Blog of Signaling Pathways

The diabetes medication Canagliflozin reduces cancer cell proliferation by inhibiting mitochondrial complex-I supported respiration

857 views | Aug 26 2018

Villani LA et al. indicated that like the biguanide metformin, Canagliflozin not only lowers blood glucose but also inhibits complex-I supported respiration and cellular proliferation in prostate and lung cancer cells. These observations support the initiation of studies evaluating the clinical efficacy of Canagliflozin on limiting tumorigenesis in pre-clinical animal models as well epidemiological studies on cancer incidence relative to other glucose lowering therapies in clinical populations. [Read the Full Post]

Antibiotic drug tigecycline reduces neuroblastoma cells proliferation by inhibiting Akt activation in vitro and in vivo

763 views | Aug 24 2018

Zhong X et al. supported by previous studies concerning the application of tigecycline in human tumors treatment, suggesting that tigecycline might act as a potential candidate agent for neuroblastoma treatment. [Read the Full Post]

Novel Allosteric Pathway of Eg5 Regulation Identified through Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Hydrogen-Exchange Mass Spectrometry (HX-MS) Ligand Screening Data

0 views | Aug 24 2018

Sheff JG et al. suggested that a different approach to inhibitor development may be fruitful. [Read the Full Post]

Central Agonism of GPR120 Acutely Inhibits Food Intake and Food Reward and Chronically Suppresses Anxiety-Like Behavior in Mice

887 views | Aug 23 2018

Auguste S et al. suggested that GPR120 could mediate the effects of central ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids to inhibit appetite. The anxiolytic effect elicited by GPR120 agonist infusions favors the testing of compounds that can enter the brain to activate GPR120 for the mitigation of anxiety. [Read the Full Post]

Activation of the IGF1R pathway potentially mediates acquired resistance to mutant-selective 3rd-generation EGF receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors in advanced non-small cell lung cancer

621 views | Aug 23 2018

Park JH et al. suggested that activation of the IGF1R pathway associated with IGFBP3 loss can induce an acquired resistance to the mutant-selective EGFR-TKI, WZ4002. Therefore, a combined therapy of IGF1R inhibitors and mutant-selective EGFR-TKIs might be a viable treatment strategy for overcoming acquired resistance. [Read the Full Post]

Downregulation of the Syk Signaling Pathway in Intestinal Dendritic Cells Is Sufficient To Induce Dendritic Cells That Inhibit Colitis

1555 views | Aug 22 2018

Hang L et al. indicated that downmodulation of Syk expression and phosphorylation in intestinal DCs could be important mechanisms through which helminths induce regulatory DCs that limit colitis. [Read the Full Post]

Honokiol Induces Apoptosis, G1 Arrest, and Autophagy in KRAS Mutant Lung Cancer Cells

1459 views | Aug 22 2018

Luo LX et al. indicated these results broaden our understanding of the mechanisms on honokiol effects in lung cancer, and reinforce the possibility of its potential anticancer benefit as a popular Chinese herbal medicine (CHM). [Read the Full Post]

Combined Inhibition of Both p110α and p110β Isoforms of Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Is Required for Sustained Therapeutic Effect in PTEN-Deficient, ER+ Breast Cancer

0 views | Aug 21 2018

Hosford SR et al. indicated that p110β is the dominant PI3K isoform in PTEN-deficient, ER+ breast cancer cells. Upon p110β inhibition, p110α did not induce significant reactivation of AKT, but combined targeting of p110α/β most effectively induced apoptosis in vitro and in vivo and provided durable tumor regression. Because apoptosis and tumor regression occurred early but not late in the treatment course, and proliferative arrest was maintained throughout treatment, p110α/β inhibitors may be considered short-term cytotoxic agents and long-term cytostatic agents. [Read the Full Post]

Discovery and Characterization of Novel GPR39 Agonists Allosterically Modulated by Zinc

