| CR | calorie restriction |
| GR | glucose restriction |
| IGF-1 | insulin-like growth factor 1 |
| PI3K | phosphoinositide 3-kinase |
| mTOR | mammalian target of rapamycin |
| AMPK | AMP-dependent protein kinase |
| pHi | intracellular pH |
| MCT | monocarboxylate transporter |
| NHE1 | Na+/H+ exchanger-1 |
| v-ATPase | vacuolar H+-ATPase |
| pHe | extracellular pH |
| mTORC1 | mTOR complex-1 |
| 4EBP1 | 4E-binding protein 1 |
| HIF-1 | hypoxia inducible factor-1 |
| GTP | guanosine triphosphate |
| PMA | phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate |
| FBS | fetal bovine serum |
| SDS-PAGE | sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| TBS-T | tris-buffered saline with 0.1% Tween 20 |
| PBS | phosphate-buffered saline |
| BCECF | 2’,7’bis-(2-carboxyethyl)-5-(and-6)-carboxyfluorescein acetoxymethyl ester |
| SEs | standard errors |
| ANOVA | analysis of variance |