PMID- 35468038 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221118 LR - 20230428 IS - 1554-8635 (Electronic) IS - 1554-8627 (Print) IS - 1554-8627 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 12 DP - 2022 Dec TI - Intrinsic role of chaperone-mediated autophagy in cancer stem cell maintenance. PG - 3035-3036 LID - 10.1080/15548627.2022.2069450 [doi] AB - Chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA) is a selective type of autophagy specialized in the individual degradation of targeted proteins. Its impact in any cancer stem cell (CSC) subtype remained elusive. In a recent study, we characterized the expression of LAMP2A and CMA activity in glioblastoma revealing its enrichment in a glioma stem cell (GSC) subpopulation. LAMP2A downregulation diminishes proliferation and self-renewal and induces apoptosis in GSCs in vitro, whereas it delays tumor progression in vivo. The underlying molecular signature of CMA comprises several proteomic and transcriptomic pathways with special relevance to mitochondrial function, the interferon pathway and extracellular matrix interactions. Remarkably, these activities are translated into the clinical scenario, as glioblastoma (GBM) samples show increased expression of LAMP2 compared to healthy tissue, with this expression being positively associated with malignancy grade, TMZ resistance and lower patient survival. These results reveal a novel function of CMA as an intrinsic regulator of GSC tumorigenic properties and highlight its relevance in GBM progression. FAU - Auzmendi-Iriarte, Jaione AU - Auzmendi-Iriarte J AD - Cellular Oncology Group, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, San Sebastian, Spain. FAU - Matheu, Ander AU - Matheu A AD - Cellular Oncology Group, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, San Sebastian, Spain. AD - CIBER de Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable (CIBERfes), Madrid, Spain. AD - IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220427 PL - United States TA - Autophagy JT - Autophagy JID - 101265188 SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Glioblastoma/metabolism MH - *Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy MH - Autophagy MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Proteomics MH - Neoplastic Stem Cells/pathology PMC - PMC9673963 OTO - NOTNLM OT - CMA OT - Cancer stem cell OT - LAMP2A OT - glioblastoma OT - proteomic and transcriptomic analysis COIS- No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s). EDAT- 2022/04/26 06:00 MHDA- 2022/11/19 06:00 PMCR- 2023/04/27 CRDT- 2022/04/25 17:24 PHST- 2022/04/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/11/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/04/25 17:24 [entrez] PHST- 2023/04/27 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 2069450 [pii] AID - 10.1080/15548627.2022.2069450 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Autophagy. 2022 Dec;18(12):3035-3036. doi: 10.1080/15548627.2022.2069450. Epub 2022 Apr 27.