Heat shock protein 90: the cancer chaperone

L Neckers - Heat Shock Proteins in Cancer, 2007 - Springer
Abstract Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is a molecular chaperone required for the stability
and function of a number of conditionally activated and/or expressed signaling proteins, as …

Targeting the molecular chaperone heat shock protein 90 provides a multifaceted effect on diverse cell signaling pathways of cancer cells

W Xu, L Neckers - Clinical Cancer Research, 2007 - AACR
Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is a molecular chaperone required for the stability and
function of several conditionally activated and/or expressed signaling proteins as well as …

Combination of trastuzumab and tanespimycin (17-AAG, KOS-953) is safe and active in trastuzumab-refractory HER-2–overexpressing breast cancer: a phase I dose …

S Modi, AT Stopeck, MS Gordon… - Journal of clinical …, 2007 - ascopubs.org
Purpose This phase I study examined whether a heat shock protein (Hsp) 90 inhibitor
tanespimycin (17-AAG; KOS-953) could be administered safely in combination with …

Phase I trial of 17-allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin in patients with advanced cancer

DB Solit, SP Ivy, C Kopil, R Sikorski, MJ Morris… - Clinical Cancer …, 2007 - AACR
Purpose: To define the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), toxicities, and pharmacokinetics of
17-allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin (17-AAG) when administered using continuous …

ASC-J9 ameliorates spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy phenotype via degradation of androgen receptor

Z Yang, YJ Chang, IC Yu, S Yeh, CC Wu, H Miyamoto… - Nature medicine, 2007 - nature.com
Motor neuron degeneration resulting from the aggregation of the androgen receptor with an
expanded polyglutamine tract (AR-polyQ) has been linked to the development of spinal and …

Gene and protein expression profiling of human ovarian cancer cells treated with the heat shock protein 90 inhibitor 17-allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin

A Maloney, PA Clarke, S Naaby-Hansen, R Stein… - Cancer research, 2007 - AACR
The promising antitumor activity of 17-allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin (17AAG)
results from inhibition of the molecular chaperone heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) and …

Anti-cancer therapeutic approaches based on intracellular and extracellular heat shock proteins

C Didelot, D Lanneau, M Brunet, AL Joly… - Current medicinal …, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com
Stress or heat shock proteins (Hsps) Hsp90, Hsp70 and Hsp27 are chaperones that assist
the proteins in their folding, stability, assembly into multi-protein complexes and transport …

New novobiocin analogues as antiproliferative agents in breast cancer cells and potential inhibitors of heat shock protein 90

G Le Bras, C Radanyi, JF Peyrat, JD Brion… - Journal of medicinal …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Selective hsp90 inhibitors simultaneously destabilize and deplete key signaling proteins
involved in cell proliferation and survival, angiogenesis, and metastasis. Investigation of …

Suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (vorinostat) represses androgen receptor expression and acts synergistically with an androgen receptor antagonist to inhibit prostate …

DL Marrocco, WD Tilley, T Bianco-Miotto… - Molecular cancer …, 2007 - AACR
Growth of prostate cancer cells is initially dependent on androgens, and androgen ablation
therapy is used to control tumor growth. Unfortunately, resistance to androgen ablation …

A phase I study of 17-allylaminogeldanamycin in relapsed/refractory pediatric patients with solid tumors: a Children's Oncology Group study

BJ Weigel, SM Blaney, JM Reid, SL Safgren… - Clinical Cancer …, 2007 - AACR
Purpose: To determine the recommended phase 2 dose, dose-limiting toxicities (DLT),
pharmacokinetic profile, and pharmacodynamics of the heat shock protein (Hsp) 90 inhibitor …