期刊
EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH
卷 374, 期 1, 页码 29-37出版社
ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2018.11.004
关键词
Autophagy; Atg7; Beclin1; Hypoxia; Glutamine starvation
资金
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [GRK1739]
- IFORES program of the University of Duisburg-Essen
Autophagy is commonly described as a cell survival mechanism and has been implicated in chemo- and radioresistance of cancer cells. Whether ionizing radiation induced autophagy triggers tumor cell survival or cell death still remains unclear. In this study the autophagy related proteins Beclinl and ATG7 were tested as potential targets to sensitize colorectal carcinoma cells to ionizing radiation under normoxic, hypoxic and starvation conditions. Colony formation, apoptosis and cell cycle analysis revealed that knockdown of Beclinl or ATG7 does not enhance radiosensitivity in HCT-116 cells. Furthermore, ATG7 knockdown led to an increased survival fraction under oxygen and glutamine starvation, indicating that ionizing radiation indeed induces autophagy which, however, leads to cell death finally. These results highlight that inhibition of autophagic pathways does not generally increase therapy success but may also lead to an unfavorable outcome especially under amino acid and oxygen restriction.
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