Liu, David S., Duong, Cuong P., Haupt, Sue, Montgomery, Karen G., House, Colin M., Azar, Walid J., Pearson, Helen B.  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3284-0843, Fisher, Oliver M., Read, Matthew, Guerra, Glen R., Haupt, Ygal, Cullinane, Carleen, Wiman, Klas G., Abrahmsen, Lars, Phillips, Wayne A. and Clemons, Nicholas J.
2017.
Inhibiting the system xC-/glutathione axis selectively targets cancers with mutant-p53 accumulation.
Nature Communications
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, 14844.
10.1038/ncomms14844
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Abstract
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 transcription factor NRF2. This diminishes glutathione synthesis, rendering mutant-p53 tumours susceptible to oxidative damage. System xC− inhibitors specifically exploit this vulnerability to preferentially kill cancer cells with stabilized mutant-p53 protein. Moreover, we demonstrate that SLC7A11 expression is a novel and robust predictive biomarker for APR-246, a first-in-class mutant-p53 reactivator that also binds and depletes glutathione in tumours, triggering lipid peroxidative cell death. Importantly, system xC− antagonism strongly synergizes with APR-246 to induce apoptosis in mutant-p53 tumours. We propose a new paradigm for targeting cancers that accumulate mutant-p53 protein by inhibiting the SLC7A11–glutathione axis.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Published Online |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Biosciences Research Institutes & Centres > European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute (ECSCRI) |
| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
| ISSN: | 2041-1723 |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 18 August 2017 |
| Date of Acceptance: | 3 February 2017 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jul 2023 18:28 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/103775 |
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