617 views | Aug 21 2018

Sato S et al. revealed an unexpected role of zinc as an allosteric potentiator of small-molecule-induced activation of GPR39 and expand the list of potential kinase off-targets to include understudied G protein-coupled receptors. [Read the Full Post]

FYN promotes breast cancer progression through epithelial-mesenchymal transition

0 views | Aug 20 2018

Xie YG et al. found that FYN was overexpressed in breast cancer and overexpression of FYN promoted cell proliferation, migration and invasion in the MCF10A cells, whereas depletion of FYN suppressed cell proliferation, migration and invasion in the MDA-MB-231 cells. Moreover, FYN upregulated the expression of mesenchymal markers and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT)-related transcription factors, and downregulated the expression of epithelial markers, suggesting that FYN induces EMT in breast cancer cells. Furthermore, FYN was transcriptionally regulated by FOXO1 and mediated FGF2-induced EMT through both the PI3K/AKT and ERK/MAPK pathways. [Read the Full Post]

Ridaforolimus improves the anti-tumor activity of dual HER2 blockade in uterine serous carcinoma in vivo models with HER2 gene amplification and PIK3CA mutation

659 views | Aug 20 2018

Hernandez SF et al. suggested that PIK3CA gene mutation may be an effective biomarker for selecting those HER2 over-expressing USC tumors most likely to benefit from mTOR inhibition. [Read the Full Post]

A NOXA/MCL-1 Imbalance Underlies Chemoresistance of Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor Cells

704 views | Aug 19 2018

Ouchi K et al. suggested that modulation of the NOXA/MCL-1 pathway may be a potential strategy for the treatment of patients with MRT. [Read the Full Post]

DRP-1 is required for BH3 mimetic-mediated mitochondrial fragmentation and apoptosis

654 views | Aug 19 2018

Milani M et al. provided new insights into MCL-1 ligands, and the interplay between DRP-1 and the anti-apoptotic BCL-2 family members in the regulation of apoptosis. [Read the Full Post]

Structure-dependent complexation of Fe3+ by anthracyclines. 2. The roles of methoxy and daunosamine functionalities

930 views | Aug 18 2018

Nawara K et al. illustrated the important role of methoxy and daunosamine moieties in anthracycline-iron(III) complex formation and stability. [Read the Full Post]

Inhibition of PARP-1 participates in the mechanisms of propofol-induced amnesia in mice and human

976 views | Aug 18 2018

Jia L et al. illustrated a potential translational research bridging animal models and human studies. [Read the Full Post]

Targeting the Spleen Tyrosine Kinase with Fostamatinib as a Strategy against Waldenström Macroglobulinemia

1776 views | Aug 17 2018

Kuiatse I et al. supported the translation of approaches targeting Syk with fostamatinib to the clinic for patients with relapsed and possibly even newly diagnosed WMG. [Read the Full Post]

CRISPR/Cas-Mediated Knockin in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

1335 views | Aug 17 2018

The transfection procedures described could also be used for additional applications, such as overexpression or lineage tracing studies. [Read the Full Post]

3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, ecstasy) produces edema due to BBB disruption induced by MMP-9 activation in rat hippocampus

884 views | Aug 16 2018

Pérez-Hernández M et al. provided evidence enough to conclude that MDMA induces edema of short duration due to BBB disruption mediated by MMP-9 activation. [Read the Full Post]

Inhibiting PLK1 induces autophagy of acute myeloid leukemia cells via mammalian target of rapamycin pathway dephosphorylation

0 views | Aug 16 2018

Tao YF et al. may provided new insights into the molecular mechanism of PLK1 in regulating autophagy. [Read the Full Post]

Novel Allosteric Pathway of Eg5 Regulation Identified through Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Hydrogen-Exchange Mass Spectrometry (HX-MS) Ligand Screening Data

0 views | Aug 15 2018

Sheff JG et al. suggested that a different approach to inhibitor development may be fruitful. [Read the Full Post]