
Chao Sun
Professor (Senior researcher)
The Department of Radiation Medicine
Institute of Modern Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences
509 Nanchang Road, Lanzhou, 730000, P.R.China
Tel: +86-931-5196027
E-mail:sunchao@impcas.ac.cn
Research Areas
Mitochondrial transplantation
Autophagy and Energy metabolism
Redox status and Radiosensitivity
Mitochondrial damage and Cell death
Quantum biology
Experience
2019/08 — 2020/08 National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), Japan
Visiting Scholar
2015/11 — Now Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Associate professor
2013/07 — 2015/10 Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Assistant research fellow
2010/07 — 2013/06 Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ph.D. student
2007/07 — 2010/06 Shihezi University
Master student
Publications
1. Chao Sun, Xiongxiong Liu, Bing Wang, et al. Endocytosis-mediated mitochondrial transplantation: Transferring normal human astrocytic mitochondria into glioma cells rescues aerobic respiration and enhances radiosensitivity. Theranostics. 2019, 9(12):3595-3607. (IF 8.537)
2. Sun C, Liu X, Di C, et al. MitoQ regulates autophagy by inducing a pseudo-mitochondrial membrane potential. Autophagy. 2017, 13(4): 730-738. (IF 11.100)
3. Xingting Bao; Jinhua Zhang; Guomin Huang; Junfang Yan; Caipeng Xu; Zhihui Dou; Chao Sun*; Hong Zhang. The crosstalk between HIFs and mitochondrial dysfunctions in cancer development, Cell Death and Disease, 2021, 12(2): 215-228. (IF 8.46)
4. Sun C, Wang ZH, Liu Y, Liu YY, Li HY, Di CX, Wu ZH, Gan L, Zhang H. Carbon Ion Beams Induce Hepatoma Cell Death by NADPH Oxidase-mediated Mitochondrial Damage. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 2014, 229 (1): 100-107.
5. Chao Sun, Zhen-hua Wang, Xiong-xiong Liu, et al. Disturbance of redox status enhances radiosensitivity of hepatocellular carcinoma. American Journal of Cancer Research. 2015, 5(4): 1368-1381.
6. Chao Sun, Yali Wang, Aihong Mao, Xin Zhang, Xin Zhou, Zhenhua Wang, Hong Zhang. Radiosensitization to X-ray radiation by telomerase inhibitor MST-312 in human hepatoma HepG2 cells. Life Sciences. 2015, 123: 43-50.
7. Sun C, Zhang H, Ma XF, Zhou X, Gan L, Liu YY, Wang ZH. Isoliquiritigenin Enhances Radiosensitivity of HepG2 Cells via Disturbance of Redox Status. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics. 2013, 65(3): 433-44.
8. Sun C, Liu XX, Jin XD, Li P, Ye F, Zhao T, Gong L, Li Q. Genistein Enhances the Radiosensitivity of Breast Cancer Cells via G2/M Arrest. Molecules. 2013, 18(11), 13200-13217.
9. Sun C, Wang ZH, Zheng QS, Zhang H. Salidroside inhibits migration and invasion of human fibrosarcoma HT1080 cells. Phytomedicine. 2012, 19(3-4): 355-63.