Article
A cellular UDP-glucose deficiency causes overexpression of glucose/oxygen-regulated proteins independent of the endoplasmic reticulum stress elements.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 21 May 2004
Flores-Diaz Marietta, Higuita Juan-Carlos, Florin Inger, Okada Tetsuya, Pollesello Piero, Bergman Tomas, Thelestam Monica, Mori Kazutoshi, Alape-Giron Alberto
Abstract excerpt
A low level of UDP-Glc occurs in cells exposed to hypoxia or glucose starvation. This work reveals that a 65% reduction in the cellular UDP-Glc level causes up-regulation of the mitochondrial chaperone GRP75 and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) resident chaperones GRP58, ERp72, GRP78, GRP94, GRP170, and calreticulin. Conditions that cause misfolding of proteins within the ER activate the transcription factors...
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