HK2 Cancer Research Results

HK2, Hexokinase 2: Click to Expand ⟱
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Type: enzyme
HK2 (Hexokinase 2) is an enzyme that plays a crucial role in glycolysis, the process by which cells convert glucose into energy. HK2 is a key regulatory enzyme in the glycolytic pathway, and it is primarily expressed in various tissues, including muscle, brain, and cancer cells.
HK2 has been shown to be overexpressed in many types of tumors, including breast, lung, and colon cancer. This overexpression may contribute to the development and progression of cancer by promoting glycolysis and energy production in cancer cells.
HK2 is a key regulatory enzyme in the glycolytic pathway.
HK2 plays a role in the regulation of glucose metabolism in diabetes.
HK2 is involved in the regulation of cell proliferation, apoptosis, and autophagy.

HK2 Inhibitors:
-2DG
-Curcumin
-Resveratrol
-EGCG
-Berberine
-Methyl Jasmonate (MJ)
-Honokiol
Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
2389- BA,    Baicalin alleviates lipid accumulation in adipocytes via inducing metabolic reprogramming and targeting Adenosine A1 receptor
- in-vitro, Obesity, 3T3
*ECAR↑, Baicalin promoted metabolic reprogramming in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes, characterized by increased ECAR and decreased OCR
*OCR↓,
*p‑AMPK↑, baicalin significantly altered cellular respiration by reducing mitochondrial oxygen consumption while enhancing glycolytic flux, accompanied by increased phosphorylation of AMPK and ACC, suggesting an adaptation to altered energy availability.
*p‑ACC↑,
*Glycolysis↑, significant enrichment in metabolic pathways such as glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, and lipid metabolism.
*lipidDe↓, inhibited the maturation of sterol regulatory element binding protein 1 (SREBP1) and finally alleviated lipid deposition.
*SREBP1↓,
*FAO↑, baicalin induces metabolic reprogramming of adipocytes by inhibiting glucose aerobic metabolism while enhancing anaerobic glycolysis and FAO.
*HK2↑, baicalin upregulated glycolytic enzymes, such as HK1, HK2, PKM2, and LDHA, while downregulating pyruvate dehydrogenase,
*PKM2↑,
*LDHA↑,
*PDKs↓,
*ACC↓, leading to decreased acetyl-CoA production and enhanced fatty acid β-oxidation.

2272- dietMet,    Methionine restriction - Association with redox homeostasis and implications on aging and diseases
- Review, Nor, NA
*OS↑, MR seems to be an approach to prolong lifespan which has been validated extensively in various animal models
*mt-ROS↓, Mitochondrial ROS reduction by methionine restriction (MR) maintains redox balance
*H2S↑, MR ameliorates oxidative stress by autophagy activation and hepatic H2S generation.
*FGF21↑, MR impact on cognition by upregulation of FGF21 and alterations of gut microbiome.
*cognitive↑,
*GutMicro↑,
*IGF-1↓, long-term, low-fat, whole-food vegan diet may increase life expectancy in humans by down-regulating IGF-I activity
*mTOR↓, Suppression of the mTOR pathway by MR can also lead to increased H2S production,
*GSH↑, 80% MR increases the GSH content in erythrocytes of rats,
*SOD↑, A diet restricting methionine to 80% (0.17% Met) significantly increases plasma SOD and decreases MDA levels while increasing mRNA expression of Nrf2, HO-1, and NQO-1 in the heart of HFD-fed mice with cardiovascular impairment
*MDA↓,
*NRF2↑,
*HO-1↑,
*NQO1↑,
*GLUT4↑, In skeletal muscle, MR improved expression and transport of GLUT4 and glycogen levels and increased the expression of glycolysis-related genes (HK2, PFK, PKM) in HFD-fed mice
*Glycolysis↑,
*HK2↑,
*PFK↑,
*PKM2↑,
*GlucoseCon↑, promoting glucose uptake and glycogen synthesis, glycolysis, and aerobic oxidation in skeletal muscle.
*ATF4↑, MR can increase the expression of hepatic FGF21 by activating GCN2/ATF4/PPARα signaling in liver cells, thereby improving insulin sensitivity, accelerating energy expenditure, and promoting fat oxidation and glucose metabolism
*PPARα↑,
GSH↓, MR was able to decrease GSH in HepG2 cells, thereby regulating the activation state of protein tyrosine phosphatases such as PTEN.
GSTs↑, decrease of GSH by MR also triggers upregulation of glutathione S-transferase
ROS↑, Double deprivation of methionine and cystine both in vitro and in vivo resulted in a decrease in GSH content, an increase in ROS levels, and an induction of autophagy in glioma cells
*neuroP↑, A neuroprotective role of FGF21

