Cisplatin and Starvation Differently Sensitize Autophagy in Renal Carcinoma : A Potential Therapeutic Pathway to Target Variegated Drugs Resistant Cancerous Cells

Cisplatin, a powerful chemotherapy medication, has long been a cornerstone in the fight against cancer due to chemotherapeutic failure. The mechanism of cisplatin resistance/failure is a multifaceted and complex issue that consists mainly of apoptosis inhibition through autophagy sensitization. Currently, researchers are exploring ways to regulate autophagy in order to tip the balance in favor of effective chemotherapy. Based on this notion, the current study primarily identifies the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in cisplatin-treated autophagic ACHN cells through the Illumina Hi-seq platform. A protein-protein interaction network was constructed using the STRING database and KEGG. GO classifiers were implicated to identify genes and their participating biological pathways. ClueGO, David, and MCODE detected ontological enrichment and sub-networking. The network topology was further examined using 12 different algorithms to identify top-ranked hub genes through the Cytoscape plugin Cytohubba to identify potential targets, which established profound drug efficacy under an autophagic environment. Considerable upregulation of genes related to autophagy and apoptosis suggests that autophagy boosts cisplatin efficacy in malignant ACHN cells with minimal harm to normal HEK-293 growth. Furthermore, the determination of cellular viability and apoptosis by AnnexinV/FITC-PI assay corroborates with in silico data, indicating the reliability of the bioinformatics method followed by qRT-PCR. Altogether, our data provide a clear molecular insight into drug efficacy under starved conditions to improve chemotherapy and will likely prompt more clinical trials on this aspect.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Cells - 13(2024), 6 vom: 07. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dutta, Ankita [VerfasserIn]
Thakur, Subarna [VerfasserIn]
Dey, Debasish Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Anoop [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Apoptosis
Autophagy
Cisplatin
Differentially expressed genes (DEGs)
Hub genes
Journal Article
MTT assay
Pathway enrichment analysis
Q20Q21Q62J
QRT-PCR
Starvation
Transcriptome

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Date Completed 28.03.2024

Date Revised 29.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/cells13060471

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370238656