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Selenoprotein H is an essential regulator of redox homeostasis that cooperates with p53 in development and tumorigenesis

Authors
Cox, A.G., Tsomides, A., Kim, A.J., Saunders, D., Hwang, K.L., Evason, K.J., Heidel, J., Brown, K.K., Yuan, M., Lien, E.C., Lee, B.C., Nissim, S., Dickinson, B., Chhangawala, S., Chang, C.J., Asara, J.M., Houvras, Y., Gladyshev, V.N., Goessling, W.
ID
ZDB-PUB-160903-3
Date
2016
Source
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America   113(38): E5562-71 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Evason, Kimberley, Gladyshev, Vadim, Goessling, Wolfram, Houvras, Yariv, Nissim, Sahar
Keywords
endoderm development, liver cancer, p53, selenium, selenoproteins
Datasets
GEO:GSE85943
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Carcinogenesis/genetics*
  • DNA Damage/genetics
  • DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics*
  • DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms/genetics*
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms/pathology
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
  • Homeostasis
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Oxidative Stress/genetics
  • Selenium/metabolism
  • Selenoproteins/genetics*
  • Selenoproteins/metabolism
  • Transcriptome/genetics
  • Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/genetics*
  • Zebrafish/genetics
PubMed
27588899 Full text @ Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
Abstract
Selenium, an essential micronutrient known for its cancer prevention properties, is incorporated into a class of selenocysteine-containing proteins (selenoproteins). Selenoprotein H (SepH) is a recently identified nucleolar oxidoreductase whose function is not well understood. Here we report that seph is an essential gene regulating organ development in zebrafish. Metabolite profiling by targeted LC-MS/MS demonstrated that SepH deficiency impairs redox balance by reducing the levels of ascorbate and methionine, while increasing methionine sulfoxide. Transcriptome analysis revealed that SepH deficiency induces an inflammatory response and activates the p53 pathway. Consequently, loss of seph renders larvae susceptible to oxidative stress and DNA damage. Finally, we demonstrate that seph interacts with p53 deficiency in adulthood to accelerate gastrointestinal tumor development. Overall, our findings establish that seph regulates redox homeostasis and suppresses DNA damage. We hypothesize that SepH deficiency may contribute to the increased cancer risk observed in cohorts with low selenium levels.
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