Glutamine deficiency in solid tumor cells confers resistance to ribosomal RNA synthesis inhibitors

oleh: Melvin Pan, Christiane Zorbas, Maki Sugaya, Kensuke Ishiguro, Miki Kato, Miyuki Nishida, Hai-Feng Zhang, Marco M. Candeias, Akimitsu Okamoto, Takamasa Ishikawa, Tomoyoshi Soga, Hiroyuki Aburatani, Juro Sakai, Yoshihiro Matsumura, Tsutomu Suzuki, Christopher G. Proud, Denis L. J. Lafontaine, Tsuyoshi Osawa

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01

Deskripsi

Small molecules that target RNA Polymerase I inhibit ribosome biogenesis to activate p53 through the nucleolar surveillance response pathway. Here, the authors show that p53 induction by ribosome stress is dependent on extracellular glutamine availability.