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- Title
Peroxiredoxin, Senescence, and Cancer.
- Authors
Wu, Mengyao; Deng, Chujun; Lo, Tak-Ho; Chan, Ka-Ying; Li, Xiang; Wong, Chi-Ming
- Abstract
Peroxiredoxins are multifunctional enzymes that play a key role in protecting cells from stresses and maintaining the homeostasis of many cellular processes. Peroxiredoxins were firstly identified as antioxidant enzymes that can be found in all living organisms. Later studies demonstrated that peroxiredoxins also act as redox signaling regulators, chaperones, and proinflammatory factors and play important roles in oxidative defense, redox signaling, protein folding, cycle cell progression, DNA integrity, inflammation, and carcinogenesis. The versatility of peroxiredoxins is mainly based on their unique active center cysteine with a wide range of redox states and the ability to switch between low- and high-molecular-weight species for regulating their peroxidase and chaperone activities. Understanding the molecular mechanisms of peroxiredoxin in these processes will allow the development of new approaches to enhance longevity and to treat various cancers. In this article, we briefly review the history of peroxiredoxins, summarize recent advances in our understanding of peroxiredoxins in aging- and cancer-related biological processes, and discuss the future perspectives of using peroxiredoxins in disease diagnostics and treatments.
- Subjects
PEROXIREDOXINS; AGING; PEROXIDASE; CELL cycle; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Cells (2073-4409), 2022, Vol 11, Issue 11, p1772
- ISSN
2073-4409
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/cells11111772