Mitochondrial CPT1A: Insights into structure, function, and basis for drug development

K Liang - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Carnitine Palmitoyl-Transferase1A (CPT1A) is the rate-limiting enzyme in the fatty acid β-
oxidation, and its deficiency or abnormal regulation can result in diseases like metabolic …

How cancer metabolism is tuned for proliferation and vulnerable to disruption

A Schulze, AL Harris - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Cancer metabolism has received a substantial amount of interest over the past decade. The
advances in analytical tools have, along with the rapid progress of cancer genomics …

Chemoproteomics reveals baicalin activates hepatic CPT1 to ameliorate diet-induced obesity and hepatic steatosis

J Dai, K Liang, S Zhao, W Jia, Y Liu, H Wu, J Lv… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - pnas.org
Obesity and related metabolic diseases are becoming worldwide epidemics that lead to
increased death rates and heavy health care costs. Effective treatment options have not …

Targeting metabolic transformation for cancer therapy

DA Tennant, RV Durán, E Gottlieb - Nature reviews cancer, 2010 - nature.com
Cancer therapy has long relied on the rapid proliferation of tumour cells for effective
treatment. However, the lack of specificity in this approach often leads to undesirable side …

Cancer metabolism: current understanding and therapies

JL Counihan, EA Grossman, DK Nomura - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Dysregulation of cancer cell metabolism contributes to abnormal cell growth, the biological
end point of cancer. We review here numerous affected oncogenes and metabolic pathways …

Inhibition of fatty acid desaturation is detrimental to cancer cell survival in metabolically compromised environments

B Peck, ZT Schug, Q Zhang, B Dankworth… - Cancer & …, 2016 - Springer
Background Enhanced macromolecule biosynthesis is integral to growth and proliferation of
cancer cells. Lipid biosynthesis has been predicted to be an essential process in cancer …

Mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation in obesity

D Serra, P Mera, MI Malandrino, JF Mir… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Current lifestyles with high-energy diets and little exercise are triggering an
alarming growth in obesity. Excess of adiposity is leading to severe increases in associated …

Regulatory enzymes of mitochondrial β‐oxidation as targets for treatment of the metabolic syndrome

M Schreurs, F Kuipers, FR Van Der Leij - obesity reviews, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Insulin sensitizers like metformin generally act through pathways triggered by adenosine
monophosphate‐activated protein kinase. Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 (CPT1) controls …

Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1C: From cognition to cancer

N Casals, V Zammit, L Herrero, R Fadó… - Progress in lipid …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 (CPT1) C was the last member of the CPT1 family
of genes to be discovered. CPT1A and CPT1B were identified as the gate-keeper enzymes …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolism and brain cancer

SKN Marie, SMO Shinjo - Clinics, 2011 - Elsevier
Cellular energy metabolism is one of the main processes affected during the transition from
normal to cancer cells, and it is a crucial determinant of cell proliferation or cell death. As a …