Solute carrier family 2 member 8 (SLC2A8)/Glucose transporter 8 (GLUT8), a class III sugar transporter, is expressed in the testis and brain. In the brain, GLUT8 is expressed mainly in the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, amygdala, and hypothalamus.
Immunogen
Synthetic peptide directed towards the middle region of human SLC2A8
Biochem/physiol Actions
Solute carrier family 2 member 8 (SLC2A8)/glucose transporter 8 (GLUT8) plays a key role in modulating the transport of fructose and the utilization of mammalian fructose. It is a trehalose transporter found in mammals that is necessary for trehalose-induced autophagy. SLC2A8 can also transport intracellular hexose. Hence, it might serve as a multifunctional sugar transporter.
Sequence
Synthetic peptide located within the following region: VLSGVVMVFSTSAFGAYFKLTQGGPGNSSHVAISAPVSAQPVDASVGLAW
Physical form
Purified antibody supplied in 1x PBS buffer with 0.09% (w/v) sodium azide and 2% sucrose.
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Glucose transporter 8 (GLUT8), a glucose/fructose transporter, has been shown to be expressed in neuronal cells in several brain areas. A recent immunohistochemical study has shown the presence of GLUT8 in the cytoplasm of epithelial cells of the choroid plexus
Trehalose is a disaccharide demonstrated to mitigate disease burden in multiple murine neurodegenerative models. We recently revealed that trehalose rapidly induces hepatic autophagy and abrogates hepatic steatosis by inhibiting hexose transport via the SLC2A family of facilitative transporters. Prior studies
American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism, 296(4), E614-E618 (2009-01-30)
GLUT8 is a class III sugar transporter predominantly expressed in testis and brain. In contrast to the class I and class II transporters, hydrophobicity plots predict a short extracellular loop between transmembrane domain (TM)1 and TM2 and a long extracellular
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