Role of autophagy in drug resistance and regulation of osteosarcoma (Review)

  • Authors:
    • Yanchuan Pu
    • Jin Wang
    • Shizhong Wang
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  • Published online on: February 1, 2022     https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2022.2505
  • Article Number: 72
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Abstract

Osteosarcoma (OS) is a malignant tumor originating from primitive mesenchymal tissue that occurs mostly in children and adolescents. It is the most common type of malignant tumor originating from bone. The combination of chemotherapy and surgery is an important treatment strategy for OS; however, multidrug resistance frequently leads to failure of chemotherapy for OS. Autophagy is considered an important mechanism through which bone tumor cells escape apoptosis; inhibition of autophagy may significantly increase the sensitivity of tumor cells to chemotherapeutic drugs. The present review discusses the relationship between chemotherapy resistance and autophagy‑related genes, the regulation of autophagy in OS, as well as drugs that inhibit protective autophagy in tumors or cause autophagic death of OS cells or increase their sensitivity to chemotherapy drugs, thereby reducing chemotherapy resistance and increasing efficacy.
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Pu Y, Wang J and Wang S: Role of autophagy in drug resistance and regulation of osteosarcoma (Review). Mol Clin Oncol 16: 72, 2022
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Pu, Y., Wang, J., & Wang, S. (2022). Role of autophagy in drug resistance and regulation of osteosarcoma (Review). Molecular and Clinical Oncology, 16, 72. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2022.2505
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Pu, Y., Wang, J., Wang, S."Role of autophagy in drug resistance and regulation of osteosarcoma (Review)". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 16.3 (2022): 72.
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Pu, Y., Wang, J., Wang, S."Role of autophagy in drug resistance and regulation of osteosarcoma (Review)". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 16, no. 3 (2022): 72. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2022.2505