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The Warburg effect has long suggested that oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) is dispensable for tumor growth. However, recent studies have shown that the mitochondrial RNA polymerase inhibitors IMT1 and IMT1b, which impair OXPHOS, are potent anticancer agents. Here, we demonstrate that ionomycin, a selective ionophore known to modulate mitochondrial homeostasis, similarly inhibits mitochondrial gene expression across cancer cell lines. Specifically, gene expression and nascent RNA profiling revealed a global downregulation of mitochondrial gene transcription in Jurkat T, THP‐1, HeLa, and NCI‐H441 cells. Thus, we conclude that ionomycin suppressed mitochondrial gene transcription, impaired OXPHOS, and thereby inhibited cancer cell proliferation and growth, providing a novel insight into the function of ionomycin.
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- Lishen Wang, Mingqiang Deng, Dongmei He, Diqin Lai, Dongjun Liu, Dengyong Zhu, Zhenhua Zhang, Peng Tang, Chuanman Zhou, Menghui Yin, Xichen Bao
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- FEBS Open Bio
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- 2026-01-01
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- 2211-5463, 2211-5463
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Lishen Wang, Mingqiang Deng, Dongmei He, Diqin Lai, Dongjun Liu, Dengyong Zhu, Zhenhua Zhang, Peng Tang, Chuanman Zhou, Menghui Yin, Xichen Bao (2026). Ionomycin suppresses cancer cell growth by disrupting mitochondrial transcription. FEBS Open Bio. https://doi.org/10.1002/2211-5463.70297
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