Heat shock protein 90 promotes RNA helicase DDX5 accumulation and exacerbates hepatocellular carcinoma by inhibiting autophagy.
Ting ZhangXinrui YangWanping XuJing WangDawei WuZhixian HongShengxian YuanZhen ZengXiaodong JiaShanshan LuRifaat SafadiSen HanZhihong YangLeonard M NeckersSuthat LiangpunsakulWeiping ZhouYinying LuPublished in: Cancer biology & medicine (2021)
HSP90 interacted with DDX5 protein and subsequently protected DDX5 protein from AMPK/ULK1-regulated autophagic degradation. DDX5 and HSP90 are therefore potential therapeutic targets for HCC.