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The Oncogenic Action of NRF2 Depends on De-glycation by Fructosamine-3-Kinase

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Sanghvi, Viraj R., Leibold, Josef, Mina, Marco, Mohan, Prathibha, Berishaj, Marjan, Li, Zhuoning, Miele, Matthew M., Lailler, Nathalie +8 more·2019·Cell

Abstract

The NRF2 transcription factor controls a cell stress program that is implicated in cancer and there is great interest in targeting NRF2 for therapy. We show that NRF2 activity depends on Fructosamine-3-kinase (FN3K)-a kinase that triggers protein de-glycation. In its absence, NRF2 is extensively glycated, unstable, and defective at binding to small MAF proteins and transcriptional activation. Moreover, the development of hepatocellular carcinoma triggered by MYC and Keap1 inactivation depends on FN3K in vivo. N-acetyl cysteine treatment partially rescues the effects of FN3K loss on NRF2 driven tumor phenotypes indicating a key role for NRF2-mediated redox balance. Mass spectrometry reveals that other proteins undergo FN3K-sensitive glycation, including translation factors, heat shock proteins, and histones. How glycation affects their functions remains to be defined. In summary, our study reveals a surprising role for the glycation of cellular proteins and implicates FN3K as targetable modulator of NRF2 activity in cancer.

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  • NRF2 stability and function depend on removal of sugars from the NRF2 protein, triggered by FN3K phosphorylation of sugar residues attached to NRF2's C-terminal domain.

    “We know that NRF2 functions depend on removal of sugar adducts by the frutosamine-3-kinase (FN3K).”

    From NRF2 Activation Confers Resistance to eIF4A Inhibitors in Cancer Therapy (2021) · cites this paper as [14]

    The Discussion section, “NRF2 function requires removal of sugar adducts,” directly supports the citing sentence: FN3K phosphorylates attached sugars to trigger their removal, and NRF2 activity requires FN3K. The expanded claim overgeneralizes the stability finding: the Results section, “Glycation decreases NRF2 stability in KEAP1 proficient cells,” reports reduced stability in KEAP1-wild-type cells but unchanged stability in KEAP1-mutant cells. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Sanghvi, V. R., Leibold, J., Mina, M., Mohan, P., Berishaj, M., Li, Z., Miele, M. M., Lailler, N., Zhao, C., de Stanchina, E., Viale, A., Akkari, L., Lowe, S. W., Ciriello, G., Hendrickson, R. C., & Wendel, H.-G.
Affiliations
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
  • SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (CH)
  • The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NL)
Corresponding author
Wendel, Hans-Guido
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-08
Volume
178
Issue
4
Pages
807-819.e21
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2968887911
Cited by
155
References
73
Citations by year
2026: 19 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 30 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 2
FWCI
6.12
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • IRIS (submittedVersion)
  • SERVAL (Université de Lausanne) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  • Starr Foundation
  • Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
  • National Institutes of Health
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Redox biology and oxidative stress
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Clinical Biochemistry › Advanced Glycation End Products research
Keywords
Nrf2, fructosamine-3-kinase, protein glycation, oncogenic signaling, hepatocellular carcinoma, c-Myc, Keap1, N-acetylcysteine, redox homeostasis, transcriptional activation, heat shock proteins, translation factors, cancer therapy targets
MeSH terms
Kelch-Like ECH-Associated Protein 1, Animals, Female, Glucose, Glycosylation, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, Humans, Liver Neoplasms, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Nude, Transduction, Genetic, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc, Mice, SCID, Mice, Inbred NOD, Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor), NF-E2-Related Factor 2, Mice, Gene Knockdown Techniques, Hep G2 Cells, HEK293 Cells, Heterografts

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