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Published in final edited form as: Semin Cancer Biol. 2021 Mar 27;85:4–32. doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2021.03.010

The complexity of p53-mediated metabolic regulation in tumor suppression

Yanqing Liu 1, Wei Gu 1,2,*
PMCID: PMC8473587  NIHMSID: NIHMS1690900  PMID: 33785447

Abstract

Although the classic activities of p53 including induction of cell-cycle arrest, senescence, and apoptosis are well accepted as critical barriers to cancer development, accumulating evidence suggests that loss of these classic activities is not sufficient to abrogate the tumor suppression activity of p53. Numerous studies suggest that metabolic regulation contributes to tumor suppression, but the mechanisms by which it does so are not completely understood. Cancer cells rewire cellular metabolism to meet the energetic and substrate demands of tumor development. It is well established that p53 suppresses glycolysis and promotes mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation through a number of downstream targets against the Warburg effect. The role of p53-mediated metabolic regulation in tumor suppression is complexed by its function to promote both cell survival and cell death under different physiological settings. Indeed, p53 can regulate both pro-oxidant and antioxidant target genes for complete opposite effects. In this review, we will summarize the roles of p53 in the regulation of glucose, lipid, amino acid, nucleotide, iron metabolism, and ROS production. We will highlight the mechanisms underlying p53-mediated ferroptosis, AKT/mTOR signaling as well as autophagy and discuss the complexity of p53-metabolic regulation in tumor development.

Keywords: p53, metabolism, transcriptional activation, tumor suppression, ferroptosis

Introduction

First described in 1979, tumor protein p53 (TP53, or p53) has been under intense scrutiny for more than 40 years. A search of the PubMed database using the keyword “p53” currently generates a list of more than 100,000 entries. Most of these studies focus on the role of p53 in cancer. However, p53 has other, less well-characterized biological functions, including critical contributions to development, stem cell biology, and non-neoplastic disorders [13]. p53 can be induced by extra- or intracellular stress (e.g., DNA damage, oncogene activation, ribosomal or telomere-associated stresses, and nutrient deprivation) to orchestrate the responses of numerous downstream signaling pathways. While p53 primarily functions as a transcription factor (TF), recent work has revealed several diverse roles, including those within the cell cytoplasm that are unrelated to gene transcription [4]. p53 can achieve multiple cellular effects, including cell cycle arrest, DNA repair, senescence, apoptosis, and ferroptosis [5, 6]. From an overall perspective, induction of p53 has been linked to improved fitness of host cells and the host organism as a whole.

Metabolism, including both anabolism and catabolism, are critical processes found in all living systems. For mammals, balanced systemic and cellular metabolism provides indispensable support for physiological homeostasis and health. By contrast, dysregulated metabolism can result in diverse diseases, including neoplasia [79]. In 2005, several groups provided the first evidence documenting the role of p53 in regulating metabolism [1012]. After that, burgeoning researches referring to the roles of p53 in metabolic regulation have been following up. To date, all known functions of p53 have been linked to its ability to regulate one or more critical metabolic pathways. For its mostly noted relationship with cancer, there are more and more papers pointing out that p53 positively or negatively influences cancer initiation and development by reprogramming cancer cell metabolism. In a classic study, p53 3KR (lysine to arginine mutation, K→R) knock-in mice were constructed, in which p533KR mutant was deficient in cell-cycle arrest, senescence, and apoptosis [13]. Surprisingly, these mice did not develop early-onset tumors as did with the p53 knockout (KO) mice. Further study revealed that p533KR mice remained capable of p53-mediated metabolic regulation, including the ability to modulate energy metabolism and control reactive oxygen species (ROS). This work highlighted the importance of p53-mediated regulation of cellular metabolism as a component of its anti-tumor function. However, in certain circumstances, p53 can also promote cancer development by regulating cancer metabolism. In this review, we will summarize our current understanding of the main metabolic targets of wild type (WT) p53.We will mainly focus on cancer metabolism, while we also refer to other physiological or pathological contexts. We would also like to discuss the role of mutant p53 (mtp53) in regulating cell metabolism. We will conclude with a discussion of mechanisms underlying p53-mediated modulation of metabolism, notably as it relates to the pathogenesis of neoplastic disease. We also refer our readers to several excellent reviews of this field [1418].

p53 regulates numerous and diverse metabolic pathways

The six nutrients that are essential to life are carbohydrates, fats, proteins, minerals, vitamins, and water. p53 is involved in pathways that regulate the metabolism of the first four of them. p53 also regulates nucleic acid biosynthesis and controls the production of ROS. In this section, we will review our current understanding of the roles of p53 in modulating the anabolism and/or catabolism of each of these critical biomolecules.

Glycolysis and gluconeogenesis

Glucose is the central molecule in energy and carbon metabolism. Once uptaken by the cell, glucose first undergoes a multi-enzymatic degradation process in the cytoplasm called glycolysis, in which glucose is converted to pyruvate ready for thorough breakdown to produce large amounts of ATP within the mitochondria of healthy cells. In cancer cells, however, glycolysis is often amplified and accompanied by the conversion of pyruvate to lactate which is then exported, but not importing pyruvate into mitochondria for ATP production (i.e., the Warburg effect). This pathway benefits the cancer cells, as it provides them with a means to meet their enormous demand for antioxidants and materials of anabolism derived from the intermediate products of the glycolytic pathway [7].

Under most circumstances, p53 can inhibit glycolysis at multiple steps (Figure 1 and Table 1). Among these, p53 reduces glucose uptake via direct suppression of the transcription of glucose transporters glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1), GLUT4, and GLUT12 [1921]; this is accompanied by indirect suppression of GLUT1 and GLUT3 via the downregulation of their activators, paraoxonase 2 (PON2) and nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB), respectively [22, 23]. Moreover, under conditions of hypoxia, p53 activates Ras-related associated with diabetes (RRAD) to inhibit the translocation of GLUT1 to the plasma membrane in lung cancer cells [24]. The insulin receptor can also be subject to p53-mediated transcriptional repression; this may have a profound impact on insulin-mediated glucose uptake by skeletal muscle, liver, and adipose tissue [25]. Furthermore, glucose starvation activates p53 and induces the transcription of the long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) known as TRINGS (TP53-regulated inhibitor of necrosis under glucose starvation [26]). TRINGS suppresses the STRAP-GSK3β-NF-κB pathway to protect the cell from glucose starvation-caused cell necrosis. Once glucose has been transported into cells, p53 inhibits several glycolytic enzymes, including hexokinase 1 (HK1), HK2, glucose-6-phosphate isomerase (GPI), phosphoglucomutase (PGM), and β-enolase via transcriptional suppression or induction of specific microRNAs (miRNAs) [2730]. Phosphofructokinase-1 (PFK-1) is the rate-limiting enzyme in glycolysis; p53 can limit PFK1 activity via its capacity to activate TP53-inducible glycolysis and apoptosis regulator (TIGAR) or suppress transcription of 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-biphosphatase 3 (PFKFB3). Inhibition of PFK1 can channel glycolytic carbon into the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) to generate ribose 5-phosphate (R-5-P, material for synthesis of nucleotide) and NADPH (reducing agent for ROS control) [31, 32]. Interestingly, p53 may also inhibit the PPP via its capacity to limit the expression of PFKFB4 or binding to repress glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH), the enzyme that catalyzes the first reaction in the PPP using glucose 6-phosphate as a substrate [33, 34]. These conflicting results might be understood in the light of context-dependent p53 functions associated with the regulation of the PPP. Specifically, parkinson disease 2 (PARK2, or Parkin), which is a direct target of p53, suppresses glycolysis via direct inhibition of pyruvate kinase isoform M2 (PKM2) and hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF1α) [35, 36]. Accumulation of pyruvate, the end-product of glycolysis, will ultimately inhibit glycolysis. As such, excess pyruvate is converted to lactate and then exported from the cell by the monocarboxylate transporter (MCT); p53 suppresses MCT1 expression, thereby impeding pyruvate export and glycolysis [37]. In addition to its role in regulating the activity of glycolytic enzymes, p53 promotes functional crosstalk with the master regulators of this pathway, including HIF and c-Myc [38]. In skeletal and cardiac cells, p53 also supports glycolysis by promoting the expression of PGM [39]. Moreover, p53 target, TIGAR, can bind HK2 to improve its anti-ROS activity [40]. Taken together, these findings reflect the complexity of p53’s roles in metabolism regulation, which will be reiterated below.

Figure 1. p53 regulates glucose, lipid, amino acid, nucleotide, and iron metabolism.

Figure 1.

p53 participates in the regulation of metabolism of diverse biomolecules (including glucose, lipid, amino acid, nucleotide, and iron) in a transcription factor (TF)-dependent or –independent way. Major target genes regulated by p53 in these metabolic pathways are shown in this figure. For the full names of them, please refer to Table 1. Those proteins that are modulated positively by p53 (directly or indirectly), like promoting their expressions or activities, are depicted in blue. Oppositely, those proteins that are modulated negatively by p53 (directly or indirectly), like suppressing their expressions or activities, are depicted in red. If some protein can either be promoted or suppressed by p53 in different circumstances, it is depicted in green. Black arrows indicate positive effects. Black perpendicular bars indicate negative effects. G6P, glucose-6-phosphate; PPP, pentose phosphate pathway; F6P, fructose-6-phosphate; F2,6BP, fructose-2,6-bisphosphate; PFK1, phosphofructokinase 1; F1,6BP, fructose-1,6-bisphosphate; 3PG, 3-phosphoglycerate; SSP, serine synthesis pathway; 2PG, 2-phosphoglycerate; Fpn, ferroportin; Ser, serine; Glu, glutamate; Gln, glutamine; Cys, cysteine; Gly, glycine; Pro, proline; Asp, asparate; Asn, asparagine; Arg, arginine; GSH, glutathione; TCA cycle, tricarboxylic acid cycle; OXPHOS, oxidative phosphorylation; MVA pathway, mevalonate pathway.

Table 1.

Basic information about the metabolic target genes of wild type p53.