2249- MF,    Pulsed electromagnetic fields modulate energy metabolism during wound healing process: an in vitro model study
- in-vitro, Nor, L929
*TumCMig↑, PEMFs with specific parameter (4mT, 80 Hz) promoted cell migration and viability.
*tumCV↑,
*Glycolysis↑, PEMFs-exposed L929 cells was highly glycolytic for energy generation
*ROS↓, PEMFs enhanced intracellular acidification and maintained low level of intracellular ROS in L929 cells.
*mitResp↓, shifting from mitochondrial respiration to glycolysis
*other↝, Furthermore, the analysis of ECAR/ OCR basal ratio demonstrated a tendency toward to glycolytic phenotype in L929 cells under PEMF exposure, compared to control group
*OXPHOS↓, PEMFs promoted the transformation of energy metabolism pattern from oxidative phosphorylation to aerobic glycolysis
*pH↑, result of pH detection by flow cytometer indicated the pH level in L929 cells was significantly increased in the PEMFs group compared to the control group
*antiOx↑, PEMFs upregulated the expression of antioxidant or glycolysis related genes
*PFKM↑, Pfkm, Pfkl, Pfkp, Pkm2, Hk2, Glut1, were also significantly up-regulated in the PEMFs group
*PFKL↑,
*PKM2↑,
*HK2↑,
*GLUT1↑,
*GPx1↑, GPX1, GPX4 and Sod 1 expression were significantly higher in the PEMFs group compared to the control group
*GPx4↑,
*SOD1↑,

525- MF,    Pulsed electromagnetic fields regulate metabolic reprogramming and mitochondrial fission in endothelial cells for angiogenesis
- in-vitro, Nor, HUVECs
*angioG↑, PEMFs promoted a shift in the energy metabolism pattern of HUVECs from oxidative phosphorylation to aerobic glycolysis.
*GPx1↑, 4x
*GPx4↑, 2.2x
*SOD↑, SOD1/2 3.5x
*PFKM↑, 3x
*PFKL↑, 2.5x
*PKM2↑, 2.6x : activation of PKM2 enhanced angiogenesis in endothelial cells (ECs) by modulating glycolysis, mitochondrial fission, and fusion
*PFKP↑, 2.8x
*HK2↑, 4x
*GLUT1↑, 1.5x
*GLUT4↑, 1.6x
*ROS↓, reminder: normal HUVECs cells
*MMP↝, no damage, (normal cells)
*Glycolysis↑, (PFKL, PFKLM, PFKP, PKM2, and HK2) encoding the three key regulatory enzymes of glycolysis, hexokinase, phosphofructokinase, and pyruvate kinase, sharply increased when HUVECs were exposed to PEMFs
*OXPHOS↓, PEMFs promoted a shift in the energy metabolism pattern of HUVECs from oxidative phosphorylation to aerobic glycolysis

2431- QC,    The Protective Effect of Quercetin against the Cytotoxicity Induced by Fumonisin B1 in Sertoli Cells
- in-vitro, Nor, TM4
*Apoptosis↓, 40 μM quercetin improved cell viability, reduced apoptosis, and preserved cell functions.
*ROS↓, Quercetin also decreased reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels in TM4 cells exposed to FB1
*antiOx↓, enhanced the expression of antioxidant genes
*MMP↑, improved mitochondrial membrane potential.
*GPI↑, elevated the mRNA and protein expression of glycolysis-related genes, including (Gpi1), (Hk2), (Aldoa), (Pkm), lactate (Ldha) and (Pfkl)
*HK2↑,
*ALDOA↑,
*PKM1↑,
*LDHA↑,
*PFKL↑,

2333- RES,    Resveratrol regulates insulin resistance to improve the glycolytic pathway by activating SIRT2 in PCOS granulosa cells
- in-vitro, Nor, NA
*glucose↓, RES played a protective role on the IR in PCOS rats, which significantly decreased the levels of blood glucose and serum insulin, up regulated the expression of IGF1R, and down regulated the expression of IGF1.
*Insulin↓,
*IGFR↓,
*IGF-1↓,
*LDHA↑, RES overtly repaired the glycolysis process by reversing the levels of lactic acid and pyruvate, together with up regulating the expression level of LDHA, HK2, and PKM2, after AGK2 treatment.
*HK2↑,
*PKM2↑,
*Glycolysis↝, RES could eectively improve insulin resistance and restore the glycolysis pathway by regulating SIRT2, which may contribute to attenuating the ovarian damage of PCOS rat
*SIRT2↑, activating SIRT2 in PCOS granulosa cells

