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[VIRTUAL] METPlatform identifies brain metastasis vulnerabilities and predicts patient response to therapy () - May 30, 2021 - Abstract #EACR2021EACR_3290; DEBIO-0932, a blood-brain barrier permeable HSP90 inhibitor, shows high potency against mouse and human brain metastases from different primary origin and oncogenomic profile at clinically relevant stages of the disease, including a novel model of local relapse after neurosurgery...Conclusion Our work validates METPlatform as a potent resource for metastasis research integrating drug-screening and unbiased omic approaches that is fully compatible with human samples and questions the rationale of excluding patients with brain metastasis from clinical trials. We envision that METPlatform will be established as a clinically relevant strategy to personalize the management of metastatic disease in the brain and elsewhere.
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[VIRTUAL] METPlatform identifies brain metastasis vulnerabilities and predicts patient response to therapy () - May 30, 2021 - Abstract #EACR2021EACR_3289; DEBIO-0932, a blood-brain barrier permeable HSP90 inhibitor, shows high potency against mouse and human brain metastases from different primary origin and oncogenomic profile at clinically relevant stages of the disease, including a novel model of local relapse after neurosurgery...Conclusion Our work validates METPlatform as a potent resource for metastasis research integrating drug-screening and unbiased omic approaches that is fully compatible with human samples and questions the rationale of excluding patients with brain metastasis from clinical trials. We envision that METPlatform will be established as a clinically relevant strategy to personalize the management of metastatic disease in the brain and elsewhere.
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[VIRTUAL] METPlatform identifies brain metastasis vulnerabilities and predicts patient response to therapy () - May 30, 2021 - Abstract #EACR2021EACR_3288; DEBIO-0932, a blood-brain barrier permeable HSP90 inhibitor, shows high potency against mouse and human brain metastases from different primary origin and oncogenomic profile at clinically relevant stages of the disease, including a novel model of local relapse after neurosurgery...Conclusion Our work validates METPlatform as a potent resource for metastasis research integrating drug-screening and unbiased omic approaches that is fully compatible with human samples and questions the rationale of excluding patients with brain metastasis from clinical trials. We envision that METPlatform will be established as a clinically relevant strategy to personalize the management of metastatic disease in the brain and elsewhere.
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[VIRTUAL] METPlatform identifies brain metastasis vulnerabilities and predicts patient response to therapy () - May 30, 2021 - Abstract #EACR2021EACR_3287; DEBIO-0932, a blood-brain barrier permeable HSP90 inhibitor, shows high potency against mouse and human brain metastases from different primary origin and oncogenomic profile at clinically relevant stages of the disease, including a novel model of local relapse after neurosurgery...Conclusion Our work validates METPlatform as a potent resource for metastasis research integrating drug-screening and unbiased omic approaches that is fully compatible with human samples and questions the rationale of excluding patients with brain metastasis from clinical trials. We envision that METPlatform will be established as a clinically relevant strategy to personalize the management of metastatic disease in the brain and elsewhere.
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Conclusion Our results revealed novel mechanisms of action of combined therapy with cisplatin and pemetrexed, indicating a potential anticancer effect in A549 cells. Inhibiting the autophagy regulator ULK1 enhanced response to anti-PD-1 in LKB1-mutant lung tumors.
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Impairments in the autophagy pathway may worsen beta cell ER, oxidative and inflammatory stress, ultimately leading to cell death and hastening the progression to diabetes. These data suggest that therapies targeting restoration of autophagy should be evaluated as interventions to delay or prevent T1D.
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Preclinical, Journal: Melatonin receptor agonist ramelteon attenuates mouse acute and chronic ischemic brain injury. (Pubmed Central) - May 29, 2021 Intracerebroventricular injection of rapamycin, an autophagy activator, compromised the neuroprotection of ramelteon, suggesting ramelteon might attenuate ischemic injury by counteracting autophagic cell death. These data demonstrate for the first time the potential benefits of ramelteon in the treatment of both acute and chronic ischemic brain injury and provide the rationale for the application of ramelteon in stroke therapy.
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Taken together, augmenting the autophagy levels in plaque macrophages by inhibiting the TREM2/mTOR axis can potentially impede atherosclerotic progression. The promising therapeutic effects of GP seen in this study should be validated in future trials, and the underlying mechanisms have to be elucidated in greater detail.