Functional category of target gene Target gene Full name of target gene Positively (+) or negatively (−) regulated by p53 How does p53 regulate it Metabolic effect of p53 by regulating this target gene Promote (+) or suppress (−) cancer when p53 regulates this target gene (NA, not applicable in the orignal reference) Other metabolic role of this target gene Reference
Glucose metabolism GLUT1/4 Glucose transporter 1/4 Suppress transcription Inhibit glucose uptake and glycolysis [19, 21, 22, 24]
PON2 Paraoxonase 2 Suppress transcription Inhibit glucose uptake and glycolysis [22]
RRAD Ras-related associated with diabetes + Promote transcription Inhibit GLUT1 translocation to the plasma membrane to import glucose, thus inhibit glycolysis [24]
Lipid metabolism GLUT3 Glucose transporter 3 Inhibit nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB), which activates GLUT3 Inhibit glucose uptake and glycolysis [23]
GLUT12 (SLC2A12) Glucose transporter 12 (solute carrier family 2 member 12) Suppress transcription Inhibit glucose uptake and glycolysis [20]
INSR (IR) Insulin receptor Suppress transcription Inhibit glucose uptake and glycolysis [25]
HK1 and GPI HK1: hexokinase 1; GPI: glucose phosphate isomerase Induce miR-34a to inhibit translation Inhibit glycolysis [27]
HK2 Hexokinase 2 +/− Activate TIGAR to promote its activity or induce miR-34a and miR-143 to inhibit its translation Lower ROS or inhibit glycolysis ROS control [27, 28, 40]
PGM Phosphoglycerate mutase +/− Promote transcription (in muscle) or suppress transcription (in fibroblast) or induce miR-34a to inhibit its translation Promote or inhibit glycolysis +/− [27, 29, 39]
ENO3 β-enolase Suppress transcription Inhibit glycolysis and lactate production NA [30]
TIGAR TP53-induced glycolysis and apoptosis regulator + Promote transcription Inhibit glycolysis to promote PPP or promote HK2 activity to lower ROS + ROS control [31, 40]
PFKFB3 6-Phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-biphosphatase 3 Suppress transcription Inhibit glycolysis but promote PPP [32]
PFKFB4 6-Phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-biphosphatase 4 Suppress transcription Promote glycolysis but inhibit PPP [33]
G6PDH Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase Bind to inhibit its activity Inhibit PPP [34]
MCT1 (SLC16A1) Monocarboxylate transporter 1 (solute carrier family 16 member 1) Suppress transcription Inhibit lactate export and glycolysis [37]
G6PC Glucose-6-Phosphatase Catalytic Subunit +/− Promote expression or inhibit expression through activation of SIRT6 Promote or suppress glyconeogenesis −/+ [41, 43]
PCK1 Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase 1 Inhibit expression through activation of SIRT6 Suppress glyconeogenesis + [43]
PCK2, GK, AQP3/9, and GOT1 PCK2: phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase 2; AQP3/9: aquaporin 3/9; GOT1: glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase 1 + Promote expression Promote glyconeogenesis [41]
GYS2 Glycogen synthase 2 Suppress transcription Inhibit glycogen synthesis + [44]
FUCA1 Alpha-L-fucosidase 1 + Promote transcription Promote chemotherapy-induced apoptosis [47]
PDK1 Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1 Induce miR-34a to inhibit translation Promote TCA cycle [27]
PDK2 Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2 Suppress transcription Promote TCA cycle [48]
PARK2 (Parkin) Parkinson disease 2 +/− Promote transcription or bind to suppress its activity (1) Promote TCA cycle (by enhance the expression of PDHA1--a component of PDH complex); (2) inhibit glycolysis (by suppress PKM2 and HIF1α); (3) positively regulate PTEN to lower ROS and repress the PI3K/AKT pathway; (4) promote OXPHOS with PINK1; (5) promote mitophagy to suppress ferroptosis ROS control, autophagy, and ferroptosis [35, 36, 49, 57, 234 , 259, 280]
GLS2 Glutaminase 2 + Promote transcription Promote TCA cycle and ferroptosis Amino acid metabolism [51, 52]
ME1/2 Malic enzyme 1/2 Suppress transcription Inhibit NADPH synthesis and lipogenesis, suppress glutaminolysis, promote senescence [53]
PC Pyruvate carboxylase +/− Promote or suppress transcription (1) Promote TCA cycle in PDAC; (2) Inhibit TCA cycle and OXPHO in pancreatic β cell and impair GSIS (glucose-stimulated insulin secretion), leading to glucose intolerance [54, 69]
IDH1 Isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 + Promote transcription Promote TCA cycle and α-ketoglutarate generation in PDAC [54]
TET2 Ten-eleven translocation 2 +/− Support its function by accumulation of αKG or promote its autophagic degradation Promote PDAC differentiation or decrease cancer therapeutic resistance [54, 366]
SCO2 Synthesis of cytochrome c oxidase 2 + Promote transcription Promote formation of the cytochrome c oxidase complex (complex IV) and enhance OXPHOS [55]
AIF Apoptosis-inducing factor + Promote transcription Promote stability of the mitochondrial complex I and enhance OXPHOS [56]
DPYSL4 Dihydropyrimidinase-like 4 + Promote transcription Promote mitochondrial supercomplexes activity and enhance OXPHOS [58]
OSCP Oligomycin sensitivity-conferring protein + Bind to promote its activity Promotes assembly of F1F0-ATP synthase and enhance OXPHOS NA [59]
RelA RELA protooncogene, NF-κB subunit Bind to suppress its activity Promote mitochondrial gene expression and OXPHOS [60]
TFAM Transcription factor A, mitochondrial + Promote transcription or bind to promote its activity Promote mitochondrial DNA replication and function to enhance OXPHOS [61, 62]
POLG Mitochondrial DNA polymerase subunit γ + Bind to promote its activity Promote mitochondrial genome stability and enhance OXPHOS NA [63]
HmtSSB Human single-stranded DNA-binding protein, mitochondrial + Bind to promote its activity Promote mitochondrial genome stability and enhance OXPHOS NA [64]
Tom20, Tim23, and mtHsp60/70 Tom20: translocase of outer membrane 20; Tim23: translocase of inner membrane 23; mtHsp60/70: mitochondrial heat shock protein 60/70 + Promote transcription Promote mitochondrial normal function and enhance OXPHOS [65]
MNF2 Mitofusin 2 + Promote transcription Promote mitochondrial fusion and enhance OXPHOS [67]
apoB and apobec1 apoB: apolipoprotein B; apobec1: apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme catalytic subunit 1 + Promote transcription Promote APOB biogenesis and lipid transportation NA [72]
PLTP, Abca12, and Cel PLTP: phospholipid transfer protein; Abca12: ATP binding cassette subfamily A member 12; Cel: carboxyl ester lipase + Promote transcription Promote lipid transport in circulation NA [73]
CYP19 Aromatase + Promote transcription Inihibit lipid accumulation and avoid fat NA [74]
SIRT1 NAD-dependent protein deacetylase sirtuin-1 + Bind Foxo3a to promote its transcription Inhibit lipid accumulation NA [75, 76]
DHRS3 Dehydrogenase/reductase 3 + Promote transcription Promote lipid droplet formation NA [77]
NPC1L1, TNF, and CCL2 NPC1L1: NPC1 like intracellular cholesterol transporter 1; TNF: tumor necrosis factor; CCL2: C-C motif chemokine ligand 2 + Promote transcription Promote fat accumulation NA [78]
SREBP-1c Sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c Suppress transcription Inhibit lipogenesis [79]
OPN Osteopontin + Promote transcription Inhibit de novo lipogenesis NA [80]
ADRB3 Adrenoceptor beta 3 + Promote transcription Promote lipolysis + [81]
PANK1 Pantothenate kinase 1 + Promote transcription Promote CoA synthesis to facilitate β-oxidation and gluconeogenesis NA Glueose metabolism [42]
CROT Carnitine O-octanoyltransferase + Promote transcription Promote transport of medium length acyl chains to the mitochondria to facilitate FAO NA [73, 82]
MCD Malonyl-CoA decarboxylase + Promote transcription Promote import long chain fatty acid into mitochondria to facilitate FAO [83]
Acad11 Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase family member 11 + Promote transcription Promote FAO + [84]
LPIN1 Lpin1 + Promote transcription Promote FAO [85]
CPT1C Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1C + Promote transcription Promote transport of long-chain fatty acids into mitochondria to facilitate FAO + [86]
PGC1α/β Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator 1α/β Suppress transcription (1) Inhibit mitochondria biogenesis to promote premature aging upon telomere attrition (2) PGC-1α directly binds p53 to promotes cell survival upon metabolic stress (3) p53 inhibits FAO by downregulating PGC1α NA [70, 71, 94, 322]
APLN and APLNR APLN: Apelin; APLNR: Apelin receptor Suppress transcription Inhibit FAO NA [94]
SK1 Sphingosine kinase 1 Suppress transcription Promote synthesis of proapoptotic ceramides and sphingosine, while inhibit synthesis of the anti-apoptotic S1P [88]
CERS6 Ceramide synthase 6 + Promote transcription Promote synthesis of proapoptotic ceramide [89]
nSMASE2 Neutral sphingomyelinase 2 + Promote transcription Promote synthesis of proapoptotic ceramide [90]
ACER2 Alkaline ceramidase 2 + Promote transcription Inhibit ceramide but promote sphingosine and S1P synthesis −/+ [91]
CERS5 Ceramide synthase 5 + Promote transcription Promote synthesis of C16:0-ceramide to promote autophagy and mitochondrial respiration, and thus enhancing chemoresistance to chemotherapy + [92]
CDS1/2 CDP-diacylglycerol synthase 1/2 + Promote transcription Promote cardiolipin de novo synthesis NA [93]
Hmgcll1 3-hydroxymethyl-3-methylglutaryl-coA lyase like 1 + Promote transcription Promote ketone bodies generation and energy production [84]
LIMA1 LIM domain and actin binding 1 + Promote transcription Promote cholestrol uptake [95, 96]
CAV Caveolin 1 + Promote transcription Promote cell cholesterol efflux +/− [97]
SHP Small heterodimer partner + Promote transcription Inhibit bile acid synthesis and intestinal lipid absorption NA [98]
ABCC3 and CYP2B6 ABCC3: ATP binding cassette subfamily C member 3; CYP2B6: cytochrome P450 family 2 subfamily B member 6 + Promote transcription Promote bile acid disposition and improve cholestasis NA [99]
ABCA1 ATP binding cassette subfamily A member 1 + Promote transcription Inhibit mevalonate pathway [101]
HMGCR, MVK, FDPS, and FDFT1 HMGCR: 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase; MVK: mevalonate kinase; FDPS: farnesyl diphosphate synthase; FDFT1: farnesyl-diphosphate farnesyltransferase 1 + Promote transcription Promote mevalonate pathway NA [102]
SOAT1 Sterol O-acyltransferase 1 Suppress transcription Inhibit mevalonate pathway [103]
SCD1 Stearoyl-CoA desaturase Suppress transcription Inhibit fatty acid desaturation Cros stalk with AKT [105]
Sema3E Semaphorin 3E + Promote transcription Promote adipose tissue inflammation and insulin resistance NA [106, 107]
PRDM16 PR/SET domain 16 + Promote transcription Promote brown adipose tissue differentiation and thermogenesis NA [108]
Elovl3 Elongation of very long chain fatty acids protein 3 + Promote transcription Promote thermogenesis NA [109]
Amino acid metabolism SLC1A3 Solute carrier family 1 member 3 + Promote transcription Promote aspartate uptake and cancer cell adaptation to glutamine deprivation + Amino acid metabolism [113]
SLC7A3 Solute carrier family 7 member 3 + Promote transcription Promote arginine uptake and cancer cell adaptation to glutamine deprivation + Amino acid metabolism [114]
SLC7A11 Solute carrier family 7 member 11 Suppress transcription Inihibit cystine uptake and promote ferroptosis Amino acid metabolism [115, 116, 228]
p21 CDKN1A, cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 1A + Promote transcription (1) Promote cell cycle arrest and cancer cell survival under serine/glutamine/cystine deprivation (2) stablilize NRF2 +/− Amino acid metabolism and ROS control [120, 121, 172, 232]
MDM2 Mouse double minute 2 homolog + Promote transcription (1) Promote serine metabolism and redox homeostasis; (2) promote adipocyte differentiation + Amino acid metabolism and ROS control [110, 122]
PHGDH Phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase Suppress transcription Inhibit serine synthesis Amino acid metabolism [123]
ASS1 Argininosuccinate synthase 1 + Promote transcription Promote arginine biosynthesis and inhibit AKT + Amino acid metabolism and cross talk with AKT [124]
ASNS Asparagine synthetase Suppress transcription Suppress asparagine synthesis and promote senescence and cell cycle arrest Crosstalk with AMPK [127]
PW1 PEG3, paternally expressed gene 3 + Promote expression Inhibit muscle differention and promote muscle atrophy and cachexia + Amino acid metabolism [129]
Ammonia metabolism SAT1 Spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase 1 + Promote transcription Promote ALOX15 activity and ferroptosis Ferroptosis [130]
CPS1, OTC, and ARG 1 CPS1: carbamoylphosphate synthase 1; OTC: ornithine carbamoyltransferase; ARG1 : Arginase 1 Suppress transcription Suppresse ureagenesis and ammonia elimination Amino acid metabolism [131]
Nucleotide metabolism dUTPase DUT, deoxyuridine triphosphatase Suppress transcription Inhibit dTTP biogenesis [133]
GMPS Guanine monophosphate synthase Suppress transcription Inhibit GMP biogenesis [134, 135]
IMPDH Inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase Induce miR-34a to inhibit its translation Inhibit GTP biogenesis [136]
RRM1/2 Ribonucleotide reductase catalytic subunit M1/2 Suppress expression by inhibiting mTOR Inhibit nucleotide synthesis [137]
p53R2 (RRM2B) Ribonucleotide reductase regulatory TP53 inducible subunit M2B + Promote transcription (1) Promote dNTP synthesis; (2) bind catalase to lower ROS −/+ ROS control [138, 139, 195]
ADORA2B Adenosine A2b receptor + Promote transcription Promote extracellular adenosine sensing and apoptosis [144]
Iron metabolism TFR1 Transferrin receptor 1 −/+ Inhibit or promote expression posttranscriptionally Induce cell cycle arrest by reducing intracellular iron level or promote ferroptosis by increasing intracellular iron level [148, 152]
ferritin ferritin + Promote expression posttranscriptionally Induce cell cycle arrest by reducing the labile iron level [148]
ZIP14 (SLC39A14) Zrt- and Irt-like protein 14 (solute carrier family 39 member 14) Bind to promote its ubiquitin-mediated degradation Inhibit iron uptake [149, 150]
HAMP Hepcidin antimicrobial peptide + Promote transcription Reduce serum iron and induce iron sequestration in the reticuloendothelial macrophages [151]
ISCU Iron-sulfur cluster assembly enzyme + Promote transcription Promote Fe-S cluster biogenesis to reduce labile iron level and ROS ROS control [153]
FXN Frataxin + Promote transcription Promote Fe-S cluster biogenesis to reduce labile iron level and ROS [154, 155]
FDXR Ferredoxin reductase + Promote transcription Promote Fe-S cluster biogenesis to reduce labile iron level and ROS ROS control [156, 157]
SLC25A28 Solute carrier family 25 member 28 + Binds to promote its activity Promote abnormal accumulation of mitochondrial iron and ferroptosis NA [158]
ROS control NRF2 NFE2L2, nuclear factor, erythroid 2 like 2 +/− Promote its stabilization by inducing p21 or suppress its transcription by inhibiting Sp1 Lower or enhance ROS +/− [172, 176, 183, 339]
SESN1 (PA26) Sestrin 1 (p53 activated gene 26) + Promote transcription Lower ROS Crosstalk with AMPK [173, 175, 193, 273]
SESN2 (Hi95) Sestrin 2 (hypoxia induced gene 95) + Promote transcription Lower ROS −/+ Crosstalk with AMPK [174, 175, 193, 273]
PML PML nuclear body scaffold + Promote transcription Function as a ROS sensor to activate p53 [184186]
COX-2 PTGS2, prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 −/+ Suppress or promote expression Enhance or lower ROS −/+ [187, 188]
NOS2 Nitric oxide synthase 2 Suppress transcription Lower ROS [187]
NOS3 (eNOS) Nitric oxide synthase 3 (Endothelial NOS) +/− Promote or suppress transcription (1) Protect cardiomyocytes from ischemia/ref low-induced death; (2) Protect organism from dietary obesity NA [21, 189]
NOX4 NADPH oxidase 4 Suppress expression Lower ROS and cell metastasis [190]
Mieap (SPATA18) Mitochondria-eating protein (spermatogenesis associated 18) + Promote transcription Promote repair or degradation of unhealthy mitochondria and lower ROS NA OXP HOS [66]
CAT Catalase +/− Promote transcription or suppress activity Lower or enhance ROS NA [191, 195]
GPX1 Glutathione peroxidase 1 + Promote transcription Lower ROS (may enhance ROS and apoptosis in specific circumstances) [192]
MnSOD (SOD2) Manganese superoxide dismutase (superoxide dismutase 2) +/− Promote or inhibit transcription or directly bind to suppress its activity or destablize protein Lower or enhance ROS [192, 196198]
HO-1 (HMOX1) Heme oxygenase-1 +/− Promote transcription or destablize protein Lower or enhance ROS NA [194, 198, 199]
ALDH4 ALDH4A1, aldehyde dehydrogenase 4 family member A1 + Promote transcription Lower ROS NA Amino acid metabolism [126]
SLC2A9 (GLUT9) Solute carrier family 2 member 9 (glucose transporter 9) + Promote transcription Promote transport uric acid into cell to lower ROS Uric acid metabolism [132]
TP53INP1 Tp53-inducible nuclear protein 1 + Promote transcription Lower ROS or promote autophagy-dependent cell death Autophagy [200, 263]
PUMA p53 up-regulated modulator of apoptosis + Promote transcription Ehance ROS or suppress mitochondrial pyruvate uptake by inactivating MPC, thus suppressing OXPHOS −/+ OXP HOS [68, 201, 202]
BAX BCL2-associated X protein + Promote transcription Ehance ROS [203, 204]
Noxa PMAIP1: phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate-induced protein 1 + Promote transcription Ehance ROS [205, 206]
NCF2/p67p hox Neutrophil cytosolic factor 2 + Promote transcription Ehance ROS + [208]
p66Shc SHC1: SHC adaptor protein 1 + Promote transcription Ehance ROS [209]
PIG1 (Galectin-7/LGALS7) p53-induced gene 1 (lectin, galactoside-binding, soluble, 7) + Promote transcription Enhance ROS [210, 211]
PIG3 (TP53I3) p53-induced gene 3 (tumor protein p53 inducible protein 3) + Promote transcription Enhance ROS [195, 210]
PIG6 (PRODH/POX) p53-induced gene 6 (proline dehydrogenase 1/proline oxidase) + Promote transcription Catalyze proline dehydrogenation and enhance ROS Amino acid metabolism [125, 210]
NQO1 and GST-α1 NQO1: NAD(P)H quinone dehydrogenase 1; GST-α1: glutathione S-transferase α1 Suppress transcription by inhibiting NRF2 Ehance ROS [115]
DRP1 DNM1L: dynamin 1 like + Bind to promote its activity Promote mitochondria fragmentation and dysfunction, and enhance mitochondrial ROS NA [212]
Opa1 OPA1 mitochondrial dynamin like GTPase + Bind prohibitin 1 (PHB1) to release Opa1 Promote mitochondria fragmentation (enhance ROS) and apoptosis [213]
cyclophilin D (CypD) PPIF: peptidylprolyl isomerase F + Bind to promote its activity Promote mitochondrial permeability transition pore (PTP) opening (enhance ROS) and necrosis [214]
CTSQ cathepsin Q + Promote transcription Promote necrosis along with ROS [215]
Ferroptosis CBS Cystathionine β-synthase Suppress expression posttranscriptionally Promote ferroptosis Amino acid metabolism [119]
DPP4 Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 Bind to inhibit its activity Inhibit ferroptosis + ROS control [233]
Autophagy ATG2B/4A/4C/7/10, UVRAG, and VMP1(TME M49) ATG2B/4A/4C/7/10: autophagy related 2B/4A/4C/7/10 ;UVRAG: UV radiation resistance associated; VMP1(TMEM4 9): vacuole membrane protein 1 (transmembrane protein 49) + Promote transcription Promote autophagy and cell death [239]
ULK1/2 Unc-51 like autophagy activating kinase 1/2 + Promote transcription Promote autophagy and cell death [239, 241]
DRAM Damage-regulated autophagy modulator + Promote transcription Promote autophagy and cell death [243]
CTSD Cathepsin D + Promote transcription Promote autophagy and cell death [244247]
ISG20L1 (AEN) Interferon stimulated exonuclease gene 20kDa-like 1 (apoptosis enhancing nuclease) + Promote transcription Promote autophagy and cell death [248]
Dapk1 Death associated protein kinase 1 + Promote transcription Promote autophagy and cell death [249]
PIG8 (EI24) p53-induced gene 8 (EI24 autophagy associated transmembrane protein) + Promote transcription Promote autophagy and cell death [250]
TGM2 Transglutaminase 2 + Promote transcription Promote autophagy [251]
BNIP3 BCL2 interacting protein 3 +/− Promote or inhibit transcription Promote mitophagy or suppress hypoxia-induced apoptosis + [253, 254]
BNIP3L (NIX) BCL2 interacting protein 3 like (NIP-3-like protein X) + Promote transcription Promote mitophagy and cell death [255, 256]
HMGB1 High mobility group box 1 Bind to inhibit its activity Inhibit autophagy + [257]
LC3 MAP1LC3A, microtubule associated protein 1 light chain 3 alpha −/+ Inhibit expression posttranscriptionally or induce TP53INP 1 to bind and promote its activity Inhibit or promote autophagy +/− [262, 263]
RB1CC1 (FIP200) RB1 inducible coiled-coil 1 (FAK family kinase-interacting protein of 200 KDa) Bind to inhibit its activity Inhibit autophagy NA [264]
Crosstalk with metabolic sensors AMPKβ1/2 and TSC2 AMPKβ1/2: protein kinase AMP-activated non-catalytic subunit α2/β2; TSC2: tuberous sclerosis complex 2 + Promote transcription Activate AMPK but repress mTOR pathway [271]
LKB1 Liver kinase B1 + Promote transcription Activate AMPK pathway [272]
IGF1R Insulin like growth factor 1 receptor Suppress transcription Repress AKT pathway [275, 276]
IGFBP3 Insulin like growth factor binding protein 3 + Promote transcription Repress AKT pathway [277]
IGFBP1 Insulin like growth factor binding protein 1 + Promote transcription Inhibit apoptosis + [278]
PTEN Phosphatase and tensin homolog + Promote transcription Repress AKT and mTOR pathway [271, 279]
PLK1 Polo-like kinase 1 Suppress transcription Repress AKT pathway [281283]
PLK2 Polo-like kinase 2 + Promote transcription Repress mTOR pathway [284, 285]
REDD1 DDIT4: DNA damage inducible transcript 4 + Promote transcription Repress mTOR pathway [286289]
PHLDA1/3 Pleckstrin homology like domain family A member 1/3 + Promote transcription Repress AKT pathway [290292]
SIVA SIVA1: SIVA1 apoptosis inducing factor + Promote transcription Promote mTOR pathway + [293295]
Drug metabolism CYPs, SULTs, and MRPs CYPs: cytochromes P450 family; SULTs: sulfotransferase family; MRPs: multidrug resistance-associated protein family + Promote transcription Promote metabolism of drugs, carcinogens, and pollutants NA [392396]

