The toxic mechanism of gliotoxins and biosynthetic strategies for toxicity prevention

W Ye, T Liu, W Zhang, W Zhang - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Gliotoxin is a kind of epipolythiodioxopiperazine derived from different fungi that is
characterized by a disulfide bridge. Gliotoxins can be biosynthesized by a gli gene cluster …

Anti-lung cancer marine compounds: A review

MR Miri, A Zare, J Saberzadeh, N Baghban… - … Innovation & Regulatory …, 2022 - Springer
Lung cancer is one of the most common and lethal cancers in human beings. Lung cancer
has been divided into two major types: small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and non-small cell …

Lung cancer combination therapy: doxorubicin and β-elemene co-loaded, pH-sensitive nanostructured lipid carriers

C Cao, Q Wang, Y Liu - Drug design, development and therapy, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: Co-delivery of drugs to achieve the synergistic anticancer effect is a promising
strategy for lung cancer therapy. The purpose of this research is to develop a doxorubicin …

Marine compounds and cancer: Updates 2020

SA Dyshlovoy, F Honecker - Marine drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
By the end of the year 2020, there are nine marine-derived anticancer drugs available on
the market, and the field is currently growing exponentially. This process is stipulated by …

Curcumin modulates oxidative stress, fibrosis, and apoptosis in drug-resistant cancer cell lines

SA Gabr, WM Elsaed, MA Eladl, M El-Sherbiny… - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
In cancer management, drug resistance remains a challenge that reduces the effectiveness
of chemotherapy. Several studies have shown that curcumin resensitizes cancer cells to …

Gliotoxin enhances autophagic cell death via the DAPK1-TAp63 signaling pathway in paclitaxel-resistant ovarian cancer cells

GB Park, JY Jeong, D Kim - Marine drugs, 2019 - mdpi.com
Death-associated protein kinase 1 (DAPK1) expression induced by diverse death stimuli
mediates apoptotic activity in various cancers, including ovarian cancer. In addition, mutual …

In vitro study on aspects of molecular mechanisms underlying invasive aspergillosis caused by gliotoxin and fumagillin, alone and in combination

L Gayathri, MA Akbarsha, K Ruckmani - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Gliotoxin (GT) and fumagillin (FUM) are mycotoxins most abundantly produced by
Aspergillus fumigatus during the early stages of infection to cause invasive aspergillosis (IA) …

Gliotoxin induced ferroptosis by downregulating SUV39H1 expression in esophageal cancer cells

S Zhang, J Guo, H Zhang, L Tong… - Recent Patents on Anti …, 2023 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Gliotoxin, a secondary metabolite isolated from marine-derived Aspergillus
fumigatus, has demonstrated anti-tumor properties in several cancers. Ferroptosis, a …

Combination treatment using pyruvate kinase M2 inhibitors for the sensitization of high density triple-negative breast cancer cells

JS Lee, Y Oh, JS Lee, JH Park, JK Shin, JH Han… - in vivo, 2022 - iv.iiarjournals.org
Abstract Background/Aim: Few studies have examined the correlation between pyruvate
kinase M2 (PKM2) overexpression and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). TNBC is …

Marine-Derived Leads as Anticancer Candidates by Disrupting Hypoxic Signaling through Hypoxia-Inducible Factors Inhibition

MR Garcia, PB Andrade, F Lefranc, NGM Gomes - Marine Drugs, 2024 - mdpi.com
The inadequate vascularization seen in fast-growing solid tumors gives rise to hypoxic
areas, fostering specific changes in gene expression that bolster tumor cell survival and …