Sestrin1, a tumor suppressor that can be rescued

Mol Cell Oncol. 2017 Sep 21;4(6):e1365107. doi: 10.1080/23723556.2017.1365107. eCollection 2017.

Abstract

SESTRIN1 is a tumor suppressor in follicular lymphoma that controls mTORC1 activity and it is inactivated by chromosomal deletions or epigenetically silenced by mutant EZH2Y641X. Pharmacological inhibition of EZH2 promotes SESTRIN1 re-expression and it restores its tumor suppressive activity, suggesting the possibility to epigenetically control mTORC1 activity.

Keywords: epigenetics; follicular lymphoma; therapy.