The monocarboxylate transporter family—Role and regulation

IUBMB Life - Tập 64 Số 2 - Trang 109-119 - 2012
Andrew P. Halestrap1,2, Marieangela C. Wilson1
1School of Biochemistry, Medical Sciences Building, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
2Tel: 44-117-3312118.

Tóm tắt

Abstract

Monocarboxylate transporter (MCT) isoforms 1–4 catalyze the proton‐linked transport of monocarboxylates such as L‐lactate across the plasma membrane, whereas MCT8 and MCT10 are thyroid hormone and aromatic amino acid transporters, respectively. The importance of MCTs is becoming increasingly evident as their extensive physiological and pathological roles are revealed. MCTs 1–4 play essential metabolic roles in most tissues with their distinct properties, expression profile, and subcellular localization matching the particular metabolic needs of a tissue. Important metabolic roles include energy metabolism in the brain, skeletal muscle, heart, tumor cells, and T‐lymphocyte activation, gluconeogenesis in the liver and kidney, spermatogenesis, bowel metabolism of short‐chain fatty acids, and drug transport. MCT8 is essential for thyroid hormone transport across the blood–brain barrier. Genetic perturbation of MCT function may be involved in disease states such as pancreatic β‐cell malfunction (inappropriate MCT1 expression), chronic fatigue syndromes (impairment of muscle MCT function), and psychomotor retardation (MCT8 mutation). MCT expression can be regulated at both the transcriptional and post‐transcriptional levels. Of particular importance is the upregulation of muscle MCT1 expression in response to training and MCT4 expression in response to hypoxia. The latter is mediated by hypoxia inducible factor 1α and often observed in tumor cells that rely almost entirely on glycolysis for their energy provision. The recent discovery of potent and specific MCT1 inhibitors that prevent proliferation of T‐lymphocytes confirms that MCTs may be promising pharmacological targets including for cancer chemotherapy. © 2011 IUBMB IUBMB Life, 2011.

Từ khóa


Tài liệu tham khảo

10.1007/s00424-003-1067-2

10.1042/bj3430281

Halestrap A. P., 2011, The monocarboxylate transporter (MCT) family—structure and function, IUBMBLife

Denton R. M., 1979, Regulation of pyruvate metabolism in mammalian tissues, Essays Biochem., 15, 37

10.1007/s00018-007-7332-3

Halestrap A. P.(2009) Monocarboxylate transporter 1. UCSD‐Nature Signaling Gateway Molecule Page A001490.

10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.0633s.x

10.1007/s004210100516

10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03168.x

10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00454-2

10.1038/nchembio744

10.1016/j.ccr.2008.05.005

10.1208/s12248-008-9022-y

10.2337/diabetes.50.2.361

10.1016/0959-437X(95)80044-1

10.1113/jphysiol.2009.178350

10.1042/bj20030995

10.1016/0020-711X(80)90241-4

10.1016/j.bbabio.2004.12.005

10.1113/jphysiol.2002.023705

10.1113/jphysiol.2002.016683

10.1074/jbc.270.4.1843

10.1042/bj3240447

10.1152/ajpregu.1998.274.6.R1824

10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00427-8

10.1152/ajpcell.00124.2008

10.1074/jbc.M300909200

10.1210/me.2010-0095

10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17226-7

Sonveaux P., 2008, Targeting lactate‐fueled respiration selectively kills hypoxic tumor cells in mice, J. Clin. Invest., 118, 3930

10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06100.x

10.1016/j.cell.2011.02.018

10.1073/pnas.0504419102

10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.06.122

10.1016/j.canlet.2008.07.034

Muramatsu T., 2003, Basigin (CD147): a multifunctional transmembrane protein involved in reproduction, neural function, inflammation and tumor invasion, Histol. Histopathol., 18, 981

10.1073/pnas.1014293108

10.1074/jbc.M111.255331

10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80880-6

10.1074/jbc.M511397200

10.1038/jcbfm.2009.208

10.1262/jrd.20214

10.1113/jphysiol.2007.138594

10.1038/jcbfm.2009.50

10.1007/s00424-009-0750-3

10.1167/iovs.09-5028

10.1016/j.lfs.2010.11.003

10.1152/ajpendo.00164.2007

10.1152/ajpendo.2001.281.4.E749

10.1161/hc3201.092286

10.1016/j.cub.2004.03.025

10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00422-5

10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(200001)23:1<90::AID-MUS12>3.0.CO;2-M

10.1016/j.jhep.2010.02.022

10.1002/ijc.26125

10.1002/jcp.22400

10.1155/2010/427694

10.1086/520960