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SUBMITTER: Guzzo G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4323003 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Guzzo Giulia G Sciacovelli Marco M Bernardi Paolo P Rasola Andrea A
Oncotarget 20141201 23
TRAP1 is a mitochondrial chaperone highly expressed in many tumor types; it inhibits respiratory complex II, down-modulating its succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) enzymatic activity. SDH inhibition in turn leads to a pseudohypoxic state caused by succinate-dependent HIF1α stabilization and promotes neoplastic growth. Here we report that TRAP1 inhibition of SDH also shields cells from oxidative insults and from the ensuing lethal opening of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore. This anti-ox ...[more]