu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) provides unprecedented opportunities for drug
discovery. While the proteolysis-targeting chimera (PROTAC) technology has already …

Degradation of lipid droplets by chimeric autophagy-tethering compounds

Y Fu, N Chen, Z Wang, S Luo, Y Ding, B Lu - Cell research, 2021 - nature.com
Degrading pathogenic proteins by degrader technologies such as PROTACs (proteolysis-
targeting chimeras) provides promising therapeutic strategies, but selective degradation of …

Tracking the carbons supplying gluconeogenesis

AM Shah, FE Wondisford - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2020 - ASBMB
As the burden of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) grows in the 21st century, the need to
understand glucose metabolism heightens. Increased gluconeogenesis is a major …

A high-fat diet decreases GABA concentration in the frontal cortex and hippocampus of rats

C Sandoval-Salazar, J Ramírez-Emiliano… - Biological research, 2016 - Springer
Background It has been proposed that the γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) plays a key role in
the regulation of food intake and body weight by controlling the excitability, plasticity and the …

Unravelling the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects of standardized green and black caffeinated coffee, tea, and their mixtures in an obese male rat model …

DM El-Kersh, SE Kotob, NM Ammar… - Food and Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Obesity is one of the major metabolic syndrome risk factors upon which altered metabolic
pathways follow. This study aimed to discern altered metabolic pathways associated with …

Comparative analysis of the influence of a high‐fat/high‐carbohydrate diet on the level of anxiety and neuromotor and cognitive functions in Wistar and DAT‐KO rats

SA Apryatin, VA Shipelin, NV Trusov… - Physiological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We compared anxiety, neuromotor, and cognitive functions in mutant rats with different
allelic variants of dopamine transporter DAT knockout receiving balanced or excess in fat …

Ammonia-lowering activities and carbamoyl phosphate synthetase 1 (Cps1) induction mechanism of a natural flavonoid

K Nohara, Y Shin, N Park, K Jeong, B He, N Koike… - Nutrition & …, 2015 - Springer
Objective Ammonia detoxification is essential for physiological well-being, and the urea
cycle in liver plays a predominant role in ammonia disposal. Nobiletin (NOB), a natural …

Cafeteria diet feeding in young rats leads to hepatic steatosis and increased gluconeogenesis under fatty acids and glucagon influence

AS Maeda Júnior, J Constantin, KS Utsunomiya… - Nutrients, 2018 - mdpi.com
Gluconeogenesis overstimulation due to hepatic insulin resistance is the best-known
mechanism behind elevated glycemia in obese subjects with hepatic steatosis. This …

Serum metabolomics reveals the mechanistic role of functional foods and exercise for obesity management in rats

NM Ammar, MA Farag, TE Kholeif, NS Metwally… - … of pharmaceutical and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Obesity is one of the independent risk factors for several health problems, leading to
metabolic perturbations and for which analytical approaches ie.,“metabolomics” is needed to …

Altered nitrogen balance and decreased urea excretion in male rats fed cafeteria diet are related to arginine availability

D Sabater, S Agnelli, S Arriarán… - BioMed Research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Hyperlipidic diets limit glucose oxidation and favor amino acid preservation, hampering the
elimination of excess dietary nitrogen and the catabolic utilization of amino acids. We …