Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

GOT1 inhibition promotes pancreatic cancer cell death by ferroptosis

  • Daniel M. Kremer,
  • Barbara S. Nelson,
  • Lin Lin,
  • Emily L. Yarosz,
  • Christopher J. Halbrook,
  • Samuel A. Kerk,
  • Peter Sajjakulnukit,
  • Amy Myers,
  • Galloway Thurston,
  • Sean W. Hou,
  • Eileen S. Carpenter,
  • Anthony C. Andren,
  • Zeribe C. Nwosu,
  • Nicholas Cusmano,
  • Stephanie Wisner,
  • Nneka E. Mbah,
  • Mengrou Shan,
  • Nupur K. Das,
  • Brian Magnuson,
  • Andrew C. Little,
  • Milan R. Savani,
  • Johanna Ramos,
  • Tina Gao,
  • Stephen A. Sastra,
  • Carmine F. Palermo,
  • Michael A. Badgley,
  • Li Zhang,
  • John M. Asara,
  • Samuel K. McBrayer,
  • Marina Pasca di Magliano,
  • Howard C. Crawford,
  • Yatrik M. Shah,
  • Kenneth P. Olive,
  • Costas A. Lyssiotis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24859-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The aspartate aminotransaminase GOT1 is important for maintaining redox balance. Here, the authors show that inhibition of GOT1 in pancreatic cancer cells leads to cell death via ferroptosis.