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ArticleCell death & disease2024

Vitamin B6 deficiency cooperates with oncogenic Ras to induce malignant tumors in Drosophila.

Eleonora Pilesi, Giulia Tesoriere, Angelo Ferriero, Elisa Mascolo, Francesco Liguori, Luca Argirò, Chiara Angioli, Angela Tramonti, Roberto Contestabile, Cinzia Volontè and 1 more

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  4. From Fly to Human: Translational Relevance ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  5. Validation in Drosophila of the in silico predicted clomipramine as repurposable for SOD1-ALS.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026
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  9. Vitamin B6 deficiency produces metabolic alterations in Drosophila.Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society · 2025
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  11. MR1 presents vitamin B6-related compounds for recognition by MR1-reactive T cells.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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Eleonora Pilesi *Dept. of Biology and Biotechnology "Charles Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, 00185, Rome, Italy.
Giulia Tesoriere *Dept. of Biology and Biotechnology "Charles Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, 00185, Rome, Italy.
Angelo FerrieroDept. of Biology and Biotechnology "Charles Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, 00185, Rome, Italy.
Elisa MascoloDept. of Biology and Biotechnology "Charles Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, 00185, Rome, Italy.
Francesco LiguoriExperimental Neuroscience and Neurological Disease Models, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, 00143, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3456-6574
Luca ArgiròDept. of Biology and Biotechnology "Charles Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, 00185, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0009-0007-5304-9800
Chiara AngioliDept. of Biology and Biotechnology "Charles Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, 00185, Rome, Italy.
Angela TramontiInstitute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, 00185, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5625-1170
Roberto ContestabileDepartment of Biochemical Sciences "A. Rossi Fanelli", Sapienza, University of Rome, 00185, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5235-9993
Cinzia VolontèExperimental Neuroscience and Neurological Disease Models, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, 00143, Rome, Italy.
Fiammetta VernìDept. of Biology and Biotechnology "Charles Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, 00185, Rome, Italy. Fiammetta.verni@uniroma1.it.ORCID 0000-0001-8866-3324

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vitamin B6 is a water-soluble vitamin which possesses antioxidant properties. Its catalytically active form, pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP), is a crucial cofactor for DNA and amino acid metabolism. The inverse correlation between vitamin B6 and cancer risk has been observed in several studies, although dietary vitamin B6 intake sometimes failed to confirm this association. However, the molecular link between vitamin B6 and cancer remains elusive. Previous work has shown that vitamin B6 deficiency causes chromosome aberrations (CABs) in Drosophila and human cells, suggesting that genome instability may correlate the lack of this vitamin to cancer. Here we provide evidence in support of this hypothesis. Firstly, we show that PLP deficiency, induced by the PLP antagonists 4-deoxypyridoxine (4DP) or ginkgotoxin (GT), promoted tumorigenesis in eye larval discs transforming benign Ras

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DrosophilaDrosophila Proteinsras ProteinsVitamin B 6 DeficiencyAnimalsCarcinogenesisDrosophila melanogasterHumansLarvaNeoplasmsPyridoxal PhosphateReactive Oxygen SpeciesVitamin B 6Drosophila ProteinsPyridoxal Phosphateras ProteinsReactive Oxygen SpeciesVitamin B 6

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