Abstract
The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (PI3K/Akt/mTOR) pathway is a key regulator of authophagy. Natural products show anticancer activity and often induce apoptosis or autophagy. The crosstalk between these two types of cell death makes autophagy an interesting target since drugs targeting this process not only can induce cell death by inducing autophagy but can also sensitize cells to apoptosis. Autophagy is also a protective mechanism associated with increased resistance to chemotherapy. In this review, we discuss natural products known to induce autophagy cell death in cancer cells via the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway.
Keywords: Natural products, PI3K/Akt, autophagy, cancer stem cell, stemness, cell death, anticancer drugs.
Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry
Title:Natural Products Targeting Autophagy via the PI3K/Akt/mTOR Pathway as Anticancer Agents
Volume: 13 Issue: 7
Author(s): Hui Sun, Zhaoye Wang and Juan Sebastian Yakisich
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Keywords: Natural products, PI3K/Akt, autophagy, cancer stem cell, stemness, cell death, anticancer drugs.
Abstract: The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (PI3K/Akt/mTOR) pathway is a key regulator of authophagy. Natural products show anticancer activity and often induce apoptosis or autophagy. The crosstalk between these two types of cell death makes autophagy an interesting target since drugs targeting this process not only can induce cell death by inducing autophagy but can also sensitize cells to apoptosis. Autophagy is also a protective mechanism associated with increased resistance to chemotherapy. In this review, we discuss natural products known to induce autophagy cell death in cancer cells via the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway.
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Sun Hui, Wang Zhaoye and Yakisich Sebastian Juan, Natural Products Targeting Autophagy via the PI3K/Akt/mTOR Pathway as Anticancer Agents, Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry 2013; 13 (7) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/18715206113139990130
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/18715206113139990130 |
Print ISSN 1871-5206 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-5992 |
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