Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

Dendrogenin A drives LXR to trigger lethal autophagy in cancers

  • Gregory Segala,
  • Marion David,
  • Philippe de Medina,
  • Mathias C. Poirot,
  • Nizar Serhan,
  • François Vergez,
  • Aurelie Mougel,
  • Estelle Saland,
  • Kevin Carayon,
  • Julie Leignadier,
  • Nicolas Caron,
  • Maud Voisin,
  • Julia Cherier,
  • Laetitia Ligat,
  • Frederic Lopez,
  • Emmanuel Noguer,
  • Arnaud Rives,
  • Bruno Payré,
  • Talal al Saati,
  • Antonin Lamaziere,
  • Gaëtan Despres,
  • Jean-Marc Lobaccaro,
  • Silvere Baron,
  • Cecile Demur,
  • Fabienne de Toni,
  • Clément Larrue,
  • Helena Boutzen,
  • Fabienne Thomas,
  • Jean-Emmanuel Sarry,
  • Marie Tosolini,
  • Didier Picard,
  • Michel Record,
  • Christian Récher,
  • Marc Poirot,
  • Sandrine Silvente-Poirot

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01948-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Dendrogenin A, cholesterol metabolite, has tumor suppressive properties but the mechanisms are unknown. Here the authors show that Dendrogenin A can induce autophagy-mediated cell death in both melanoma and acute myeloid leukaemia.