BH3-only proteins Mcl-1 and Bim as well as endonuclease G are targeted in spongistatin 1-induced apoptosis in breast cancer cells.

abstract：:DNA topoisomerase I (Top1) inhibition by camptothecin derivatives can impair the hypoxia-induced cell transcriptional response. In the present work, we determined molecular aspects of the mechanism of camptothecin's effects on hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) activity in human cancer cells. In particular, we provi...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Bertozzi D,Marinello J,Manzo SG,Fornari F,Gramantieri L,Capranico G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work is based on previous evidence showing that chemotactic sequence of the urokinase receptor (uPAR(88-92)) drives angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo in a protease-independent manner, and that the peptide Ac-Arg-Glu-Arg-Phe-NH(2) (RERF) prevents both uPAR(88-92)- and VEGF-induced angiogenesis. New N-acetylated an...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Carriero MV,Bifulco K,Minopoli M,Lista L,Maglio O,Mele L,Di Carluccio G,De Rosa M,Pavone V

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor-associated urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) is a critical marker of invasion and metastasis, has strong prognostic relevance, and is thus a potential therapeutic target. Experimental data published to date has established the proof-of-principle of uPA targeting by (213)Bi-labeled plasminogen activator inhib...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Stutchbury TK,Al-Ejeh F,Stillfried GE,Croucher DR,Andrews J,Irving D,Links M,Ranson M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have shown antitumor activities of the melanoma differentiation-associated gene 7 (mda-7) and the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug sulindac when used as a monotherapies against a wide variety of human cancers. However, the combined effects of mda-7 and sulindac have not previously been tested. There...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Oida Y,Gopalan B,Miyahara R,Inoue S,Branch CD,Mhashilkar AM,Lin E,Bekele BN,Roth JA,Chada S,Ramesh R

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The FGF receptors (FGFR) are tyrosine kinases that are constitutively activated in a subset of tumors by genetic alterations such as gene amplifications, point mutations, or chromosomal translocations/rearrangements. Recently, small-molecule inhibitors that can inhibit the FGFR family as well as the VEGF receptor (VEG...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Nakanishi Y,Akiyama N,Tsukaguchi T,Fujii T,Sakata K,Sase H,Isobe T,Morikami K,Shindoh H,Mio T,Ebiike H,Taka N,Aoki Y,Ishii N

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many genes, with products involved in the protection of cells against carcinogens, oxidants, and other toxic chemicals, are under the transcriptional control of a simple DNA regulatory element [i.e., the antioxidant response element (ARE)]. One or more functional AREs have been confirmed or are believed to exist in th...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Zhang Y,Gordon GB

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclin-dependent kinases 4 and 6 (CDK4/6) have emerged as important therapeutic targets. Pharmacologic inhibitors of these kinases function to inhibit cell-cycle progression and exert other important effects on the tumor and host environment. Because of their impact on the cell cycle, CDK4/6 inhibitors (CDK4/6i) have ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Roberts PJ,Kumarasamy V,Witkiewicz AK,Knudsen ES

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitors of histone deacetylases have been approved for clinical application in cancer treatment. On the other hand, histone acetyltransferase (HAT) inhibitors have been less extensively investigated for their potential use in cancer therapy. In prostate cancer, the HATs and coactivators p300 and CBP are upregulated...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Santer FR,Höschele PP,Oh SJ,Erb HH,Bouchal J,Cavarretta IT,Parson W,Meyers DJ,Cole PA,Culig Z

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Raf inhibitors are under clinical investigation, specifically in patients with tumor types harboring frequent activating mutations in B-Raf. Here, we show that cell lines and tumors harboring mutant B-Raf were sensitive to a novel series of Raf inhibitors (e.g., (V600E)B-Raf A375, IC(50) on cells = 2 nmol/L; ED(50) on...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Carnahan J,Beltran PJ,Babij C,Le Q,Rose MJ,Vonderfecht S,Kim JL,Smith AL,Nagapudi K,Broome MA,Fernando M,Kha H,Belmontes B,Radinsky R,Kendall R,Burgess TL

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Survivin, an inhibitor of apoptosis protein, is highly expressed in most cancers and associated with chemotherapy resistance, increased tumor recurrence, and shorter patient survival, making antisurvivin therapy an attractive cancer treatment strategy. However, growing evidence indicates that survivin is expressed in ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Fukuda S,Pelus LM

