Journal
AUTOPHAGY
Volume 14, Issue 4, Pages 619-636Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2017.1423439
Keywords
Autophagy; CTNNB1; glioblastoma; SQSTM1; TCF; TFEB; WNT
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- Institute of Health Carlos III/FEDER (Una manera de hacer Europa) [PI13/01980]
- IRBLleida
- Fundacio Marato de TV3 [151/C/2013]
- Agaur-Generalitat de Catalunya
- IRBLleida-Biobank [B.0000682]
- Plataforma Biobancos [PT13/0010/0014]
- UdL Language Institute
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WNT-CTNN1B signaling promotes cancer cell proliferation and stemness. Furthermore, recent evidence indicates that macroautophagy/autophagy regulates WNT signaling. Here we investigated the impact of inhibiting WNT signaling on autophagy in glioblastoma (GBM), a devastating brain tumor. Inhibiting TCF, or silencing TCF4 or CTNNB1/beta-catenin upregulated SQSTM1/p62 in GBM at transcriptional and protein levels and, in turn, autophagy. DKK1/Dickkopf1, a canonical WNT receptor antagonist, also induced autophagic flux. Importantly, TCF inhibition regulated autophagy through MTOR inhibition and dephosphorylation, and nuclear translocation of TFEB, a master regulator of lysosomal biogenesis and autophagy. TCF inhibition or silencing additionally affected GBM cell proliferation and migration. Autophagy induction followed by its blockade can promote cancer cell death. In agreement with this notion, halting both TCF-CTNNB1 and autophagy pathways decreased cell viability and induced apoptosis of GBM cells through a SQSTM1-dependent mechanism involving CASP8 (caspase 8). In vivo experiments further underline the therapeutic potential of such dual targeting in GBM.
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