Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26337205›Full record

ArticleOncotarget2015

p53-regulated autophagy is controlled by glycolysis and determines cell fate.

Lei Duan, Ricardo E Perez, Batzaya Davaadelger, Elena N Dedkova, Lothar A Blatter, Carl G Maki

Open access · diamondAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Oncotarget, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Autophagy: The convergence point of aging and cancer.Biochemistry and biophysics reports · 2025
    Review
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Review
  9. Review
  10. Unfolding the role of autophagy in the cancer metabolism.Biochemistry and biophysics reports · 2021
    Article
  11. Article
  12. P53-regulated autophagy and its impact on drug resistance and cell fate.Cancer drug resistance (Alhambra, Calif.) · 2021
    Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Review
  18. Review
  19. Article
  20. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lei DuanDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Ricardo E PerezDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Batzaya DavaadelgerDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Elena N DedkovaDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Physiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Lothar A BlatterDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Physiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Carl G MakiDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Rush University Medical Center · US

Funding

Cellular Responses to p53 Activation by Nutlin-3aR01CA137598 · NCI · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI MAKI, CARL G · 2009 to 2013
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS 1R01CA137598-01A1NCI NIH HHS R01 CA137598
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The tumor suppressor p53 regulates downstream targets that determine cell fate. Canonical p53 functions include inducing apoptosis, growth arrest, and senescence. Non-canonical p53 functions include its ability to promote or inhibit autophagy and its ability to regulate metabolism. The extent to which autophagy and/or metabolic regulation determines cell fate by p53 is unclear. To address this, we compared cells resistant or sensitive to apoptosis by the p53 activator Nutlin-3a. In resistant cells, glycolysis was maintained upon Nutlin-3a treatment, and activated p53 promoted prosurvival autophagy. In contrast, in apoptosis sensitive cells activated p53 increased superoxide levels and inhibited glycolysis through repression of glycolytic pathway genes. Glycolysis inhibition and increased superoxide inhibited autophagy by repressing ATG genes essential for autophagic vesicle maturation. Inhibiting glycolysis increased superoxide and blocked autophagy in apoptosis-resistant cells, causing p62-dependent caspase-8 activation. Finally, treatment with 2-DG or the autophagy inhibitors chloroquine or bafilomycin A1 sensitized resistant cells to Nutlin-3a-induced apoptosis. Together, these findings reveal novel links between glycolysis and autophagy that determine apoptosis-sensitivity in response to p53. Specifically, the findings indicate 1) that glycolysis plays an essential role in autophagy by limiting superoxide levels and maintaining expression of ATG genes required for autophagic vesicle maturation, 2) that p53 can promote or inhibit autophagy depending on the status of glycolysis, and 3) that inhibiting protective autophagy can expand the breadth of cells susceptible to Nutlin-3a induced apoptosis.

Indexed as

Cell LineageGlycolysisApoptosisAutophagyCaspase 8Cell Line, TumorCell SurvivalCellular SenescenceChloroquineFlow CytometryHumansImidazolesMacrolidesMCF-7 CellsMicroscopy, ConfocalMicroscopy, Electronbafilomycin A1CASP8 protein, humanCaspase 8ChloroquineImidazolesMacrolidesMDM2 protein, humannutlin 3OxygenPiperazinesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2RNA, Small InterferingSuperoxidesTP53 protein, humanTumor Suppressor Protein p53autophagyglycolysisNutlin-3ap53

Identifiers

PMID26337205
PMCPMC4695109
OpenAlexW1726030378

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.