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Satish KS, Saraswathy GR, Ritesh G, Saravanan KS, Krishnan A, Bhargava J, Ushnaa K, Dsouza PL. Exploring cutting-edge strategies for drug repurposing in female cancers - An insight into the tools of the trade. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2024; 207:355-415. [PMID: 38942544 DOI: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2024.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/30/2024]
Abstract
Female cancers, which include breast and gynaecological cancers, represent a significant global health burden for women. Despite advancements in research pertinent to unearthing crucial pathological characteristics of these cancers, challenges persist in discovering potential therapeutic strategies. This is further exacerbated by economic burdens associated with de novo drug discovery and clinical intricacies such as development of drug resistance and metastasis. Drug repurposing, an innovative approach leveraging existing FDA-approved drugs for new indications, presents a promising avenue to expedite therapeutic development. Computational techniques, including virtual screening and analysis of drug-target-disease relationships, enable the identification of potential candidate drugs. Integration of diverse data types, such as omics and clinical information, enhances the precision and efficacy of drug repurposing strategies. Experimental approaches, including high-throughput screening assays, in vitro, and in vivo models, complement computational methods, facilitating the validation of repurposed drugs. This review highlights various target mining strategies based on analysis of differential gene expression, weighted gene co-expression, protein-protein interaction network, and host-pathogen interaction, among others. To unearth drug candidates, the technicalities of leveraging information from databases such as DrugBank, STITCH, LINCS, and ChEMBL, among others are discussed. Further in silico validation techniques encompassing molecular docking, pharmacophore modelling, molecular dynamic simulations, and ADMET analysis are elaborated. Overall, this review delves into the exploration of individual case studies to offer a wide perspective of the ever-evolving field of drug repurposing, emphasizing the multifaceted approaches and methodologies employed for the same to confront female cancers.
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- Kshreeraja S Satish
- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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Dinev D, Popova KB, Zhivkova T, Dyakova L, Abudalleh A, Alexandrova R, Culita DC, Mocanu T, Maxim C, Marinescu G. Synthesis, structural characterization, and cytotoxic activity in tumor cells of Cu(II) and Co(II) complexes with
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‐vanillin amino acids Schiff bases. Appl Organomet Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/aoc.6862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Desislav Dinev
- Institute of Experimental Morphology, Pathology and Anthropology with Museum Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Sofia Bulgaria
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- Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Sofia Bulgaria
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- Institute of Experimental Morphology, Pathology and Anthropology with Museum Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Sofia Bulgaria
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- Institute of Neurobiology Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Sofia Bulgaria
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- Institute of Experimental Morphology, Pathology and Anthropology with Museum Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Sofia Bulgaria
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- Institute of Experimental Morphology, Pathology and Anthropology with Museum Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Sofia Bulgaria
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- Romanian Academy Ilie Murgulescu Institute of Physical Chemistry Bucharest Romania
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- Romanian Academy Ilie Murgulescu Institute of Physical Chemistry Bucharest Romania
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory University of Bucharest Bucharest Romania
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- Romanian Academy Ilie Murgulescu Institute of Physical Chemistry Bucharest Romania
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Kori M, Arga KY, Mardinoglu A, Turanli B. Repositioning of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs for the Treatment of Cervical Cancer Sub-Types. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:884548. [PMID: 35770086 PMCID: PMC9234276 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.884548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Cervical cancer is the fourth most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide and, in almost all cases is caused by infection with highly oncogenic Human Papillomaviruses (HPVs). On the other hand, inflammation is one of the hallmarks of cancer research. Here, we focused on inflammatory proteins that classify cervical cancer patients by considering individual differences between cancer patients in contrast to conventional treatments. We repurposed anti-inflammatory drugs for therapy of HPV-16 and HPV-18 infected groups, separately. In this study, we employed systems biology approaches to unveil the diagnostic and treatment options from a precision medicine perspective by delineating differential inflammation-associated biomarkers associated with carcinogenesis for both subtypes. We performed a meta-analysis of cervical cancer-associated transcriptomic datasets considering subtype differences of samples and identified the differentially expressed genes (DEGs). Using gene signature reversal on HPV-16 and HPV-18, we performed both signature- and network-based drug reversal to identify anti-inflammatory drug candidates against inflammation-associated nodes. The anti-inflammatory drug candidates were evaluated using molecular docking to determine the potential of physical interactions between the anti-inflammatory drug and inflammation-associated nodes as drug targets. We proposed 4 novels anti-inflammatory drugs (AS-601245, betamethasone, narciclasin, and methylprednisolone) for the treatment of HPV-16, 3 novel drugs for the treatment of HPV-18 (daphnetin, phenylbutazone, and tiaprofenoic acid), and 5 novel drugs (aldosterone, BMS-345541, etodolac, hydrocortisone, and prednisolone) for the treatment of both subtypes. We proposed anti-inflammatory drug candidates that have the potential to be therapeutic agents for the prevention and/or treatment of cervical cancer.
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- Medi Kori
- Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Genetic and Metabolic Diseases Research and Investigation Center (GEMHAM), Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Science for Life Laboratory, KTH—Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
- Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
- *Correspondence: Beste Turanli, ; Adil Mardinoglu,
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- Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
- *Correspondence: Beste Turanli, ; Adil Mardinoglu,
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Reetu R, Gujjarappa R, Malakar CC. Recent Advances in Synthesis and Medicinal Evaluation of 1,2‐Benzothiazine Analogues. ASIAN J ORG CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202200163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Reetu Reetu
- National Institute of Technology Manipur Chemistry INDIA
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- National Institute of Technology Manipur Department of Chemistry Langol, Imphal 795004 Imphal INDIA
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Culita DC, Dyakova L, Marinescu G, Zhivkova T, Spasov R, Patron L, Alexandrova R, Oprea O. Synthesis, Characterization and Cytotoxic Activity of Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), and Zn(II) Complexes with Nonsteroidal Antiinflamatory Drug Isoxicam as Ligand. J Inorg Organomet Polym Mater 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10904-018-1033-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Nikolova I, Marinov L, Georgieva A, Toshkova R, Malchev M, Voynikov Y, Kostadinova I. Metamizole (dipyrone) – cytotoxic and antiproliferative effects on HeLa, HT-29 and MCF-7 cancer cell lines. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2018.1511382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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- Irina Nikolova
- Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Pathology, Institute of Experimental Morphology, Pathology and Anthropology with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Pathology, Institute of Experimental Morphology, Pathology and Anthropology with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
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