| Literature DB >> 27435670 |
Jeongho Kim1, Hye-Yeon Lee1, Jheesoo Ahn2, Moonjung Hyun2, Inhwan Lee2, Kyung-Jin Min1, Young-Jai You3.
Abstract
Diabetes is one of the most impactful diseases worldwide. The most commonly prescribed anti-diabetic drug is metformin. In this study, we identified an endosomal Na(+)/H(+) exchanger (NHE) as a new potential target of metformin from an unbiased screen in Caenorhabditis elegans The same NHE homolog also exists in flies, where it too mediates the effects of metformin. Our results suggest that endosomal NHEs could be a metformin target and provide an insight into a novel mechanism of action of metformin on regulating the endocytic cycle.Entities:
Keywords: Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans); Type 2 diabetes; autophagy; drug action; endosome; metformin; sodium-proton exchange
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27435670 PMCID: PMC5000102 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.C116.744037
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Biol Chem ISSN: 0021-9258 Impact factor: 5.157