SZC015 induced autophagy in MCF-7 cells evidenced by the increase of LC3II/LC3I and up-regulation of Atg5 and
beclin1. Moreover, these two cell death pathways were modulated by inhibiting phosphatidylinositide 3-
kinase/protein kinase B/mammalian target of rapamycin/nuclear factor-kB (PI3K/Akt/mTOR/NF-kB),
mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways.