Heat shock proteins as hallmarks of cancer: insights from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic strategies

WF Zuo, Q Pang, X Zhu, QQ Yang, Q Zhao… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2024 - Springer
Heat shock proteins are essential molecular chaperones that play crucial roles in stabilizing
protein structures, facilitating the repair or degradation of damaged proteins, and …

Mortalin: Protein partners, biological impacts, pathological roles, and therapeutic opportunities

N Esfahanian, CD Knoblich, GA Bowman… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Mortalin (GRP75, HSPA9A), a heat shock protein (HSP), regulates a wide range of cellular
processes, including cell survival, growth, and metabolism. The regulatory functions of …

Restoration of p53 functions by suppression of mortalin–p53 sequestration: an emerging target in cancer therapy

AH Shankaranarayana, B Meduri, GV Pujar… - Future Medicinal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Functional inactivation of wild-type p53 is a major trait of cancerous cells. In many cases,
such inactivation occurs by either TP53 gene mutations or due to overexpression of p53 …

Synthetic small molecule modulators of Hsp70 and Hsp40 chaperones as promising anticancer agents

B Nitzsche, M Höpfner, B Biersack - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
A class of chaperones dubbed heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) possesses high relevance in
cancer diseases due to its cooperative activity with the well-established anticancer target …

Direct interaction between mortalin and HIF‐1α at the mitochondria inhibits apoptosis by blocking recruitment of Bax

A Yfantis, I Mylonis, G Simos - The FEBS journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hypoxia‐inducible factor‐1, a heterodimer of alpha (HIF‐1α) and beta (HIF‐1β or ARNT)
subunits, is a major regulator of the transcriptional response to hypoxia. However, HIF‐1α …

Identification of an imidazopyridine-based compound as an oral selective estrogen receptor degrader for breast cancer therapy

M Pan, V Solozobova, NC Kuznik, N Jung… - Cancer Research …, 2023 - AACR
The pro-oncogenic activities of estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) drive breast cancer
pathogenesis. Endocrine therapies that impair the production of estrogen or the action of the …

[HTML][HTML] Synthetic and natural inhibitors of mortalin for cancer therapy

S Kaushal, S Gupta, S Shefrin, DS Vora, SC Kaul… - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Mortalin is a heat shock protein 70 stress chaperone family member with
variable subcellular localization in normal and cancer cells. It is an essential protein with …

A comprehensive review on lncRNA LOXL1-AS1: molecular mechanistic pathways of lncRNA LOXL1-AS1 in tumorigenicity of cancer cells

S Yousefnia - Frontiers in Oncology, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are versatile RNAs that regulate various cellular
processes, such as gene regulation, by acting as signals, decoys, guides, and scaffolds. A …

[HTML][HTML] Mortalin promotes the evolution of androgen-independent prostate cancer through Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway

Y Chang, J Sui, Q Fu, Z Lu, Z Piao, T Jin… - Cancer Cell …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Prostate cancer (PC) is a major global health concern affecting male individuals. Among its
variants, androgen-independent prostate cancer exhibits slow progression and lacks …

Active components of Solanum nigrum and their antitumor effects: a literature review

H Zhang, J Lv, Q Zheng, J Li - Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cancer poses a serious threat to human health and overall well-being. Conventional cancer
treatments predominantly encompass surgical procedures and radiotherapy. Nevertheless …