PMID- 31965560 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210413 LR - 20210413 IS - 1699-5848 (Electronic) IS - 0213-3911 (Linking) VI - 35 IP - 7 DP - 2020 Jul TI - Chaperone-mediated autophagy in cancer: Advances from bench to bedside. PG - 637-644 LID - 10.14670/HH-18-202 [doi] AB - Chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA), a selective form of autophagy, where cellular proteins with KFERQ-like motif are targeted to the lysosome for degradation, is necessary to maintain cellular homeostasis. The role of CMA in neurodegenerative diseases has been extensively studied in the past decades, with defects in the pathway being strongly associated with disease. Recently, accumulating evidence has demonstrated a consistent increase in basal CMA activity in a wide array of cancer cell lines and human tumor biopsies, suggesting a potential link between CMA and cancer. On the other hand, an anti-oncogenic role for CMA under physiological conditions in non-transformed cells is also proposed despite the pro-tumorigenic function of CMA in cancer cells. The growing number of connections between CMA and cancers has generated interest in modulating CMA activity for therapeutic purposes. Here, we describe recent advances in the understanding of the molecular regulation of CMA, and discuss the evidence in support of the contribution of CMA dysfunction to cancers. FAU - Hou, Tao AU - Hou T AD - Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. FAU - Fan, Yizeng AU - Fan Y AD - Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. FAU - Dan, Weichao AU - Dan W AD - Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. FAU - Liu, Bo AU - Liu B AD - Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. FAU - Wang, Zixi AU - Wang Z AD - Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. FAU - Zeng, Jin AU - Zeng J AD - Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. zengjin1984@gmail.com. FAU - Li, Lei AU - Li L AD - Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. lilydr@163.com. LA - eng GR - 81773206/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - 81925028/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - 81672538/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20200122 PL - Spain TA - Histol Histopathol JT - Histology and histopathology JID - 8609357 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy/*physiology MH - Humans MH - Neoplasms/*pathology EDAT- 2020/01/23 06:00 MHDA- 2021/04/14 06:00 CRDT- 2020/01/23 06:00 PHST- 2020/01/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/04/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/01/23 06:00 [entrez] AID - HH-18-202 [pii] AID - 10.14670/HH-18-202 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Histol Histopathol. 2020 Jul;35(7):637-644. doi: 10.14670/HH-18-202. Epub 2020 Jan 22.