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Queren A. Alcantara

University of UtahORCID 0000-0002-3769-5040Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Organism:human· 1 Research Focus:metabolism & bioenergetics· 1 Assay:metabolomics· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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Álvaro Jesús Narbona‐PéreziD· 2 shared Gregory S. DuckeriD· 2 shared Jared P. RutteriD· 2 shared Jesse N. Velasco‐SilvaiD· 2 shared Luis Cedeño-RosarioiD· 2 shared Ahmad A. CluntuniD· 1 shared Alex J. BottiD· 1 shared Ashish Ganeshlalji ToshniwaliD· 1 shared

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Direct mitochondrial import of lactate supports resilient carbohydrate oxidation

Ahmad A. Cluntun, Joseph R. Visker, Jesse N. Velasco‐Silva, James Carrington, Luis Cedeño-Rosario, Giulia C. Napoli, Ji Eon Kim, Thirupura Sundari Shankar, Marisa J. Lang, Rana Hamouche, Álvaro Jesús Narbona‐Pérez, Jing Ling, Ashish Ganeshlalji Toshniwal, Hayden K. Low, Corey Nathaniel Cunningham, , Gregory S. Ducker

This study shows that lactate can be directly imported into mitochondria and oxidized to support cardiac energy production, independent of the pyruvate carrier.

Nature · Oct 28, 2026Peer-reviewedBiochemistry

Hyperactivation of β-catenin rewires mitochondrial fuel selection in liver cancer cells

Luis Cedeño-Rosario, Queren A. Alcantara, Nicole A. Sierra, Praveena Prasad, Jillian Wright, Geanette Lam, Nimo Abdi, Jaide Florence, Alex J. Bott, Katarina E. Heyden, Joshua C. Youngs, Álvaro Jesús Narbona‐Pérez, Lorenzo Gastelum Mena, Monika A. Makurath, Jesse N. Velasco‐Silva, , Jared P. Rutter

This study shows that β-catenin activation in liver cancer cells reduces mitochondrial pyruvate carrier expression and shifts metabolism from carbohydrate to fatty acid oxidation.

bioRxiv · Oct 20, 2026 · PreprintBiochemistry