Cell-based assays for evaluation of autophagy in cancers

Autophagy is a cellular mechanism that degrades damaged organelles and misfolded proteins to maintain cellular homeostasis. Autophagy in cancers is drawing increasing attentions due to its multifaceted roles in cancer development, progression, and treatment. There are several key autophagy effectors...

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Main Authors: Pang, Siew Wai *, Awi, Noel Jacques *, Yap, Hooi Yeen *, Teow, Sin Yeang *
Other Authors: Radwa Ali Mehanna,
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Language:English
Published: InTechOpen 2019
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Online Access:http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1149/1/Teow%20Sin%20Yeang%20Cell-Based%20Assays%20for.pdf
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http://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.80088
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spelling my.sunway.eprints.11492019-11-28T01:18:16Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1149/ Cell-based assays for evaluation of autophagy in cancers Pang, Siew Wai * Awi, Noel Jacques * Yap, Hooi Yeen * Teow, Sin Yeang * RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer) Autophagy is a cellular mechanism that degrades damaged organelles and misfolded proteins to maintain cellular homeostasis. Autophagy in cancers is drawing increasing attentions due to its multifaceted roles in cancer development, progression, and treatment. There are several key autophagy effectors that are being extensively studied to understand the role of autophagy in cancer as well as their potential value as predictive and/or prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic target. These include ATG4A, ATG4B, Beclin-I, p62, LC3A, LC3B, LC3C, and LAMP. While having its own sophisticated pathway, autophagy has been reported to associate with multiple oncogenic pathways such as NF-kB, mTOR, and PI3K signaling. This chapter aims to provide a detailed protocol for researchers to investigate the role of autophagy using in vitro cell line as model. Here, we demonstrate several techniques including Western blot (WB), immunofluorescence (IF), and small-interfering RNA (siRNA) knockdown using colorectal cancer cell lines as samples. This chapter provides information to researchers especially those in their early- and mid-career to plan and design their experiments to study the autophagy events in their area of interests. InTechOpen Radwa Ali Mehanna, 2019-11-05 Book Section PeerReviewed text en cc_by_nc_4 http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1149/1/Teow%20Sin%20Yeang%20Cell-Based%20Assays%20for.pdf Pang, Siew Wai * and Awi, Noel Jacques * and Yap, Hooi Yeen * and Teow, Sin Yeang * (2019) Cell-based assays for evaluation of autophagy in cancers. In: Cell Culture. InTechOpen, London, UK, p. 371. ISBN 978-1-78984-867-0 http://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.80088 doi:10.5772/intechopen.80088
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topic RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
spellingShingle RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
Pang, Siew Wai *
Awi, Noel Jacques *
Yap, Hooi Yeen *
Teow, Sin Yeang *
Cell-based assays for evaluation of autophagy in cancers
description Autophagy is a cellular mechanism that degrades damaged organelles and misfolded proteins to maintain cellular homeostasis. Autophagy in cancers is drawing increasing attentions due to its multifaceted roles in cancer development, progression, and treatment. There are several key autophagy effectors that are being extensively studied to understand the role of autophagy in cancer as well as their potential value as predictive and/or prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic target. These include ATG4A, ATG4B, Beclin-I, p62, LC3A, LC3B, LC3C, and LAMP. While having its own sophisticated pathway, autophagy has been reported to associate with multiple oncogenic pathways such as NF-kB, mTOR, and PI3K signaling. This chapter aims to provide a detailed protocol for researchers to investigate the role of autophagy using in vitro cell line as model. Here, we demonstrate several techniques including Western blot (WB), immunofluorescence (IF), and small-interfering RNA (siRNA) knockdown using colorectal cancer cell lines as samples. This chapter provides information to researchers especially those in their early- and mid-career to plan and design their experiments to study the autophagy events in their area of interests.
author2 Radwa Ali Mehanna,
author_facet Radwa Ali Mehanna,
Pang, Siew Wai *
Awi, Noel Jacques *
Yap, Hooi Yeen *
Teow, Sin Yeang *
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author Pang, Siew Wai *
Awi, Noel Jacques *
Yap, Hooi Yeen *
Teow, Sin Yeang *
author_sort Pang, Siew Wai *
title Cell-based assays for evaluation of autophagy in cancers
title_short Cell-based assays for evaluation of autophagy in cancers
title_full Cell-based assays for evaluation of autophagy in cancers
title_fullStr Cell-based assays for evaluation of autophagy in cancers
title_full_unstemmed Cell-based assays for evaluation of autophagy in cancers
title_sort cell-based assays for evaluation of autophagy in cancers
publisher InTechOpen
publishDate 2019
url http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1149/1/Teow%20Sin%20Yeang%20Cell-Based%20Assays%20for.pdf
http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1149/
http://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.80088
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