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A precision medicine approach to metabolic therapy for breast cancer in mice
Akingbesote ND, Norman A, Zhu W, Halberstam AA, Zhang X, Foldi J, Lustberg MB, Perry RJ. A precision medicine approach to metabolic therapy for breast cancer in mice. Communications Biology 2022, 5: 478. PMID: 35595952, PMCID: PMC9122928, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03422-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrecision medicine approachBreast cancerSodium-glucose transport protein 2 inhibitorsBreast tumorsMedicine approachCanonical insulinSGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozinEfficacy of paclitaxelBreast tumor-bearing miceTumor glucose uptakeTumor-bearing miceChemotherapy correlatesNeoadjuvant approachNeoadjuvant settingPaclitaxel chemotherapyInhibitor dapagliflozinSGLT2 inhibitorsProlonging survivalAntihyperglycemic drugsPotential adjuvantMetabolic therapyDapagliflozinTumorsDriver mutationsGlucose uptake
2024
A kidney-hypothalamus axis promotes compensatory glucose production in response to glycosuria
Faniyan T, Zhang X, Morgan D, Robles J, Bathina S, Brookes P, Rahmouni K, Perry R, Chhabra K. A kidney-hypothalamus axis promotes compensatory glucose production in response to glycosuria. ELife 2024, 12 DOI: 10.7554/elife.91540.4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGlucose productionEndogenous glucose productionReabsorption of nutrientsLoss of glucoseHypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axisNormal energy supplyProteomic analysisCompensatory increaseAfferent renal nervesAfferent renal denervationPlasma proteomic analysisDefense mechanismsAcute phase proteinsRenal denervationKO miceSGLT2 inhibitorsKnockout miceRenal nervesAfferent nervesEfficiency of drugsBody's defense mechanismsGlycosuriaGlucosePhase proteinsTreat hyperglycemiaA kidney-hypothalamus axis promotes compensatory glucose production in response to glycosuria
Faniyan T, Zhang X, Morgan D, Robles J, Bathina S, Brookes P, Rahmouni K, Perry R, Chhabra K. A kidney-hypothalamus axis promotes compensatory glucose production in response to glycosuria. ELife 2024, 12: rp91540. PMID: 39082939, PMCID: PMC11290820, DOI: 10.7554/elife.91540.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlucose productionEndogenous glucose productionReabsorption of nutrientsLoss of glucoseHypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axisNormal energy supplyProteomic analysisCompensatory increaseAfferent renal nervesAfferent renal denervationPlasma proteomic analysisDefense mechanismsAcute phase proteinsRenal denervationKO miceSGLT2 inhibitorsKnockout miceRenal nervesAfferent nervesEfficiency of drugsBody's defense mechanismsGlycosuriaGlucosePhase proteinsTreat hyperglycemia
2019
SGLT2 inhibition slows tumor growth in mice by reversing hyperinsulinemia
Nasiri AR, Rodrigues MR, Li Z, Leitner BP, Perry RJ. SGLT2 inhibition slows tumor growth in mice by reversing hyperinsulinemia. Cancer & Metabolism 2019, 7: 10. PMID: 31867105, PMCID: PMC6907191, DOI: 10.1186/s40170-019-0203-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchControlled-release mitochondrial protonophoreInsulin-lowering agentsTumor growthSodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitorsObesity-cancer connectionSustained weight lossCotransporter 2 inhibitorsObesity-associated cancersSubcutaneous insulin infusionInsulin-lowering effectTumor glucose uptakeBreast tumor growthMultiple comparisonsMultiple tumor typesSGLT2 inhibitionSGLT2 inhibitorsObese miceInsulin infusionColon cancer progressionTherapeutic approachesMouse modelBonferroni multiple comparisonsGlucose metabolismColon cancerHyperinsulinemia