EGF Receptor and mTORC1 Are Novel Therapeutic Targets in Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Tumors.

abstract：:Cationic liposomes have been used for targeted drug delivery to tumor blood vessels, via mechanisms that are not fully elucidated. Doxorubicin (Dox)-loaded liposomes were prepared that incorporate a cationic lipid; 1,2-dioleoyl-3-trimethylammonium-propane (DOTAP), along with a small amount of porphyrin-phospholipid (P...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Luo D,Geng J,Li N,Carter KA,Shao S,Atilla-Gokcumen GE,Lovell JF

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) has a poor prognosis. Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a non-receptor tyrosine kinase regulating cell proliferation, survival, migration, and invasion, which is overexpressed and/or activated in several cancers, including SCLC. We wanted to determine whether FAK contributes to SCLC aggressi...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Aboubakar Nana F,Lecocq M,Ladjemi MZ,Detry B,Dupasquier S,Feron O,Massion PP,Sibille Y,Pilette C,Ocak S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone deacetylase inhibitors have emerged as promising anticancer drugs. Using an unbiased ultrahigh throughput screening system, a novel mercaptoketone-based histone deacetylase inhibitor series was identified that was optimized to the lead compound, KD5170. KD5170 inhibited the proliferation of myeloma cell lines ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Feng R,Ma H,Hassig CA,Payne JE,Smith ND,Mapara MY,Hager JH,Lentzsch S

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a growing recognition that current preclinical models do not reflect the tumor microenvironment in cellular, biological, and biophysical content and this may have a profound effect on drug efficacy testing, especially in the era of molecular-targeted agents. Here, we describe a method to directly embed low-pa...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Onion D,Argent RH,Reece-Smith AM,Craze ML,Pineda RG,Clarke PA,Ratan HL,Parsons SL,Lobo DN,Duffy JP,Atherton JC,McKenzie AJ,Kumari R,King P,Hall BM,Grabowska AM

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PI3K is frequently mutated in cancer and plays an important role in cell growth and survival. Heregulin (HRG)-mediated autocrine or paracrine signaling through the receptor tyrosine kinase ErbB3 potently activates the PI3K/AKT pathway and has been shown to mediate resistance to a wide variety of anticancer agents. Alt...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Yarar D,Lahdenranta J,Kubasek W,Nielsen UB,MacBeath G

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tolfenamic acid (TA) is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug that inhibits pancreatic cancer cell and tumor growth through decreasing expression of specificity protein (Sp) transcription factors. TA also inhibits growth of erbB2-overexpressing BT474 and SKBR3 breast cancer cells; however, in contrast to pancreatic ca...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Liu X,Abdelrahim M,Abudayyeh A,Lei P,Safe S

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that naturally occurring compounds can enhance the efficacy of chemotherapeutic drugs. The objectives of this study were to investigate the molecular mechanisms by which diallyl trisulfide (DATS) enhanced the therapeutic potential of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TR...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Shankar S,Chen Q,Ganapathy S,Singh KP,Srivastava RK

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral and synthetic single-stranded RNAs are the ligands for Toll-like receptors 7 and 8 (TLR7 and TLR8). We have reported a novel class of synthetic oligoribonucleotides, referred to as stabilized immune-modulatory RNA compounds, which act as agonists of TLR7, TLR8, or both TLR7 and TLR8 depending on the sequence com...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Wang D,Precopio M,Lan T,Yu D,Tang JX,Kandimalla ER,Agrawal S

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spongistatin 1, a marine experimental substance with chemotherapeutic potential, induces apoptosis and inhibits clonogenic survival of MCF-7 cells. Regarding the apoptotic signaling pathways of spongistatin 1, we present two major facts. Firstly, spongistatin 1-induced cell death, mainly caspase-independent, involves ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Schneiders UM,Schyschka L,Rudy A,Vollmar AM

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Camptothecin and Adriamycin are clinically important inhibitors for topoisomerase (Topo) I and Topo II, respectively. The ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) product is essential for ionizing radiation-induced DNA damage responses, but the role of ATM in Topo poisons-induced checkpoints remains unresolved. We found th...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Siu WY,Lau A,Arooz T,Chow JP,Ho HT,Poon RY

