Molecular Biology and Lung Cancer Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA.
Expert Opin Ther Targets. 2010 Jan;14(1):45-55. doi: 10.1517/14728220903431069.
Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) is activated by a variety of cancer-promoting agents. The reciprocal activation between NF-kappaB and inflammatory cytokines makes NF-kappaB important for inflammation-associated cancer development. Both the constitutive and anticancer therapeutic-induced NF-kappaB activation blunts the anticancer activities of the therapy. Elucidating the roles of NF-kappaB in cancer facilitates developing approaches for cancer prevention and therapy.
By searching PubMed, we summarize the progress of studies on NF-kappaB in carcinogenesis and cancer cells' drug resistance in recent 10 years.
The mechanisms by which NF-kappaB activation pathways are activated; the roles and mechanisms of NF-kappaB in cell survival and proliferation, and in carcinogenesis and cancer cells' response to therapy; recent development of NF-kappaB-modulating means and their application in cancer prevention and therapy.
NF-kappaB is involved in cancer development, modulating NF-kappaB activation pathways has important implications in cancer prevention and therapy. Due to the complexity of NF-kappaB roles in different cancers, careful evaluation of NF-kappaB's in each cancer type is crucial in this regard. More cancer cell-specific NF-kappaB inhibiting means are desired for improving anticancer efficacy and reducing systemic toxicity.
核因子 kappa B(NF-κB)可被多种促进癌症的因子激活。NF-κB 与炎症细胞因子之间的相互激活使 NF-κB 成为与炎症相关的癌症发展的重要因素。NF-κB 的组成性激活和抗癌治疗诱导的激活均会削弱治疗的抗癌活性。阐明 NF-κB 在癌症中的作用有助于开发癌症预防和治疗方法。
通过在 PubMed 上进行搜索,我们总结了近 10 年来 NF-κB 在致癌作用和癌细胞耐药性方面的研究进展。
NF-κB 激活途径被激活的机制;NF-κB 在细胞存活和增殖、致癌作用以及癌细胞对治疗的反应中的作用和机制;NF-κB 调节手段的最新发展及其在癌症预防和治疗中的应用。
NF-κB 参与癌症的发生发展,调节 NF-κB 激活途径对癌症的预防和治疗具有重要意义。由于 NF-κB 在不同癌症中的作用复杂,因此在这方面仔细评估 NF-κB 在每种癌症类型中的作用至关重要。需要更多针对癌细胞特异性的 NF-κB 抑制手段,以提高抗癌疗效并降低全身毒性。