Abstract
Aberrant arachidonic acid metabolism has recently received intensive attention in the field of cancer research. Recent discoveries regarding the long-term cardiovascular side effects of cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitors have cast doubts on their use for cancer chemoprevention. Although such a problem does not undermine the importance of cyclooxygenase 2 as a cancer chemopreventive target, investigation into other AA-metabolizing pathways that are also important in inflammation and inflammation-associated carcinogenesis is necessary. Here, the important role of the 5-lipoxygenase pathway in carcinogenesis is reviewed. Inhibition of the 5-lipoxygenase pathways clearly has chemopreventive effects on various cancers, and hence further studies on its enzymes, metabolites and receptors for cancer chemoprevention and therapy are warranted.
Keywords: 5-Lipoxygenase, leukotrienes, cancer
Current Cancer Drug Targets
Title: Five-Lipoxygenase Pathway of Arachidonic Acid Metabolism in Carcinogenesis and Cancer Chemoprevention
Volume: 6 Issue: 7
Author(s): Xiaoxin Chen, Sandeep Sood, Chung S. Yang, Ning Li and Zheng Sun
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Keywords: 5-Lipoxygenase, leukotrienes, cancer
Abstract: Aberrant arachidonic acid metabolism has recently received intensive attention in the field of cancer research. Recent discoveries regarding the long-term cardiovascular side effects of cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitors have cast doubts on their use for cancer chemoprevention. Although such a problem does not undermine the importance of cyclooxygenase 2 as a cancer chemopreventive target, investigation into other AA-metabolizing pathways that are also important in inflammation and inflammation-associated carcinogenesis is necessary. Here, the important role of the 5-lipoxygenase pathway in carcinogenesis is reviewed. Inhibition of the 5-lipoxygenase pathways clearly has chemopreventive effects on various cancers, and hence further studies on its enzymes, metabolites and receptors for cancer chemoprevention and therapy are warranted.
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Chen Xiaoxin, Sood Sandeep, Yang S. Chung, Li Ning and Sun Zheng, Five-Lipoxygenase Pathway of Arachidonic Acid Metabolism in Carcinogenesis and Cancer Chemoprevention, Current Cancer Drug Targets 2006; 6 (7) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/156800906778742451
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/156800906778742451 |
Print ISSN 1568-0096 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1873-5576 |
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