Wnt/β-catenin信号通路——乳腺癌的潜在治疗靶点

The Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway—a potential therapeutic target of breast cancer

  • 摘要: 乳腺癌是女性中最常见的恶性肿瘤之一,目前主要采取手术结合放化疗的综合治疗手段进行治疗,但是乳腺癌的异质性使得部分亚型尤其是三阴性乳腺癌的治疗疗效欠佳,预后也相对较差。目前研究表明Wnt/β-catenin信号通路异常表达在乳腺癌尤其是三阴性乳腺癌中广泛存在,其与乳腺癌的发生、发展、侵袭、转移和预后不良密切相关;抑制Wnt/β-catenin信号通路能有效抑制乳腺癌细胞的生长和对化疗药物的多药耐药,而且Wnt/β-catenin信号通路与辐射抗性密切相关。随着对Wnt/β-catenin信号通路的深入了解,它将有希望成为乳腺癌特别是三阴性乳腺癌靶向治疗和放射增敏治疗的新靶点。

     

    Abstract: Breast cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in women. The combination of surgery and radio-chemotherapy is the best treatment for breast cancer nowadays. However, due to heterogeneity of breast cancers, some subtypes of breast cancer, especially the triple negative breast cancer(TNBC), do not respond well to traditional therapy and has relatively poor prognosis. Recent studies indicate that the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, which is particularly over-activated in breast cancer, especially in TNBC, is associated with the occurrence, development, invasion, metastasis and poor prognosis of breast cancer. Inhibition of Wnt/β-catenin signaling can effectively inhibits the growth of breast cancer cells and multidrug resistance in chemotherapy. Furthermore, Wnt/β-catenin signaling is also closely related to radiation resistance. Therefore, with a better understanding of Wnt/β-catenin signaling, it may be a new radio-chemotherapeutic target of breast cancer, especially for TNBC.

     

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