Regulating metabolism by modifying the level of trehalose-6-phosphate by inhibiting endogenous trehalase levels

摘要

The invention lies in the field of regulation of carbon flow in the metabolism of the cell. It has been found that induction of a change in the intracellular availability of the saccharide trehalose-6-phosphate (T- 6-P) induces modifications of the development and/or composition of cells, tissue and organs in vivo. These changes can be induced by inhibiting the endogenous enzyme trehalase which is capable of hydrolysing trehalose into two glucose moieties.