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The retinoid 4-oxo-N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)retinamide (4-oxo-4-HPR), a metabolite of fenretinide (4-HPR) present in plasma of 4-HPR-treated patients, is very effective in inducing growth inhibition and apoptosis in several cancer cell lines. 4-Oxo-4-HPR and 4-HPR have different mechanisms of action because 4-oxo-4-HPR, unl...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Appierto V,Tiberio P,Cavadini E,Casalini P,Cappelletti G,Formelli F

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel oral Hsp90 inhibitor, NVP-HSP990, has been developed and characterized in vitro and in vivo. In vitro, NVP-HSP990 exhibits single digit nanomolar IC(50) values on three of the Hsp90 isoforms (Hsp90α, Hsp90β, and GRP94) and 320 nanomolar IC(50) value on the fourth (TRAP-1), with selectivity against unrelated en...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Menezes DL,Taverna P,Jensen MR,Abrams T,Stuart D,Yu GK,Duhl D,Machajewski T,Sellers WR,Pryer NK,Gao Z

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of cancer gene therapy has heretofore been restricted to local, or locoregional, neoplastic disease contexts. This is owing to the lack of gene transfer vectors, which embody the requisite target cell selectivity in vivo required for metastatic disease applications. To this end, we have explored novel ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Lee M,Lu ZH,Li J,Kashentseva EA,Dmitriev IP,Mendonca SA,Curiel DT

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

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：:Antibodies conjugated to radionuclides emitting low-energy electrons, which include Auger electrons and some conversion electrons, were recently shown to efficiently kill cells bearing a high density of the antigen recognized. The primary purpose of this study was to determine if such killing could be obtained with an...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Michel RB,Andrews PM,Castillo ME,Mattes MJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleoside phosphonates are widely used therapeutic agents with a broad spectrum of antiviral activity. However, only a few of them are reported to have antitumor activity. In this study, we show that a tetrahydrofuran phosphonate analogue of guanosine, (-)-2-R-dihydroxyphosphinoyl-5-(S)-(guanin-9'-ylmethyl) tetrahydr...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Leblond L,Attardo G,Hamelin B,Bouffard DY,Nguyen-Ba N,Gourdeau H

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:STAT3 is an important transcriptional factor for cell growth, differentiation, and apoptosis. Although evidence suggests a positive role for STAT3 in cancer, the inhibitory effects of tumor STAT3 on natural killer (NK) cell functions in human hepatocellular carcinoma are unclear. In this study, we found that blocking ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Sun X,Sui Q,Zhang C,Tian Z,Zhang J

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genotoxic stress such as ionizing radiation halts entry into mitosis by activation of the G(2) DNA damage checkpoint. The CHK1 inhibitor 7-hydroxystaurosporine (UCN-01) can bypass the checkpoint and induce unscheduled mitosis in irradiated cells. Precisely, how cells behave following checkpoint abrogation remains to b...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： On KF,Chen Y,Ma HT,Chow JP,Poon RY

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubule-targeting cancer drugs such as paclitaxel block cell-cycle progression at mitosis by prolonged activation of the mitotic checkpoint. Cells can spontaneously escape mitotic arrest and enter interphase without chromosome segregation by a process termed mitotic slippage that involves the degradation of cyclin...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Riffell JL,Jänicke RU,Roberge M

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosylation is a complex multienzyme-related process that is frequently deregulated in cancer. Aberrant glycosylation can lead to the generation of novel tumor surface-specific glycotopes that can be targeted by antibodies. Murine DS6 mAb (muDS6) was generated from serous ovary adenocarcinoma immunization. It recogn...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Nicolazzi C,Caron A,Tellier A,Trombe M,Pinkas J,Payne G,Carrez C,Guérif S,Maguin M,Baffa R,Fassan M,Adam J,Mangatal-Wade L,Blanc V

