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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY
Volume 48, Issue 6, Pages 2415-2424Publisher
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2016.3456
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p53; inositol 3-phosphate synthase; myo-inositol
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan
- Japan Agency for medical Research and Development
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
- Tokyo Biochemical Research Foundation
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [15K14377, 25293168] Funding Source: KAKEN
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In response to various cellular stresses, p53 exerts its tumor suppressive effects such as apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, and senescence through the induction of its target genes. Recently, p53 was shown to control cellular homeostasis by regulating energy metabolism, glycolysis, antioxidant effect, and autophagy. However, its function in inositol synthesis was not reported. Through a microarray screening, we found that five genes related with myo-inositol metabolism were induced by p53. DNA damage enhanced intracellular myo-inositol content in HCT116 p53(+/+) cells, but not in HCT116 p53(-/-) cells. We also indicated that inositol 3-phosphate synthase (ISYNA1) which encodes an enzyme essential for myo-inositol biosynthesis as a direct target of p53. Activated p53 regulated ISYNA1 expression through p53 response element in the seventh exon. Ectopic ISYNA1 expression increased myo-inositol levels in the cells and suppressed tumor cell growth. Knockdown of ISYNA1 caused resistance to adriamycin treatment, demonstrating the role of ISYNA1 in p53-mediated growth suppression. Furthermore, ISYNA1 expression was significantly associated with p53 mutation in bladder, breast cancer, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, lung squamous cell carcinoma, and pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Our findings revealed a novel role of p53 in myo-inositol biosynthesis which could be a potential therapeutic target.
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