Review Article

Hypoxia in Diabetic Kidneys

Figure 5

The essential role of HIF-1 is to switch the glucose metabolism from oxidative phosphorylation to glycolysis under hypoxic (Pasteur effect) or normoxic (pseudohypoxia or Warburg effect) conditions. Glycolysis: glucose + 2Pi + 2ADP + 2NAD+ 2pyruvate + 2ATP + 2NADH + 2H2O, 2pyruvate + 2NADH 2lactate + 2NAD+. Aerobic respiration: glucose + 6O2 + 36Pi + 36ADP 6CO2 + 36ATP + 42H2O.
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