Gluconeogenesis is the process used by cells to synthesize glucose, part of which are inverse reactions compared with glycolysis. Theoretically, p53-mediated inhibition of glycolysis as discussed above could benefit the process of gluconeogenesis. Additionally, p53 has been found to induce several genes encoding enzymes that participate in gluconeogenesis, including glucose-6-phosphatase, catalytic subunit (G6PC), phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase 2 (PCK2), glycerol kinase (GK), aquaporin 3 (AQP3), AQP9, and glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase 1 (GOT1), to enhance hepatic glucose production [41] (Figure 1 and Table 1). p53 also activates pantothenate kinase 1 (PANK1) to increase intracellular levels of coenzyme A (CoA) and promote gluconeogenesis [42]. However, p53 has also been reported to inhibit G6PC and PCK1 via activation of sirtuin 6 (SIRT6), thereby suppressing gluconeogenesis [43]. In hepatitis B virus (HBV)-associated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), p53 suppresses the synthesis of glycogen synthase 2 (GYS2), thereby reducing glycogen levels [44]. Interestingly, glucose level can in turn alter p53 activity [45, 46]. In addition to glucose metabolism, p53 also has an impact on cellular glycosylation process as it can activate the glycosidase, alpha-L-fucosidase 1 (FUCA1) to promote chemotherapy-induced cellular apoptosis [47].

The tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle and oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS)

TCA cycle and followed oxidative phosphorylation can thoroughly breakdown of biomolecules to produce energy in the form of ATP. In most cases, p53 promotes both of these processes (Figure 1 and Table 1). The conversion of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA by pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) is a critical step for pyruvate to enter the TCA cycle. Pyruvate conversion is promoted by p53; p53 can suppress pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1 and 2 (PDK1 and PDK2), which are the enzymes that phosphorylate and inactivate PDH [27, 48]. In addition, p53’s target Parkin can elevate the expression of a PDH component—PDHA1 [49]. The amino acid, glutamine, has anaplerotic properties and can be introduced into the TCA cycle, most notably when the supply of glucose is limited [50]. p53 amplifies this process by upregulating the expression of glutaminase 2 (GLS2) to promote glutaminolysis [51, 52]. However, p53 can also repress malic enzyme 1 (ME1) and ME2 to suppress glutaminolysis [53]. In pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), p53 activated the TCA cycle by inducing pyruvate carboxylase (PC) and isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1), resulting in the accumulation of α-ketoglutarate (αKG), which can be used as a substrate by chromatin-modifying enzymes, including ten-eleven translocation 2 (TET2). Signaling via the p53/αKG axis increases the level of chromatin 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) and induces tumor-cell differentiation and growth suppression [54]. With respect to OXPHOS, p53 promotes the transcription of several components of the respiratory chain complexes (RCCs), including synthesis of cytochrome oxidase 2 (SCO2) and apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF) [55, 56]. p53’s target, Parkin, cooperates with PTEN induced kinase 1 (PINK1) to promote the translation of some RCC mRNAs [57]. Dihydropyrimidinase-like 4 (DPYSL4), another p53 target, binds mitochondrial supercomplexes to foster OXPHOS [58]. p53 also undergoes translocation into the mitochondria where it binds to oligomycin sensitivity-conferring protein (OSCP), which facilitates the assembly of F1 F0 -ATP synthase [59]. On the other hand, p53 binds NF-κB subunit RelA (also called p65) to suppress its mitochondrial translocation, which abolishes RelA-mediated OXPHOS inhibition [60]. Since TCA cycle and OXPHOS both happen in the mitochondria, increasing the copy number of mitochondria, maintaining its structural integrity and genomic stability, and repairing or removing damaged mitochondria will benefit the OXPHOS to proceed. Indeed, p53 activates a batch of target genes to achieve these outcomes [6167].

Similar to the opposing roles identified for p53 in glycolysis, recent evidence suggests that p53 can also inhibit both the TCA cycle and OXPHOS (Figure 1 and Table 1). In HCC, WT p53 has an oncogenic role by inducing the expression of p53-upregulated modulator of apoptosis (PUMA) to inhibit pyruvate-driven OXPHOS [68], thereby promoting oncogenesis. Mechanistically, acting as a pro-apoptosis protein in most cases, in HCC, PUMA can bind and suppress mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC). This interaction disrupts mitochondrial pyruvate uptake and represses OXPHOS. High levels of PUMA detected in patients with HCC correlate with a poor prognosis. Unlike in PDAC, where p53 induces PC expression [54], in pancreatic β-cells, activation of p53 results in the downregulation of PC, thereby impairing mitochondrial metabolism [69]. Upon telomere dysfunction, p53 is activated to repress peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator 1α/β (PGC1α/β), which ultimately leads to the disruption of mitochondrial biogenesis and function [70]. Of note, PGC1α can also bind p53 and modulate its metabolic functions under nutrient stress to promote cell survival [71]. If starvation is prolonged, PGC1α will undergo degradation by ring finger protein 2 (RNF2), and p53 shifts to promote cell apoptosis. Thus, p53 and PGC1α compose a feedback regulatory loop that serves to promote a switch in p53 function under conditions of nutrient stress.

Lipid metabolism

Lipids are important for the cell to maintain membrane structures, provide energy, and transduce signals. Most normal cells (except for some specialized cell types, such as adipocytes and hepatocytes) exhibit low levels of de novo lipogenesis, as the demand for lipid is satisfied primarily via its absorption from the peripheral circulation. By contrast, tumor cells have dramatically higher lipid requirements and require amplification of de novo lipogenesis [8]. In this light, p53 has been found to play versatile roles in regulating lipid metabolism (Figure 1 and Table 1).

At the systemic level, p53 in liver cells regulates several genes (i.e., apolipoprotein B, apoB; apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme catalytic subunit 1, apobec1; phospholipid transfer protein, PLTP; ATP binding cassette subfamily A member 12, Abca12; and carboxyl ester lipase, Cel) to influence systemic lipid transport and homeostasis, which may relate to atherosclerosis development [72, 73]. p53 also inhibits lipid accumulation in liver cells by regulating the levels of aromatase and SIRT1 [7476]. Compared with WT mice, p53 KO mice exhibit marked obesity and hepatic lipid accumulation after feeding with a high-fat diet (HFD) [74]. Under nutrient stress, p53 induces SIRT1 in a forkhead box o3a (Foxo3a) dependent manner to impede fat storage [75, 76]. However, there are opposite observations that p53 can promote lipid accumulation [77, 78]. In one study, p53 induced the expression of dehydrogenase/reductase 3 (DHRS3), which promotes lipid droplet formation [77]. In another study, the p53 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) variant, p53(P72R), was associated with increased fat accumulation by regulating tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and NPC1 like intracellular cholesterol transporter 1 (NPC1L1) [78].

At the sub-cellular level, p53 mainly suppresses lipogenesis and promotes lipolysis and fatty acid oxidation (FAO) (Figure 1 and Table 1). Sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c) is a master TF that controls the expression of a range of lipogenic enzymes. In adipocytes, activation of p53 leads to a decrease in SREBP-1c and impaired lipogenesis [79]. In liver cells, p53 activates osteopontin (OPN), thereby suppressing aging-associated cellular senescence and triglycerides (TG) synthesis [80]. Moreover, p53-mediated suppression of ME also hinders lipogenesis [53], and p53 transactivates the gene encoding beta-3-adrenergic receptor (ADRB3) to promote lipolysis [81]. Noticeably, a p53 R178C mutant (equivalent to human R181C) has a stronger effect on ADRB3. The R178C mice are lean with less body fat than do their WT counterparts.

