ReviewAdvances in cancer research2018
New Insights Into Beclin-1: Evolution and Pan-Malignancy Inhibitor Activity.
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- The contribution and mechanism of hypoxia/USP19/Beclin-1 feed-forward loop in cervical cancer.Biophysical journal · 2024Article
- Targeting autophagy and beyond: Deconvoluting the complexity of Beclin-1 from biological function to cancer therapy.Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B · 2023Review
- Mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) regulates self-sustained quiescence, tumor indolence, and late clinical metastasis in a Beclin-1-dependent manner.Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) · 2023Article
- The role of interaction between autophagy and apoptosis in tumorigenesis (Review).Oncology reports · 2022Review
- Insights into the Mechanisms of Action of MDA-7/IL-24: A Ubiquitous Cancer-Suppressing Protein.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
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- Beclin1‑armed oncolytic Vaccinia virus enhances the therapeutic efficacy of R‑CHOP against lymphoma in vitro and in vivo.Oncology reports · 2021Observational
- Comparison of Autophagy mRNA Expression between Chronic Otitis Media With and Without Cholesteatoma.Journal of audiology & otology · 2020Article
- Vascular mimicry: Triggers, molecular interactions and in vivo models.Advances in cancer research · 2020Review
- Beclin-1 as a neutrophil-specific immune checkpoint.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2019Article
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Abstract
Autophagy is a functionally conserved self-degradation process that facilitates the survival of eukaryotic life via the management of cellular bioenergetics and maintenance of the fidelity of genomic DNA. The first known autophagy inducer was Beclin-1. Beclin-1 is expressed in multicellular eukaryotes ranging throughout plants to animals, comprising a nonmonophyllic group, as shown in this report via aggressive BLAST searches. In humans, Beclin-1 is a haploinsuffient tumor suppressor as biallelic deletions have not been observed in patient tumors clinically. Therefore, Beclin-1 fails the Knudson hypothesis, implicating expression of at least one Beclin-1 allele is essential for cancer cell survival. However, Beclin-1 is frequently monoallelically deleted in advanced human cancers and the expression of two Beclin-1 allelles is associated with greater anticancer effects. Overall, experimental evidence suggests that Beclin-1 inhibits tumor formation, angiogenesis, and metastasis alone and in cooperation with the tumor suppressive molecules UVRAG, Bif-1, Ambra1, and MDA-7/IL-24 via diverse mechanisms of action. Conversely, Beclin-1 is upregulated in cancer stem cells (CSCs), portending a role in cancer recurrence, and highlighting this molecule as an intriguing molecular target for the treatment of CSCs. Many aspects of Beclin-1's biological effects remain to be studied. The consequences of these BLAST searches on the molecular evolution of Beclin-1, and the eukaryotic branches of the tree of life, are discussed here in greater detail with future inquiry focused upon protist taxa. Also in this review, the effects of Beclin-1 on tumor suppression and cancer malignancy are discussed. Beclin-1 holds significant promise for the development of novel targeted cancer therapeutics and is anticipated to lead to a many advances in our understanding of eukaryotic evolution, multicellularity, and even the treatment of CSCs in the coming decades.
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