Therapy resistance: opportunities created by adaptive responses to targeted therapies in cancer

M Labrie, JS Brugge, GB Mills… - Nature reviews Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Normal cells explore multiple states to survive stresses encountered during development
and self-renewal as well as environmental stresses such as starvation, DNA damage, toxins …

MYC and therapy resistance in cancer: risks and opportunities

G Donati, B Amati - Molecular oncology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The MYC transcription factor, encoded by the c‐MYC proto‐oncogene, is activated by
growth‐promoting signals, and is a key regulator of biosynthetic and metabolic pathways …

[HTML][HTML] Sublethal cytochrome c release generates drug-tolerant persister cells

H Kalkavan, MJ Chen, JC Crawford, G Quarato… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Drug-tolerant persister cells (persisters) evade apoptosis upon targeted and conventional
cancer therapies and represent a major non-genetic barrier to effective cancer treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Activation of the integrated stress response by inhibitors of its kinases

M Szaruga, DA Janssen, C de Miguel… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Phosphorylation of the translation initiation factor eIF2α to initiate the integrated stress
response (ISR) is a vital signalling event. Protein kinases activating the ISR, including PERK …

Cancer chemotherapy resistance: Mechanisms and recent breakthrough in targeted drug delivery

F Davodabadi, SF Sajjadi, M Sarhadi… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Conventional chemotherapy, one of the most widely used cancer treatment methods, has
serious side effects, and usually results in cancer treatment failure. Drug resistance is one of …

The mitochondrial unfolded protein response: A multitasking giant in the fight against human diseases

Z Zhou, Y Fan, R Zong, K Tan - Ageing Research Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Mitochondria, which serve as the energy factories of cells, are involved in cell differentiation,
calcium homeostasis, amino acid and fatty acid metabolism and apoptosis. In response to …

Triazole-fused pyrimidines in target-based anticancer drug discovery

XJ Dai, LP Xue, SK Ji, Y Zhou, Y Gao, YC Zheng… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent decades, the development of targeted drugs has featured prominently in the
treatment of cancer, which is among the major causes of mortality globally. Triazole-fused …

Mammalian integrated stress responses in stressed organelles and their functions

H Lu, N Koju, R Sheng - Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 2024 - nature.com
The integrated stress response (ISR) triggered in response to various cellular stress enables
mammalian cells to effectively cope with diverse stressful conditions while maintaining their …

Mitochondria‐associated endoplasmic reticulum membrane: Overview and inextricable link with cancer

X Yang, J Zhuang, W Song, W Shen… - Journal of cellular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The mitochondrial‐associated membrane (MAM) is a physical platform that facilitates
communication between the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and mitochondria. It is enriched …

GCN2 eIF2 kinase promotes prostate cancer by maintaining amino acid homeostasis

RA Cordova, J Misra, PH Amin, AJ Klunk… - elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
A stress adaptation pathway termed the integrated stress response has been suggested to
be active in many cancers including prostate cancer (PCa). Here, we demonstrate that the …