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Multifaceted Roles of GSK-3 in Cancer and Autophagy-Related Diseases.


ABSTRACT: GSK-3 is a ubiquitously expressed serine/threonine kinase existing as GSK-3? and GSK-3? isoforms, both active under basal conditions and inactivated upon phosphorylation by different upstream kinases. Initially discovered as a regulator of glycogen synthesis, GSK-3 is also involved in several signaling pathways controlling many different key functions. Here, we discuss recent advances regarding (i) GSK-3 structure, function, regulation, and involvement in several cancers, including hepatocarcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, breast cancer, prostate cancer, leukemia, and melanoma (active GSK-3 has been shown to induce apoptosis in some cases or inhibit apoptosis in other cases and to induce cancer progression or inhibit tumor cell proliferation, suggesting that different GSK-3 modulators may address different specific targets); (ii) GSK-3 involvement in autophagy modulation, reviewing signaling pathways involved in neurodegenerative and liver diseases; (iii) GSK-3 role in oxidative stress and autophagic cell death, focusing on liver injury; (iv) GSK-3 as a possible therapeutic target of natural substances and synthetic inhibitors in many diseases; and (v) GSK-3 role as modulator of mammalian aging, related to metabolic alterations characterizing senescent cells and age-related diseases. Studies summarized here underline the GSK-3 multifaceted role and indicate such kinase as a molecular target in different pathologies, including diseases associated with autophagy dysregulation.

SUBMITTER: Mancinelli R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5742885 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Multifaceted Roles of GSK-3 in Cancer and Autophagy-Related Diseases.

Mancinelli Romina R   Carpino Guido G   Petrungaro Simonetta S   Mammola Caterina Loredana CL   Tomaipitinca Luana L   Filippini Antonio A   Facchiano Antonio A   Ziparo Elio E   Giampietri Claudia C  

Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity 20171212


GSK-3 is a ubiquitously expressed serine/threonine kinase existing as GSK-3<i>α</i> and GSK-3<i>β</i> isoforms, both active under basal conditions and inactivated upon phosphorylation by different upstream kinases. Initially discovered as a regulator of glycogen synthesis, GSK-3 is also involved in several signaling pathways controlling many different key functions. Here, we discuss recent advances regarding (i) GSK-3 structure, function, regulation, and involvement in several cancers, including  ...[more]

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