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytosine analogue decitabine alters hematopoietic differentiation. For example, decitabine treatment increases self-renewal of normal hematopoietic stem cells. The mechanisms underlying decitabine-induced shifts in differentiation are poorly understood, but likely relate to the ability of decitabine to deplete the...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Hu Z,Negrotto S,Gu X,Mahfouz R,Ng KP,Ebrahem Q,Copelan E,Singh H,Maciejewski JP,Saunthararajah Y

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:P140K-MGMT and G156A-MGMT genes encode two O(6)-benzylguanine-resistant O(6)-alkylguanine DNA alkyltransferase proteins that confer a high degree of O(6)-benzylguanine and 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (BCNU) or O(6)-benzylguanine and temozolomide resistance to primary hematopoietic cells. In this study, we dir...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Fontes AM,Davis BM,Encell LP,Lingas K,Covas DT,Zago MA,Loeb LA,Pegg AE,Gerson SL

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Programmed cell death 4 (Pdcd4), originally identified as an inhibitor of murine cellular transformation, inhibits protein synthesis by directly interacting with eukaryotic initiation factor 4A (eIF4A) of the translation initiation complex. The relevance of Pdcd4 to a broad range of human cancers derived from multiple...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Jansen AP,Camalier CE,Stark C,Colburn NH

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inactivation of NF2/Merlin causes the autosomal-dominant cancer predisposition syndrome familial neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) and contributes to the development of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). To develop a targeted therapy for NF2-mutant tumors, we have exploited the recent realization that Merlin loss driv...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Cooper J,Xu Q,Zhou L,Pavlovic M,Ojeda V,Moulick K,de Stanchina E,Poirier JT,Zauderer M,Rudin CM,Karajannis MA,Hanemann CO,Giancotti FG

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DMOT4039A, a humanized anti-mesothelin mAb conjugated to the antimitotic agent monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE), was given to patients with pancreatic and ovarian cancer every 3 weeks (0.2-2.8 mg/kg; q3w) or weekly (0.8-1.2 mg/kg). A 3+3 design was used for dose escalation followed by expansion at the recommended phase ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Weekes CD,Lamberts LE,Borad MJ,Voortman J,McWilliams RR,Diamond JR,de Vries EG,Verheul HM,Lieu CH,Kim GP,Wang Y,Scales SJ,Samineni D,Brunstein F,Choi Y,Maslyar DJ,Colon-Otero G

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeting death receptor-mediated apoptosis has emerged as an effective strategy for cancer therapy. However, certain types of cancer cells are intrinsically resistant to death receptor-mediated apoptosis. In an effort to identify agents that can sensitize cancer cells to death receptor-induced apoptosis, we have iden...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Raja SM,Chen S,Yue P,Acker TM,Lefkove B,Arbiser JL,Khuri FR,Sun SY

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RAV12 is a chimeric antibody that recognizes an N-linked carbohydrate antigen (RAAG12) strongly expressed on multiple solid organ cancers. More than 90% of tumors of colorectal, gastric, and pancreatic origin express RAAG12, and a majority of these tumors exhibit uniform RAAG12 expression. RAV12 exhibits potent cytoto...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Loo D,Pryer N,Young P,Liang T,Coberly S,King KL,Kang K,Roberts P,Tsao M,Xu X,Potts B,Mather JP

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanotechnology refers to the interactions of cellular and molecular components and engineered materials-typically, clusters of atoms, molecules, and molecular fragments into incredibly small particles-between 1 and 100 nm. Nanometer-sized particles have novel optical, electronic, and structural properties that are not...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Sinha R,Kim GJ,Nie S,Shin DM

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is a membrane protein that is overexpressed manifold in prostate cancer and provides an attractive target for therapy. PSMA ADC is an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) that consists of a fully human anti-PSMA monoclonal antibody conjugated to monomethylauristatin E through a valin...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Wang X,Ma D,Olson WC,Heston WD

