HIF-1α-dependent autophagy protects HeLa cells from fenretinide (4-HPR)-induced apoptosis in hypoxia

Pharmacological Research : the Official Journal of the Italian Pharmacological Society
Xiao-Wen LiuBo Yang

Abstract

Novel therapeutic strategies are needed to address and to solve the emerging problem of hypoxia-induced resistance to anticancer drugs. N-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)retinamide (4-HPR) exhibits potent anticancer and chemopreventive activities, but its inefficiency under hypoxia, through undetermined mechanisms, may contribute to its lack of activity in clinical trials. In this study, we showed that under normoxia, 4-HPR resulted in apoptosis and ultimate cell death; in contrast, under hypoxia, autophagy was preferentially induced by 4-HPR at an equivalent concentration, accompanied by microtubule associated protein light-chain 3 (LC3) conversion and acidic vesicular organelle formation. Under hypoxia, autophagy inhibition by 3-methyladenine or chloroquine significantly enhanced apoptosis and decreased cell viability in 4-HPR-exposed cells, indicating that autophagy prevents cancer cell death and presumably leads to hypoxia-induced resistance to 4-HPR. Importantly, knockdown of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) inhibited autophagy but promoted 4-HPR-induced apoptosis under hypoxia, demonstrating its critical role as a mediator of this protective autophagy. The present study provides the first evidence supporting the hypothesis that auto...Continue Reading

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