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Inhibiting the system xC-/glutathione axis selectively targets cancers with mutant-p53 accumulation.
Nature communications - 28 Mar 2017
Liu David S, Duong Cuong P, Haupt Sue, Montgomery Karen G, House Colin M, Azar Walid J, Pearson Helen B, Fisher Oliver M, Read Matthew, Guerra Glen R, Haupt Ygal, Cullinane Carleen, Wiman Klas G, Abrahmsen Lars, Phillips Wayne A, Clemons Nicholas J
Abstract excerpt
TP53, a critical tumour suppressor gene, is mutated in over half of all cancers resulting in mutant-p53 protein accumulation and poor patient survival. Therapeutic strategies to target mutant-p53 cancers are urgently needed. We show that accumulated mutant-p53 protein suppresses the expression of SLC7A11, a component of the cystine/glutamate antiporter, system xC-, through binding to the master antioxidant...
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