[HTML][HTML] Synergistic effects of autophagy/mitophagy inhibitors and magnolol promote apoptosis and antitumor efficacy

Y Tang, L Wang, T Yi, J Xu, J Wang, JJ Qin… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2021 - Elsevier
Mitochondria as a signaling platform play crucial roles in deciding cell fate. Many classic
anticancer agents are known to trigger cell death through induction of mitochondrial …

Targeting mitophagy to promote apoptosis is a potential therapeutic strategy for cancer

Y Tang, L Wang, J Qin, Y Lu, HM Shen, HB Chen - Autophagy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Many anticancer agents exert cytotoxicity and trigger apoptosis through the induction of
mitochondrial dysfunction. Mitophagy, as a key mitochondrial quality control mechanism …

Mitochondria autophagy: a potential target for cancer therapy

YH Qiu, TS Zhang, XW Wang, M Wang… - Journal of drug …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Mitophagy is a selective form of macroautophagy in which dysfunctional and damaged
mitochondria can be efficiently degraded, removed and recycled through autophagy …

[HTML][HTML] Metformin and arsenic trioxide synergize to trigger Parkin/pink1-dependent mitophagic cell death in human cervical cancer HeLa cells

J Chen, C Zhou, J Yi, J Sun, B Xie, Z Zhang… - Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mitochondria are involved in various biological processes including intracellular
homeostasis, proliferation, senescence, and death, and mitochondrial mitophagy is closely …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial dysfunction activates lysosomal-dependent mitophagy selectively in cancer cells

TG Biel, VA Rao - Oncotarget, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Molecules designed to target and accumulate in the mitochondria are an emerging
therapeutic approach for cancer and other indications. Mitochondria-targeted redox agents …

Magnolol induces cytotoxic autophagy in glioma by inhibiting PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling

M Kundu, S Das, CK Das, G Kulkarni, S Das… - Experimental cell …, 2023 - Elsevier
Glioma is difficult-to-treat because of its infiltrative nature and the presence of the blood-
brain barrier. Temozolomide is the only FDA-approved drug for its management. Therefore …

Blocking Parkin/PINK1-mediated mitophagy sensitizes hepatocellular carcinoma cells to sanguinarine-induced mitochondrial apoptosis

Q Su, J Wang, F Liu, Y Zhang - Toxicology in Vitro, 2020 - Elsevier
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains a major clinical challenge. Although mitophagy is
implicated in hepatocarcinogenesis, novel therapeutic options targeting mitophagy for HCC …

Mitochondria-targeted drugs stimulate mitophagy and abrogate colon cancer cell proliferation

KA Boyle, J Van Wickle, RB Hill, A Marchese… - Journal of Biological …, 2018 - ASBMB
Mutations in the KRAS proto-oncogene are present in 50% of all colorectal cancers and are
increasingly associated with chemotherapeutic resistance to frontline biologic drugs …

[HTML][HTML] RETRACTED ARTICLE: Matrine promotes liver cancer cell apoptosis by inhibiting mitophagy and PINK1/Parkin pathways

R Wei, J Cao, S Yao - Cell Stress and Chaperones, 2018 - Elsevier
Matrine is a natural alkaloid isolated from the root and stem of the legume plant Sophora. Its
anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic effects on several types of cancer have been well …

Mimulone-induced autophagy through p53-mediated AMPK/mTOR pathway increases caspase-mediated apoptotic cell death in A549 human lung cancer cells

HK An, KS Kim, JW Lee, MH Park, HI Moon, SJ Park… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Anticancer properties and mechanisms of mimulone (MML), C-geranylflavonoid isolated
from the Paulownia tomentosa fruits, were firstly elucidated in this study. MML prevented cell …