Journal
JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY & ONCOLOGY
Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s13045-021-01169-0
Keywords
p53; Cancer therapy; MDM2 inhibitor; p53 restoration; Synthetic lethality; Noncoding RNA
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- Opening Fund of Engineering Research Center of Cognitive Healthcare of Zhejiang Province [2018KFJJ09]
- Scientific Research Fund of Zhejiang Provincial Education Department [Y201941406]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81827804, .81800540]
- Key Research and Development Project of Zhejiang Province [2018C03083]
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TP53 is a critical tumor-suppressor gene commonly mutated in human cancers, with potential oncogenic properties when mutated. Treatments for cancers with mutant p53 involve targeting mutant p53 directly, restoring wild-type functions, and exploring synthetic lethal interactions with mutant p53 for therapeutic benefits. Additionally, disrupting noncoding RNA networks may have potential synthetic lethal effects in cancers with p53 mutations.
TP53 is a critical tumor-suppressor gene that is mutated in more than half of all human cancers. Mutations in TP53 not only impair its antitumor activity, but also confer mutant p53 protein oncogenic properties. The p53-targeted therapy approach began with the identification of compounds capable of restoring/reactivating wild-type p53 functions or eliminating mutant p53. Treatments that directly target mutant p53 are extremely structure and drug-species-dependent. Due to the mutation of wild-type p53, multiple survival pathways that are normally maintained by wild-type p53 are disrupted, necessitating the activation of compensatory genes or pathways to promote cancer cell survival. Additionally, because the oncogenic functions of mutant p53 contribute to cancer proliferation and metastasis, targeting the signaling pathways altered by p53 mutation appears to be an attractive strategy. Synthetic lethality implies that while disruption of either gene alone is permissible among two genes with synthetic lethal interactions, complete disruption of both genes results in cell death. Thus, rather than directly targeting p53, exploiting mutant p53 synthetic lethal genes may provide additional therapeutic benefits. Additionally, research progress on the functions of noncoding RNAs has made it clear that disrupting noncoding RNA networks has a favorable antitumor effect, supporting the hypothesis that targeting noncoding RNAs may have potential synthetic lethal effects in cancers with p53 mutations. The purpose of this review is to discuss treatments for cancers with mutant p53 that focus on directly targeting mutant p53, restoring wild-type functions, and exploiting synthetic lethal interactions with mutant p53. Additionally, the possibility of noncoding RNAs acting as synthetic lethal targets for mutant p53 will be discussed.
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