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BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS
Volume 1865, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2021.129995
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PIM kinase; Cell signaling; Drug target; Kinase inhibitors; Protein network; Anticancer therapy; Structural genomics
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- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India [27(0368)/20/EMR-II]
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This review article focuses on the physiological significance of PIM kinases in disease progression and therapeutic targeting, as well as predicting functional partners of PIM kinases and mapping their interaction network in cellular physiology of different cancers. The study also provides insight into the mechanism of inhibition and implication of designed inhibitors towards therapeutic management of prostate, breast and other cancers.
Background: PIM kinases are well-studied drug targets for cancer, belonging to Serine/Threonine kinases family. They are the downstream target of various signaling pathways, and their up/down-regulation affects various physiological processes. PIM family comprises three isoforms, namely, PIM-1, PIM-2, and PIM-3, on alternative initiation of translation and they have different levels of expression in different types of cancers. Its structure shows a unique ATP-binding site in the hinge region which makes it unique among other kinases. Scope of review: PIM kinases are widely reported in hematological malignancies along with prostate and breast cancers. Currently, many drugs are used as inhibitors of PIM kinases. In this review, we highlighted the physiological significance of PIM kinases in the context of disease progression and therapeutic targeting. We comprehensively reviewed the PIM kinases in terms of their expression and regulation of different physiological roles. We further predicted functional partners of PIM kinases to elucidate their role in the cellular physiology of different cancer and mapped their interaction network. Major conclusions: A deeper mechanistic insight into the PIM signaling involved in regulating different cellular processes, including transcription, apoptosis, cell cycle regulation, cell proliferation, cell migration and senescence, is provided. Furthermore, structural features of PIM have been dissected to understand the mechanism of inhibition and subsequent implication of designed inhibitors towards therapeutic management of prostate, breast and other cancers. General significance: Being a potential drug target for cancer therapy, available drugs and PIM inhibitors at different stages of clinical trials are discussed in detail.
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