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pH, Lactate, and Hypoxia: Reciprocity in Regulating High-Affinity Monocarboxylate Transporter Expression in Glioblastoma.
Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.) - 1 Feb 2017
Caruso James P, Koch Brandon J, Benson Philip D, Varughese Elsa, Monterey Michael D, Lee Amy E, Dave Ajal M, Kiousis Sam, Sloan Andrew E, Mathupala Saroj P
Abstract excerpt
Highly malignant brain tumors harbor the aberrant propensity for aerobic glycolysis, the excessive conversion of glucose to lactic acid even in the presence of ample tissue oxygen. Lactic acid is rapidly effluxed to the tumor microenvironment via a group of plasma-membrane transporters denoted monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs) to prevent "self-poisoning." One isoform, MCT2, has the highest affinity for lactate...
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