Hedgehog-Gli signaling pathway inhibitors as anticancer agents.
Hedgehog-Gli signaling pathway inhibitors as anticancer agents.
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10.1021/jm801420y
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2009-07-09
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7.3
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Fujii N
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Mahindroo N;Punchihewa C;Fujii N
Cancer drug discovery has undergone a paradigm change over the past few years, from predominantly cytotoxic agent-based therapy to therapy aimed at genetic and molecular targets, thanks to a growing understanding of the genes and pathways responsible for cancer initiation and progression and to new drug discovery technologies. The success of drugs like trastuzumab, imatinib, gefitinib, and erlotinib has demonstrated that the targeting of specific oncogenic signal transduction pathways can be clinically useful. 1 One such pathway, the Hedgehog-gliomaassociated oncogene homologue zinc finger protein (Hh-Glia) signaling pathway, has attracted drug discovery scientists for the past decade. Hh-Gli signaling plays an important role in the embryonic patterning and development of many tissues and somatic structures as well as maintaining and repairing mature tissues in adults. 2-4 Uncontrolled activation of the Hh-Gli pathway has been implicated in several cancers, including medulloblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, and breast, lung, liver, stomach, prostate, and pancreatic cancers. 2, 5-8 Inhibition of the aberrant Hh-Gli pathway (Figure 1) has thus emerged as an attractive target for anticancer therapy. 9-11 One Hh pathway inhibitor has shown promising results in phase I clinical trials and is proceeding to phase II12 studies, and two other compounds have entered phase I clinical trials. 13, 14 In this article, we review the medicinal* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Phone:(+ 1) 901 595 5871. Fax:(+ 1) 901 595 5715. E-mail: Neeraj. Mahindroo@ stjude. org. a Abbreviations: Hh, Hedgehog; Gli, glioma-associated oncogene homologue zinc finger protein; Shh, Sonic hedgehog; Dhh, Desert hedgehog; Ihh, Indian hedgehog; Smo, Smoothened; Ptch, Patched; Fu, Fused; SuFu, Suppressor of Fused; Cos2, Costal-2; PKA, protein kinase A; GSK3, glycogen synthase kinase 3; CK1, casein kinase 1; BCC, basal cell carcinoma; GS, Gorlin syndrome; Adh7, alcohol dehydrogenase 7; Raldh2, retinal dehydrogenase 2; MTP, microsomal triglyceride transfer protein; PTHrP, parathyroid hormone-related peptide; BMP 2, bone-morphogenetic protein-2; Dyrk, dual specificity tyrosine phosphorylation regulated kinase; IFT, intraflagellar transport protein; Ras, rat sarcoma; Akt, protein kinase B; MEK, mitogen-activated protein/extracellular signal-regulated kinase; ERK, extracellular regulated kinases; PKC, protein kinase C.
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