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Current Cancer Drug Targets

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ISSN (Print): 1568-0096
ISSN (Online): 1873-5576

Five-Lipoxygenase Pathway of Arachidonic Acid Metabolism in Carcinogenesis and Cancer Chemoprevention

Author(s): Xiaoxin Chen, Sandeep Sood, Chung S. Yang, Ning Li and Zheng Sun

Volume 6, Issue 7, 2006

Page: [613 - 622] Pages: 10

DOI: 10.2174/156800906778742451

Price: $65

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


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