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Tetrandrine is a potent cell autophagy agonist via activated intracellular reactive oxygen species

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Title
Tetrandrine is a potent cell autophagy agonist via activated intracellular reactive oxygen species
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Cell & Bioscience, January 2015
DOI 10.1186/2045-3701-5-4
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Haiqing Wang, Ting Liu, Lu Li, Qin Wang, Chunrong Yu, Xin Liu, Wenhua Li

Abstract

Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved cellular process that involves the lysosomal degradation of proteins and organelles and the recycling of cellular components to ensure cellular survival under external or internal stress. Numerous data has indicated that autophagy can be successfully targeted for the treatment of multiple cancers. We have previously demonstrated that tetrandrine, a bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloid isolated from the broadly used Chinese medicinal herb Stephaniae tetrandrae, exhibits potent antitumor effects when used either alone or in combination with other drugs. In the present study, we showed that tetrandrine is a broad-spectrum potent autophagy agonist. Although low-dose tetrandrine treatment does not affect cell viability, it can potently induce autophagy in a variety of cell lines, including cancerous cells and nontumorigenic cells. The autophagy inhibitors 3-methyladenine (3-MA) and chloroquine (CQ), effectively blocked tetrandrine-induced autophagy. Moreover, tetrandrine significantly triggered the induction of mitophagy. The underlying mechanisms are associated with the tetrandrine-induced production of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), which plays a critical role in tetrandrine-induced autophagy. Here, we report that tetrandrine is a potent cell autophagy agonist and may have a wide range of applications in the fields of antitumor therapy and basic scientific research.

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Unknown 27 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 22%
Researcher 4 15%
Student > Bachelor 3 11%
Student > Master 3 11%
Professor 2 7%
Other 2 7%
Unknown 7 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 6 22%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 3 11%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 11%
Neuroscience 1 4%
Other 2 7%
Unknown 9 33%
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