Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Sirtuin5 protects colorectal cancer from DNA damage by keeping nucleotide availability

  • Hao-Lian Wang,
  • Yan Chen,
  • Yun-Qian Wang,
  • En-Wei Tao,
  • Juan Tan,
  • Qian-Qian Liu,
  • Chun-Min Li,
  • Xue-Mei Tong,
  • Qin-Yan Gao,
  • Jie Hong,
  • Ying-Xuan Chen,
  • Jing-Yuan Fang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33903-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Sirtuin 5 (SIRT5) has been associated to colorectal cancer and metabolic regulation. Here, the authors show that SIRT5 silencing reduces nucleotide availability leading to DNA damage and tumor suppression in colorectal cancer models.