giovton.bsky.social
@giovton.bsky.social
We demonstrate that PINK1 sequesters the master regulator HNF4alpha, hampering DNA repair.
Blocking mitophagy reduce survival of persister cells; patients whose cancer cells show signatures of increased mitophagy present a shorter survival.
February 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Among the few pathways upregulated in persister cells, there was #mitophagy. Indeed mitochondrial turnover and neo-synthesis was strongly activated in persister cells, driven by PINK1.
February 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Upon prolonged exposure, tolerant cells morph into a persistence status, where DNA repair is reduced. @daweonline.bsky.social using #scGETseq revealed that in persister cells chromatin became pervasively compacted with concomitant transcriptional reduction.
February 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Blocking autophagy hampers this tolerant response increasing chemotherapy efficacy in various cancer types.
February 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Differing from #persistency, which occurs after long-term exposure to drugs, #tolerance is triggered immediately after anticancer treatment and provides a key survival advantage to cancer cells. This response is associated with increased DNA repair, driven by enhanced autophagy.
February 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM