Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-23-2022
Abstract
We present a mathematical model of key glucose metabolic pathways in two cells of the human retina: the rods and the retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE). Computational simulations of glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1) inhibition in the model accurately reproduce experimental data from conditional knockout mice and reveal that modification of GLUT1 expression levels of both cells differentially impacts their metabolism. We hypothesize that, under glucose scarcity, the RPE’s energy producing pathways are altered in order to preserve its functionality, impacting the photoreceptors’ outer segment renewal. On the other hand, when glucose is limited in the rods, aerobic glycolysis is preserved, which maintains the lactate contribution to the RPE.
Recommended Citation
Aparicio, Andrea; Camacho, Erika T; Philp, Nancy J.; and Wirkus, Stephen A, "A mathematical model of GLUT1 modulation in rods and RPE and its differential impact in cell metabolism" (2022). Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology Faculty Papers. Paper 362.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/pacbfp/362
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
PubMed ID
35739198
Language
English
Comments
This article is the author’s final published version in Scientific Reports, Volume 12, Issue 1, June 2022, Article number 10645.
The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-13950-3. Copyright © Aparicio et al.