Macropinocytosis: mechanisms and regulation

G Salloum, AR Bresnick, JM Backer - Biochemical Journal, 2023 - portlandpress.com
Macropinocytosis is defined as an actin-dependent but coat-and dynamin-independent
endocytic uptake process, which generates large intracellular vesicles (macropinosomes) …

Macropinocytosis: Insights from immunology and cancer

JL Stow, Y Hung, AA Wall - Current opinion in cell biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Macropinocytosis is increasingly recognized for its versatile adaptations and functions as a
highly conserved, ubiquitous pathway for the bulk uptake of fluid, particulate cargo, and …

Hypoxia-induced macropinocytosis represents a metabolic route for liver cancer

MS Zhang, JD Cui, D Lee, VWH Yuen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) invariably exhibits inadequate O2 (hypoxia) and nutrient
supply. Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) mediates cascades of molecular events that enable …

Revealing macropinocytosis using nanoparticles

N Means, CK Elechalawar, WR Chen… - Molecular aspects of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Endocytosis mechanisms are one of the methods that cells use to interact with their
environments. Endocytosis mechanisms vary from the clathrin-mediated endocytosis to the …

A Mammalian Conserved Circular RNA CircLARP1B Regulates Hepatocellular Carcinoma Metastasis and Lipid Metabolism

J Li, X Wang, L Shi, B Liu, Z Sheng, S Chang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) have emerged as crucial regulators in physiology and human
diseases. However, evolutionarily conserved circRNAs with potent functions in cancers are …

Supply and demand: Cellular nutrient uptake and exchange in cancer

V Papalazarou, ODK Maddocks - Molecular Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Nutrient supply and demand delineate cell behavior in health and disease. Mammalian cells
have developed multiple strategies to secure the necessary nutrients that fuel their …

Tumor microenvironmental nutrients, cellular responses, and cancer

GP Lobel, Y Jiang, MC Simon - Cell Chemical Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Over the last two decades, the rapidly expanding field of tumor metabolism has enhanced
our knowledge of the impact of nutrient availability on metabolic reprogramming in cancer …

Macropinocytosis mediates resistance to loss of glutamine transport in triple-negative breast cancer

K Wahi, N Freidman, Q Wang, M Devadason… - The EMBO …, 2024 - embopress.org
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) metabolism and cell growth uniquely rely on
glutamine uptake by the transporter ASCT2. Despite previous data reporting cell growth …

The phospholipid flippase ATP9A enhances macropinocytosis to promote nutrient starvation tolerance in hepatocellular carcinoma

X Wang, Y Li, Y **ao, X Huang, X Wu… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Macropinocytosis is an effective strategy to mitigate nutrient starvation. It can fuel cancer cell
growth in nutrient‐limited conditions. However, whether and how macropinocytosis …

[HTML][HTML] Macropinocytosis: mechanism and targeted therapy in cancers

F **ao, J Li, K Huang, X Li, Y **ong, M Wu… - American journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Macropinocytosis is a form of endocytosis which provides an effective way for non-selective
uptakes of extracellular proteins, liquids, and particles. The endocytic process is initiated by …