PLK1 as an oncology target: current status and future potential.

Abstract:

:The Polo-like kinases (PLKs) have been investigated as oncology targets for several years; however, only recently have potent inhibitors been described. Here, we report on progress in the clinical validation of the PLKs as antitumor drug targets as well as recent understanding gained regarding their synergistic roles in the context of other molecular defects occurring in tumors. Also relevant to the development of PLK inhibitors as therapeutics are the putative roles of other members of this family as tumor suppressors. The resulting potential drawbacks of non-isoform selective compounds are presented. As an alternative approach to achieving PLK1 specificity, we discuss prospects for developing small molecule inhibitors of the crucial regulatory and subcellular targeting domain containing the Polo-boxes.

journal_name

Drug Discov Today

journal_title

Drug discovery today

authors

McInnes C,Wyatt MD

doi

10.1016/j.drudis.2011.05.002

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-07-01 00:00:00

pages

619-25

issue

13-14

eissn

1359-6446

issn

1878-5832

pii

S1359-6446(11)00145-0

journal_volume

16

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