Abstract
We investigated the role of autophagy in SNUC5/5-FUR, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) resistant SNUC5 colon cancer cells. SNUC5/5-FUR cells exhibited low level of autophagy, as determined by light microscopy, confocal microscopy, and flow cytometry following acridine orange staining, and the decreased level of GFP-LC3 puncta. In addition, expression of critical autophagic proteins such as Atg5, Beclin-1 and LC3-II and autophagic flux was diminished in SNUC5/5-FUR cells. Whereas production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) was significantly elevated in SNUC5/5-FUR cells, treatment with the ROS inhibitor N-acetyl cysteine further reduced the level of autophagy. Taken together, these results indicate that decreased autophagy is linked to 5-FU resistance in SNUC5 colon cancer cells.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 315-320 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Biomolecules and Therapeutics |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2017 |
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Publisher Copyright:© 2017 The Korean Society of Applied Pharmacology.
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Keywords
- 5-Fluorouracil
- Autophagy
- Colon cancer
- Reactive oxygen species
- SNUC5/5-FUR
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