| 2024 |
Dopamine directly modifies TPI1 by dopaminylating the glutamine 65 (Q65) residue in endothelial cells. This post-translational modification directionally enhances TPI1's catalytic activity to convert DHAP to GAP, shifting ether phospholipid synthesis toward glucose metabolism, thereby attenuating lipid peroxidation and blocking ferroptosis in regenerating lung endothelial cells. |
Chemoproteomic approach identifying dopaminylation site; in vitro TPI1 activity assays; metabolic flux measurements; mutagenesis of Q65; loss-of-function and rescue experiments in endothelial cells and mouse lung injury models |
Cell metabolism |
High |
39111287
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| 2023 |
In human lung adenocarcinoma (hLUAD), TPI1 activity is regulated by phosphorylation at Ser21 by salt-inducible kinases (SIKs) in an LKB1-dependent manner. This phosphorylation modulates metabolic flux between the completion of glycolysis and production of glycerol lipids. Mouse TPI1 has a Cys at the equivalent position that can be oxidized to alter activity, representing an evolutionary divergence that explains why LKB1 loss creates a metabolic liability specifically in human tumors with KRAS/TP53 mutations. |
Phosphoproteomics; metabolomics; genetically engineered human cell lines with LKB1/SIK manipulation; genetically engineered mouse models (GEMM) comparison |
Cancer discovery |
High |
36715544
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| 2022 |
TPI1 undergoes nuclear translocation in lung adenocarcinoma tumor tissues (compared to cytoplasmic localization in adjacent normal tissues), and this nuclear localization—rather than its glycolytic catalytic activity—is required for its oncogenic function and for promoting chemoresistance. Nuclear translocation is induced by extracellular stresses including chemotherapy agents and peroxide. |
Subcellular fractionation; immunofluorescence; knockdown of TPI1; catalytic mutant experiments; xenograft tumor growth assays; TCGA data analysis |
Cell death & disease |
Medium |
35246510
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| 2022 |
TPI1 interacts with SQSTM1/P62, which promotes ubiquitin-dependent proteasomal degradation of TPI1, decreasing TPI1 protein levels in breast cancer cells. TPI1 also interacts with and stabilizes CDCA5, activating the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway to regulate EMT and aerobic glycolysis. |
Co-immunoprecipitation; mass spectrometric analysis; ubiquitination assay; immunofluorescence; overexpression and knockdown functional experiments; Western blotting; in vivo mouse models |
Journal of translational medicine |
Medium |
35509067
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| 2019 |
The Arg189 residue in TPI1 participates in two salt bridges on the backside of the TPI enzyme dimer; mutation of this residue (Arg189Gln) alters the coordination of the substrate-binding site and important catalytic residues, causing reduced protein stability and loss of function. This was demonstrated by homologous mutagenesis in Drosophila using genomic engineering, showing motor behavioral deficits and markedly reduced protein levels. |
Genomic engineering in Drosophila (homologous mutagenesis); compound heterozygote animal generation; patient fibroblast analysis; structural analysis of salt bridge coordination |
Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease |
High |
31075491
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| 2025 |
TPI1 interacts with AKT and MDM2 to form a protein complex that enhances AKT-driven phosphorylation of MDM2 at serine 166, thereby promoting p53 ubiquitination and degradation in bladder cancer cells. The MDM2-F2 truncation mutant (spanning residues 181–360) with amino acid 317 was identified as critical for TPI1 binding. Reducing AKT expression counteracted p53 ubiquitination triggered by elevated TPI1. |
Co-immunoprecipitation; truncation mutagenesis of MDM2; AKT knockdown rescue experiments; functional cell assays; in vivo xenograft models |
Pharmacological research |
Medium |
40097123
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| 2021 |
TPI1 is incorporated into extracellular vesicles (EVs) in a manner positively regulated by Rab20 expression in the releasing hepatocellular carcinoma cells. EVs with reduced TPI1 (from Rab20-knockdown cells) enhance aerobic glycolysis in recipient cells, promoting HCC cell growth and motility; this promoting effect is blocked by a glycolytic inhibitor. |
Rab20 restoration and knockdown in HCC cells; proteomic profiling of EVs; TPI1 targeted expression in EVs; glycolytic inhibitor rescue experiments; cell proliferation and motility assays |
Journal of extracellular vesicles |
Medium |
34401050
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| 2025 |
TPI1 directly binds to the BH3 domain of Beclin-1, competitively disrupting the Bcl-2/Beclin-1 interaction and relieving Bcl-2-mediated inhibition of Beclin-1. This interaction promotes PIK3C3-C1 complex formation and enhances its interaction with the ULK1 complex, increasing Beclin-1 phosphorylation at Ser15 and promoting autophagy, which contributes to gemcitabine resistance in bladder cancer cells. c-Myc was identified as a transcription factor that binds the TPI1 promoter to regulate its expression. |
Mass spectrometry; co-immunoprecipitation; transcriptome sequencing; transmission electron microscopy; dual luciferase assay; ChIP-qPCR; in vivo xenograft models |
Cell death & disease |
Medium |
41429797
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| 2024 |
In LPS-induced OA chondrocytes, LDHA mediates H3K18 lactylation (H3K18la) at the TPI1 promoter, enhancing TPI1 transcriptional activity and glycolysis. Mutation of the K69 site ameliorated LPS-induced glycolysis, and LDHA knockout recovered cartilage injury in OA mice. |
LDHA knockdown and knockout (loss-of-function); H3K18la ChIP at TPI1 promoter; K69 mutation in TPI1; glycolysis functional assays (glucose consumption, lactate production); in vivo OA mouse model |