1214- VitK2,    Vitamin K2 promotes PI3K/AKT/HIF-1α-mediated glycolysis that leads to AMPK-dependent autophagic cell death in bladder cancer cells
- in-vitro, Bladder, T24/HTB-9 - in-vitro, Bladder, J82
Glycolysis↑, Vitamin K2 renders bladder cancer cells more dependence on glycolysis than TCA cycle
GlucoseCon↑, results suggest that Vitamin K2 is able to induce metabolic stress, including glucose starvation and energy shortage, in bladder cancer cells, upon glucose limitation.
lactateProd↑,
TCA↓, Vitamin K2 promotes glycolysis and inhibits TCA cycle in bladder cancer cells
PI3K↑,
Akt↑,
AMPK↑, Vitamin K2 remarkably activated AMPK pathway
mTORC1↓,
TumAuto↑,
GLUT1↑, Vitamin K2 stepwise elevated the expression of some glycolytic proteins or enzymes, such as GLUT-1, Hexokinase II (HK2), PFKFB2, LDHA and PDHK1, in bladder cancer T24
HK2↑,
LDHA↑, Vitamin K2 stepwise elevated the expression of some glycolytic proteins or enzymes, such as GLUT-1, Hexokinase II (HK2), PFKFB2, LDHA and PDHK1, in bladder cancer T24
ACC↓, Vitamin K2 remarkably decreased the amounts of Acetyl coenzyme A (Acetyl-CoA) in T24 cells
PDH↓, suggesting that Vitamin K2 inactivates PDH
eff↓, Intriguingly, glucose supplementation profoundly abrogated AMPK activation and rescued bladder cancer cells from Vitamin K2-triggered autophagic cell death.
cMyc↓, c-MYC protein level was also significantly reduced in T24 cells following treatment with Vitamin K2 for 18 hours
Hif1a↑, Besides, the increased expression of GLUT-1, HIF-1α, p-AKT and p-AMPK were also detected in Vitamin K2-treated tumor group
p‑Akt↑,
eff↓, 2-DG, 3BP and DCA-induced glycolysis attenuation significantly prevented metabolic stress and rescued bladder cancer cells from Vitamin K2-triggered AMPK-dependent autophagic cell death
eff↓, inhibition of PI3K/AKT and HIF-1α notably attenuated Vitamin K2-upregulated glycolysis, indicating that Vitamin K2 promotes glycolysis in bladder cancer cells via PI3K/AKT and HIF-1α signal pathways.
eff↓, (NAC, a ROS scavenger) not only alleviated Vitamin K2-induced AKT activation and glycolysis promotion, but also significantly suppressed the subsequent AMPK-dependent autophagic cell death.
eff↓, glucose supplementation not only restored c-MYC expression, but also rescued bladder cancer cells from Vitamin K2-triggered AMPK-dependent autophagic cell death
ROS↑, under glucose limited condition, the increased glycolysis inevitably resulted in metabolic stress, which augments ROS accumulation due to lack of glucose for sustained glycolysis.


Showing Research Papers: 1 to 7 of 7

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 7

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

GSH↓, 1,   GSTs↑, 1,   ROS↑, 2,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

ACC↓, 1,   AMPK↑, 1,   cMyc↓, 1,   GlucoseCon↑, 1,   Glycolysis↑, 1,   HK2↑, 1,   lactateProd↑, 1,   LDHA↑, 1,   PDH↓, 1,   TCA↓, 1,  

Cell Death ⓘ

Akt↑, 1,   p‑Akt↑, 1,  

Autophagy & Lysosomes ⓘ

TumAuto↑, 1,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

mTORC1↓, 1,   PI3K↑, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

Hif1a↑, 1,  

Barriers & Transport ⓘ

GLUT1↑, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

eff↓, 5,  
Total Targets: 21

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

antiOx↓, 1,   antiOx↑, 1,   GPx1↑, 2,   GPx4↑, 2,   GSH↑, 1,   HO-1↑, 1,   lipidDe↓, 1,   MDA↓, 1,   NQO1↑, 1,   NRF2↑, 1,   OXPHOS↓, 2,   ROS↓, 3,   mt-ROS↓, 1,   SOD↑, 2,   SOD1↑, 1,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics ⓘ

Insulin↓, 1,   mitResp↓, 1,   MMP↑, 1,   MMP↝, 1,   OCR↓, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

ACC↓, 1,   p‑ACC↑, 1,   ALDOA↑, 1,   p‑AMPK↑, 1,   ECAR↑, 1,   FAO↑, 1,   FGF21↑, 1,   glucose↓, 1,   GlucoseCon↑, 1,   Glycolysis↑, 4,   Glycolysis↝, 1,   GPI↑, 1,   H2S↑, 1,   HK2↑, 6,   LDHA↑, 3,   PDKs↓, 1,   PFK↑, 1,   PFKL↑, 3,   PFKM↑, 2,   PFKP↑, 1,   PKM1↑, 1,   PKM2↑, 5,   PPARα↑, 1,   SIRT2↑, 1,   SREBP1↓, 1,  

Cell Death ⓘ

Apoptosis↓, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics ⓘ

other↝, 1,   tumCV↑, 1,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

IGF-1↓, 2,   IGFR↓, 1,   mTOR↓, 1,  

Migration ⓘ

TumCMig↑, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

angioG↑, 1,   ATF4↑, 1,  

Barriers & Transport ⓘ

GLUT1↑, 2,   GLUT4↑, 2,  

Cellular Microenvironment ⓘ

pH↑, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

GutMicro↑, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

cognitive↑, 1,   neuroP↑, 1,   OS↑, 1,  
Total Targets: 61

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: HK2, Hexokinase 2
2 Magnetic Fields
1 Baicalin
1 diet Methionine-Restricted Diet
1 Quercetin
1 Resveratrol
1 Vitamin K2
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