Table 2 Autophagic genes involved in invasion (colonization, proliferation, tumor formation, promotion, metastasis) VS our findings.

From: Mild hyperthermia induced by gold nanorods acts as a dual-edge blade in the fate of SH-SY5Y cells via autophagy

Gene expression changes

Cellular outcome

Effect(s)

Consequences on tumor fate

References

Our study findings

43 °C

48 °C

ATG5 and ATG7- RAS

Increased autophagy

Mitochondria activation

Tumor formation

4,43

2.63

2.94

2.17

NSC

ATG16L1

Autophagy deficiency

Oxidative stress

Tumor suppression

79,80

1346.5

1164.1

LC3-II degradation

Damaged mitochondria

Inflammation induction (1β, IL-18)

2.05

4.58

Autophagy activation

p27Kip1 coaded by CDKN1B

CDK-dependent kinase inhibitor

Tumor promotion

81

423.14

134.83

Autophagy deactivation

ATG3/7/p62 targeting

Pfkfb3 normal expression

Tumor re-proliferation

82

NSC

NSC

2.17

NSC

STAT1 inhibition

p27 (CDKN1B), p21(CDKN1A) upregulation

Increase in IDO1 and Kyn receptors

Tumor dormancy

83

423.1

134.8

Rb hypophosphorylation

Increase in colony formation

Suppress E2F transcription factor activity

Decrease in proliferation

AMBRA1

AMBRA1 role in the modulation of C-MYC phosphorylation and stability

Intracellular switch between autophagy and apoptosis

Colony formation

84,85

NSC

2.05

ATG9B mutation

Autophagy suppression

Blocked recruitment of p62-associated ubiquitinated protein for autophagosome–lysosome degradation

Tumorigenesis

64,86

2.44

4.07

GABARAPL1 down-regulation

Disruption of the intracellular transport of receptors and the autophagy pathway

Low GABARAPL1 expression was correlated with a high risk of metastasis

Metastasis

87

2.04

NSC

ATG10 up-regulation

Acts as an E2-like enzyme that catalyzes the conjugation of ATG12 to ATG5 and increased autophagy

Lymphovascular invasion

Metastasis

88

2.27

5.05

RAB24 over-expression

Promote the EMT, adhesion and vasculogenic effects

Promotes the malignant phenotype

Tumor growth, metastasis, EMT activation

88

2.76

2.23

ATG5 frameshift mutations

Features of cancers with microsatellite instability (MSI)

Common in gastric and colorectal carcinomas

Tumor development by autophagy deregulation

64

2.63

2.94

CTSB

Dormancy hub gene

Strong biomarker for GBM patient’s survival

Tumor progression

89

10.98

9.68

Metastasis

CXCR4 activation

Independent prognostic factor for disease relapse and survival in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients

Increases autophagic activity and decreases

Survival

67,90

NSC

3.64

Colony formation

Cytarabine-induced apoptosis

Proliferation

IGF-1 activation

Activated protein kinase B (AKT)

Inhibit autophagy

Induce apoptosis in drug resistant cells

91,92

2.80

2.05

INS over-expression

Precursor of insulin

Insulin signaling and the regulation of autophagy are relevant to neurodegenerative disorders

Survival

93

7.81

15.51

MAPK8

Integration point of proliferation, differentiation, transcription regulation and development

Indispensable for TNF superfamily 10 (TNFSF)-induced autophagy

Tumor promotion

94

2.96

NSC

Survival

PIK3CG

Catalytic subunit of class I PI3Ks

Up-regulated under stress conditions

Cell remodeling and tissue failure

95

9.42

71.92

MAPK14

Activation of MAPK14 impairs autophagosome–lysosome fusion

Phosphorylates ATG5 at threonine 75

Survival promoting autophagy

96,97

2.05

2.23

Cell proliferation

Migration, Resistance to apoptosis

RPS6KB1

In response to mTOR

Autophagy inhibition

Promote protein synthesis

98

NSC

2.08

Cell growth

Cell proliferation

DRAM2

Is a lysosomal protein

DRAM2 overexpression induced cell migration proteins including RAC1, RHOA, RHOC, ROCK1, and decreased RHOB expression

Metastasis

99,100

2.05

NSC

Proliferation

Migration

Cell cycle activation

LAMP1

LAMP1 is lysosomal marker

LAMP1 overexpression reversed the antitumor effects of UBL4A in pancreatic cancer

Cell proliferation

101,102

3.64

3.08

Migration

Invasion

mTOR

Key regulator of protein synthesis via 4EBP1 and p70S6K1/2 phosphorylation

Increases the translational capacity of cancer cells

Autophagy inhibition

103

6.04

6.48

Dormancy

Metastasis

RPLP0

Belongs to the L10P family of ribosomal proteins

Affected p21 expression

Cell promotion

104,105

NSC

619.5

Induction

Autophagy induction (Survival) in response to RPLP deficiency stress

G1 arrest of gastric cancer cells

CTSS

Is a lysosomal cysteine protease that may participate in the degradation of antigenic proteins

Cleaves some extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins

Tumorigenesis stimulation

106,107

11.35

NSC

Metastasis

ESR1

Point mutations on ESR1 are drivers for resistance, and promote of ERα without the bound ligand

Ligand independently ER stimulation

Proliferation

108,109

9.68

4.16

Long-distance metastasis

Autophagy manipulation

eIF4E/eIF4GI knockdown

The decrease in ERα, SMAD5, NFkB, CyclinD1, c-MYC, and HIF1α

The decrease in EMT promoter

59

1049.1

1904

Increase in EMT inhibitors

The decrease in migration capability

  1. Significant values are in bold. NSC non significant change.