Establishing a yeast-based screening system for discovery of human GLUT5 inhibitors and activators

Abstract Human GLUT5 is a fructose-specific transporter in the glucose transporter family (GLUT, SLC2 gene family). Its substrate-specificity and tissue-specific expression make it a promising target for treatment of diabetes, metabolic syndrome and cancer, but few GLUT5 inhibitors are known. To ide...

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Autores principales: Joanna Tripp, Christine Essl, Cristina V. Iancu, Eckhard Boles, Jun-yong Choe, Mislav Oreb
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/304ac976992841c9828f6fc9c777528f
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Sumario:Abstract Human GLUT5 is a fructose-specific transporter in the glucose transporter family (GLUT, SLC2 gene family). Its substrate-specificity and tissue-specific expression make it a promising target for treatment of diabetes, metabolic syndrome and cancer, but few GLUT5 inhibitors are known. To identify and characterize potential GLUT5 ligands, we developed a whole-cell system based on a yeast strain deficient in fructose uptake, in which GLUT5 transport activity is associated with cell growth in fructose-based media or assayed by fructose uptake in whole cells. The former method is convenient for high-throughput screening of potential GLUT5 inhibitors and activators, while the latter enables detailed kinetic characterization of identified GLUT5 ligands. We show that functional expression of GLUT5 in yeast requires mutations at specific positions of the transporter sequence. The mutated proteins exhibit kinetic properties similar to the wild-type transporter and are inhibited by established GLUT5 inhibitors N-[4-(methylsulfonyl)-2-nitrophenyl]-1,3-benzodioxol-5-amine (MSNBA) and (−)-epicatechin-gallate (ECG). Thus, this system has the potential to greatly accelerate the discovery of compounds that modulate the fructose transport activity of GLUT5.