ArticleAutophagy2020
Hypoxia-induced autophagy drives colorectal cancer initiation and progression by activating the PRKC/PKC-EZR (ezrin) pathway.
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- The Mechanistic Crosstalk between Probiotics, ncRNAs, and Autophagy: Implications for Colorectal Cancer Precision Medicine.Expert reviews in molecular medicine · 2026Review
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- Hypoxia facilitates triple-negative breast cancer stem cells enrichment and stemness maintenance through oxidized ataxia telangiectasia mutated-induced one-carbon metabolism.World journal of stem cells · 2026Article
- Integrated single-cell and bulk transcriptomics identify autophagy-related immune-suppressive subtypes and a prognostic signature in colorectal cancer.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Comprehensive Transcriptomic Analysis and Experimental Validation of Notochordal Cells and Nucleus Pulposus Cells: Uncovering Novel Therapeutic Targets for Intervertebral Disc Degeneration.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025Article
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- FOXS1, frequently inactivated by promoter methylation, inhibited colorectal cancer cell growth by promoting TGFBI degradation through autophagy-lysosome pathway.Journal of advanced research · 2025Article
- Syntaxin-6 mediated autophagy confers lenvatinib resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma.Oncogene · 2025Article
- The Anti-Inflammatory, Immunomodulatory, and Pro-Autophagy Activities of Probiotics for Colorectal Cancer Prevention and Treatment: A Narrative Review.Biomedicines · 2025Review
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- Research Progress on the Role of Zinc Finger Protein in Colorectal Cancer.Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Review
- Hypoxia Modulates Transmembrane Prostatic Acid Phosphatase (TM-PAP) in MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Cancer stem cell populations are resistant to 5-aminolevulinic acid-photodynamic therapy (5-ALA-PDT).Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Hypoxia Affects Mitochondrial Stress and Facilitates Tumor Metastasis of Colorectal Cancer Through Slug SUMOylation.Current molecular medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
In solid tumors, cancer stem cells (CSCs) or tumor-initiating cells (TICs) are often found in hypoxic niches. Nevertheless, the influence of hypoxia on TICs is poorly understood. Using previously established, TIC-enrichedpatient-derived colorectal cancer (CRC) cultures, we show that hypoxia increases the self-renewal capacity of TICs while inducing proliferation arrest in their more differentiated counterpart cultures. Gene expression data revealed macroautophagy/autophagy as one of the major pathways induced by hypoxia in TICs. Interestingly, hypoxia-induced autophagy was found to induce phosphorylation of EZR (ezrin) at Thr567 residue, which could be reversed by knocking down ABBREVIATIONS: ATG: autophagy related; BECN1: beclin 1; BNIP3: BCL2 interacting protein 3; BNIP3L: BCL2 interacting protein 3 like; CQ: chloroquine; CSC: cancer stem cells; CRC: colorectal cancer; HIF1A/HIF-1α: hypoxia inducible factor 1 subunit alpha; MAP1LC3/LC3: microtubule associated protein 1 light chain 3; PRKC/PKC: protein kinase C; SQSTM1/p62: sequestosome 1; TICs: tumor-initiating cells.
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