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ArticleHeliyon2021

The tumour suppressor CCDC6 is involved in ROS tolerance and neoplastic transformation by evading ferroptosis.

Francesco Morra, Francesco Merolla, Federica Zito Marino, Rosaria Catalano, Renato Franco, Paolo Chieffi, Angela Celetti

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Article in Heliyon, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. KRAS-mediated CCDC6 degradation drives xCT upregulation and ferroptosis evasion.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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  3. PARP Inhibitors in Genitourinary Cancer: A New Paradigm Beyond Prostate Cancer.International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Francesco MorraInstitute for the Experimental Endocrinology and Oncology, Research National Council, CNR, Naples, Italy.
Francesco MerollaDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences "V. Tiberio", University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy.
Federica Zito MarinoPathology Unit, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
Rosaria CatalanoInstitute for the Experimental Endocrinology and Oncology, Research National Council, CNR, Naples, Italy.
Renato FrancoPathology Unit, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
Paolo ChieffiDepartment of Psychology, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
Angela CelettiInstitute for the Experimental Endocrinology and Oncology, Research National Council, CNR, Naples, Italy.
Institute for Experimental Endocrinology and Oncology · ITUniversity of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · ITUniversity of Molise · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coiled-coil domain containing 6 (CCDC6) is a tumour suppressor gene involved in apoptosis and DNA damage response. CCDC6 is known to be functionally impaired upon gene fusions, somatic mutations, and altered protein turnover in several tumours. Testicular germ cell tumours are among the most common malignancies in young males. Despite the high cure rate, achieved through chemotherapy and/or surgery, drug resistance can still occur. In a human cellular model of testis Embryonal Carcinoma, the deficiency of CCDC6 was associated with defects in DNA repair via homologous recombination and sensitivity to PARP1/2 inhibitors. Same data were obtained in a panel of murine testicular cell lines, including Sertoli, Spermatogonia and Spermatocytes. In these cells, upon oxidative damage exposure, the absence of CCDC6 conferred tolerance to reactive oxygen species affecting regulated cell death pathways by apoptosis and ferroptosis. At molecular level, the loss of CCDC6 was associated with an enhancement of the xCT/SLC7A11 cystine antiporter expression which, by promoting the accumulation of ROS, interfered with the activation of ferroptosis pathway. In conclusion, our data suggest that the CCDC6 downregulation could aid the testis germ cells to be part of a pro-survival pathway that helps to evade the toxic effects of endogenous oxidants contributing to testicular neoplastic growth. Novel therapeutic options will be discussed.

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DeferoxamineDNA DSBsEmbryonal carcinomaErastinFerrostatin-1GlutathioneHomologous recombinationPARP inhibitorsSeminomaTargeted therapiesxCT/SLC7A11 cystine antiporter

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PMID34841108
PMCPMC8605351
OpenAlexW3212740009

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