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Mechanisms of autophagy in the pharmacological treatment of bladder cancer and research status of Chinese herbal medicine intervention
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Gang-gang LU1, Sheng-long LI1, Peng-dong YIN1, Guang-wei JIN1, Huan WANG1, Jiu-yun ZHOU2a, Yong-qiang ZHAO2a, Yun-peng JIA2a, Xi-xiang LI2b
Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology | 2026, 42(8) : 1189 - 1195
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Mechanisms of autophagy in the pharmacological treatment of bladder cancer and research status of Chinese herbal medicine intervention
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Gang-gang LU1, Sheng-long LI1, Peng-dong YIN1, Guang-wei JIN1, Huan WANG1, Jiu-yun ZHOU2a, Yong-qiang ZHAO2a, Yun-peng JIA2a, Xi-xiang LI2b
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  • 1.College of Integrative Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province, China
  • 2a.Department of Urology, Gansu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730050, Gansu Province, China
  • 2b.Department of Pharmacy, Gansu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730050, Gansu Province, China
Published: 2026-04-28 doi: 10.13699/j.cnki.1001-6821.2026.08.022
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Pharmacological treatment of bladder cancer (BC), including intravesical chemotherapy, systemic chemotherapy, chemoradiotherapy, and immunotherapy, still faces major challenges such as high recurrence rates, drug resistance, and treatment-related toxicities. As an important adaptive response under therapeutic stress, autophagy exerts a dual role in BC; it may cooperate with apoptosis and other pathways to mediate tumor cell death, or function as protective autophagy to promote cell survival and drive drug resistance. Therefore, strategies aimed at inducing lethal autophagy or inhibiting therapy-induced protective autophagy/autophagic flux blockade have emerged as potential approaches to optimize treatment response. Active components and compound formulas of traditional Chinese medicine can modulate autophagy through signaling pathways such as AMP-activated protein kinase/mechanistic target of rapamycin (AMPK/mTOR), and have shown potential to suppress tumor growth, enhance therapeutic sensitivity, and reduce toxicity. However, current evidence is still largely limited to in vitro and animal studies, criteria for autophagic flux evaluation remain inconsistent, and systematic studies on pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics (PK/PD), drug-drug interactions, and safety are lacking. Based on a systematic review of previous basic and preclinical studies, this article focuses on the representative molecular mechanisms by which active components and compound formulas of traditional Chinese medicine regulate autophagy, as well as their potential benefits and major limitations in the pharmacological treatment of BC, and further proposes possible directions for subsequent combination therapy and optimization of therapeutic strategies from the perspective of clinical pharmacology.

Chinese herbal medicine  /  bladder cancer  /  autophagy  /  autophagic flux  /  mechanism of action
Gang-gang LU, Sheng-long LI, Peng-dong YIN, Guang-wei JIN, Huan WANG, Jiu-yun ZHOU, Yong-qiang ZHAO, Yun-peng JIA, Xi-xiang LI. Mechanisms of autophagy in the pharmacological treatment of bladder cancer and research status of Chinese herbal medicine intervention[J]. Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2026 , 42 (8) : 1189 -1195 . DOI: 10.13699/j.cnki.1001-6821.2026.08.022
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doi: 10.13699/j.cnki.1001-6821.2026.08.022
  • Receive Date:2026-01-22
  • Online Date:2026-08-06
  • Published:2026-04-28
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  • Received:2026-01-22
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    1.College of Integrative Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province, China
    2a.Department of Urology, Gansu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730050, Gansu Province, China
    2b.Department of Pharmacy, Gansu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730050, Gansu Province, China
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