Chaturvedi Suchi, Biswas Mainak, Sadhukhan Sushabhan, Sonawane Avinash
Department of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Khandwa Road, Simrol, Madhya Pradesh, 453552, India.
School of Biotechnology, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751024, India.
J Cell Commun Signal. 2023 Dec;17(4):1249-1282. doi: 10.1007/s12079-023-00771-w. Epub 2023 Jul 25.
Breast cancer (BC) emerged as one of the life-threatening diseases among females. Despite notable improvements made in cancer detection and treatment worldwide, according to GLOBACAN 2020, BC is the fifth leading cancer, with an estimated 1 in 6 cancer deaths, in a majority of countries. However, the exact cause that leads to BC progression still needs to be determined. Here, we reviewed the role of two novel biomarkers responsible for 50-70% of BC progression. The first one is epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) which belongs to the ErbB tyrosine kinases family, signalling pathways associated with it play a significant role in regulating cell proliferation and division. Another one is fatty acid synthase (FASN), a key enzyme responsible for the de novo lipid synthesis required for cancer cell development. This review presents a rationale for the EGFR-mediated pathways, their interaction with FASN, communion of these two biomarkers with BC, and improvements to overcome drug resistance caused by them.
乳腺癌(BC)已成为威胁女性生命的疾病之一。尽管全球在癌症检测和治疗方面取得了显著进展,但根据2020年全球癌症负担数据,在大多数国家,乳腺癌是第五大常见癌症,估计每6例癌症死亡中就有1例是乳腺癌导致的。然而,导致乳腺癌进展的确切原因仍有待确定。在此,我们综述了两种新型生物标志物在50%-70%的乳腺癌进展中所起的作用。第一种是表皮生长因子受体(EGFR),它属于ErbB酪氨酸激酶家族,与之相关的信号通路在调节细胞增殖和分裂中起重要作用。另一种是脂肪酸合酶(FASN),它是一种关键酶,负责癌细胞发育所需的从头脂质合成。本综述阐述了EGFR介导的信号通路的基本原理、它们与FASN的相互作用、这两种生物标志物与乳腺癌的关系,以及克服由它们引起的耐药性的改进方法。