In a human cell line from rhabdomyosarcoma as a model to study muscle cells, we here show that TNF-α-mediated upregulation of macroautophagy modulates APP and β-amyloid load and can be blocked by inhibition of macroautophagy.
Here, we report that hypoxia protects A204 RMS and A673 ES cells against anticancer drug- or tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand-induced apoptosis and that Hif-1alpha plays a key role in conferring apoptosis resistance under hypoxia.