Abstract:
:Pleiotropy in biological systems and their targeting allows many pharmaceuticals to be used for multiple therapeutic purposes. Fully exploiting the therapeutic properties of drugs that are already marketed would be highly advantageous. This is especially the case in the field of oncology, where the ineffectiveness of typical anticancer agents is a common issue, while the development of novel anticancer agents is a costly and particularly time-consuming process. Octreotide and chloroquine are two pharmaceuticals that exhibit profound antitumorigenic activities. However, the current therapeutic use of octreotide is restricted primarily to the management of acromegaly and neuroendocrine tumors, both of which are rare medical conditions. Similarly, chloroquine is used mainly for the treatment of malaria, which is designated as a rare disease in Western countries. This limited exploitation contradicts the experimental findings of numerous studies outlining the possible expansion of the use of octreotide to include the treatment of common human malignancies and the repositioning of chloroquine in oncology. Herein, we review the current knowledge on the antitumor function of these two agents stemming from preclinical or clinical experimentation. In addition, we present in silico evidence on octreotide potentially binding to multiple Wnt-pathway components. This will hopefully aid in the design of new efficacious anticancer therapeutic regimens with minimal toxicity, which represents an enormous unmet demand in oncology.
journal_name
Onco Targets Therjournal_title
OncoTargets and therapyauthors
Papanagnou P,Papadopoulos GE,Stivarou T,Pappas Adoi
10.2147/OTT.S182685subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-12-31 00:00:00pages
319-339issn
1178-6930pii
ott-12-319journal_volume
12pub_type
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
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更新日期:2016-03-11 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,收录出版
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S68235
更新日期:2015-02-02 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S244339
更新日期:2020-03-09 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S82235
更新日期:2015-06-24 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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doi:10.2147/OTT.S160428
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
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