HIF-1α and calcium signaling as targets for treatment of prostate cancer by cardiac glycosides
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
11-1-2009
Journal
Current Cancer Drug Targets
Volume
9
Issue
7
DOI
10.2174/156800909789760249
Keywords
Calcium; Cardiac glycosides; Digoxin; HIF-1α; Prostate cancer
Abstract
Prostate cancer possesses its unique feature of low proliferation rate and slow growth. Ca2+-induced apoptosis is not dependent on cell cycle progression and targeting this pathway could circumvent the problems encountered using current cytotoxic chemotherapies for prostate cancer. Hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α) is another novel cancer drug target and inhibitors of hypoxia-response pathway are being developed. Digoxin and other cardiac glycosides, known inhibitors of the alpha-subunit of sarcolemmal Na +K+-ATPase, were recently found to block tumor growth via the inhibition of HIF-1α synthesis. Thus, cardiac glycosides disrupt two important cellular pathways and, therefore, may be useful as an anticancer therapy. This review will focus on HIF-1α and calcium signaling as novel cancer drug targets in prostate cancer. The possible application of digoxin and other cardiac glycosides in cancer therapeutics especially in prostate cancer is discussed. © 2009 Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
APA Citation
Lin, J., Denmeade, S., & Carducci, M. (2009). HIF-1α and calcium signaling as targets for treatment of prostate cancer by cardiac glycosides. Current Cancer Drug Targets, 9 (7). http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/156800909789760249