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ArticleCell death & disease2020

GSK3β is a key regulator of the ROS-dependent necrotic death induced by the quinone DMNQ.

Sonia Ciotti, Luca Iuliano, Sebastiano Cefalù, Marina Comelli, Irene Mavelli, Eros Di Giorgio, Claudio Brancolini

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sonia CiottiDepartment of Medicine, Università degli Studi di Udine. P.le Kolbe 4, 33100, Udine, Italy.
Luca IulianoDepartment of Medicine, Università degli Studi di Udine. P.le Kolbe 4, 33100, Udine, Italy.
Sebastiano CefalùDepartment of Medicine, Università degli Studi di Udine. P.le Kolbe 4, 33100, Udine, Italy.
Marina ComelliDepartment of Medicine, Università degli Studi di Udine. P.le Kolbe 4, 33100, Udine, Italy.
Irene MavelliDepartment of Medicine, Università degli Studi di Udine. P.le Kolbe 4, 33100, Udine, Italy.
Eros Di GiorgioDepartment of Medicine, Università degli Studi di Udine. P.le Kolbe 4, 33100, Udine, Italy.
Claudio BrancoliniDepartment of Medicine, Università degli Studi di Udine. P.le Kolbe 4, 33100, Udine, Italy. claudio.brancolini@uniud.it.
University of Udine · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Signaling pathways controlling necrosis are still mysterious and debated. We applied a shRNA-based viability screen to identify critical elements of the necrotic response. We took advantage from a small molecule (G5) that makes covalent adducts with free thiols by Michael addition and elicits multiple stresses. In cells resistant to apoptosis, G5 triggers necrosis through the induction of protein unfolding, glutathione depletion, ER stress, proteasomal impairments, and cytoskeletal stress. The kinase GSK3β was isolated among the top hits of the screening. Using the quinone DMNQ, a ROS generator, we demonstrate that GSK3β is involved in the regulation of ROS-dependent necrosis. Our results have been validated using siRNA and by knocking-out GSK3β with the CRISPR/Cas9 technology. In response to DMNQ GSK3β is activated by serine 9 dephosphorylation, concomitantly to Akt inactivation. During the quinone-induced pro-necrotic stress, GSK3β gradually accumulates into the nucleus, before the collapse of the mitochondrial membrane potential. Accumulation of ROS in response to DMNQ is impaired by the absence of GSK3β. We provide evidence that the activities of the obligatory two-electrons reducing flavoenzymes, NQO1 (NAD(P)H quinone dehydrogenase 1) and NQO2 are required to suppress DMNQ-induced necrosis. In the absence of GSK3β the expression of NQO1 and NQO2 is dramatically increased, possibly because of an increased transcriptional activity of NRF2. In summary, GSK3β by blunting the anti-oxidant response and particularly NQO1 and NQO2 expression, favors the appearance of necrosis in response to ROS, as generated by the quinone DMNQ.

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Cell LineCell NucleusEnzyme ActivationGenetic TestingGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3 betaGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHumansMembrane Potential, MitochondrialMitochondriaModels, BiologicalNaphthoquinonesNecroptosisNF-E2-Related Factor 2Oxidative StressReactive Oxygen SpeciesReproducibility of Results2,3-dimethoxy-1,4-naphthoquinoneGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3 betaGreen Fluorescent ProteinsNaphthoquinonesNF-E2-Related Factor 2Reactive Oxygen SpeciesRNA, Small Interfering

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PMID31919413
PMCPMC6952365
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