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several caged Garcinia xanthone natural products have potent bioactivity and a documented value in traditional Eastern medicine. Previous synthesis and structure activity relationship studies of these natural products resulted in the identification of the pharmacophore represented by the structure of cluvenone. In the...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Batova A,Altomare D,Chantarasriwong O,Ohlsen KL,Creek KE,Lin YC,Messersmith A,Yu AL,Yu J,Theodorakis EA

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of both the de novo (DNP) and salvage (NSP) pathways of nucleoside synthesis has been demonstrated to impair leukemia cells. We endeavored to determine whether this approach would be efficacious in glioblastoma. To diminish nucleoside biosynthesis, we utilized compound DI-39, which selectively targets NSP, ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Laks DR,Ta L,Crisman TJ,Gao F,Coppola G,Radu CG,Nathanson DA,Kornblum HI

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the current study, we examined a panel of serially passaged glioblastoma xenografts, in the context of an intracranial tumor therapy response model, to identify associations between glioblastoma molecular characteristics and tumor sensitivity to the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) kinase inhibitor erlotinib...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Sarkaria JN,Yang L,Grogan PT,Kitange GJ,Carlson BL,Schroeder MA,Galanis E,Giannini C,Wu W,Dinca EB,James CD

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mps1 is a dual specificity protein kinase that is essential for the bipolar attachment of chromosomes to the mitotic spindle and for maintaining the spindle assembly checkpoint until all chromosomes are properly attached. Mps1 is expressed at high levels during mitosis and is abundantly expressed in cancer cells. Disr...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Tardif KD,Rogers A,Cassiano J,Roth BL,Cimbora DM,McKinnon R,Peterson A,Douce TB,Robinson R,Dorweiler I,Davis T,Hess MA,Ostanin K,Papac DI,Baichwal V,McAlexander I,Willardsen JA,Saunders M,Christophe H,Kumar DV,Wet

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This meeting report on the fourth Fabisch Symposium for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology describes the aims of the international meeting, the main topics of the presentations, and the highlights of the conference. The fourth Fabisch Symposium was the second on Targeted Tumor Therapies and held from April 1-3, 200...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Bachran C,Fuchs H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the availability of several Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs, advanced inoperable colorectal cancer remains incurable. In this study, we focused on the development of combined molecular targeted therapies against colon cancer by testing the efficacy of the combination of the histone deacetylase inhi...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Pitts TM,Morrow M,Kaufman SA,Tentler JJ,Eckhardt SG

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Notch signaling is aberrantly activated in approximately one third of non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC). We characterized the interaction between BMS-906024, a clinically relevant Notch gamma secretase inhibitor, and front-line chemotherapy in preclinical models of NSCLC. Chemosensitivity assays were performed on 14...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Morgan KM,Fischer BS,Lee FY,Shah JJ,Bertino JR,Rosenfeld J,Singh A,Khiabanian H,Pine SR

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of new drugs against cancer requires established cell lines. They are needed for in vitro studies to identify candidate drugs and in xenograft models to measure drug efficacy in vivo. Specific criteria need to be fulfilled by cell lines used in the evaluation of potential novel therapeutic agents. It i...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Kees UR,Ford J,Watson M,Murch A,Ringńer M,Walker RL,Meltzer P

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) is the most common molecular imaging agent in oncology, with a high sensitivity and specificity for detecting several cancers. Antibodies could enhance specificity; therefore, procedures were developed for radiolabeling a small ( approximately 1451 Da) hapten peptide with (68)Ga or...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Schoffelen R,Sharkey RM,Goldenberg DM,Franssen G,McBride WJ,Rossi EA,Chang CH,Laverman P,Disselhorst JA,Eek A,van der Graaf WT,Oyen WJ,Boerman OC

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) is a tumor-specific protease highly expressed in several types of solid tumors and rarely present on normal cells under physiologic conditions. Due to its high expression on metastatic tumors, several different strategies have been used to target the urokinase system. These have m...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Abi-Habib RJ,Singh R,Liu S,Bugge TH,Leppla SH,Frankel AE

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic efficiency of anticancer nucleoside analogues (NA) strongly depends on their intracellular accumulation and conversion into 5'-triphosphates. Because active NATP cannot be directly administrated due to instability, we present here a strategy of nanoencapsulation of these active drugs for efficient deli...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Galmarini CM,Warren G,Kohli E,Zeman A,Mitin A,Vinogradov SV

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00