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Glutathione transferases: substrates, inihibitors and pro-drugs in cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.

ABSTRACT: Glutathione transferase classical GSH conjugation activity plays a critical role in cellular detoxification against xenobiotics and noxious compounds as well as against oxidative stress. However, this feature is also exploited by cancer cells to acquire drug resistance and improve their survival. As a result, various members of the family were found overexpressed in a number of different cancers. Moreover several GST polymorphisms, ranging from null phenotypes to point mutations, were detected in members of the family and found to correlate with the onset of neuro-degenerative diseases. In the last decades, a great deal of research aimed at clarifying the role played by GSTs in drug resistance, at developing inhibitors to counteract this activity but also at exploiting GSTs for prodrugs specific activation in cancer cells. Here we summarize some of the most important achievements reached in this lively area of research.

SUBMITTER: Allocati N

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5833873 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

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Glutathione transferases: substrates, inihibitors and pro-drugs in cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.

Allocati Nerino N Masulli Michele M Di Ilio Carmine C Federici Luca L

Oncogenesis 20180124 1

Glutathione transferase classical GSH conjugation activity plays a critical role in cellular detoxification against xenobiotics and noxious compounds as well as against oxidative stress. However, this feature is also exploited by cancer cells to acquire drug resistance and improve their survival. As a result, various members of the family were found overexpressed in a number of different cancers. Moreover several GST polymorphisms, ranging from null phenotypes to point mutations, were detected i ...[more]

PMID: 29362397

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