Potential Role of Sugar Transporters in Cancer and Their Relationship with Anticancer Therapy

Table 1

Substrate specificity and tissue expression of sugar transporters.

Transporter

Substrates

Tissues

Glucose

Fructose

Intestine

Kidney

Blood

Liver

Brain

Pancreas

Testis

Muscle

Heart

Fat

SGLT1

X

X

X

SGLT2

X

X

GLUT1

X

X

X

GLUT2

X

X

X

X

X

GLUT3

X

X

X

GLUT4

X

X

X

X

GLUT5

X

X

X

X

GLUT6

X

X

X

GLUT7

X

X

X

X

X

GLUT8

X

X

X

X

GLUT9

X

X

X

GLUT10

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

GLUT11

X

X

X

X

X

X

GLUT12

X

X

X

X

GLUT14

X

X