The integrated stress response

K Pakos‐Zebrucka, I Koryga, K Mnich, M Ljujic… - EMBO …, 2016 - embopress.org
In response to diverse stress stimuli, eukaryotic cells activate a common adaptive pathway,
termed the integrated stress response (ISR), to restore cellular homeostasis. The core event …

Pharmacological targeting of the unfolded protein response for disease intervention

C Hetz, JM Axten, JB Patterson - Nature chemical biology, 2019 - nature.com
Accumulation of unfolded proteins at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a salient attribute of
many human diseases including obesity, liver disorders, cancer, diabetes and …

NUPR1 is a critical repressor of ferroptosis

J Liu, X Song, F Kuang, Q Zhang, Y Xie, R Kang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Ferroptosis is a type of iron-dependent regulated cell death, representing an emerging
disease-modulatory mechanism. Transcription factors play multiple roles in ferroptosis …

Targeting the integrated stress response in cancer therapy

X Tian, S Zhang, L Zhou, AA Seyhan… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The integrated stress response (ISR) is an evolutionarily conserved intra-cellular signaling
network which is activated in response to intrinsic and extrinsic stresses. Various stresses …

Hypoxia, endoplasmic reticulum stress and chemoresistance: dangerous liaisons

M Akman, DC Belisario, IC Salaroglio… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - Springer
Solid tumors often grow in a micro-environment characterized by< 2% O 2 tension. This
condition, together with the aberrant activation of specific oncogenic patwhays, increases …

Endoplasmic reticulum stress signaling and chemotherapy resistance in solid cancers

T Avril, E Vauleon, E Chevet - Oncogenesis, 2017 - nature.com
The unfolded protein response (UPR) is an adaptive cellular program used by eukaryotic
cells to cope with protein misfolding stress. During tumor development, cancer cells are …

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 …

Targeting intrinsically disordered proteins involved in cancer

P Santofimia-Castaño, B Rizzuti, Y Xia, O Abian… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) do not have a well-defined structure under
physiological conditions, but they have key roles in cell signaling and regulation, and they …

Venetoclax causes metabolic reprogramming independent of BCL-2 inhibition

A Roca-Portoles, G Rodriguez-Blanco, D Sumpton… - Cell death & …, 2020 - nature.com
BH3-mimetics are a new class of anti-cancer drugs that inhibit anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins.
In doing so, BH3-mimetics sensitise to cell death. Venetoclax is a potent, BCL-2 selective …

NUPR1 inhibitor ZZW-115 induces ferroptosis in a mitochondria-dependent manner

C Huang, P Santofimia-Castaño, X Liu, Y Xia… - Cell death …, 2021 - nature.com
Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent cell death characterized by the accumulation of
hydroperoxided phospholipids. Here, we report that the NUPR1 inhibitor ZZW-115 induces …