TargetRx Atlas

MRNA basic information

  • mRNA ID:ENST00000350051
  • Gene Name:BIRC5
  • mRNA database:Ensembl
  • mRNA expression :up-regulated
  • mRNA Method:qRT-PCR
  • mRNA Pathway:NA
  • Evidence:predicted
  • (mRNA-drug)

Drug basic information

  • Drug ID:NA
  • Drug Name:NA
  • Drug Method:NA

Disease basic infommation

  • Disease:breast cancer
  • Tissue:MDA-MB-231 Control shRNA (Cont sh), MDA-MB-231 Glut1 shRNA (Glut1 sh), Hs578T Cont sh, Hs578T Glut1 sh human breast cancer cells and 293T human embryonic kidney cells

Other information

  • Title:Silencing of Glut1 induces chemoresistance via modulation of Akt/GSK-3β/β-catenin/survivin signaling pathway in breast cancer cells.
  • Journal:Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
  • Published:2017
  • PubMed ID:28803837
  • Abstract:Cancer cells require increased aerobic glycolysis to support rapid cell proliferation. For their increased energy demands, cancer cells express glucose transporter (Glut) proteins at a high level. Glut1 is associated with basal-like breast cancer and is considered a potential therapeutic target. To investigate the possibility of Glut1 as a therapeutic target in breast cancer cells, we downregulated Glut1 in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cell lines using a short hairpin system. We determined whether Glut1 silencing might enhance anti-proliferative effect of chemotherapeutic agents. Contrary to our hypothesis, ablation of Glut1 attenuated apoptosis and increased drug resistance via upregulation of p-Akt/p-GSK-3β (Ser9)/β-catenin/survivin. These results indicated that the potential of Glut1 as a therapeutic target should be carefully reevaluated.