The disruption of protein-protein interactions as a therapeutic strategy for prostate cancer
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Abstract
Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most common male-specific cancers worldwide, with high morbidity and mortality rates associated with advanced disease stages. The current treatment options of PCa are prostatectomy, hormonal therapy, chemotherapy or radiotherapy, the selection of which is usually dependent upon the stage of the disease. The development of PCa to a castration-resistant phenotype (CRPC) is associated with a more severe prognosis requiring the development of a new and effective therapy. Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) have been recognised as an emerging drug modality and targeting PPIs is a promising therapeutic approach for several diseases, including cancer. The efficacy of several compounds in which target PPIs and consequently impair disease progression were validated in phase I/II clinical trials for different types of cancer. In PCa, various small molecules and peptides proved successful in inhibiting important PPIs, mainly associated with the androgen receptor (AR), Bcl-2 family proteins, and kinases/phosphatases, thus impairing the growth of PCa cells in vitro. Moreover, a majority of these compounds require further validation in vivo and, preferably, in clinical trials. In addition, several other PPIs associated with PCa progression have been identified and now require experimental validation as potential therapeutic loci. In conclusion, we consider the disruption of PPIs to be a promising though challenging therapeutic strategy for Pca. Agents which modulate PPIs might be employed as a monotherapy or as an adjunct to classical chemotherapeutics to overcome drug resistance and improve efficacy. The discovery of new PPIs with important roles in disease progression, and of novel optimized strategies to target them, are major challenges for the scientific and pharmacological communities.Citation
Matos, B., Howl, J., Jerónimo, C., Fardilha, M. (2020) The disruption of protein-protein interactions as a therapeutic strategy for prostate cancer, Pharmacological Research, 161 Article Number 105145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrs.2020.105145Publisher
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This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Elsevier in Pharmacological Research on 16/08/2020, available online: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrs.2020.105145 The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version.ISSN
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We thank the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology(FCT), European Union, QREN, FEDER and COMPETE for funding iBiMED (UIDB/04501/2020, POCI-01-0145-FEDER-23007628 and UID/BIM/04501/2019) and an individual scholarship from BM (SFRH/BD/146032/2019).ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.phrs.2020.105145
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