volume 402 pages 16-31

Melittin, a major peptide component of bee venom, and its conjugates in cancer therapy

Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2017-08-01
scimago Q1
wos Q1
SJR2.756
CiteScore13.9
Impact factor10.1
ISSN03043835, 18727980
Cancer Research
Oncology
Abstract
Melittin (MEL), a major peptide component of bee venom, is an attractive candidate for cancer therapy. This agent has shown a variety of anti-cancer effects in preclinical cell culture and animal model systems. Despite a convincing efficacy data against variety of cancers, its applicability to humans has met with challenges due to several issues including its non-specific cytotoxicity, degradation and hemolytic activity. Several optimization approaches including utilization of nanoparticle based delivery of MEL have been utilized to circumvent the issues. Here, we summarize the current understanding of the anticancer effects of bee venom and MEL on different kinds of cancers. Further, we also present the available information for the possible mechanism of action of bee venom and/or MEL.
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Rady I. et al. Melittin, a major peptide component of bee venom, and its conjugates in cancer therapy // Cancer Letters. 2017. Vol. 402. pp. 16-31.
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Rady I., Siddiqui I. A., Rady M., Mukhtar H. Melittin, a major peptide component of bee venom, and its conjugates in cancer therapy // Cancer Letters. 2017. Vol. 402. pp. 16-31.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1016/j.canlet.2017.05.010
UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canlet.2017.05.010
TI - Melittin, a major peptide component of bee venom, and its conjugates in cancer therapy
T2 - Cancer Letters
AU - Rady, Islam
AU - Siddiqui, Imtiaz A.
AU - Rady, Mohamad
AU - Mukhtar, Hasan
PY - 2017
DA - 2017/08/01
PB - Elsevier
SP - 16-31
VL - 402
PMID - 28536009
SN - 0304-3835
SN - 1872-7980
ER -
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@article{2017_Rady,
author = {Islam Rady and Imtiaz A. Siddiqui and Mohamad Rady and Hasan Mukhtar},
title = {Melittin, a major peptide component of bee venom, and its conjugates in cancer therapy},
journal = {Cancer Letters},
year = {2017},
volume = {402},
publisher = {Elsevier},
month = {aug},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canlet.2017.05.010},
pages = {16--31},
doi = {10.1016/j.canlet.2017.05.010}
}