Complete degradation of fatty acids via β-oxidation and OXPHOS results in more energy production than can be obtained from similar concentrations of glucose alone (Figure 1 and Table 1). CoA is a necessary co-factor for fatty acid oxidative degradation. p53 activates PANK1 to boost the synthesis of CoA, thereby promoting fatty acid β-oxidation [42]. p53 also facilitates the transport of fatty acids with different lengths into the mitochondria for degradation via activation of both carnitine O-octanoyltransferase (CROT) and malonyl-CoA decarboxylase (MCD) [73, 82, 83]. Of note, MCD is induced by p53 in response to fasting via a ribosome protein (RP)/ Mouse double minute 2 homolog (MDM2)/p53/MCD-dependent pathway; this serves to promote FAO and to ameliorate hepatosteatosis [83]. Additionally, p53 directly enhances β-oxidation by transactivating acyl-CoA dehydrogenase family member 11 (Acad11), which is important for p53 pro-survival function when the cell encounters glucose starvation [84]. Similarly, the p53 target gene, Lpin1 (LPIN1), also promotes FAO and cell survival under conditions of nutritional stress [85]. Since tumor cell growth requires de novo lipogenesis, p53’s above lipogenesis-inhibitory, lipolysis and lipid oxidation-promoting roles all serve to limit tumor growth. However, p53-mediated FAO can be utilized as a pro-survival mechanism in response to nutrient stresses [84, 85]. In this case, p53 may provide important advantages with respect to tumor cell survival, as the tumor microenvironment (TME) is often nutrient-deficient. Indeed, in a brain cancer model, one study revealed that the tumor cells relied on FAO activated by the p53 target gene, carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1C (CPT1C), to resist hypoxia and glucose deprivation. Decreased expression of CPT1C ultimately delayed tumor growth [86].

However, p53 can stimulate the synthesis of some types of lipids (Figure 1 and Table 1). Sphingolipids are an important type of lipid within the cell. Diverse metabolites associated with sphingolipid metabolism serve to regulate cell survival or apoptosis. For example, ceramide and sphingosine mediate antiproliferative responses, including cell cycle arrest, senescence, and apoptosis, while sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) to prevent apoptosis and promote angiogenesis and metastasis [87]. p53 can upregulate the levels of ceramide and/or sphingosine via induction of ceramide synthase 6 (CERS6) and neutral sphingomyelinase 2 (nSMASE2) and suppression of sphingosine kinase 1 (SK1) transcription [8890]. Inhibition of SK1 also results in decreased levels of S1P [90]. These effects contribute to p53-mediated tumor-suppressive functions. However, p53 can also downregulate ceramide expression via induction of alkaline ceramidase 2 (ACER2), which results in the upregulation of both sphingosine and S1P [91]. Expression of ACER2 may have a dual role with respect to cell fate. Specifically, low levels of p53 induce moderate expression of ACER2 and thus promote cell survival via increased S1P and decreased ceramide levels, respectively. By contrast, high levels of p53 lead to robust expression of ACER2; this results in cell death due to the accumulation of sphingosine. The chemotherapeutic agents, oxaliplatin and 5-fluorouracil activate p53 in colon cancer, which ultimately serves to transactivate CerS5, resulting in elevated C16:0-ceramide levels. High levels of C16:0-ceramide impair cancer cell sensitivity to chemotherapeutic agents due to activation of autophagy and mitochondrial respiration [92]. Besides sphingolipid, p53 synergizes with SIRT6 to stimulate the synthesis of cardiolipin (CL) via activation of CDP-diacylglycerol synthase 1 and 2 (CDS1 and CDS2) [93]. p53 also promotes the generation of ketone bodies via the upregulation of 3-hydroxymethyl-3-methylglutaryl-coA lyase like (Hmgcll1), which promotes cell survival under conditions of nutrient starvation [84]. In some situations, p53 can also inhibit FAO. For example, p53-mediated suppression of both PGC1α and apelin receptor (APLNR) signaling pathways in the myocardium reduces the rate of FAO, thereby revealing a critical, context-dependent function of p53 in FAO regulation [94].

Another important function for p53 is regulating cholesterol metabolism and the mevalonate (MVA) pathway (MVP) (Figure 1 and Table 1). p53 may promote cholesterol uptake by inducing the expression of LIM domain and actin binding 1 (LIMA1), a newly identified regulator of cholesterol absorption [95, 96]. p53 also facilitates cellular cholesterol efflux via caveolin 1 (CAV) [97]. By activating a series of target genes, p53 regulates bile acid synthesis and disposition, and prevents cholestasis [98, 99]. The MVP is critical for the biosynthesis of isoprenoids, including cholesterol, and is tightly linked to neoplasia [100]. p53 either promotes or inhibits the MVP in different settings. In liver cancer, p53 transactivates ATP binding cassette subfamily A member 1 (ABCA1) to block the maturation of SREBP-2, resulting in inhibition of the MVP [101]. This effect is important for p53-mediated suppression of liver tumorigenesis; p53-null mice may develop liver cancer due to increased activity of the MVP. However, in human glioblastoma, p53 activates a cohort of MVP associated genes to favor this pathway [102]. p53 mutant state may also influence its effect on the MVP. In pancreatic cancer, WT p53 inhibits the expression of sterol O-acyltransferase 1 (SOAT1), thereby suppressing the MVP, while mtp53 elevates its expression to enhance the MVP [103]. In breast cancer, mtp53 also boosts the MVP and promotes the progression of cancer via SREBP, resulting in a highly disorganized mammary tissue structure [104].

p53 also participates in lipid metabolism in other ways. By repressing the expression of stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1), p53 shifts mono-unsaturated phospholipids to more saturated phospholipid species. This activity represses the oncogenic AKT (also called protein kinase B, PKB) pathway and impedes tumor growth [105]. p53 elevates semaphorin 3E (Sema3E) transcription to promote adipose tissue inflammation, which is involved in insulin resistance and obesity [106, 107]. By contrast, p53 promotes thermogenesis and the differentiation of brown adipose tissue (BAT) via activation of PR/SET domain 16 (PRDM16) and elongation of very long chain fatty acids protein 3 (Elovl3), which has an anti-obesity benefit [108, 109]. MDM2, a target and major negative regulator of p53, was found to regulate the initiation of adipogenesis in a CREB-dependent manner [110].

Amino acid metabolism

Cancer cells have an increased demand for some amino acids, most notably glutamine and serine [111, 112]. As such, the restriction of certain types of amino acids may dramatically impede cancer growth. p53 is involved in several pathways that regulate amino acid metabolism (Figure 1 and Table 1). p53 controls the expression of several amino acid transporters [113116]. When the concentration of glutamine in peripheral circulation becomes limiting, p53 activates solute carrier family 1 member 3 (SLC1A3) to increase aspartate import; this helps cancer cells to circumvent the glutamine shortage by using aspartate to maintain energy production and for glutamine/nucleotide biosynthesis [113]. Similarly, p53 also activates SLC7A3 to enhance arginine uptake during glutamine deprivation [114]. Upregulated levels of arginine promote mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1)-dependent cell growth. Taken together, these studies reveal p53-mediated pro-survival mechanisms that emerge in the setting of nutrient stress in both neoplastic and non-neoplastic cells. By contrast, p53 represses the expression of the cystine/glutamate transporter, SLC7A11, which reduces the intracellular concentration of the amino acid, cysteine [115, 116]. This will lower the antioxidant glutathione (GSH) biosynthesis from cysteine and confer cell enhanced susceptibility to ferroptosis (see below p53 regulates ferroptosis section). The transsulfuration pathway is critical for de novo cysteine biosynthesis [117]. Cystathionine β-synthase (CBS) catalyzes the conversion of homocysteine to cystathionine to promote the transsulfuration pathway and ferroptosis resistance [118]. p53 inhibits the expression of CBS via a p53/ELAVL1/linc00336/miR-6852/CBS axis to sensitize cell to ferroptosis (see below p53 regulates ferroptosis section) [119]. Upon serine starvation, p53 enhances its transactivation of p21 to cause cell cycle arrest [120]. This response redirects serine from nucleotide production toward GSH biosynthesis pathways in order to combat ROS, thereby promoting cancer cell survival. Similarly, the p53-p21 axis may also protect cancer cells from glutamine starvation [121]. The p53 target gene, MDM2, binds directly to activating transcription factor 3 and 4 (ATF3 and ATF4) under conditions of ROS-mediated stress to activate the serine synthesis pathway (SSP) [122]. However, in another study, p53 could inhibit de novo serine biosynthesis by suppressing phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (PHGDH), a key enzyme in the SSP, thereby inducing cellular apoptosis [123]. In response to genotoxic stress, p53 activates argininosuccinate synthase 1 (ASS1) to increase arginine level, which suppresses AKT activation and protects the cells from genotoxicity-caused apoptosis [124]. As discussed above, p53 induces GLS2 to promote the conversion of glutamine to glutamate, thereby fueling the TCA cycle [52]. Interestingly, p53 is activated by protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) to support cell survival under conditions of glutamine starvation [121]. p53 also mediates proline oxidation via upregulation of proline dehydrogenase 1 (PRODH; or p53-induced gene 6, PIG6), a proline oxidase that is required for the production of ROS and is a critical factor underlying cellular apoptosis [125]. Another p53 target, the enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase 4 family member A1 (ALDH4A1 or ALDH4), catalyzes the conversion of proline to glutamate [126]. Recently, p53 was found to repress asparagine synthesis via transcriptional suppression of asparagine synthetase (ASNS); this led to the inhibition of lymphoma and colon cancer growth [127]. Interestingly, asparagine and aspartate can differentially regulate p53 activity by binding with liver kinase B1 (LKB1). Asparagine inhibits, but aspartate promotes p53 activity via the LKB1/AMPK/p53 regulatory axis.

Cachexia is a symptom correlating with poor prognosis in cancer patients [128]. One critical hallmark of cachexia is muscle wasting characterized by imbalance of proteolysis and protein synthesis. Toward this end, p53 transactivates paternally expressed gene 3 (PEG3, or PW1) to block myogenesis, thereby amplifying cachexia in response to the tumor load [129]. Ammonia metabolism (including polyamine metabolism and ureagenesis) is linked to amino acid metabolism. As such, p53 influences polyamine metabolism by inducing spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase 1 (SAT1), thereby contributing to p53-mediated ferroptosis (see below p53 regulates ferroptosis section) [130]. p53 also suppresses ureagenesis and the elimination of ammonia via inhibition of urea cycle genes, including carbamoylphosphate synthase 1 (CPS1), ornithine carbamoyltransferase (OTC), and arginase 1 (ARG1), which slows down cell growth and results in tumor suppression [131]. On the other hand, p53 promotes uric acid uptake into the cell by inducing its transporter SLC2A9 (GLUT9) to reduce ROS production to inhibit tumorigenesis [132].

Nucleotide metabolism

In support of rapid proliferation, cancer cell enhances the rate of nucleotide production. p53-mediated cell cycle arrest results in reduced demand for this process. Meanwhile, p53 can also directly or indirectly limit nucleotide biogenesis (Figure 1 and Table 1). p53 inhibits the synthesis of dTTP and GMP by repressing deoxyuridine triphosphatase (dUTPase) and guanine monophosphate synthase (GMPS), respectively [133, 134]. Noteworthily, upon genotoxic stress, GMPS can strengthen ubiquitin specific protease 7 (USP7)-mediated p53 stabilization [135]. p53 also indirectly suppresses GTP production via the induction of miR-34a, a miRNA that disrupts the translation of inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH), a critical enzyme in GTP biosynthesis [136]. Through inhibition of mTORC1, p53 suppresses the expression of ribonucleotide reductase subunit 1 (RRM1) and 2 (RRM2), which leads to the diminished generation of all dNTPs [137]. These p53-mediated inhibitory roles and their impact on nucleotide synthesis impair the mitotic process in cancer cells. However, p53 can also promote nucleotide production, thereby facilitating the repair of damaged DNA and genome stability (Figure 1 and Table 1). The PPP and one-carbon cycle that generate biomolecules (such as R-5-P, purines, and pyrimidines) for nucleotide synthesis are both modulated by the actions of p53. Moreover, p53 activates p53R2 (RRM2B) to enhance the ribonucleotide reductase activity resulting from DNA damage [138, 139]. Additionally, p53 also maintains the integrity of the mitochondrial genome, as discussed above [6164]. These results suggest that p53 regulates nucleotide production in a context-dependent fashion. Additionally, p53 may have a more global impact on nucleotide synthesis by regulating Myc, the master regulator of nucleotide metabolism [140143]. It is also important to note that p53 induces the expression of membrane adenosine receptor adenosine A2b receptor (ADORA2B) to facilitate monitoring of extracellular adenosine levels [144]. Elevated levels of extracellular adenosine can be detected in the immediate microenvironments of numerous solid tumors. Ligand-engaged ADORA2B can activate the downstream apoptosis pathway, thereby contributing to p53-mediated tumor suppression. An interesting fact is, ATP/ADP can directly regulate binding interactions between p53 and its DNA targets[145] or indirectly influence p53 stabilization and activity via AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) or the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathways (see below Crosstalk between p53 and metabolic sensors section). Moreover, when pyrimidine biosynthesis is suppressed by inhibition of dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH), p53 is activated to induce cell apoptosis [146].

