Cancer Treatment Reviews, volume 39, issue 5, pages 444-456

Novel anticancer therapeutics targeting telomerase

Ruden Maria 1
Puri Neelu 1
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Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, Rockford, IL 61107 1822, USA
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2013-08-01
Quartile SCImago
Q1
Quartile WOS
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Impact factor11.8
ISSN03057372
Oncology
General Medicine
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Abstract
Telomeres are protective caps at the ends of human chromosomes. Telomeres shorten with each successive cell division in normal human cells whereas, in tumors, they are continuously elongated by human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT). Telomerase is overexpressed in 80-95% of cancers and is present in very low levels or is almost undetectable in normal cells. Because telomerase plays a pivotal role in cancer cell growth it may serve as an ideal target for anticancer therapeutics. Inhibition of telomerase may lead to a decrease of telomere length resulting in cell senescence and apoptosis in telomerase positive tumors. Several strategies of telomerase inhibition are reviewed, including small molecule inhibitors, antisense oligonucleotides, immunotherapies and gene therapies, targeting the hTERT or the ribonucleoprotein subunit hTER. G-quadruplex stabilizers, tankyrase and HSP90 inhibitors targeting telomere and telomerase assembly, and T-oligo approach are also covered. Based on this review, the most promising current telomerase targeting therapeutics are the antisense oligonucleotide inhibitor GRN163L and immunotherapies that use dendritic cells (GRVAC1), hTERT peptide (GV1001) or cryptic peptides (Vx-001). Most of these agents have entered phase I and II clinical trials in patients with various tumors, and have shown good response rates as evidenced by a reduction in tumor cell growth, increased overall disease survival, disease stabilization in advanced staged tumors and complete/partial responses. Most therapeutics have shown to be more effective when used in combination with standard therapies, resulting in concomitant telomere shortening and tumor mass shrinkage, as well as preventing tumor relapse and resistance to single agent therapy.

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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1016/j.ctrv.2012.06.007
UR - https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ctrv.2012.06.007
TI - Novel anticancer therapeutics targeting telomerase
T2 - Cancer Treatment Reviews
AU - Ruden, Maria
AU - Puri, Neelu
PY - 2013
DA - 2013/08/01 00:00:00
PB - Elsevier
SP - 444-456
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VL - 39
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@article{2013_Ruden,
author = {Maria Ruden and Neelu Puri},
title = {Novel anticancer therapeutics targeting telomerase},
journal = {Cancer Treatment Reviews},
year = {2013},
volume = {39},
publisher = {Elsevier},
month = {aug},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ctrv.2012.06.007},
number = {5},
pages = {444--456},
doi = {10.1016/j.ctrv.2012.06.007}
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Ruden, Maria, and Neelu Puri. “Novel anticancer therapeutics targeting telomerase.” Cancer Treatment Reviews, vol. 39, no. 5, Aug. 2013, pp. 444-456. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ctrv.2012.06.007.
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