Signal-transduction cascades as targets for therapeutic intervention by natural products.

Abstract:

:Many bacteria and fungi produce natural products that are toxic to other microorganisms and have a variety of physiological effects in animals. Recent studies have revealed that, in several cases, the targets of these agents are components of conserved signal-transduction cascades. This article looks at the mechanisms of action of five natural products--the immunosuppressants cyclosporin A, FK506 and rapamycin, and the antiproliferative agents wortmannin and geldanamycin. These mechanisms reveal the importance of signal-transduction cascades as targets for therapeutic intervention and the enormous utility of studies of natural-product action in simple model genetic systems.

journal_name

Trends Biotechnol

journal_title

Trends in biotechnology

authors

Cardenas ME,Sanfridson A,Cutler NS,Heitman J

doi

10.1016/s0167-7799(98)01239-6

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-10-01 00:00:00

pages

427-33

issue

10

eissn

0167-7799

issn

1879-3096

pii

S0167-7799(98)01239-6

journal_volume

16

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