Iron metabolism

Iron is a necessary mineral for cell survival, most notably for cancer cells [147]. Cancer cells often reprogram iron metabolism pathways to facilitate the accumulation of cellular iron stores to promote cell growth and metastasis. p53 regulates iron metabolism mainly via its capacity to reduce the iron levels maintained in cells (Figure 1 and Table 1). p53 inhibits iron uptake via post-transcriptional suppression of the iron transporters transferrin receptor 1 (TFR1) and Zrt- and Irt-like protein 14 (ZIP14) [148, 149]. It is worth noting that p53-mediated inhibition of ZIP14 also influences the transport of other metal ions, including manganese, zinc, and cadmium [150]. By contrast, p53 can also activate hepcidin (or hepcidin antimicrobial peptide, HAMP) which serves to sequester iron within the reticuloendothelial macrophages, leading to decreased iron levels in plasma [151]. Both p53-mediated actions limit iron availability in cancer cells, thereby limiting cancer cell proliferation. However, p53 also upregulates TFR1 in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients via a p53/lncRNA PVT1/miR-214/TFR1 axis [152]. This results in amplified iron import and ferroptosis (see below p53 regulates ferroptosis section). Noticeably, miR-214 can inhibit the expression of p53; as such, this axis represents a reciprocally-regulating feedback loop.

Not all intracellular iron is available for use. Most intracellular iron is chelated to one or more storage proteins, like iron–sulfur clusters (ISC) and ferritin (Figure 1 and Table 1). p53 transactivates iron-sulfur cluster assembly enzyme (ISCU), frataxin (FXN), and ferredoxin reductase (FDXR) to promote the biosynthesis of ISCs as well as post-transcriptional induction of ferritin formation [148, 153157]. These actions reduce the level of available iron and can result in cell cycle arrest and inhibition of cancer cell growth. In hepatic stellate cells, treatment with inducers of ferroptosis results in activation of bromodomain-containing 7 (BRD7); BRD7 binds p53 and facilitates its translocation to the mitochondria, where it forms a complex with SLC25A28 to cause abnormal accumulation of redox-active iron and cell ferroptosis (see below p53 regulates ferroptosis section) [158]. Interestingly, p53 expression and activity are also influenced by the cellular iron level and also by some p53 targets that are associated with iron turnover pathways [159]. Treatment with iron chelators results in a decrease in the available stores of intracellular iron; this promotes HIF1α-mediated p53 activation and cell cycle arrest [160162]. By contrast, excess iron results in heme-dependent downregulation of p53 [163]. However, in macrophage, iron overload will activate p53 to induce macrophage M1 polarization [164]. Moreover, p53 target genes FDXR and FXN both regulate p53 expression, but in different ways [165, 166]. Taken together, these feedback mechanisms reveal the delicate balance maintained between p53 and intracellular iron levels.

ROS control

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) production is inevitable during cell life cycles, which has both beneficial and harmful effects on cell survival. Moderate level of ROS promotes intracellular signaling and cell proliferation, and generates inflammation as a host defense response to pathogens. However, excess ROS may induce DNA damage, genome instability, and cell death [167]. ROS also exhibits dual (promotive or suppressive) roles in cancer development [168]. Intracellular ROS are mainly generated by mitochondrial activities and a batch of metabolic enzymes, including nitric oxide synthases (NOSs), arachidonate lipoxygenases (ALOXs), NADPH oxidases (NOXs), cyclooxygenases (COXs), and cytochrome P450 family (CYPs) [169]. Correspondingly, the cell has developed a multitude of anti-oxidant mechanisms that serve to limit the intracellular accumulation of ROS [170]. The dysregulation of either ROS production system or the anti-ROS system will cause a deregulated ROS level. The strict control of ROS level (redox metabolism or ROS metabolism) not only benefits cellular homeostasis, but also protects the host organism from a diverse set of disorders, most notably cancer. p53 functions to lower or enhance ROS levels according to distinct cellular contexts (Figure 2 and Table 1).

Figure 2. p53 regulates ROS metabolism.

Figure 2.

In different situations, p53 either enhances or lowers the ROS level, which may cause different cell fates (cell death or survival). Major target genes regulated by p53 in ROS control are shown in this figure. For the full names of them, please refer to Table 1. Black arrows pointing up indicate a positive effect of p53 on this protein. Oppositely, black arrows pointing down indicate a negative effect of p53 on this protein.

Nuclear factor, erythroid 2 like 2 (NFE2L2, also called NRF2) is a master TF that regulates redox metabolism via the transactivation of a cohort of antioxidant proteins [171]. p53 stabilizes NRF2 by activating p21 and Sestrins (Sestrin1 and Sestrin2, or SESN1/2), which block NRF2 major negative regulator Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Keap1) to degrade NRF2 [172175]. However, p53 may also suppress NRF2 transcription by blocking the binding of the TF, Sp1, to the Nrf2 promoter [176]. By contrast, NRF2 suppresses p53 expression and activity via direct induction of MDM2 or inhibition of thioredoxin (TXN) interacting protein (TXNIP), which protects p53 from both ubiquitin-dependent and ubiquitin-independent degradation [177182]. These results provide only a sense of the complexity surrounding the roles of p53 in the regulation of ROS [183]. PML nuclear body scaffold (PML), a direct target of p53, acts as a ROS sensor to activate p53 upon oxidative stress [184186]. p53 directly reduces ROS levels by suppressing COX-2 and NOS2; both are enzymes that can stimulate ROS production [187]. Nevertheless, findings from one report indicate that p53 can also activate COX-2 [188]. In the setting of myocardial infarction, p53 is recruited to the promoter and induces expression of the enzyme, NOS3; this serves to protect cardiac cells from undergoing apoptosis [189]. However, endothelial p53 is reported to inhibit NOS3 and GLUT1 to protect organism from dietary obesity [21]. In human lung and breast epithelial cells, WT p53 suppresses TGF-β-mediated NADPH oxidase 4 (NOX4) expression to lower ROS level and cell metastasis. Interestingly, mtp53 has opposite effect as WT p53 in the same setting to stimulate ROS production and cancer cell metastasis [190]. As discussed previously, p53 target gene, TIGAR, reduces ROS level by inhibiting PFK1 or promoting HK2 [31, 40]. p53-activated mitochondria-eating protein (Mieap) helps to maintain mitochondrial health and stability, thereby limiting the production of ROS [66]. p53 can also activate various other antioxidant proteins, including ISCU, FDXR, peroxiredoxins, catalase, glutathione peroxidase 1 (GPX1), manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), and heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1, or HMOX1) [153, 156, 191194], which may logically reduce ROS levels. However, imbalanced induction of catalase, GPX1, and MnSOD may also serve to increase ROS and lead to cell apoptosis [192]. On the other hand, p53 also has a negative influence on the activity or expression of catalase and MnSOD [195198]. Under homeostatic conditions, p53-activated p53R2 binds to catalase and enhances its capacity to combat ROS. However, p53 can also induce the expression of PIG3 to inhibit catalase activity and cause cell apoptosis under oxidative state [195]. Treatment with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) promotes p53-mediated suppression of MnSOD via the actions of the TF, Spl. TPA also promotes translocation of p53 to the mitochondria where it can bind to and repress MnSOD activity, thereby inhibiting its anti-ROS activity and promoting apoptosis [196, 197]. Similarly, p53 also destabilizes HO-1 protein in embryonic stem cells [198]. Moreover, in fibroblasts, HO-1 inhibits p53 to promote reprogramming [199]. These results suggest a complex interplay between p53 and HO-1 in different settings. As we introduced, p53-mediated serine synthesis (by inducing MDM2), proline degradation (via activating ALDH4), and uric acid uptake (through increasing SLC2A9) all serve to inhibit the effects of ROS [122, 126, 132]. Another p53 target gene, TP53-inducible nuclear protein 1 (TP53INP1), also suppresses ROS [200]. TP53INP1-deficient mice have a higher incidence of lymphoma associated with oxidative stress and exhibit shorter survival times.

Since excess ROS is harmful to cell survival and may result in cancer, p53 can switch from reducing ROS level to promote it when ROS stress is too acute (Figure 2 and Table 1). This facilitates p53-mediated pro-apoptotic functions that are critical components of its anti-cancer activity. In fact, PUMA, BCL2-associated X protein (BAX), and phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate-induced protein 1 (PMAIP1, or NOXA)—three major pro-apoptosis target genes of p53—execute their functions partly by triggering ROS generation [201207]. Neutrophil cytosolic factor 2 (NCF2/p67phox) is the cytosolic subunit of the NADPH oxidase enzyme complex. p53 binds to the promoter of NCF2, thereby activating gene transcription and amplifying NOX2-generated ROS [208]. Likewise, the p53 target protein, SHC adaptor protein 1 (SHC1, or p66Shc), cooperates with p53 to upregulate cellular ROS and oxidant-mediated DNA damage. p66Shc gene-deleted mice exhibit enhanced resistance to oxidative stress and a longer life span [209]. Some p53-induced genes (PIGs) also assist p53 to increase ROS [210]. In urothelial cancer, PIG1 sensitizes cancer cells to cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (CDDP) by the accumulation of ROS [211]. PIG3, as we introduced before, binds to inhibit catalase, thereby enhancing ROS upon genotoxic stress [195]. In p53 WT cells, PIG6 catalyzes proline oxidation to augment ROS levels [125]. p53 also antagonizes the function of NRF2 via suppression of a cohort of its target genes, including xCT (SLC7A11), NAD(P)H quinone dehydrogenase 1 (NQO1), and glutathione S-transferase α1 (GST-α1), ultimately resulting in the accumulation of ROS [115]. Specially, p53-mediated suppression of SLC7A11 reduces the levels of intracellular GSH, thereby rendering cells more susceptible to ferroptosis [116] (see below p53 regulates ferroptosis section). Mitochondria localized p53 can promote ROS production in transcription-independent ways [212, 213]. In the case of Huntington’s disease, dynamin 1 like (DNM1L, Drp1) binds p53 to translocate it to mitochondria, where p53 promotes Drp1-mediated mitochondrial fragmentation and dysfunction [212]. This process results in ROS accumulation and neuronal cell death. Similarly, mitochondrial p53 binds directly to prohibitin 1 (PHB1) to release OPA1 mitochondrial dynamin like GTPase (Opa1) in cisplatin-sensitive gynecologic cancers. The mitochondrial metallopeptidase, Oma1, mediates the processing of L-Opa1 and induction of mitochondrial fragmentation, increased levels of ROS, and cancer cell apoptosis [213]. More directly, mitochondrial p53 can bind directly to cyclophilin D (CypD) to open mitochondrial permeability transition pore (PTP), which dramatically generates ROS to triggers cellular necrosis [214]. Of note, p53-activated cathepsin Q (CTSQ) can also cooperate with ROS to induce necrosis in response to DNA damage [215]. p53 also has manifold functions in regulating cell membrane lipid ROS and associated ferroptotic cell death (see below p53 regulates ferroptosis section). It deserves to be mentioned that ROS can modify all ten cysteines within the p53 protein, thereby influencing its structure and function [216]. GSH-mediated S-glutathionylation of p53 cysteine residues can also have an impact on its function [216].

Taken together, under different cellular contexts, p53 reduces ROS to promote cell survival or facilitates ROS generation to cause cell death to avoid more serious cell damages (Figure 2 and Table 1). Noteworthily, p53 has a reciprocal and complicated relationship with hypoxia and HIF pathway, about which we recommend two reviews for your references [217, 218].

p53 regulates ferroptosis

Ferroptosis, a newly identified regulated cell death (RCD) type, was first reported in 2012 [219]. Burgeoning researches in this field have revealed the potential roles of ferroptosis in development, immune system regulation, ischemia-reperfusion injury, and tumor suppression [220, 221]. In 2018, the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death (NCCD) defined ferroptosis as “a form of RCD initiated by oxidative perturbations of the intracellular microenvironment that is under constitutive control by GPX4 and can be inhibited by iron chelators and lipophilic antioxidants” [222]. The three core components of ferroptosis are iron, lipid, and ROS. Metabolic dysregulation of any one of them may influence ferroptotic cell death. Since p53 participates in the regulation of the metabolism of all three of these elements, it is reasonable to hypothesize that p53 may play a critical role in modulating ferroptosis (Figure 3 and Table 1).

Figure 3. p53 regulates ferroptosis.

Figure 3.

p53 mediates (either promote or inhibit) ferroptosis via distinct mechanisms. Major target genes regulated by p53 in ferroptosis modulation are shown in this figure. For the full names of them, please refer to Table 1. Those proteins that are modulated positively by p53 (directly or indirectly), like promoting their expressions or activities, are depicted in blue. Oppositely, those proteins that are modulated negatively by p53 (directly or indirectly), like suppressing their expressions or activities, are depicted in red. If some protein can either be promoted or suppressed by p53 in different circumstances, it is depicted in green. Black arrows indicate positive effects. Black perpendicular bars indicate negative effects. ALOX12, arachidonate 12-lipoxygenase, 12S type; ALOX15, arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase; GPX4, glutathione peroxidase 4; GR, glutathione reductase; GSSG, oxidized glutathione; FA, fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid; ACSL4, acyl-CoA synthetase long chain family member 4; LPCAT3, lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase-3; PL-PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid-containing phospholipid; PL-PUFA-OOH, polyunsaturated fatty acid-containing phospholipid hydroperoxides; PL-PUFA-OH, polyunsaturated fatty acid-containing phospholipid alcohol.

