PMID- 27388765 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170731 LR - 20210719 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 7 DP - 2016 TI - miR-30e Blocks Autophagy and Acts Synergistically with Proanthocyanidin for Inhibition of AVEN and BIRC6 to Increase Apoptosis in Glioblastoma Stem Cells and Glioblastoma SNB19 Cells. PG - e0158537 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0158537 [doi] LID - e0158537 AB - Glioblastoma is the most common and malignant brain tumor in humans. It is a heterogeneous tumor harboring glioblastoma stem cells (GSC) and other glioblastoma cells that survive and sustain tumor growth in a hypoxic environment via induction of autophagy and resistance to apoptosis. So, a therapeutic strategy to inhibit autophagy and promote apoptosis could greatly help control growth of glioblastoma. We created hypoxia using sodium sulfite (SS) for induction of substantiated autophagy in human GSC and glioblastoma SNB19 cells. Induction of autophagy was confirmed by acridine orange (AO) staining and significant increase in Beclin-1 in autophagic cells. microRNA database (miRDB) search suggested that miR-30e could suppress the autophagy marker Beclin-1 and also inhibit the caspase activation inhibitors (AVEN and BIRC6). Pro-apoptotic effect of proanthocyanidin (PAC) has not yet been explored in glioblastoma cells. Combination of 50 nM miR-30e and 150 muM PAC acted synergistically for inhibition of viability in both cells. This combination therapy most effectively altered expression of molecules for inhibition of autophagy and induced extrinsic and intrinsic pathways of apoptosis through suppression of AVEN and BIRC6. Collectively, combination of miR-30e and PAC is a promising therapeutic strategy to inhibit autophagy and increase apoptosis in GSC and SNB19 cells. FAU - Chakrabarti, Mrinmay AU - Chakrabarti M AD - Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America. FAU - Klionsky, Daniel J AU - Klionsky DJ AD - Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America. FAU - Ray, Swapan K AU - Ray SK AD - Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America. LA - eng GR - R01 GM053396/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160707 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (AVEN protein, human) RN - 0 (Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing) RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins) RN - 0 (BIRC6 protein, human) RN - 0 (Beclin-1) RN - 0 (Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins) RN - 0 (MIRN30b microRNA, human) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (Proanthocyanidins) RN - 0 (Sulfites) RN - 18206-61-6 (proanthocyanidin) RN - F30N4O6XVV (Acridine Orange) RN - VTK01UQK3G (sodium sulfite) SB - IM MH - Acridine Orange/chemistry MH - Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology MH - Apoptosis MH - Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - Autophagy/*drug effects MH - Beclin-1/chemistry MH - Brain Neoplasms/drug therapy/*pathology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Gene Expression Profiling MH - Glioblastoma/drug therapy/*pathology MH - Humans MH - Hypoxia MH - Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - Membrane Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - MicroRNAs/*genetics MH - Neoplastic Stem Cells/drug effects/metabolism MH - Proanthocyanidins/*pharmacology MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - Sulfites MH - Transfection PMC - PMC4936720 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2016/07/09 06:00 MHDA- 2017/08/02 06:00 PMCR- 2016/07/07 CRDT- 2016/07/09 06:00 PHST- 2015/09/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/06/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/07/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/07/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/08/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/07/07 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-15-42175 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0158537 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2016 Jul 7;11(7):e0158537. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158537. eCollection 2016.