Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

Intracellular galectin-3 is a lipopolysaccharide sensor that promotes glycolysis through mTORC1 activation

  • Xing Chen,
  • Chunyu Yu,
  • Xinhua Liu,
  • Beibei Liu,
  • Xiaodi Wu,
  • Jiajing Wu,
  • Dong Yan,
  • Lulu Han,
  • Zifan Tang,
  • Xinyi Yuan,
  • Jianqiu Wang,
  • Yue Wang,
  • Shumeng Liu,
  • Lin Shan,
  • Yongfeng Shang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35334-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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The carbohydrate binding protein galectin-3 has been linked to diabetes and cancer. Here, authors show that galectin-3 is a sensor of LPS, an important modulator of the mTORC1 signaling, and a critical regulator of glucose metabolism.