Abstract
Entosis is a cell-in-cell formation mechanism that targets viable cells for uptake in epithelial cell cultures and human tumors. Entotic cells control their own engulfment, by invading into their hosts in a Rho-GTPase and actomyosin-dependent manner. Although entotic cells are internalized while alive, most eventually undergo a non-apoptotic form of cell death, called entotic cell death, that is executed non-cell-autonomously by autophagy proteins and lysosomes. Here we review the current understanding of entosis and entotic cell death and discuss the potential roles of this process in cancer.
Keywords: Cell-in-cell, entosis, entotic cell death, cannibalism, phagocytosis, engulfment, autophagy, LAP, cell competition.
Current Molecular Medicine
Title:Entosis: Cell-in-Cell Formation that Kills Through Entotic Cell Death
Volume: 15 Issue: 9
Author(s): O. Florey, S. E. Kim and M. Overholtzer
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Keywords: Cell-in-cell, entosis, entotic cell death, cannibalism, phagocytosis, engulfment, autophagy, LAP, cell competition.
Abstract: Entosis is a cell-in-cell formation mechanism that targets viable cells for uptake in epithelial cell cultures and human tumors. Entotic cells control their own engulfment, by invading into their hosts in a Rho-GTPase and actomyosin-dependent manner. Although entotic cells are internalized while alive, most eventually undergo a non-apoptotic form of cell death, called entotic cell death, that is executed non-cell-autonomously by autophagy proteins and lysosomes. Here we review the current understanding of entosis and entotic cell death and discuss the potential roles of this process in cancer.
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Florey O., Kim E. S. and Overholtzer M., Entosis: Cell-in-Cell Formation that Kills Through Entotic Cell Death, Current Molecular Medicine 2015; 15 (9) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1566524015666151026100042
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1566524015666151026100042 |
Print ISSN 1566-5240 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-5666 |
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