Nature Communications (Aug 2019)

Genotoxic stress-triggered β-catenin/JDP2/PRMT5 complex facilitates reestablishing glutathione homeostasis

  • Lixue Cao,
  • Geyan Wu,
  • Jinrong Zhu,
  • Zhanyao Tan,
  • Dongni Shi,
  • Xingui Wu,
  • Miaoling Tang,
  • Ziwen Li,
  • Yameng Hu,
  • Shuxia Zhang,
  • Ruyuan Yu,
  • Shuang Mo,
  • Jueheng Wu,
  • Erwei Song,
  • Mengfeng Li,
  • Libing Song,
  • Jun Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11696-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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It is known that genotoxic stress induces high levels of ROS and deplete cellular glutathione stores. Here, Cao et al. uncover a β-catenin-dependent TCF/LEF-independent mechanism that promotes histone-mediated transcriptional activation of glutathione synthesis.