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 …

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 …

Circular RNA circHERC4 as a novel oncogenic driver to promote tumor metastasis via the miR-556-5p/CTBP2/E-cadherin axis in colorectal cancer

J He, Z Chu, W Lai, Q Lan, Y Zeng, D Lu, S Jin… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
Background The main cause of death in colorectal cancer patients is metastasis.
Accumulating evidences suggest that circRNA plays pivotal roles in cancer initiation and …

Assembly of human C-terminal binding protein (CtBP) into tetramers

AG Bellesis, AM Jecrois, JA Hayes, CA Schiffer… - Journal of Biological …, 2018 - ASBMB
C-terminal binding protein 1 (CtBP1) and CtBP2 are transcriptional coregulators that repress
numerous cellular processes, such as apoptosis, by binding transcription factors and …

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma: unconventional approaches for an unconventional disease

C Gromisch, M Qadan, MA Machado, K Liu, Y Colson… - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
This review highlights current treatments, limitations, and pitfalls in the management of
pancreatic cancer and discusses current research in novel targets and drug development to …

Retinoic acid-induced 2 (RAI2) is a novel antagonist of Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway and potential biomarker of chemosensitivity in colorectal cancer

W Zhang, L Kong, H Zhu, D Sun, Q Han, B Yan… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective Aberrant activation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling contributes to the maintenance of
cancer stem cells and chemoresistance in colorectal cancer (CRC). Retinoic acid-induced 2 …

Identification and characterization of a new potent inhibitor targeting CtBP1/BARS in melanoma cells

A Filograna, S De Tito, ML Monte, R Oliva… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - Springer
Background The C-terminal-binding protein 1/brefeldin A ADP-ribosylation substrate
(CtBP1/BARS) acts both as an oncogenic transcriptional co-repressor and as a fission …

CtBP determines ovarian cancer cell fate through repression of death receptors

B Ding, F Yuan, PK Damle, L Litovchick… - Cell death & …, 2020 - nature.com
C-terminal binding protein 2 (CtBP2) is elevated in epithelial ovarian cancer, especially in
the aggressive and highly lethal subtype, high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) …

CtBP—a targetable dependency for tumor-initiating cell activity and metastasis in pancreatic adenocarcinoma

AT Chawla, KK Chougoni, PJ Joshi, AD Cororaton… - Oncogenesis, 2019 - nature.com
Ctbp2 is a uniquely targetable oncogenic transcriptional coregulator, exhibiting
overexpression in most common solid tumors, and critical to the tumor-initiating cell (TIC) …

[HTML][HTML] p53-inducible SESTRINs might play opposite roles in the regulation of early and late stages of lung carcinogenesis

B Ding, A Haidurov, A Chawla, A Parmigiani… - Oncotarget, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract SESTRINs (SESN1-3) are proteins encoded by an evolutionarily conserved gene
family that plays an important role in the regulation of cell viability and metabolism in …