College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Department of Pharmacy, Bashir Institute of Health Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2022 Jun 27;2022:4831833. doi: 10.1155/2022/4831833. eCollection 2022.
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death in women, with triple-negative breast cancer being the most lethal and aggressive form. Conventional therapies, such as radiation, surgery, hormonal, immune, gene, and chemotherapy, are widely used, but their therapeutic efficacy is limited due to adverse side effects, toxicities, resistance, recurrence, and therapeutic failure. Many molecules have been identified and investigated as potential therapeutic agents for breast cancer, with a focus on various signaling pathways. Flavonoids are a versatile class of phytochemicals that have been used in cancer treatment to overcome issues with traditional therapies. Cell proliferation, growth, apoptosis, autophagy, and survival are all controlled by mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling. Flavonoids target mTOR signaling in breast cancer, and when this signaling pathway is regulated or deregulated, various signaling pathways provide potential therapeutic means. The role of various flavonoids as phytochemicals in targeting mTOR signaling pathways in breast cancer is highlighted in this review.
癌症是全球主要死因之一。乳腺癌是女性死亡的第二大主要原因,三阴性乳腺癌是最致命和侵袭性的形式。传统的治疗方法,如放疗、手术、激素、免疫、基因和化疗,被广泛应用,但由于不良反应、毒性、耐药性、复发和治疗失败等原因,其治疗效果有限。许多分子已被确定并研究为乳腺癌的潜在治疗药物,重点是各种信号通路。类黄酮是一类用途广泛的植物化学物质,已被用于癌症治疗,以克服传统疗法的问题。细胞增殖、生长、凋亡、自噬和存活都受到哺乳动物雷帕霉素靶蛋白(mTOR)信号的控制。类黄酮靶向乳腺癌中的 mTOR 信号,当该信号通路被调节或失调节时,各种信号通路提供了潜在的治疗手段。本综述强调了各种类黄酮作为植物化学物质在靶向乳腺癌中 mTOR 信号通路方面的作用。