Targeting apoptosis in cancer therapy

BA Carneiro, WS El-Deiry - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2020 - nature.com
For over three decades, a mainstay and goal of clinical oncology has been the development
of therapies promoting the effective elimination of cancer cells by apoptosis. This …

The manipulation of apoptosis for cancer therapy using BH3-mimetic drugs

ST Diepstraten, MA Anderson, PE Czabotar… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Apoptosis is a form of programmed cell death that is regulated by the balance between
prosurvival and proapoptotic BCL-2 protein family members. Evasion of apoptosis is a …

Targeting BCL-2 in B-cell malignancies and overcoming therapeutic resistance

I Kapoor, J Bodo, BT Hill, ED Hsi, A Almasan - Cell death & disease, 2020 - nature.com
Defects in apoptosis can promote tumorigenesis and impair responses of malignant B cells
to chemotherapeutics. Members of the B-cell leukemia/lymphoma-2 (BCL-2) family of …

[HTML][HTML] Apoptosis regulation at the mitochondria membrane level

S Dadsena, LE King, AJ García-Sáez - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2021 - Elsevier
Mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (MOMP) is a key checkpoint in apoptosis
that activates the caspase cascade and irreversibly causes the majority of cells to die. The …

AZD4573 is a highly selective CDK9 inhibitor that suppresses MCL-1 and induces apoptosis in hematologic cancer cells

J Cidado, S Boiko, T Proia, D Ferguson… - Clinical cancer …, 2020 - AACR
Abstract Purpose: Cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (CDK9) is a transcriptional regulator and
potential therapeutic target for many cancers. Multiple nonselective CDK9 inhibitors have …

Stressed to death: Mitochondrial stress responses connect respiration and apoptosis in cancer

JM Winter, T Yadav, J Rutter - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Mitochondrial energetics and respiration have emerged as important factors in how cancer
cells respond to or evade apoptotic signals. The study of the functional connection between …

Bcl-xL acts as an inhibitor of IP3R channels, thereby antagonizing Ca2+-driven apoptosis

N Rosa, H Ivanova, LE Wagner 2nd, J Kale… - Cell Death & …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Anti-apoptotic Bcl-2-family members not only act at mitochondria but also at the
endoplasmic reticulum, where they impact Ca2+ dynamics by controlling IP3 receptor (IP3R) …

BCL-2 family deregulation in colorectal cancer: potential for BH3 mimetics in therapy

P Ramesh, JP Medema - Apoptosis, 2020 - Springer
Apoptosis is a form of programmed cell death that is essential for tissue homeostasis. De-
regulation of the balance between proliferation and apoptosis contributes to tumor initiation …

Bcl-2 inhibition to overcome resistance to chemo-and immunotherapy

M García-Aranda, E Pérez-Ruiz… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), cancer is a leading cause of death
worldwide. The identification of novel targets for cancer treatment is an area of intense work …

STING-dependent paracriny shapes apoptotic priming of breast tumors in response to anti-mitotic treatment

S Lohard, N Bourgeois, L Maillet, F Gautier… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
A fascinating but uncharacterized action of antimitotic chemotherapy is to collectively prime
cancer cells to apoptotic mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (MOMP), while …