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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-5-31
pubmed:abstractText
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) concurrently instigate apoptosis and autophagy pathways, but the link between these processes remains unclear. Because cytotoxic ROS formation is exploited in anticancer therapy, such as in photodynamic therapy (PDT), a better understanding of the complex interplay between autophagy and apoptosis is urgently required. Previously, we reported that ROS generated by PDT with an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated sensitizer leads to loss of ER-Ca(2+) homeostasis, ER stress and apoptosis. Here we show that PDT prompted Akt-mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) pathway down-regulation and stimulated macroautophagy (MA) in cancer and normal cells. Overexpression of the antioxidant enzyme glutathione peroxidase-4 reversed mTOR down-regulation and blocked MA progression and apoptosis. Attenuating MA using Atg5 knockdown or 3-methyladenine, reduced clearance of oxidatively damaged proteins and increased apoptosis, thus revealing a cytoprotective role of MA in PDT. Paradoxically, genetic loss of MA improved clearance of oxidized proteins and reduced photokilling. We found that up-regulation of chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA) in unstressed Atg(-/-) cells compensated for MA loss and increased cellular resistance to PDT. CMA-deficient cells were significantly sensitized to photokilling but were protected against the ER stressor thapsigargin. These results disclose a stress-specific recruitment of autophagy pathways with cytoprotective function and unravel CMA as the dominant defence mechanism against PDT.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/3-methyladenine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ATG5 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adenine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Atg5 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutathione Peroxidase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Microtubule-Associated Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Molecular Chaperones, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oncogene Protein v-akt, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Perylene, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Photosensitizing Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Reactive Oxygen Species, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Thapsigargin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/hypericin
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1582-4934
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
© 2011 The Authors Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine © 2011 Foundation for Cellular and Molecular Medicine/Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1402-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20626525-Adenine, pubmed-meshheading:20626525-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20626525-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:20626525-Autophagy, pubmed-meshheading:20626525-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:20626525-Endoplasmic Reticulum, pubmed-meshheading:20626525-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:20626525-Glutathione Peroxidase, pubmed-meshheading:20626525-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20626525-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:20626525-Microtubule-Associated Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20626525-Molecular Chaperones, pubmed-meshheading:20626525-Oncogene Protein v-akt, pubmed-meshheading:20626525-Perylene, pubmed-meshheading:20626525-Photochemotherapy, pubmed-meshheading:20626525-Photosensitizing Agents, pubmed-meshheading:20626525-Reactive Oxygen Species, pubmed-meshheading:20626525-TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:20626525-Thapsigargin
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Autophagy pathways activated in response to PDT contribute to cell resistance against ROS damage.
pubmed:affiliation
Cell Death Research and Therapy Laboratory, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't