The first evidence documenting a role for p53 in the regulation of ferroptosis was published in 2015 [116]. In this study, p53 was shown to promote ferroptosis via its capacity to inhibit the import of cystine into target cells. Mechanistically, p53 was found to suppress the transcription of SLC7A11, which is a core subunit of the cystine/glutamate antiporter, xCT. Cysteine (cystine is its oxidized dimeric form) is the necessary material for the biosynthesis of GSH, an antioxidant used by GPX4 to inhibit ferroptosis [223]. Suppression of SLC7A11 by p53 reduces the intracellular levels of GSH and sensitizes cells to ferroptosis. Interestingly, the p533KR mutant form of the protein described earlier retains the capacity to repress SLC7A11 and as such, it has the capacity to induce ferroptosis [116]. However, p534KR (3K→R as discussed above, with the addition of a K98R mutation) and an African-specific human SNP, p53(P47S), are unable to promote ferroptosis to inhibit tumor growth [224227]. These results highlight the contribution of p53-mediated regulation of ferroptosis to its tumor suppression function. Monoubiquitination of lysine (K) 120 of histone H2B (H2Bub1) identified at the SLC7A11 promoter epigenetically activates its transcription. p53 can also silence SLC7A11 by recruiting USP7 to its promoter, thereby promoting H2Bub1 deubiquitination [228]. p53 mediated SLC7A11 suppression can also function independently of cystine transport. The lipoxygenase, ALOX12, oxidizes membrane polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) to induce ferroptosis. SLC7A11 can bind to and sequester ALOX12, thereby impairing its enzymatic activity [229]. Reduction of SLC7A11 mediated by p53 promotes the release of ALOX12 to exert its pro-ferroptosis function. ALOX15 is another member of the ALOX family that mediates ferroptosis [230]. p53 can enhance ALOX15 expression by activating SAT1 [130]. Furthermore, p53-mediated inhibition of SSP resulting from the suppression of PHGDH may also serve to limit GSH generation and may promote ferroptotic cell death [123]. Glutaminolysis also plays a role in supporting ferroptosis [231]. p53 activates glutaminolysis by inducing GLS2, thereby amplifying ferroptosis [51, 52]. p53 also activates ferroptosis via its capacity to modulate iron metabolism. The p53 target gene, FXDR, modulates ISL3- and erastin-(two typical small molecules for inducing ferroptosis) induced ferroptosis via its impact on available intracellular iron levels [165]. As discussed above, p53 also influences intracellular iron levels via its interactions with SLC25A28 or by activating lncRNA PVT1 to trigger ferroptosis [152, 158]. Additionally, p53 also regulates ferroptosis markers prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 (PTGS2, or COX-2) and CBS via the Ras/Raf/ERK cascade or the p53/ELAVL1/linc00336/miR-6852/CBS axis, respectively [119, 188].

Under certain contexts, p53 can also protect cells from undergoing ferroptosis (Figure 3 and Table 1). As noted earlier, p53-activated p21 permits cells to adapt to nutrient deprivation by preserving GSH to defend against ROS-mediated damage [120]; this pathway may also serve to help the cell survive ferroptosis since GSH can be used by GPX4 to inhibit ferroptosis. A group depleted cellular cysteine by erastin-2 to induce ferroptosis [232]. They observed that nutlin-3 stabilized p53 could delay the onset of ferroptosis. This protective role of p53 was again due to its activation of p21 to preserve GSH level. In colorectal cancer, p53 binds to relocate dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4) in the nucleus, which disrupts the DPP4-NOX1 complex, thereby hindering membrane lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis [233]. Mitochondrial activity is critical for the induction of ferroptosis [234]. The p53 target, Parkin, inhibits erastin-induced ferroptosis via its role in promoting mitophagy [35, 36, 49, 234].

In summary, despite several notable exceptions, p53 is generally involved in metabolic regulatory functions that promote cellular ferroptosis. This property may be among its most definitive weapons against cancer.

p53 regulates autophagy

Autophagy, from an etymologic point of view, means “self-eating” [235]. Indeed, autophagy is a cellular catabolic process to degrade proteins, organelles, and membranes for reuse in response to metabolic stresses. Autophagy is actually an ensemble of many types of cargo-selective degradation processes [236]. The roles of autophagy in the setting of cancer remain complex. While autophagy can support cancer development by providing energy and building blocks that support survival and proliferation, and by limiting the extent of tumor necrosis and inflammation, autophagic elimination of damaged organelles and proteins may also serve to inhibit cancer initiation and development. Excessive autophagy may result in death of cancer cell [237, 238].

Nuclear p53 typically promotes autophagy (Figure 4 and Table 1). In 2013, a group used high-throughput sequencing (HTS) to systematically study global p53 transcriptional networks upon DNA damage [239]. They identified a suite of autophagy-associated genes, including autophagy related 2B/4A/4C/7/10 (ATG2B/4A/4C/7/10), Unc-51 like autophagy activating kinase 1 and 2 (ULK1 and ULK2), UV radiation resistance associated (UVRAG), and vacuole membrane protein 1 (VMP1), that were regulated by p53. The authors concluded that p53-activated autophagy had no specific impact on cell cycle arrest, but instead, it synergized with p53-induced apoptosis and tumor-suppression in response to DNA damage [240]. For example, treatment with either camptothecin (CPT) or etoposide (Eto) resulted in DNA damage accompanied by autophagy that was mediated by p53-induced upregulation of ULK1 and ULK2 [241]. This autophagy process contributes to CPT- and Eto-caused cell death. It is worth noting that ATG7 has a feedback role in regulating p53 target selection during nutrient withdrawal [242]. By binding to p53, ATG7 promotes the expression of the cell cycle arrest regulator, p21, but not any of the pro-apoptosis targets; this is similar to the impact of PGC1α in this setting [71]. The p53 target, damage-regulated autophagy modulator (DRAM), is also activated in response to DNA damage [243]. DRAM downregulation was observed in a panel of human cancer cells. Interestingly, while induction of DRAM alone has only minimal impact on cell death, this response can enhance p53-mediated apoptosis by inducing autophagy. Cathepsin D (CTSD) promotes autophagy in different cell types [244, 245]. p53 can activate cathepsin D to induce autophagy, thereby contributing to p53-mediated tumor suppression and chemosensitivity [246, 247]. In addition to these targets, p53 also activates interferon stimulated exonuclease gene 20kDa-like 1 (ISG20L1), death associated protein kinase 1 (Dapk1), EI24 autophagy associated transmembrane protein (EI24, or PIG8), and transglutaminase 2 (TGM2) to facilitate autophagy and tumor suppression [248251]. Additionally, spermine was demonstrated to activate p53 by increasing activity of p-p53 and acetyl-p53, causing induction of autophagy in HT1080 cells [252]. Mitophagy, a type of selective autophagy that eliminates mitochondria, is also modulated by the actions of p53. In radioresistant cancer cells, p53 raises BCL2 interacting protein 3 (BNIP3) levels to induce mitophagy, thereby clearing the abnormal mitochondria to maintain OXPHOS and inhibiting glycolysis [253]. However, in hypoxia stress, p53 switches to suppress BNIP3 to protect the cells from BNIP3-caused autophagic cell death [254]. Nevertheless, p53 activates BCL2 interacting protein 3 like (BNIP3L) under hypoxia or anticancer drug KP46 treatment to initiate mitophagy to suppress cancer [255, 256]. Additionally, Parkin, a p53 target gene, modulates mitophagy to avoid ferroptosis [234]. Nuclear p53 also has an autophagy-inhibitory function. Cytoplasmic high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) binds to Beclin 1 to enhance autophagic flux [257]. Nuclear p53 binds directly to HMGB1 and sequesters it in the nucleus, thereby limiting its capacity to induce autophagy [258]. Reciprocally, HMGB1 also sequesters p53 in the nucleus and thus weakens cytoplasmic p53-mediated apoptosis.

Figure 4. p53 regulates autophagy.

Figure 4.

Nuclear and cytoplasmic p53 both regulate autophagy. Major target genes regulated by p53 in autophagy modulation are shown in this figure. For the full names of them, please refer to Table 1. Those proteins that are modulated positively by p53 (directly or indirectly), like promoting their expressions or activities, are depicted in blue. Oppositely, those proteins that are modulated negatively by p53 (directly or indirectly), like suppressing their expressions or activities, are depicted in red. If some protein can either be promoted or suppressed by p53 in different circumstances, it is depicted in green. Black arrows indicate positive effects. Black perpendicular bars indicate negative effects.

By contrast, cytoplasmic and/or mitochondrial p53 can often suppress autophagy [4] (Figure 4 and Table 1). In mouse heart and pancreatic islet β cells, cytosolic p53 binds directly to Parkin, thereby impairing Parkin-mediated mitophagy. In type I diabetes, inhibition of p53 restores mitochondria function and insulin secretion in β cell [259, 260]. Microtubule associated protein 1 light chain 3 alpha (MAP1LC3A, or LC3) is a positive regulator of autophagosome formation and is also an autophagy marker [261]. In colorectal cancer cell line, HCT116, prolonged nutrient starvation treatment results in post-transcriptional downregulation of LC3 mediated by cytoplasmic p53, thereby reducing the rate of cellular autophagy [262]. Although the extent of autophagy is decreased by p53, a limited but sustained autophagic flux is beneficial for cancer cells for survival in the setting of chronic starvation. However, results from another study revealed that the p53 target, TP53INP1, binds to both LC3 and ATG8 family proteins to promote autophagic cell death and tumor suppression [263]. Cytoplasmic p53 also interacts with RB1 inducible coiled-coil 1 (RB1CC1, or FIP200) to inhibit autophagy [264]. A K382R mtp53 loses the capacity for this interaction and thus the ability to suppress autophagy.

p53 can also affect autophagy by regulating AMPK and mTOR pathways, which are both master regulators of autophagy [265267] (see below crosstalk between p53 and metabolic sensors section). In summary, p53 mainly promotes autophagy, resulting in cell death and tumor inhibition. However, in some settings, the actions of p53 serve to inhibit autophagy and promote cell survival.

Crosstalk between p53 and metabolic sensors

Accurate perception of the intracellular nutrient, metabolite, and energy status is critical for appropriate regulation of cell metabolism. Two well-defined central metabolic sensors are AMPK and mTOR [268]. AMPK mainly senses the glucose and energy state and can be activated by a decrease in the ATP/ADP ratio to induce catabolism while suppressing anabolism to produce energy [267, 268]. By contrast, mTOR is activated in environments enriched in nutrients and energy, including growth factors, a high ATP/ADP ratio, oxygen, and certain amino acids [268, 269]. Activation of mTOR promotes anabolism and represses catabolism, and as such, it antagonizes the actions of AMPK. Another important signaling pathway in metabolism is the PI3K-AKT signaling axis, which not only bridges upstream growth factor signals to mTOR, but also has multiple roles in metabolic sensing and regulation that are independent of mTOR [270]. p53 regulates metabolism via complex crosstalk mechanisms involving AMPK, AKT, and mTOR pathways (Figure 5 and Table 1).

Figure 5. Crosstalk between p53 and major metabolic sensors.

Figure 5.

p53 has complicated interactions with major metabolic sensors: AMPK, AKT, and mTOR. Main mechanisms by which p53 interplays with AMPK, AKT, and mTOR are shown in this figure. For the full names of the p53 target genes, please refer to Table 1. Black arrows indicate positive effects. Black perpendicular bars indicate negative effects. NOX4, NADPH oxidase 4; SIRT1, sirtuin 1; MDMX, MDM4 regulator of p53; Raptor, regulatory associated protein of mTOR complex 1; eIF4E, eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E; ARF, also called CDKN2A, cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 2A; S6K, ribosomal protein S6 kinase B1; GSK3β, glycogen synthase kinase 3 β; NF-κB, nuclear factor κB subunit 1.

p53 directly transactivates AMPK subunit, AMPKβ1/2, to promote the AMPK pathway [271]. The kinase, LKB1, is an upstream activator of AMPK. p53 binds to the LKB1 promoter to induce its expression which indirectly results in AMPK activation [272]. p53 also controls LKB1/AMPK signaling via regulation of aspartate-asparagine homeostasis [127]. Similarly, AMPK activator Sestrins are also p53 targets [273]. Induction of Sestrin1/2 by p53 activates AMPK but suppresses mTOR. Insulin like growth factor 1 (IGF1) is an extracellular signaling molecule that binds to the IGF1 receptor (IGF1R) and also activates the AKT pathway [274]. p53 suppresses IGF1R transcription to block IGF1/AKT signaling [275, 276]. IGF binding proteins (IGFBPs) interact with and inhibit the actions of IGF1, and induction of IGFBP3 by p53 inhibits IGF1/AKT signaling and cell growth [277]. Interestingly, IGFBP1 is also a p53 target, although it exerts pro-survival function in hepatic cells by binding and deactivating BCL2 antagonist/killer 1 (BAK) to protect cells from apoptosis [278]. By repressing SCD1, p53 alters the levels of phosphatidylinositol phosphates (PIPs) in the cytoplasmic membrane, which attenuates the activation of AKT [105]. Phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) is another important tumor suppressor that dephosphorylates PI(3,4,5)P3 to inactivate AKT. p53-mediated activation of PTEN expression results in suppression of the AKT/mTOR pathway [271, 279]. p53 target, Parkin, maintains mitochondrial function to lower ROS level, which protects PTEN from AMPK-mediated S-nitrosylation and degradation [280]. Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) is an activator of AKT by phosphorylating PTEN to abrogate its inhibitory effect on the AKT pathway. p53 suppresses PLK1 transcription, thereby supporting PTEN-mediated inhibition of AKT [281283]. By contrast, PLK2 is activated by p53 and binds to tuberous sclerosis complex 1 and 2 (TSC 1 and TSC2), thereby enhancing the inhibition of mTOR [284, 285]. Meanwhile, TSC2 itself is a p53 target [271]. ASS1 is an intrinsic AKT repressor that functions by inhibiting AKT phosphorylation and activation. ASS1 expression is directly induced by p53 in the setting of genotoxic stress [124]. Hypoxia has a repressive effect on mTOR that dependends on TSC1/2 complex and DNA damage inducible transcript 4 (DDIT4, or REDD1), which is also a p53 target gene [286, 287]. In a quite recent study, researchers identified mouse p53 K136 (corresponding to human p53 K139) acetylation is critical for p53-mediated REDD1 and Sestrin1/2 activation, and the following mTOR inhibition [288]. In contrast to results from the aforementioned p534KR variant, mouse p535KR (4K→R as discussed above, with the addition of a K136R mutation) cannot suppress mTOR pathway signaling and exhibits early development of tumors. This research indicates that mTOR repression by p53 can contribute independently to p53-mediated tumor suppression regardless of its impact on cell cycle arrest, senescence, apoptosis, and ferroptosis. Interestingly, REDD1 exerts feedback inhibition on mTORC1-dependent p53 translation [289]. Pleckstrin homology like domain family A member 1 and 3 (PHLDA1 and PHLDA3) compete with AKT to bind to its activator, PIP3, thereby impeding AKT activation. p53 induces the expression of PHLDA1/3 to repress AKT [290292]. To sum up, major influences of p53 on metabolic sensors are activating AMPK, while inhibiting the AKT and mTOR pathway. However, one group has reported that the p53 target gene, SIVA1 apoptosis inducing factor (SIVA), can enhance mTOR activity specifically in non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) [293]. p53-activated SIVA amplifies p53-induced apoptosis. However, SIVA can also promote tumor growth via stimulation of the mTOR pathway and cancer metabolism; high levels of SIVA have been associated with poor outcome in NSCLC patients [293]. SIVA can also reversely decrease p53 stabilization by promoting p53/MDM2 interactions or cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 2A (CDKN2A, or ARF, a p53 activator) degradation [294, 295].

