Nature Communications (Jun 2016)

p62/Sqstm1 promotes malignancy of HCV-positive hepatocellular carcinoma through Nrf2-dependent metabolic reprogramming

  • Tetsuya Saito,
  • Yoshinobu Ichimura,
  • Keiko Taguchi,
  • Takafumi Suzuki,
  • Tsunehiro Mizushima,
  • Kenji Takagi,
  • Yuki Hirose,
  • Masayuki Nagahashi,
  • Tetsuro Iso,
  • Toshiaki Fukutomi,
  • Maki Ohishi,
  • Keiko Endo,
  • Takefumi Uemura,
  • Yasumasa Nishito,
  • Shujiro Okuda,
  • Miki Obata,
  • Tsuguka Kouno,
  • Riyo Imamura,
  • Yukio Tada,
  • Rika Obata,
  • Daisuke Yasuda,
  • Kyoko Takahashi,
  • Tsutomu Fujimura,
  • Jingbo Pi,
  • Myung-Shik Lee,
  • Takashi Ueno,
  • Tomoyuki Ohe,
  • Tadahiko Mashino,
  • Toshifumi Wakai,
  • Hirotatsu Kojima,
  • Takayoshi Okabe,
  • Tetsuo Nagano,
  • Hozumi Motohashi,
  • Satoshi Waguri,
  • Tomoyoshi Soga,
  • Masayuki Yamamoto,
  • Keiji Tanaka,
  • Masaaki Komatsu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12030
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Dysregulation of p62 has been implicated in tumorigenesis. Here, the authors show that p62 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma by reprogramming glucose and glutamine metabolism through Nrf2 and present a novel compound that can inhibit p62 action thus sensitizing cancer cells to chemotherapy.