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Mechanistically, we showed that the ability of liraglutide to enhance autophagy is mediated by the activation of transcription factor EB (TFEB) and its subsequent entry into the nucleus to activate autophagy genes, a phenomenon that may result from AMPK-MCOLN1-calcineurin signalling pathway activation. Taken together, our results show that liraglutide is an effective drug that can significantly improve the survival rate of random flaps by enhancing autophagy, inhibiting oxidative stress in tissues, reducing pyroptosis, and promoting angiogenesis, which may be due to the activation of TFEB via the AMPK-MCOLN1-calcineurin signalling pathway.
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Preclinical, Journal: Ergosterol peroxide suppresses porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV)-induced autophagy to inhibit virus replication via p38 signaling pathway. (Pubmed Central) - May 29, 2021 Pharmacologically induced autophagy with rapamycin increased the expression of PDCoV N, while pharmacologically inhibited autophagy with wortmannin decreased the expression of PDCoV N, suggesting that PDCoV-induced autophagy facilitates virus replication...Finally, we employed a piglet model of PDCoV infection to demonstrate that EP prevented PDCoV infection by suppressing PDCoV-induced autophagy via p38 signaling pathway in vivo. Collectively, these findings accelerate the understanding of the pathogenesis of PDCoV infection and provide new insights for the development of EP as an effective therapeutic strategy for PDCoV.
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Journal: Macropinocytosis: the big drinker behind cancer cell self-consumption. (Pubmed Central) - May 28, 2021 Concurrent autophagy and MP blockade effectively cuts off the cancer cell's nutrient and supplies, leading to rapid tumor regression. These findings suggest MP to be an important target in cancer treatment and that shutting off the energy spigot is a promising therapeutic strategy.
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Journal: Endoplasmic reticulum stress, unfolded protein response and autophagy contribute to resistance to glucocorticoid treatment in human acute lymphoblastic leukaemia cells. (Pubmed Central) - May 27, 2021 The synthetic glucocorticoid (GC) dexamethasone (Dex) is commonly used to treat ALL, the main drawback of which is the development of resistance to this treatment...The leukaemia cell lines CEM‑C7‑14, CEM‑C1‑15 and MOLT4 treated with chloroquine (CLQ), thapsigargin (TG) and rotenone (ROT) were used to explore the roles of autophagy, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress/unfolded protein response (UPR) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation in the response to GC treatment...Taken together, the results of the present study demonstrated that autophagy may be a pro‑survival mechanism in GC‑resistant leukaemia, and by modulating intracellular and surface GRP94 protein levels, Dex is involved in the regulation of ER stress/UPR‑dependent cell death and immune surveillance. These observations may be of clinical importance if confirmed in patients.
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As shown by western blot analysis, HBO significantly reduced autophagy by regulating autophagy-related proteins (mTOR, p-mTOR, Atg13, LC3B II and LC3B II) in the hippocampus 72 hours after I/R, which was accompanied by inhibiting the expression of hypoxia inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) in hippocampus. The results suggest that HBO may improve cerebral I/R injury, possibly via inhibiting HIF-1α, the upstream molecule of autophagy, and therefore, subsequently inhibiting autophagy in the rat model of ischemic stroke.
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Journal: Downregulation of LAPTM4B Contributes to the Impairment of the Autophagic Flux via Unopposed Activation of mTORC1 Signaling During Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury. (Pubmed Central) - May 26, 2021 Concomitantly, LAPTM4B mice showed higher accumulation of the autophagy markers LC3-II (microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain 3), but not P62, in the I/R heart, whereas they did not alter chloroquine-induced further increases of LC3-II and P62 in both sham and I/R hearts...The mTORC1 inhibition or TFEB-overexpression rescued the LAPTM4B-/--induced impairment in autophagic flux and I/R injury, whereas TFEB-knockdown abolished the LAPTM4B-overexpression-mediated recovery of autophagic flux and cardioprotection. The downregulation of LAPTM4B contributes to myocardial I/R-induced impairment of autophagic flux via modulation of the mTORC1/TFEB pathway.
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Journal: Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Dimethyl Fumarate in Microglia via an Autophagy Dependent Pathway. (Pubmed Central) - May 25, 2021 The anti-inflammatory effect of DMF in microglia was significantly reduced by pretreatment with autophagy inhibitors. These data suggest that DMF leads to the induction of autophagy in microglia and that its anti-inflammatory effects are partially mediated through an autophagy-dependent pathway.
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The autophagy inhibitor 3-methyladenine restored the reduced UCP1 protein level and thermogenic capacity caused by inhibiting FOXC2-AS1. Overall, the present study characterized the potential role of FOXC2-AS1 and further identified a lncRNA-mediated mechanism for inducing browning of human white adipocytes and maintaining thermogenesis, further providing a potential strategy for treating obesity and related disorder.
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