AMPK, AKT, and mTOR can also regulate the level and activity of p53 (Figure 5). AMPK is activated in response to glucose deprivation and phosphorylates p53 to induce its activation [10]. Activated p53 results in cell cycle and metabolic arrest which promotes cell survival in response to stress. AMPK also phosphorylates MDM4 regulator of p53 (MDMX), thereby eliminating its capacity to inhibit p53 [296]. In liver cancer cells, AMPK promotes p53 acetylation and activation via inhibition of SIRT1, which deacetylates and inhibits p53 [297]. However, AMPK may also enhance SIRT1 activity via upregulation of cellular NAD+ levels, which may in turn serve to suppress p53 [298]. Moreover, in diabetes, AMPK abrogates NOX4-dependent p53 activation and apoptosis of glomerular epithelial cells (podocytes) [299]. Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) is a major downstream effector of mTOR, which inhibits p53 transactivation function and p53-mediated cellular apoptosis [300]. However, constitutive activation of mTOR due to loss of TSC1 or TSC2 ultimately amplifies p53 levels via upregulation of p53 translation or by promoting ARF-mediated stabilization of p53 [301, 302]. Under genotoxic stress, mTOR can activate p53 via the mTOR/S6K1/MDM2/p53 pathway [303]. Besides affecting p53 level and activity via the mTOR pathway, AKT regulates p53 in other ways. AKT phosphorylates MDM2 at Ser186 to enhance MDM2-mediated p53 ubiquitination and degradation [304]. In HCC, up-regulation of the eukaryotic elongation factor 1A2 (EEF1A2) increases MDMX protein stability in PI3K/AKT/USP2a and PI3K/AKT/mTOR ways, leading to inactivated p53 and restraint growth of HCC [305]. In HTLV-1-transformed cells, AKT is activated and results in p53 inhibition partly via concomitant activation of the TF, NF-κB [306]. AKT can also suppress p53-mediated apoptosis by suppressing glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β). thereby blocking Tip60-catalyzed acetylation of p53 at Lys120 and induction of PUMA [307].

To summarize, p53 and metabolic sensors are linked to one another via a highly intertwined network. A three parts model for metabolite sensing and signaling consists of metabolic sensor, transducer, and effector [268]. By crosstalk with AMPK, AKT, and mTOR, p53 plays dual roles in this system. On the one hand, modulated by the metabolic sensors, p53 acts as a metabolic transducer that transits upstream metabolic signals toward a variety of downstream effectors. On the other hand, p53 in turn enhances or suppresses the effects of metabolic sensors, just like a metabolic super-sensor. The main effects of p53 are to enhance catabolism and limit anabolism. The interplay between these network components serves to coordinate the rapid and accurate regulation of cell metabolism and are closely related to cancer initiation and development.

The role of p53 mutants in modulating cell metabolism

p53 is mutated in more than half of cancer patients. More than 1500 different mutations have been found across the p53 protein (http://p53.iarc.fr/), among which those that happen at six hotspot codons (175, 245, 248, 249, 273, and 282) account for about 28% of the total p53 mutations [308, 309]. Mtp53 can exhibit loss of function (LOF), gain of function (GOF), or dominant negative effect (DNE) compared to WT p53, which may confer them oncogenic functions to greatly influence cancer initiation and development [308, 309]. A large part of these effects are due to the metabolism-regulatory roles of mtp53 [310312] (Figure 6).

Figure 6. Mutant p53 regulates cell metabolism.

Figure 6.

Mtp53 is involved in the regulation of all critical metabolic pathways that WT p53 participates in. Major target genes regulated by mtp53 are shown in this figure. Blue arrows indicate regulatory effects (including both positive and negative effects). Black arrow indicates positive effects. Black perpendicular bar indicates negative effects. PKM2, pyruvate kinase isoform M2; PLA2G16, phospholipase A2, group XVI; ACP6, lysophosphatidic acid phosphatase type 6.

Mtp53 modulates glycolysis and OXPHOS in various ways (Figure 6). While WT p53 suppresses GLUT1 expression and activity in several ways as we introduced before [19, 22, 24]. mtp53 switches to promote GLUT1 translocation to the plasma membrane in a RhoA/ROCK/GLUT1 signalling pathway [313]. This will boosts the function of GLUT1 to enhance glycolysis and tumorigenesis. Similarly, mtp53 also transactivates HK2 and PLA2G16 or prevents GAPDH nuclear translocation to support glycolysis [314316]. Mtp53 gains novel function to bind and inhibit AMPK, resulting in increased glycolysis and lipogenesis [317]. Analogously, mtp53 activates mTOR/PKM2 axis to enhance glycolysis and chemoresistance in cancer cells [318]. In human cervix cancer cells, mtp53 R248Q promotes glycolysis but inhibits OXPHOS under both normoxia and hypoxia [319]. Interestingly, in a mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-based cancer model, mtp53 augments both glycolysis and OXPHOS [320]. In one family with the Li–Fraumeni syndrome, mtp53 R181C promotes the biogenesis and activity of mitochondria in human myoblast [321]. In another study, mtp53 with a R72 SNP also increases cancer cell OXPHOS by modulating PGC1α function [322]. Additionally, mtp53 obtains the ability to transactivate mitochondrial citrate transporter SLC25A1 in a Foxo1-dependent manner, which may also affect cancer cell glycolysis and OXPHOS [323]. It is worth noting that the roles of distinct mtp53 variants in adjusting glycolysis and OXPHOS are also different [324].

Mtp53 can also regulate lipid, amino acid, nucleotide, and iron metabolism (Figure 6). In mouse adipocyte, mtp53 R178C (equivalent to human R181C) has a stronger lipolysis activity than WT p53 by inducing ADRB3 [81]. In high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC), mtp53 augments the level of lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), an oncogenic lipid, by downregulating the LPA-degrading enzyme lysophosphatidic acid phosphatase type 6 (ACP6), resulting in enhanced adhesion and metastasis in HGSOC [325]. Like binding KLF5 to activate PLA2G16 transcription [315]. mtp53 R172H (equivalent to human R175H) cooperates E26 transformation-specific 2 (ETS2) to induce PLA2G16 transcription, which supports phospholipid metabolism [326]. As we discussed above, mtp53 also promotes lipogenesis by repressing AMPK [317]. In addition, mtp53 boosts MVP via SREBP and SOAT1 [103, 104]. Interestingly, MVP can has feedback effects on mtp53 [327329]. For example, MVP can stabilize mtp53 via MVP-DNAJA1 and MVP-RhoA axises [328, 329]. Upon glutamine deprivation, mtp53 can activate p21 to promote cancer cell survival [330]. Similarly, under serine starvation, mtp53 R248W (but not R175H) can lower ROS and enhance SSP to support cancer cell survival by inducing p21 and MDM2 [331]. Unlike WT p53, which suppresses SLC7A11 in diverse ways, mtp53 inhibits SLC7A11 expression by binding NRF2 to repress NRF2-mediated transcription of SLC7A11. Targeting SLC7A11–glutathione axis may provide an effective way to treat cancer with accumulated mtp53 [332]. On the other hand, mtp53 can cooperate with NRF2 to transactivate some proteasome genes, leading to a global influence on protein homeostasis [333]. For nucleotide metabolism, mtp53 and ETS2 form a complex to activate a batch of nucleotide metabolism genes (NMG) to support fast proliferation of cancer cells [334]. Different p53 mutants also maintain differential ability to modulate cellular iron metabolism [335]. Among them, mtp53 R175H loses the ability to induce ISCU expression [153]. In addition, mtp53 R270H (equivalent to human R273H) is suppressed by master iron metabolic regulator iron regulatory protein 2 (IRP2) [336].

Mtp53 also has a role in mediating cellular ROS level (Figure 6). Unlike their WT counterpart, which has dual roles in regulating ROS, mtp53 mainly functions to enhance intracellular ROS to boost cancer survival and development [337]. Under oxidative stress, mtp53 R273H can bind to inhibit NRF2, resulting in reduced expression of phase 2 detoxifying enzymes (including NQO1 and HO-1) and increased ROS level [338]. In another study, upon binding NRF2, mtp53 R280K selectively activates or represses NRF2 target genes, like TXN or HO-1 respectively, to promote breast cancer cell survival and migration [339]. As we mentioned above, mtp53 can reverse the effect of WT p53 to sustain TGF-β-mediated NOX4 expression, ROS production, and cancer cell metastasis [190]. Mtp53 also supports ROS increase by blocking SESN1/AMPK/PGC-1α/UCP2 anti-oxidative axis [340]. On the contrary, in human melanoma cells, mtp53 R175H can utilize exogenous pyruvate to scavenge diphenylene iodonium (DPI) and glucose depletion-caused H2O2 production to prevent cell apoptosis [341].

Just like WT p53, since mtp53 can regulate lipid, iron, and ROS metabolism, it is not hard to speculate that mtp53 may be also involved in the regulation of cell ferroptosis. All the effects of mtp53 to affect lipid, iron, and ROS metabolism may contribute to its ferroptosis-regulatory role. For example, accumulated mtp53 in cancer cell has a stronger inhibitory effect on SLC7A11 than WT p53, which causes a more ferroptosis-senstive state in that cell [6, 332]. Actually, several colorectal cancer cell lines with mtp53 (CACO2, DLD1, and SW837) show enhanced sensitivity to cell death caused by erastin than the cells with WT TP53 (HCT116 and SW48) [233]. Whether there are other ways that mtp53 can mediate cancer cell ferroptosis awaits further investigation.

Mtp53 also regulates autophagy (Figure 6) [342, 343]. In one study, researchers found that when the transfected mtp53 in p53 KO HCT116 colon carcinoma cells localized in the cytoplasm, they could effectively suppress autophagy, but the nucleus-localized mtp53 failed to do so [344]. In another study, mtp53 was proved to inhibit autophagy via various ways, including forming complex with p50 subunit of NF-κB to repress ATG12 expression, stimulating mTOR, and impeding AMPK signaling. The activation of mTOR by mtp53 rendered cancer cells augmented sensitivity to mTOR inhibition [345]. Similarly, mtp53 R273H inhibits autophagy in lung cancer cells, causing these cells more sensitive to proteasome inhibitor [346]. In the opposite direction, certain autophagy types can degrade mtp53 to promote cancer cell death [347, 348].

Taken together, mtp53 is involved in the regulation of all major metabolic pathways that WT p53 participates in, although may has opposite effects. Some of mtp53’s metabolism-regulatory functions result from its ability to adjust the activities of metabolic sensors (like AMPK or mTOR, see Figure 6) [317, 318, 340, 345]. Though most of these novel functions of mtp53 are tumor-promoting, they also open new windows for cancer treatment. Further study is needed to illustrate the mechanisms underlying metabolic regulation by mtp53 and find out novel therapeutic methods to target mtp53 and associated metabolic pathways.

A refined model of p53-mediated tumor suppression activity

p53 gene originates from about 800 million years ago and is highly conserved across evolution [349351]. The long-term conservation of p53 and its functional network suggests that these features are critical in providing support for multicellular life. Research carried out over the past 40 years on the biology and chemistry of p53 has revealed two major and interlinked functions that include its involvement in the response to environmental perturbations and its capacity to modulate various aspects of tumor biology. However, for most of the organisms that harbor the p53 gene, there is little chance to get cancer due to a limited life span. By contrast, environmental stresses are everywhere and may emerge at any time, both in somatic and germ cells. Therefore, the most fundamental function of p53 in most species and at most times may be to help cells to withstand and to recover from environmental stress, and to maintain genomic stability and homeostasis. p53 has evolved many powerful mechanisms, including transcriptional or post-transcriptional modulation of a vast array of targets that facilitate its role in preventing one or more types of stress. As such, p53 may be considered to be a pluripotent “guardian of the cell”. With this perspective, the role of p53 in tumor biology may represent a specific application of its power to limit the impact of environmental or intracellular stress.

