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Title

Bufalin-Mediated Regulation of Cell Signaling Pathways in Different Cancers: Spotlight on JAK/STAT, Wnt/β-Catenin, mTOR, TRAIL/TRAIL-R, and Non-Coding RNAs.

Authors

Farooqi, Ammad Ahmad; Rakhmetova, Venera S.; Kapanova, Gulnara; Tashenova, Gulnara; Tulebayeva, Aigul; Akhenbekova, Aida; Ibekenov, Onlassyn; Turgambayeva, Assiya; Xu, Baojun

Abstract

The renaissance of research into natural products has unequivocally and paradigmatically shifted our knowledge about the significant role of natural products in cancer chemoprevention. Bufalin is a pharmacologically active molecule isolated from the skin of the toad Bufo gargarizans or Bufo melanostictus. Bufalin has characteristically unique properties to regulate multiple molecular targets and can be used to harness multi-targeted therapeutic regimes against different cancers. There is burgeoning evidence related to functional roles of signaling cascades in carcinogenesis and metastasis. Bufalin has been reported to regulate pleiotropically a myriad of signal transduction cascades in various cancers. Importantly, bufalin mechanistically regulated JAK/STAT, Wnt/β-Catenin, mTOR, TRAIL/TRAIL-R, EGFR, and c-MET pathways. Furthermore, bufalin-mediated modulation of non-coding RNAs in different cancers has also started to gain tremendous momentum. Similarly, bufalin-mediated targeting of tumor microenvironments and tumor macrophages is an area of exciting research and we have only started to scratch the surface of the complicated nature of molecular oncology. Cell culture studies and animal models provide proof-of-concept for the impetus role of bufalin in the inhibition of carcinogenesis and metastasis. Bufalin-related clinical studies are insufficient and interdisciplinary researchers require detailed analysis of the existing knowledge gaps.

Subjects

CELLULAR control mechanisms; CELL communication; NON-coding RNA; CELLULAR signal transduction; CANCER chemoprevention; KNOWLEDGE gap theory; WNT proteins

Publication

Molecules, 2023, Vol 28, Issue 5, p2231

ISSN

1420-3049

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.3390/molecules28052231

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