Communications Biology (May 2022)

PGC1 alpha coactivates ERG fusion to drive antioxidant target genes under metabolic stress

  • Aiindrila Dhara,
  • Imlimaong Aier,
  • Ankush Paladhi,
  • Pritish Kumar Varadwaj,
  • Sumit Kumar Hira,
  • Nirmalya Sen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03385-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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PGC1α acts as a co-activator of the ERG transcription factor during metabolic stress resulting in antioxidant functionsand inhibition of the PGC1α-ERG driven transcriptional program reduces prostate cancer growth by inducing ROS mediated apoptosis.