Dornas Waleska
Department of Biochemistry, Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapy, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP Brazil.
Biophys Rev. 2022 Aug 12;14(5):1105-1107. doi: 10.1007/s12551-022-00992-0. eCollection 2022 Oct.
Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) mitigates cell damage due to stress, environmental xenobiotics, and toxic chemicals. Nrf2 is present in the cytoplasm bound to its cysteine-rich Kelch domain-containing partner, Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Keap1), where is ubiquitinated and degraded. In addition to inducers that disrupt the Keap1-Nrf2 complex, defective autophagy has recently been shown to upregulate endogenous p62, which interacts with Keap1 triggering transcriptional activation of Nrf2 in several cancers. This regulation by Nrf2-dependent transactivation of cytoprotective genes needs to be validated by clinical trials in view of its persistent activation in a p62-dependent manner when there is deregulation of autophagy.
核因子红细胞2相关因子2(Nrf2)可减轻因应激、环境外源性物质和有毒化学物质导致的细胞损伤。Nrf2存在于细胞质中,与富含半胱氨酸的含Kelch结构域的伴侣蛋白—— Kelch样ECH相关蛋白1(Keap1)结合,在那里它会被泛素化并降解。除了破坏Keap1-Nrf2复合物的诱导剂外,最近还发现自噬缺陷会上调内源性p62,p62与Keap1相互作用,在几种癌症中触发Nrf2的转录激活。鉴于在自噬失调时Nrf2以p62依赖的方式持续激活,这种由Nrf2依赖的细胞保护基因反式激活的调节需要通过临床试验来验证。