Mcl-1 is a potential therapeutic target in multiple types of cancer


Akgul C.

CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES, cilt.66, sa.8, ss.1326-1336, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 66 Sayı: 8
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00018-008-8637-6
  • Dergi Adı: CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1326-1336
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Apoptosis, cancer, Bcl-2 family, Mcl-1, therapeutic
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Resistance to apoptosis is a common challenge in human malignancies contributing to both progress of cancer and resistance to conventional therapeutics. Abnormalities in a variety of cell intrinsic and extrinsic molecular mechanisms cooperatively promote tumor formation. Therapeutic approaches that specifically target components of these molecular mechanisms are getting widespread attention. Mcl-1 is a highly expressed pro-survival protein in human malignancies and its cellular expression is tightly regulated via multiple mechanisms. Mcl-1 differs from other members of the Bcl-2 family in having a very short half-life. So inhibition of its expression and/or neutralization of its anti-apoptotic function will rapidly make Mcl-1-dependent cells more susceptible to apoptosis and provide an opportunity to combat several types of cancers. This review summarizes the current knowledge on the regulation of Mcl-1 expression and discusses the alternative approaches targeting Mcl-1 in human cancer cells whose survivals mainly depend on Mcl-1.