Autophagy promotes metastasis and glycolysis by upregulating MCT1 expression and Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway activation in hepatocellular carcinoma cells
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Autophagy is a dynamic physiological process that can generate energy and nutrients for cell survival during stress. Autophagy can regulate the migration and invasive ability in cancer cells. However, the connection between autophagy and metabolism is unclear. Monocarboxylate transporter 1 (MCT1) plays an important role in lactic acid transport and H + clearance in cancer cells, and Wnt/β-catenin signaling can increase cancer cell glycolysis. We investigated whether autophagy promotes glycolysis in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells by activating the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, accompanied by MCT1 upregulation. Autophagic activity was evaluated using western blotting, immunoblotting, and transmission electron microscopy. The underlying mechanisms of autophagy activation on HCC cell glycolysis were studied via western blotting, and Transwell, lactate, and glucose assays. MCT1 expression was detected using quantitative reverse transcription–PCR (real-time PCR), western blotting, and immunostaining of HCC tissues and the paired adjacent tissues. Autophagy promoted HCC cell glycolysis accompanied by MCT1 upregulation. Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway activation mediated the effect of autophagy on HCC cell glycolysis. β-Catenin downregulation inhibited the autophagy-induced glycolysis in HCC cells, and reduced MCT1 expression in the HCC cells. MCT1 was highly expressed in HCC tissues, and high MCT1 expression correlated positively with the expression of microtubule-associated protein light chain 3 (LC3). Activation of autophagy can promote metastasis and glycolysis in HCC cells, and autophagy induces MCT1 expression by activating Wnt/β-catenin signaling. Our study describes the connection between autophagy and glucose metabolism in HCC cells and may provide a potential therapeutic target for HCC treatment.
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Autophagy promotes glycolysis in HCC cells by upregulating MCT1.
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- Authors
- Fan, Q., Yang, L., Zhang, X., Ma, Y., Li, Y., Dong, L., Zong, Z., Hua, X., Su, D., Li, H., & Liu, J.
- Affiliations
- Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University (CN)
- Dalian Medical University (CN)
- Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute (CN)
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Li, Hangyu
- Liu, Jingang
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research
- Published
- 2018-01-19
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 9-9
- ISSN
- 0392-9078 (ISSN-L)
- 1756-9966
- PMC
- PMC5775607
- OpenAlex
- W2784901213
- Cited by
- 216
- References
- 34
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 50 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 26 · 2021: 34 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 8
- FWCI
- 14.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (81472303, 81572425)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
- Keywords
- autophagy, hepatocellular carcinoma, MCT1, Wnt/β-catenin signaling, glycolysis, cancer metabolism, metastasis, LC3, glucose metabolism
- MeSH terms
- Monocarboxylate Transport Protein 1, Autophagy, Glucose, Glycolysis, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, Humans, Liver Neoplasms, Models, Biological, Gene Expression, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Genes, Reporter, Monocarboxylic Acid Transporters, Symporters, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Proliferation, Wnt Signaling Pathway
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