Autoimmunity |
Medium |
39086231
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| 2025 |
TPI1 nuclear phosphorylation is increased by GRK4 R65L in high-salt conditions; this reduces nuclear DHAP levels, increases H3K27ac at the Hao2 promoter, and upregulates Hao2 expression, leading to increased renal oxidative stress and salt-sensitive hypertension. DHAP (downstream metabolite of TPI1) directly reduced H3K27ac and Hao2 levels in cells. |
Immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry (identifying TPI1-GRK4 interaction and TPI1 phosphorylation); GRK4 depletion via AAV9; DHAP supplementation rescue; H3K27ac inhibitor C646 treatment; in vivo GRK4 R65L mouse model; nuclear fractionation |
Free radical biology & medicine |
Medium |
41407053
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| 2025 |
USP5 deubiquitinates TPI1, stabilizing its protein levels. Propofol increases TPI1 ubiquitination and reduces TPI1 protein stability, and the inhibitory effects of propofol on lung cancer glycolysis and progression are mediated through this USP5/TPI1 axis. |
Ubiquitination analysis; Western blot for TPI1 protein levels upon USP5 manipulation; qRT-PCR; xenograft mouse models; IHC |
Biochemical genetics |
Low |
40956511
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| 2026 |
NOP2 promotes m5C methylation of TPI1 mRNA, enhancing its stability. Knockdown of NOP2 reduced m5C modification on TPI1 mRNA and decreased TPI1 expression; overexpression of TPI1 rescued glycolysis impaired by NOP2 knockdown in larynx cancer cells. |
MeRIP (methylated RNA immunoprecipitation) for m5C on TPI1 mRNA; RIP; dual-luciferase reporter assay; NOP2 knockdown and TPI1 overexpression rescue; xenograft tumor models; IHC |
Molecular carcinogenesis |
Medium |
41498196
|
| 2026 |
NSUN2 promotes m5C methylation of TPI1 mRNA in a manner recognized by YBX1, enhancing TPI1 mRNA stability. TPI1 overexpression reversed the inhibition of breast cancer glycolysis, immune evasion, and tumor growth caused by NSUN2 silencing. |
RNA immunoprecipitation; methylated RNA immunoprecipitation (MeRIP); dual-luciferase reporter assay; NSUN2 knockdown/TPI1 overexpression rescue; tumor-bearing mouse model |
Journal of translational medicine |
Medium |
42251361
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| 2026 |
EIF4A3 interacts with TPI1 mRNA to stabilize it. OTUB2 deubiquitinates and stabilizes EIF4A3 protein, which in turn promotes TPI1 expression and glycolysis in triple-negative breast cancer. |
Co-immunoprecipitation; RNA immunoprecipitation; Western blot for protein stability; OTUB2/EIF4A3/TPI1 knockdown and overexpression rescue; xenograft mouse model |
Breast cancer research : BCR |
Medium |
41857621
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| 2025 |
lncRNA HANR directly interacts with TPI1 protein to stabilize it, promoting aerobic glycolysis and tumor growth in prostate cancer. Silencing HANR or TPI1 reduced prostate tumor growth in vitro and in vivo. |
RNA immunoprecipitation/pulldown (HANR-TPI1 interaction); HANR and TPI1 knockdown functional assays; in vivo xenograft model |
Experimental cell research |
Low |
40921293
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| 2024 |
In GBM cells, TPI1 interacts with PKM2 and the lncRNA Linc00942 (ChIRP-MS and ChIRP-WB assays). This interaction promotes phosphorylation, dimerization, and nuclear translocation of TPI1 and PKM2, leading to increased H3K4 acetylation and STAT3/P300 axis activation, which transcriptionally activates SOX9 to drive TMZ resistance and self-renewal. |
ChIRP-MS (chromatin isolation by RNA purification followed by mass spectrometry); ChIRP-WB; Co-immunoprecipitation; in vitro and in vivo functional assays |
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) |
Low |
39342418
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| 2025 |
Hypoxia upregulates HK2 and TPI1 protein levels in non-neuronal C6 glioma cells without increasing their mRNA levels, implicating post-transcriptional regulation. Using dicistronic and promoter-less dicistronic reporter assays, IRES (internal ribosome entry site) elements were identified in the 5'UTR of TPI1 mRNA that are more active in C6 glioma cells, with PTB (polypyrimidine tract binding) protein involved. |
Dicistronic reporter assays; promoter-less dicistronic assays; MTT assay; LDH leakage assay; Western blot; qRT-PCR |
Artificial cells, nanomedicine, and biotechnology |
Low |
40105374
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| 2008 |
Deletion of the tpi1 (triosephosphate isomerase) gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae increases carbon flux to DHAP in glycolysis, resulting in increased glycerol production. Introduction of bacterial mgs and gldA genes (converting DHAP to 1,2-propanediol) into the tpi1-deleted strain confirmed that DHAP accumulation from TPI1 loss drives metabolic flux to methylglyoxal and then 1,2-propanediol. |
Genetic deletion of tpi1 in yeast; metabolic engineering with heterologous gene expression; metabolite measurement in flask culture |
Journal of microbiology and biotechnology |
Medium |
19047824
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| 2025 |
A compound heterozygous TPI1 allele carrying an R5G missense mutation results in markedly reduced steady-state TPI protein levels despite the purified TPIR5G protein retaining wild-type catalytic activity and modestly increased dimer stability, indicating protein instability (not catalytic defect) as the pathogenic mechanism. Three newly identified compounds significantly increased TPI protein levels in patient cells, also increasing TPI enzymatic activity. |
Recombinant protein expression and purification; in vitro TPI activity assay; dimer stability assay; patient cell (TPIpatient) Western blot; treatment with pharmacological compounds and TPI activity measurement |
Genes |
High |
41153421
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