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Title: Beclin1/PI3K-mediated autophagy prevents hypoxia-induced apoptosis in EAhy926 cell line. Author: Zhang R, Zhu F, Ren J, Huang L, Liu P, Wu G. Journal: Cancer Biother Radiopharm; 2011 Jun; 26(3):335-43. PubMed ID: 21711108. Abstract: Although hypoxia can induce cell death, the cancer cells and endothelial cells within a solid tumor that remain active in the hypoxia microenvironment often possess an enhanced survival potential. Developing approaches aimed at increasing the sensitivity of endothelial cells to hypoxia-induced cell death represents a potentially important avenue for antiangiogenesis treatment. This study investigated approaches to increase the sensitivity of endothelial cells to hypoxia-induced apoptosis. Autophagy and apoptosis of endothelial cells induced by hypoxia were investigated by transmission electron microscopy, confocallaser microscopy, and western blotting. Moreover, cell invasion was observed by a transwell assay and F-actin quantitative analysis. In this study, it was found that hypoxia could induce both autophagy and apoptosis in hypoxia-inducible factor-1- and Beclin1-dependent endothelial cells. Hypoxia-induced autophagy was prohibited by phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt inhibitor but not mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor. Inhibition of autophagy promoted the rate of apoptosis. Further, the reversal of hypoxia-induced autophagy increased cell migration compared with the normoxia condition. This study concludes that hypoxia triggers a feedback mechanism that delays apoptosis of endothelial cells and that is driven by hypoxia-induced autophagy. Thus, approaches aimed at the disruption of this mechanism can be expected to enhance the susceptibility of endothelial cells to hypoxia-induced apoptosis.[Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]