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AUTOPHAGY
卷 17, 期 11, 页码 3879-3881出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2021.1962682
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ATG5; autophagy; cancer stem cells; GLS1; glutamine; MYC; prostate cancer; radioresistance
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [401326337, 416001651]
Prostate cancer's resistance to radiotherapy is a major hurdle in treatment efficacy, with mechanisms driving tumor cell survival and molecular prognostic markers lacking comprehensive understanding.
Radiotherapy is one of the curative mainstays of prostate cancer; however, its efficacy is often diminished by tumor radioresistance. Depending on the stage of disease, tumors can relapse in approximately 50% of patients with prostate cancer after radiotherapy. Nevertheless, the mechanisms that drive tumor cell survival are not fully characterized, and reliable molecular prognostic markers of prostate cancer radioresistance are missing. Similar to other tumor entities, prostate cancer cells are heterogeneous in their capability to maintain tumor growth. The populations of cancer stem cells (CSCs) with self-renewal and differentiation properties are responsible for tumor development and recurrence after treatment. Eradication of these CSC populations is of utmost importance for efficient tumor cure. In a recently published study, we showed that prostate cancer cells could be radiosensitized by glutamine deprivation, resulting in DNA damage, oxidative stress, epigenetic modifications, and depletion of CSCs. Conversely, prostate cancer cells with resistance to glutamine depletion show an activation of ATG-mediated macroautophagy/autophagy as a survival strategy to withstand radiation-induced damage. Thus, a combination of targeting glutamine metabolism and autophagy blockade lead to more efficient prostate cancer radiosensitization.
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