Abstract
Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α is over-expressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and degraded by ubiquitin-proteasome pathways under normoxic conditions. Hepatocyte hypoxia enhances proliferation, angiogenesis, metastasis, chemoresistance, and radioresistance of HCC. The importance role of HIF-1α expression in HCC may improve the prognostic and therapeutic technique. This article reviews the HIF-1α expression and its gene during the rat HCC development, the level of HIF-1α expression in HCC patients, and the effect of silencing HIF-1α gene by miRNA on inhibition of HepG2 cell proliferation.
Keywords: Hepatocellular carcinoma, hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha, vascular endothelial growth factor, angiopoietin-2, and molecular-targeted therapy.
Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry
Title:Hypoxia-inducible Factor-1alpha: Molecular-targeted Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Volume: 13 Issue: 9
Author(s): Z. Z. Dong, M. Yao, L. Wang, W. Wu, X. Gu and D. F. Yao
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Keywords: Hepatocellular carcinoma, hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha, vascular endothelial growth factor, angiopoietin-2, and molecular-targeted therapy.
Abstract: Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α is over-expressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and degraded by ubiquitin-proteasome pathways under normoxic conditions. Hepatocyte hypoxia enhances proliferation, angiogenesis, metastasis, chemoresistance, and radioresistance of HCC. The importance role of HIF-1α expression in HCC may improve the prognostic and therapeutic technique. This article reviews the HIF-1α expression and its gene during the rat HCC development, the level of HIF-1α expression in HCC patients, and the effect of silencing HIF-1α gene by miRNA on inhibition of HepG2 cell proliferation.
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Dong Z. Z., Yao M., Wang L., Wu W., Gu X. and Yao F. D., Hypoxia-inducible Factor-1alpha: Molecular-targeted Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry 2013; 13 (9) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389557511313090004
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389557511313090004 |
Print ISSN 1389-5575 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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