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. 2019 Dec 18;10(12):955. doi: 10.1038/s41419-019-2192-y

Fig. 3. Signaling pathways and mechanisms driving oncogenic RAS induction of cellular antioxidant programs.

Fig. 3

Oncogenic RAS drives multiple antioxidant programs by altering intracellular metabolism, such as by driving GSH and NADPH production via the TCA cycle, by generating NAPDH through an alternative glutamine metabolic pathway mediated by aspartate aminotransferase (GOT1), or potentially by generating NADPH via a fatty acid oxidation pathway mediated by acyl-coenzyme A (CoA) synthetase long-chain family member 3 (ACSL3). In addition, oncogenic RAS upregulates several key antioxidant proteins, including the light-chain subunit of the system xc transporter (xCT), nuclear factor, erythroid 2-like 2 (NRF2), and gamma-glutamyltransferase 2 (GGT2).