An inhibition of p62/SQSTM1 caused autophagic cell death of several human carcinoma cells.

ABSTRACT: p62/SQSTM1 (p62) is a multifunctional protein implicated in several signal transduction pathways and selectively degraded by autophagy, a process for lysosomal degradation of both protein and organelle. p62 was also recently reported to be overexpressed in various malignancies and its inhibition to suppress carcinoma cell proliferation. However, its correlation with autophagy in carcinoma cells has remained largely unknown. Therefore, in this study, we examined the effects of p62 inhibition on the regulation of autophagy and cell survival in p62-positive carcinoma cells. p62-silencing dramatically suppressed cell proliferation and induced autophagy in p62 expressing PC9 and A549 cells. Electron microscopical analysis revealed the formation of autophagosomes with multilayer membranes caused

SUBMITTER: Nihira K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4317843 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature