Combination of HSP90 and autophagy inhibitors promotes hepatocellular carcinoma apoptosis following incomplete thermal ablation.

ABSTRACT: The present study evaluated the effect of combining inhibitors (17‑AAG) of heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) and autophagy (3‑MA) on apoptosis using an incomplete thermal ablation animal model. A total of 28 orthotopic mice with hepatocellular carcinoma were randomly divided into 4 groups to receive different drug interventions. Following palliative laser ablation, changes in autophagy, apoptosis and Akt/mTOR expression levels were assessed in tumors. Compared with the controls, the 17‑AAG‑treated mice exhibited significantly decreased expression levels of phosphorylated (p)‑Akt and p‑mTOR with enhanced autophagy and apoptosis; no marked increases in the expression levels of p‑Akt and p‑mTOR were observed in the 3‑MA‑treated mice, with no significant changes in autophagy; however, apoptosis wa

SUBMITTER: Chen F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7248472 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature