Mitochondrial pyruvate import and its effects on homeostasis.
Mitochondrial pyruvate import and its effects on homeostasis.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ceb.2014.10.008
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发表时间:
2015-04
影响因子:
7.5
通讯作者:
Benoît Vanderperre;Tom Bender;Edmund R. S. Kunji;J. Martinou
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作者:
Benoît Vanderperre;Tom Bender;Edmund R. S. Kunji;J. Martinou
HighlightsTwo inner membrane proteins compose the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC) complex.Defects in MPC's activity perturb cellular and whole-body metabolic homeostasis.The MPC is a promising target for curing diabetes, cancer, and other diseases.Pyruvate metabolism plays a pivotal role in cell homeostasis and energy production. Pyruvate, the end product of glycolysis, is either catabolized in the cytosol, or enters into mitochondria to promote oxidative phosphorylation. The import of pyruvate into mitochondria requires a specific carrier in the inner mitochondrial membrane, the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC), whose identity was only recently discovered. Here we report our current knowledge of the structure and function of the MPC and we describe how dysfunction of the MPC could participate in various pathologies, including type 2 diabetes and cancer.