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Parthenolide and Its Soluble Analogues: Multitasking Compounds with Antitumor Properties

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BIOMEDICINES
Volume 10, Issue 2, Pages -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10020514

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parthenolide; DMAPT; apoptosis; cell death; cancer therapy; NF-kappa B; oxidative stress

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The sesquiterpene lactone parthenolide (PN) and its analogues have significant potential in cancer therapy, inducing various forms of cell death and targeting cancer stem cells.
Due to its chemical properties and multiple molecular effects on different tumor cell types, the sesquiterpene lactone parthenolide (PN) can be considered an effective drug with significant potential in cancer therapy. PN has been shown to induce either classic apoptosis or alternative caspase-independent forms of cell death in many tumor models. The therapeutical potential of PN has been increased by chemical design and synthesis of more soluble analogues including dimethylaminoparthenolide (DMAPT). This review focuses on the molecular mechanisms of both PN and analogues action in tumor models, highlighting their effects on gene expression, signal transduction and execution of different types of cell death. Recent findings indicate that these compounds not only inhibit prosurvival transcriptional factors such as NF-kappa B and STATs but can also determine the activation of specific death pathways, increasing intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and modifications of Bcl-2 family members. An intriguing property of these compounds is its specific targeting of cancer stem cells. The unusual actions of PN and its analogues make these agents good candidates for molecular targeted cancer therapy.

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