Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(6), P. 2698 - 2715
Published: March 15, 2024
Drug
repurposing
offers
a
valuable
strategy
for
identifying
new
therapeutic
applications
existing
drugs.
Recently,
disulfiram
(DSF),
drug
primarily
used
alcohol
addiction
treatment,
has
emerged
as
potential
treatment
inflammatory
diseases
by
inhibiting
pyroptosis,
form
of
programmed
cell
death.
The
activity
DSF
can
be
further
enhanced
the
presence
Cu
Autophagy,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
19(8), P. 2175 - 2195
Published: April 14, 2023
Copper
is
an
essential
trace
element
in
biological
systems,
maintaining
the
activity
of
enzymes
and
function
transcription
factors.
However,
at
high
concentrations,
copper
ions
show
increased
toxicity
by
inducing
regulated
cell
death,
such
as
apoptosis,
paraptosis,
pyroptosis,
ferroptosis,
cuproptosis.
Furthermore,
can
trigger
macroautophagy/autophagy,
a
lysosome-dependent
degradation
pathway
that
plays
dual
role
regulating
survival
or
death
fate
cells
under
various
stress
conditions.
Pathologically,
impaired
metabolism
due
to
environmental
genetic
causes
implicated
variety
human
diseases,
rare
Wilson
disease
common
cancers.
Therapeutically,
copper-based
compounds
are
potential
chemotherapeutic
agents
be
used
alone
combination
with
other
drugs
approaches
treat
cancer.
Here,
we
review
progress
made
understanding
metabolic
processes
their
impact
on
regulation
autophagy.
This
knowledge
may
help
design
future
clinical
tools
improve
cancer
diagnosis
treatment.
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
9
Published: March 4, 2022
Conventional
cancer
therapies
suffer
from
severe
off-target
effects
because
most
of
them
target
critical
facets
cells
that
are
generally
shared
by
all
rapidly
proliferating
cells.
The
development
new
therapeutic
agents
should
aim
to
increase
selectivity
and
therefore
reduce
side
effects.
In
addition,
these
overcome
cell
resistance
stem
Some
copper
ionophores
have
shown
promise
in
this
direction
thanks
an
intrinsic
preferentially
inducing
cuproptosis
compared
normal
Here,
Cu
discussed
with
a
focus
on
towards
the
mechanisms
responsible
for
selectivity.
proposed
strategies,
further
improve
targeting
ionophores,
also
reported.
Frontiers in Oncology,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
13
Published: June 23, 2023
As
an
essential
nutrient,
copper’s
redox
properties
are
both
beneficial
and
toxic
to
cells.
Therefore,
leveraging
the
characteristics
of
copper-dependent
diseases
or
using
copper
toxicity
treat
copper-sensitive
may
offer
new
strategies
for
specific
disease
treatments.
In
particular,
concentration
is
typically
higher
in
cancer
cells,
making
a
critical
limiting
nutrient
cell
growth
proliferation.
Hence,
intervening
metabolism
cells
become
potential
tumor
treatment
strategy,
directly
impacting
metastasis.
this
review,
we
discuss
body
summarize
research
progress
on
role
promoting
inducing
programmed
death
Additionally,
elucidate
copper-related
drugs
treatment,
intending
provide
perspectives
treatment.
Redox Biology,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
53, P. 102331 - 102331
Published: May 10, 2022
The
expression
of
the
reverse
transsulfuration
enzyme
cystathionine-β-synthase
(CBS)
is
markedly
increased
in
many
forms
cancer,
including
colorectal,
ovarian,
lung,
breast
and
kidney,
while
other
cancers
(liver
cancer
glioma)
it
becomes
downregulated.
According
to
clinical
database
data
high-CBS-expressor
(e.g.
colon
or
ovarian
cancer),
high
CBS
typically
predicts
lower
survival,
low-CBS-expressor
liver
low
associated
with
survival.
In
high-CBS
expressing
tumor
cells,
CBS,
its
product
hydrogen
sulfide
(H2S)
serves
as
a
bioenergetic,
proliferative,
cytoprotective
stemness
factor;
also
supports
angiogenesis
epithelial-to-mesenchymal
transition
microenvironment.
current
article
reviews
various
tumor-cell-supporting
roles
CBS/H2S
axis
expressor
overviews
anticancer
effects
silencing
pharmacological
inhibition
models
vitro
vivo;
outlines
potential
approaches
for
biomarker
identification,
support
future
targeted
therapies
based
on
inhibition.
Frontiers in Pharmacology,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
13
Published: Sept. 27, 2022
The
great
success
of
cisplatin
as
a
chemotherapeutic
agent
considerably
increased
research
efforts
in
inorganic
biochemistry
to
identify
more
metallic
drugs
having
the
potential
treating
lung
cancer.
Metal
coordination
centres,
which
exhibit
wide
range
numbers
and
geometries,
various
oxidised
reduced
states
inherent
ligand
properties
offer
pharmaceutical
chemists
plethora
drug
structures.
Owing
presence
C=N
C=S
bonds
thiosemicarbazone
Schiff
base,
N
S
atoms
its
hybrid
orbital
has
lone
pair
electrons,
can
generate
metal
complexes
with
different
stabilities
most
elements
under
certain
conditions.
Such
ligands
play
key
roles
treatment
anti-lung
Research
regarding
cancer
advanced
considerably,
but
there
remain
several
challenges.
In
this
review,
we
discuss
base
drugs,
their
anti-cancer
activities
likely
action
mechanisms
involving
recent
families
copper,
nickel,
platinum,
ruthenium
other
complexes.
Cuproptosis-based
cancer
nanomedicine
has
received
widespread
attention
recently.
However,
cuproptosis
against
pancreatic
ductal
adenocarcinoma
(PDAC)
is
severely
limited
by
stem
cells
(CSCs),
which
reside
in
the
hypoxic
stroma
and
adopt
glycolysis
metabolism
accordingly
to
resist
cuproptosis-induced
mitochondria
damage.
Here,
we
leverage
hyperbaric
oxygen
(HBO)
regulate
CSC
overcoming
tumor
hypoxia
augment
elimination
efficacy
of
polydopamine
hydroxyethyl
starch
stabilized
copper-diethyldithiocarbamate
nanoparticles
(CuET@PH
NPs).
Mechanistically,
while
HBO
CuET@PH
NPs
inhibit
oxidative
phosphorylation,
respectively,
combination
potently
suppresses
energy
CSCs,
thereby
achieving
robust
inhibition
PDAC
elongating
mice
survival
importantly.
This
study
reveals
novel
insights
into
effects
on
suggests
that
with
holds
significant
clinical
translation
potential
for
patients.