p53 engages the cGAS/STING cytosolic DNA sensing pathway for tumor suppression
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Tumor suppression by TP53 involves cell-autonomous and non-cell-autonomous mechanisms. TP53 can suppress tumor growth by modulating immune system functions; however, the mechanistic basis for this activity is not well understood. We report that p53 promotes the degradation of the DNA exonuclease TREX1, resulting in cytosolic dsDNA accumulation. We demonstrate that p53 requires the ubiquitin ligase TRIM24 to induce TREX1 degradation. The cytosolic DNA accumulation resulting from TREX1 degradation activates the cytosolic DNA-sensing cGAS/STING pathway, resulting in induction of type I interferons. TREX1 overexpression sufficed to block p53 activation of the cGAS/STING pathway. p53-mediated induction of type I interferon (IFNB1) is suppressed by cGAS/STING knockout, and p53's tumor suppressor activities are compromised by the loss of signaling through the cGAS/STING pathway. Thus, our study reveals that p53 utilizes the cGAS/STING innate immune system pathway for both cell-intrinsic and cell-extrinsic tumor suppressor activities.
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The cGAS-STING axis is linked to DNA damage.
“Links between IL-1 signalling and p53 have been reported in the context of tumour cells 68,69 , and the cGAS-STING axis is increasingly linked to DNA damage 70 , although the exact triggers of this pathway in the context of AAV-mediated CNS transduction remain to be defined.”
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- Authors
- Ghosh, M., Saha, S., Li, J., Montrose, D. C., & Martinez, L. A.
- Affiliations
- Stony Brook University (US)
- Stony Brook Medicine (US)
- Corresponding author
- Martinez, Luis A.
- Venue
- Molecular Cell
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2023-01
- Volume
- 83
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 266-280.e6
- ISSN
- 1097-2765 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC9993620
- OpenAlex
- W4315705275
- Cited by
- 166
- References
- 60
- Citations by year
- 2026: 48 · 2025: 54 · 2024: 37 · 2023: 27
- FWCI
- 18.10
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
- www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
- www.elsevier.com/open-access/userlicense/1.0/ (vor, 383 d)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-017 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-037 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-012 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-029 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-004 (stm-asf)
- Locations
- Molecular Cell (publishedVersion)
- bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- Stony Brook University
- National Institutes of Health
- National Cancer Institute (K22CA226033, R01CA166974)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › interferon and immune responses
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › TGF-β signaling in diseases
- Keywords
- TP53, p53, cGAS-STING pathway, cytosolic DNA sensing, TRIM24, type I interferon, IFNB1, tumor suppression, innate immunity, double-stranded DNA, ubiquitin ligase
- MeSH terms
- STING Protein, DNA, Immunity, Innate, Interferon Type I, Membrane Proteins, Nucleotidyltransferases, Signal Transduction, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
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