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SUBMITTER: Wang J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6561193 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Jinqiang J Yu Jicheng J Zhang Yuqi Y Kahkoska Anna R AR Wang Zejun Z Fang Jun J Whitelegge Julian P JP Li Song S Buse John B JB Gu Zhen Z
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20190516 22
Insulin therapy in the setting of type 1 and advanced type 2 diabetes is complicated by increased risk of hypoglycemia. This potentially fatal complication could be mitigated by a glucose-responsive insulin analog. We report an insulin-facilitated glucose transporter (Glut) inhibitor conjugate, in which the insulin molecule is rendered glucose-responsive via conjugation to an inhibitor of Glut. The binding affinity of this insulin analog to endogenous Glut is modulated by plasma and tissue gluco ...[more]