CtBP-an emerging oncogene and novel small molecule drug target: Advances in the understanding of its oncogenic action and identification of therapeutic inhibitors

MM Dcona, BL Morris, KC Ellis… - Cancer biology & …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT C-terminal Binding Proteins (CtBP) 1 and 2 are oncogenic transcriptional co-
regulators overexpressed in many cancer types, with their expression level correlating to …

C-terminal binding proteins: central players in development and disease

TR Stankiewicz, JJ Gray, AN Winter… - Biomolecular …, 2014 - degruyter.com
C-terminal binding proteins (CtBPs) were initially identified as binding partners for the E1A-
transforming proteins. Although the invertebrate genome encodes one CtBP protein, two …

Metabolic reprogramming regulates the proliferative and inflammatory phenotype of adventitial fibroblasts in pulmonary hypertension through the transcriptional …

M Li, S Riddle, H Zhang, A D'Alessandro, A Flockton… - Circulation, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Changes in metabolism have been suggested to contribute to the aberrant
phenotype of vascular wall cells, including fibroblasts, in pulmonary hypertension (PH) …

Genome-wide profiles of CtBP link metabolism with genome stability and epithelial reprogramming in breast cancer

LJ Di, JS Byun, MM Wong, C Wakano, T Taylor… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
The C-terminal binding protein (CtBP) is a NADH-dependent transcriptional repressor that
links carbohydrate metabolism to epigenetic regulation by recruiting diverse histone …

The transrepression and transactivation roles of CtBPs in the pathogenesis of different diseases

Z Chen - Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2021 - Springer
Gene transcription is strictly controlled by transcriptional complexes, which are assemblies
of transcription factors, transcriptional regulators, and co-regulators. Mammalian genomes …

A cyclic peptide inhibitor of C-terminal binding protein dimerization links metabolism with mitotic fidelity in breast cancer cells

CN Birts, SK Nijjar, CA Mardle, F Hoakwie… - Chemical …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Identification of direct modulators of transcription factor protein–protein interactions is a key
challenge for ligand discovery that promises to significantly advance current approaches to …

Microenvironmental regulation of macrophage transcriptomic and metabolomic profiles in pulmonary hypertension

M Li, S Riddle, S Kumar, J Poczobutt… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The recruitment and subsequent polarization of inflammatory monocytes/macrophages in
the perivascular regions of pulmonary arteries is a key feature of pulmonary hypertension …

Glycolysis regulates human embryonic stem cell self-renewal under hypoxia through HIF-2α and the glycolytic sensors CTBPs

SA Arthur, JP Blaydes, FD Houghton - Stem cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
Glycolysis and hypoxia are key regulators of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) self-
renewal, but how changes in metabolism affect gene expression is poorly understood. C …

The role of CtBP1 in oncogenic processes and its potential as a therapeutic target

MA Blevins, M Huang, R Zhao - Molecular cancer therapeutics, 2017 - AACR
Transcriptional corepressor proteins have emerged as an important facet of cancer etiology.
These corepressor proteins are often altered by loss-or gain-of-function mutations, leading …

[HTML][HTML] Homeodomain-interacting protein kinase 2 (HIPK2): a promising target for anti-cancer therapies

Y Feng, L Zhou, X Sun, Q Li - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The HIPK2 (serine/threonine homeodomain-interacting protein kinase 2) is a “caretaker”
gene, its inactivation increases tumorigenicity while its activation inhibits tumor growth. This …