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of anaplastic lymphoma receptor tyrosine kinase (ALK) is involved in the pathogenesis of several carcinomas, including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Echinoderm microtubule-associated protein like 4 (EML4)-ALK, which is derived from the rearrangement of ALK and EML4 genes, has been validated as a thera...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Mori M,Ueno Y,Konagai S,Fushiki H,Shimada I,Kondoh Y,Saito R,Mori K,Shindou N,Soga T,Sakagami H,Furutani T,Doihara H,Kudoh M,Kuromitsu S

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oncostatin M (OSM), an interleukin 6-type cytokine, induces sustained up-regulation of CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein (C/EBP) delta mRNA and protein in nonneoplastic HC11 mouse mammary epithelial cells. This up-regulation is dependent on signaling by phospho-Stat3 (signal transducers and activators of transcription). ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Hutt JA,DeWille JW

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thalidomide is considered to be a potent antiangiogenic and immunomodulatory drug for cancer therapy. Earlier clinical studies have found that patients responding to this drug often had high plasma levels of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF). This cytokine is a proangiogenic factor overexpressed in many tumors and...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Mei SC,Wu RT

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The challenge of developing effective pharmacodynamic biomarkers for preclinical and clinical testing of FGFR signaling inhibition is significant. Assays that rely on the measurement of phospho-protein epitopes can be limited by the availability of effective antibody detection reagents. Transcript profiling enables ac...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Delpuech O,Rooney C,Mooney L,Baker D,Shaw R,Dymond M,Wang D,Zhang P,Cross S,Veldman-Jones M,Wilson J,Davies BR,Dry JR,Kilgour E,Smith PD

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of beta-catenin is a critical step in the pathogenesis of many common human cancers and is the initiating event in adenocarcinoma of the colon. Because activation of beta-catenin provides a gain-of-function, it is tempting to speculate that specific pharmacological inhibition of activated beta-catenin might...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Kim JS,Crooks H,Foxworth A,Waldman T

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The standard treatment for most advanced cancers is multidrug therapy. Unfortunately, combinations in the clinic often do not perform as predicted. Therefore, to complement identifying rational drug combinations based on biological assumptions, we hypothesized that a functional screen of drug combinations, without lim...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Zinner RG,Barrett BL,Popova E,Damien P,Volgin AY,Gelovani JG,Lotan R,Tran HT,Pisano C,Mills GB,Mao L,Hong WK,Lippman SM,Miller JH

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Amino-4,4alpha-dihydro-4alpha,7-dimethyl-3H-phenoxazine-3-one (Phx-1) has been developed as a novel phenoxazine derivative having an anticancer activity on a variety of cancer cell lines as well as transplanted tumors in mice with minimal toxicity to normal cells. We examined the effects of Phx-1 on Jurkat cells, a ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Hara K,Okamoto M,Aki T,Yagita H,Tanaka H,Mizukami Y,Nakamura H,Tomoda A,Hamasaki N,Kang D

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Met-amplified EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI)-resistant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring an activating EGFR mutation is responsive to concurrent EGFR-TKI and Met-TKI treatment in a preclinical model. Here, we determined that Met-amplified gefitinib-resistant cells acquire dual resistance to inhibition...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Yamaoka T,Ohmori T,Ohba M,Arata S,Kishino Y,Murata Y,Kusumoto S,Ishida H,Shirai T,Hirose T,Ohnishi T,Sasaki Y

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells contain a large number of antioxidants to prevent or repair the damage caused by reactive oxygen species. One component of the antioxidant system, manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), is localized in the mitochondria, and the levels of this protein have been previously shown to inversely correlate with pancre...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Weydert C,Roling B,Liu J,Hinkhouse MM,Ritchie JM,Oberley LW,Cullen JJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant activation of the Notch signaling pathway is implicated in many solid tumors, including hepatocellular carcinoma, indicating a potential use of Notch inhibitors for treatment. In this study, we investigated the antitumor and antimetastasis efficacy of the novel Notch inhibitor (γ-secretase inhibitor) PF-03084...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Wu CX,Xu A,Zhang CC,Olson P,Chen L,Lee TK,Cheung TT,Lo CM,Wang XQ

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00