Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

Loss of p53 activates thyroid hormone via type 2 deiodinase and enhances DNA damage

  • Annarita Nappi,
  • Caterina Miro,
  • Antonio Pezone,
  • Alfonso Tramontano,
  • Emery Di Cicco,
  • Serena Sagliocchi,
  • Annunziata Gaetana Cicatiello,
  • Melania Murolo,
  • Sepehr Torabinejad,
  • Elena Abbotto,
  • Giuseppina Caiazzo,
  • Maddalena Raia,
  • Mariano Stornaiuolo,
  • Dario Antonini,
  • Gabriella Fabbrocini,
  • Domenico Salvatore,
  • Vittorio Enrico Avvedimento,
  • Monica Dentice

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36755-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Thyroid hormones have an important role in fostering tumour progression, however their upstream regulators are less clear. Here, the authors identify the thyroid hormone activating enzyme type 2 deiodinase as a p53 target gene and demonstrate its contribution to tumour progression in p53 mutant squamous cell carcinoma.