scholarly journals Interferon-gamma induces autophagy with growth inhibition and cell death in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells through interferon-regulatory factor-1 (IRF-1)

2012 ◽  
Vol 314 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peiyuan Li ◽  
Qiang Du ◽  
Zongxian Cao ◽  
Zhong Guo ◽  
John Evankovich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatocellular Carcinoma ◽  
Cell Death ◽  
Growth Inhibition ◽  
Interferon Gamma ◽  
Interferon Regulatory Factor ◽  
Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma ◽  
Regulatory Factor ◽  
Interferon Regulatory Factor 1 ◽  
Hcc Cells

scholarly journals Sequential Interferon β-Cisplatin Treatment Enhances the Surface Exposure of Calreticulin in Cancer Cells via an Interferon Regulatory Factor 1-Dependent Manner

Biomolecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pei-Ming Yang ◽  
Yao-Yu Hsieh ◽  
Jia-Ling Du ◽  
Shih-Chieh Yen ◽  
Chien-Fu Hung
Keyword(s):  
Cell Death ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Interferon Regulatory Factor ◽  
Type I ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Type I Ifn ◽  
Regulatory Factor ◽  
Interferon Β ◽  
Interferon Regulatory Factor 1 ◽  
Molecular Determinants

Immunogenic cell death (ICD) refers to a unique form of cell death that activates an adaptive immune response against dead-cell-associated antigens. Accumulating evidence indicates that the efficacy of conventional anticancer agents relies on not only their direct cytostatic/cytotoxic effects but also the activation of antitumor ICD. Common anticancer ICD inducers include certain chemotherapeutic agents (such as anthracyclines, oxaliplatin, and bortezomib), radiotherapy, photodynamic therapy (PDT), and oncolytic virotherapies. However, most chemotherapeutic reagents are inefficient or fail to trigger ICD. Therefore, better understanding on the molecular determinants of chemotherapy-induced ICD will help in the development of more efficient combinational anticancer strategies through converting non- or relatively weak ICD inducers into bona fide ICD inducers. In this study, we found that sequential, but not concurrent, treatment of cancer cells with interferon β (IFNβ), a type I IFN, and cisplatin (an inefficient ICD inducer) can enhance the expression of ICD biomarkers in cancer cells, including surface translocation of an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) chaperone, calreticulin (CRT), and phosphorylation of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor alpha (eIF2α). These results suggest that exogenous IFNβ may activate molecular determinants that convert cisplatin into an ICD inducer. Further bioinformatics and in vitro experimental analyses found that interferon regulatory factor 1 (IRF1) acted as an essential mediator of surface CRT exposure by sequential IFNβ-cisplatin combination. Our findings not only help to design more effective combinational anticancer therapy using IFNβ and cisplatin, but also provide a novel insight into the role of IRF1 in connecting the type I IFN responses and ICD.

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