Loss of ATG4B and ATG4A results in two-stage cell cycle defects in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells

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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) exhibits elevated levels of autophagy, which promote tumor progression and treatment resistance. ATG4B is an autophagy-related cysteine protease under consideration as a potential therapeutic target, but it is largely unexplored in PDAC. Here, we investigated the clinical and functional relevance of ATG4B expression in PDAC. Using two PDAC patient cohorts, we found that low ATG4B mRNA or protein expression is associated with worse patient survival outcomes, poorly differentiated PDAC tumors and a lack of survival benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy. In PDAC cell lines, ATG4B knockout reduced proliferation, abolished processing of LC3B (also known as MAP1LC3B), and reduced GABARAP and GABARAPL1 levels, but increased ATG4A levels. ATG4B and ATG4A double knockout lines displayed a further reduction in proliferation, characterized by delays in G1-S phase transition and mitosis. Pro-LC3B accumulated aberrantly at the centrosome with a concomitant increase in centrosomal proteins PCM1 and CEP131, which was rescued by exogenous ATG4B. The two-stage cell cycle defects following ATG4B and ATG4A loss have important therapeutic implications for PDAC.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:136

Enthalten in:

Journal of cell science - 136(2023), 19 vom: 01. Okt.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sathiyaseelan, Paalini [VerfasserIn]
Chittaranjan, Suganthi [VerfasserIn]
Kalloger, Steve E [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Jennifer [VerfasserIn]
Go, Nancy E [VerfasserIn]
Jardon, Mario A [VerfasserIn]
Ho, Cally J [VerfasserIn]
Hui, Theodore [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Chow, Christine [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Dongxia [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, Fraser D [VerfasserIn]
Lockwood, William W [VerfasserIn]
Morin, Gregg B [VerfasserIn]
Renouf, Daniel J [VerfasserIn]
Schaeffer, David F [VerfasserIn]
Gorski, Sharon M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ATG4A
ATG4A protein, human
ATG4B
ATG4B protein, human
Autophagy
Autophagy-Related Proteins
CEP131
Centrosome
Cysteine Endopeptidases
Doryphagy
EC 3.4.22.-
GABARAP
Journal Article
PCM1
PDAC
Pancreatic cancer
Pro-LC3B
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 02.11.2023

Date Revised 13.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1242/jcs.260644

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36199317X