In the first decade after its discovery, p53 was regarded as an oncogene [352]. In 1989, p53 was demonstrated to be a tumor suppressor [353355]. The following years’ researches consolidated the tumor-suppressive role of p53. However, in recent years (especially after 2010), more and more studies have come out to claim a tumor-supportive role of WT p53 in some circumstances [26, 31, 68, 84, 86, 92, 113, 114, 120, 232, 293]. Most of these cases are due to the metabolic regulatory roles of p53. The extreme complexity of cell metabolism (especially cancer cell metabolism), coupled with the diverse effects of p53, make it is impossible to uniquely classify p53 as either an oncogene or a tumor suppressor. We have emphasized the fact that the role of p53 in cancer is highly context-dependent. Actually, to judge every cancer-related gene as an oncogene or a tumor suppressor must depend on a specific context or background. However, current findings suggest that we can categorize all p53-mediated effects into two simple categories: pro-survival and pro-death (Figure 7). Under some conditions (e.g., the insult is not too acute), p53 induces cellular responses that are focused on protecting the cell from damage or demise. For example, when cells confront mild DNA damage, p53 promotes cell cycle arrest, thereby avoiding further DNA damage and creating an opportunity for genome repair. In cases in which cellular energy is limited, p53 activates glucose- and lipid-based OXPHOS to supply ATP. This pro-survival strategy is economically efficient because repairing a cell typically requires substantially less time, energy, and raw materials than would be needed for its full disposal and replacement. Under other circumstances (e.g., the stress is too severe to resist), activation of p53 leads to cell demise in different ways, including senescence, apoptosis, necrosis, and ferroptosis. On the surface of it, this pro-death choice looks cruel. In fact, elimination of those severely damaged cells is beneficial for the other healthy cells. This is a sacrifice of small amounts of cells to exchange for higher fitness of the local cell community or the entire host organism. As such, both pro-survival and pro-death activities may contribute to p53-mediated tumor-suppressive functions.

Figure 7. A simplified model of the relationship between metabolic regulation roles of p53 and cell fates.

Figure 7.

Major metabolic processes regulated by p53 are shown in this figure. p53-mediated metabolic changes will lead to two main outcomes: cell survival (may suppress tumor or promote tumor development) or cell death (will suppress tumor).

For the pro-survival mode of p53 to suppress cancer, there are at least two situations. First, some stresses have a risk of causing a neoplastic transformation of normal cells, such as DNA damage or excessive accumulation of ROS. While p53 limits these stresses to promote cell survival, it is at the same time also reducing the chance of neoplastic transformation. Second, some p53-induced metabolic adaptations serve to antagonize the metabolic needs of existing tumor cells, including FAO and OXPHOS promotion, and AKT/mTOR inhibition. However, although tumor cell has specialized metabolism hallmarks, it also shares many similarities with their non-neoplastic counterparts. For example, the accumulation of excessive amounts of ROS can promote death of both tumor and non-tumor cells. Nutrient deprivation is another adversity that is frequently encountered by tumor cells. As such, p53-mediated pro-survival effects may also be beneficial for cancer cells to survive diverse stresses. For example, p53 activates TIGAR to limit ROS-mediated damage to tumor cells and can also induce the expression of p21 to protect tumor cells from the negative sequelae of serine starvation [31, 40, 120]. In this context, some p53 targets that have been characterized as tumor-suppressive (like p21) or neutral (like SLC7A3) at most times, however, may act as an accomplice to the tumor cells. Another possibility is that many of p53’s metabolic targets themselves are mainly oncogenes, like MDM2, TIGAR, and SIVA. When p53 activates these genes to promote normal cell survival, they may also facilitate tumor cell development. p53-mediated pro-survival mechanism may even impede the efficacy of some tumor therapeutics (like metformin treatment) to kill tumor cell [356].

For the pro-death mode of p53 to suppress cancer, this maybe a stronger and safer way than the prosurvival mode. When p53 switches on this mode, it drives tumor cells into irreversible cell death processes and finally eliminates them once for all. Nonetheless, it is also critical to recognize that various pro-death pathways function with different efficacies. Once researchers took p53-mediated cell cycle arrest, senescence, and apoptosis as its final trump card to fight cancer. However, a series of experiments later excluded the necessity of them by which p53 suppresses tumor [13, 357, 358]. Findings linking p53 to mechanisms underlying ferroptosis have shed new light on this paradox [116]. Though just coined for less than ten years, ferroptosis has shown highly relevant to health and disease, especially cancer [220, 359361]. Particularly, ferroptosis is the only cell death type that results from the dysregulation and imbalance of several core metabolic pathways (lipid, ROS, iron metabolism, and autophagy [362]) that are closely related to cancer initiation and development. As discussed above, p53 is involved in the regulation of all key pathways involved in ferroptosis (see above p53 regulates ferroptosis section). Results from studies carried out with p534KR mice provide solid support for the contributions of ferroptosis to p53-mediated tumor suppression [224, 288]. The multiplicity of p53’s roles in ferroptosis makes this cell death module outstand as potentially the most important mechanism that makes p53 one of the most vital tumor suppressors. However, there are still many questions remaining with respect to basic mechanisms of ferroptosis, the precise modes of action mediated by p53 in the regulation of ferroptosis, and the status of ferroptosis in the p53-mediated tumor-suppressive network. It is worthy of paying more attention and effort to clarify these critical issues.

Concluding remarks and further perspectives

p53 is a versatile protein with multiple roles in promoting physiological and pathological regulation. The cellular processes regulated by p53 belong to several major classes, like cell cycle arrest, DNA repair, angiogenesis, metastasis, senescence, apoptosis, and ferroptosis. In nature as a hub to receive and integrate upstream signals and orchestrate numerous downstream actions to deal with different types of stresses, p53 is highly valued mostly because of its great power to suppress cancer, although it is not yet clear which of the aforementioned p53-mediated biological processes contributes most profoundly to its tumor-suppressive function. Many recent studies highlight p53-mediated regulation of cellular metabolism as a fundamental mechanism to control cancer.

Metabolism is the basis of life. For cancer cells, due to the dramatically enhanced material and energy demand, a highly active metabolic state becomes a necessity. In the meantime, there is also an increased need to reduce the damage caused by these high-speed metabolic processes or a harsh cancer microenvironment. Both requirements together reshape a highly reprogrammed cancer metabolism mode, which is absolutely critical for tumorigenesis and tumor development [79]. Going through the reported p53 (both direct and indirect) targets to date, you will find that a large portion of them are functioning in the cellular metabolic networks. Most of these metabolism-associated p53 targets are related to cancer development. In this review, we introduced the roles of p53 in the regulation of glucose, lipid, amino acid, nucleotide, iron, and ROS metabolism. Then we mentioned two metabolic processes—ferroptosis and autophagy—that are controlled by p53. Next, we described the complex crosstalk between p53 and the major metabolic sensing pathways (i.e., AMPK, AKT, and mTOR). Further, we also discussed the role of mtp53 in modulating cell metabolism. Finally, we considered current ideas focused on p53-mediated tumor suppression and used our assessment of the role of p53 in cellular metabolism to suggest a refined model for this controversial but vital issue. Unfortunately, limited by the space, we cannot reasonably cover all published research on topics related to this field. In this section, we will consider several important points that were not fully discussed in the main part of this review.

First, p53 mainly functions as a TF in the nucleus where it serves to directly activate or inhibit the expression of its target genes. However, it is critical to recognize that p53 has many functions that are unrelated to its role as a TF. For example, cytoplasmic p53 (especially mitochondrial p53) participates in the regulation of glycolysis, apoptosis, ROS control, and autophagy via their interactions with other proteins [4, 34]. Many of the cytoplasmic functions of p53 are in direct opposition to its nuclear functions [4]. Even when in the nucleus, p53-mediated actions may not always relate to its role as a TF [228, 233, 258]. Additionally, many of the direct targets of p53 are themselves among the regulators of gene expression, including miRNA, lncRNA, and enzymes that promote epigenetic modifications [363366], which may have a broad effect on gene expression. So that when we claim a protein as a metabolic target of p53, there is a caveat, that p53 may not directly affect the expression of this protein as a TF. Experimental validation will be needed in order to identify all direct transcriptional targets of p53.

Second, given the complexity of the p53-regulated metabolic network, it is not at all clear how this system might be effectively coordinated. There are two aspects to this question. One is that how p53 is induced or activated upon diverse metabolic stresses. After decades of study, many upstream activators of p53 have been identified [367, 368]. However, there may be other not-yet-identified regulators that can transduce stress signals to induce p53. A second important question focuses on how exactly p53 chooses its downstream target in response to a given metabolic state or stress. This remains one of the core challenges in the p53 field. The nature, strength, and duration of a given stress or stresses may be a critical determinant of the influence and outcomes of p53-mediated activation. One concept that is currently widely accepted suggests that if the stress is mild, transient, and easy to resist, p53 will be programmed in pro-survival mode, and will facilitate cell cycle arrest, DNA repair, reduced ROS levels, and increased energy production. By contrast, if stress is severe, prolonged, and difficult to tolerate, p53 will shift to a pro-death mode and will facilitate induction of senescence, apoptosis, and ferroptosis. At the molecular level, cell type, p53 expression level, localization, post-translational modifications, availability of binding partners, and the genetic or epigenetic status of p53 target genes will all contribute to p53 target selectivity [4, 71, 224, 242, 369]. Furthermore, positive or negative feedback regulatory mechanisms, notably those that link p53 with other master metabolic mediators including AMPK, AKT, mTOR, NRF2, HIF, and Myc, play important roles in promoting specific p53 functions [44, 71, 127, 135, 152, 165, 166, 183, 199, 218, 242, 289, 294, 295, 367, 370]. It is worth noting that baseline and stress-induced p53 may promote different functions with respect to cell metabolism [371]. In the future, more accurate and integrated mechanisms for p53-mediated metabolic regulation will be identified.

Third, a highly relevant issue to the second topic is which of these p53 functions are primary contributors to its tumor-suppressive role. This issue was discussed at length above (see A refined model of p53-mediated tumor suppression activity section). Here we would like to conclude that while cancer suppression may involve both pro-survival and pro-death functions of p53, the final effect of pro-survival choice is rather context-dependent. As such, we suggest that the pro-death (especially the pro-ferroptosis) mode may be among the more definitive mechanisms underlying p53-mediated tumor suppression (Figure 7).

Fourth, besides directly mediating cancer cell metabolism, p53 has also been found to modulate TME, especially regulating the immune cells in it [372]. Cancer immunology is a key topic both in cancer research and treatment [373, 374]. Like in cancer cells or other normal cells, metabolism within immune cells is also vital for its development and function, especially in immune cells of TME [375, 376]. Numerous researches have established a solid regulatory role for p53 in various immunological processes [377381]. Given the pivotal role of p53 in regulating cancer cell metabolism, it is reasonable to speculate that p53 may also modulate metabolism of cancer-associated immune cells to affect their anti-tumor functions. Some evidence has emerged to support this idea. In cytolytic T cells, p53 KO strengthened glycolysis, which might boost the augmented tumor suppressive activity of T cells [382, 383]. ROS and HO-1, a p53-regulated metabolite or p53 target gene respectively, both have feedback effect to engage p53 to mediate macrophage activation [164, 384]. Moreover, p53-regulated metabolism in cancer cell can alter the biochemical features of TME (like cancer acidity caused by enhanced glycolysis), which may affect immune cell function [385]. Another clue is that ferroptosis in T cell will affect its activity in virus or parasite infection [386]. It will be interesting to investigate the significance of ferroptosis-regulatory roles of p53 in cancer-related immune cell functions. In summary, this field about p53-mediated metabolic regulation in cancer immunology is a promising direction for further scientific and clinical exploration.

Fifth, in this review, we focused on p53-mediated regulation of cancer-associated metabolism. We also recognize that p53-regulated actions may have an impact on other metabolic disorders, including obesity, diabetes, and liver and cardiovascular diseases, as well as processes associated with stem cell biology and aging [18, 387389]. p53 even has a role in the exercise metabolism [390]. Another fact is, although p53 undergoes activation in response to nutrient deprivation, it also participates in the response to nutrient excess [391]. What should be kept in mind is that p53 may have distinct effects in systemic metabolism versus cellular metabolism [18]. In addition, p53 not only regulates the synthesis and degradation of endogenous biomolecules, it is also involved in the metabolic modulation of drugs, dietary carcinogens, and environmental pollutants [392396]. The roles of p53 in these fields are not as fully studied as in cancer metabolism. However, the importance of these subjects should not be underestimated. More attention should be focused on the functions of p53 in these settings.

Sixth, we mainly discussed the metabolic functions of the full-length WT and mutant p53. However, there are many additional p53 variants, including p53 isoforms and polymorphisms that play interesting roles in regulating metabolism. Moreover, other p53 family members, including p63 and p73, exert critical roles in metabolic regulation. Readers are referred to several good reviews that focus specifically on these topics [17, 371, 397399].

Finally, given the importance and wide-reaching effects of p53 on numerous aspects of metabolism, future research will be needed to explore how these findings might be used to develop treatments for cancer and/or other metabolic diseases [400402]. There are several obstacles to overcome. p53 has many other functions besides metabolism modulation. For metabolic regulation, p53 can affect diverse pathways. Even when focused on a single pathway, p53 may have opposing roles, depending on the specific context. As such, it is not clear how unique p53-mediated metabolic effects might be achieved. One potential avenue for exploration might focus on combinations of targeting upstream p53 regulators or downstream p53 effectors while targeting p53. For cancer cells, it is not yet clear whether one should focus on stimulation of p53-mediated pro-survival or pro-death pathways, as the responses are highly case- and context-dependent. It is important to recognize that p53-mediated pro-survival activities may promote cancer development. This issue should be taken very seriously when considering cancer treatments that activate p53. Moreover, since mtp53 also participates in the metabolic regulation to affect cancer development, finding a means to eliminate the negative effects of mtp53 or to restore WT functions in mtp53 may ultimately be a practical, albeit challenging method to defeat cancer [403, 404]. If we consider other p53 variants (i.e., isoforms or SNP) and other p53 family members (p63 and p73), this issue becomes even more complicated. In the meantime, additional research into the potential adverse effects of p53 activation is certainly warranted [405408].

In summary, we have reviewed our current understanding of the interrelationships between p53, cancer metabolism, and tumor suppression. We highlighted ferroptosis as a novel and potentially fundamental mechanism utilized by p53 to suppress cancer. Given the ongoing and rapid development in all of these fields, we anticipate that additional interesting and important findings that link p53 to cancer metabolism, ferroptosis, and tumor suppression will emerge in the near future.

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health under Award 5R01CA216884, 5R01CA254970, 5R01CA085533 and 5R01CA224272 to W.G. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

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