A micronutrient with major effects on cancer cell viability

Selenium is a micronutrient essential for the generation of selenoproteins, which function predominantly by detoxifying cellular reactive oxygen species. In this issue, Carlisle et al. describe a novel mechanism whereby perturbing selenium utilization via inhibition of SEPHS2, a component of the sel...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature metabolism Jg. 2; H. 7; S. 564 - 565
Hauptverfasser: Kapara, Anastasia, Vannini, Alessandro, Peck, Barrie
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.07.2020
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ISSN:2522-5812, 2522-5812
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Zusammenfassung:Selenium is a micronutrient essential for the generation of selenoproteins, which function predominantly by detoxifying cellular reactive oxygen species. In this issue, Carlisle et al. describe a novel mechanism whereby perturbing selenium utilization via inhibition of SEPHS2, a component of the selenocysteine-biosynthesis pathway, results in selenide poisoning and cancer cell death.
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DOI:10.1038/s42255-020-0244-3