| Literature DB >> 30963461 |
Kazuki Moro1, Masayuki Nagahashi2, Emmanuel Gabriel3, Kazuaki Takabe1,4,5, Toshifumi Wakai1.
Abstract
Development of innovative strategies for cancer treatment is a pressing public health issue. Despite recent advances, the mechanisms of cancer progression and the resistance to cancer treatment have not been fully elucidated. Sphingolipids, including ceramide and sphingoshin-1-phosphate, are bioactive mediators that regulate cancer cell death and survival through the dynamic balance of what has been termed the 'sphingolipid rheostat'. Specifically, ceramide, which acts as the central hub of sphingolipid metabolism, is generated via three major pathways by many stressors, including anti-cancer treatments, environmental stresses, and cytokines. We have previously shown in breast cancer patients that elevated ceramide correlated with less aggressive cancer phenotypes, leading to a prognostic impact. Recent studies showed that ceramide have the possibility of becoming the reinforcing agent of cancer treatment as well as other roles such as nanoparticles and diagnostic biomarker. We review ceramide as one of the key molecules to investigate in overcoming resistance to current drug therapies and in becoming one of the newest cancer treatments.Entities:
Keywords: Apoptosis; Cancer; Ceramide; Drug resistance; Sphingosine-1-phosphate
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Year: 2019 PMID： 30963461 PMCID： PMC7315770 DOI： 10.1007/s12282-019-00953-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Breast Cancer ISSN： 1340-6868 Impact factor: 4.239