Small-molecule Mcl-1 inhibitors: Emerging anti-tumor agents
Small-molecule Mcl-1 inhibitors: Emerging anti-tumor agents
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小分子 Mcl-1 抑制剂:新兴抗肿瘤药物
DOI:
10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.01.076
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发表时间:
2018
影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Fang Hao
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作者:
Wan Yichao;Dai Ningning;Tang Zilong;Fang Hao
The anti-apoptotic members of B-cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2) proteins family, such as Bcl-2 and myeloid cell leukemia-1 (Mcl-1), are the key regulators of the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis and overexpressed in many tumor cells, which have been confirmed as potential drug targets for cancers. A number of Bcl-2 proteins inhibitors have been developed and conducted clinical trials, but no Mcl-1 inhibitors are presented in the clinics. In addition, Mcl-1 is an important reason for the resistance to radio- and chemotherapies, including inhibitors that target other Bcl-2 family members. For example, the recently launched Bcl-2-selective inhibitor ABT-199 displays highly potency in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), but it cannot induce the apoptosis controlled by Mcl-1 in some tumor cell lines. Therefore, developing potent Mcl-1 inhibitors become urgently needed in clinical therapy. This review briefly introduces the structure of Mcl-1 protein, the role in cancers and focuses on the progress of small-molecule Mcl-1 inhibitors from 2012 to 2017.