Genome-wide CRISPR screens reveal APR-246 (Eprenetapopt) triggers ferroptosis and inhibits iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis
K. M. Fujihara, B. Z. Zhang, T. D. Jackson, B. Nijagal, C.-S. M. Ang, I. Nikolic, V. Sutton, J. Trapani, K. J. Simpson, D. Stojanovski, S. Leimkuehler, S. Haupt, W. A. Phillips, N. J. Clemons
This paper identifies APR-246's mechanism of inducing ferroptosis and inhibiting iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis through cysteine conjugation in mutant-p53 cancer cells.
bioRxiv · Nov 29, 2020 · PreprintCancer Biology