Targeting autophagy for breast cancer prevention and therapy: From classical methods to phytochemical agents
Breast cancer is a heterogeneous illness comprising diverse biological subtypes, each of which differs in incidence, response to therapies, and prognosis. Despite the presence of novel medications that effectively target vital cellular signaling pathways and their application in clinical practice, b...
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| author | Sadegh Rajabi Heeva Shakib Nahid Safari-Alighiarloo Marc Maresca Maryam Hamzelo Moghadam |
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| description | Breast cancer is a heterogeneous illness comprising diverse biological subtypes, each of which differs in incidence, response to therapies, and prognosis. Despite the presence of novel medications that effectively target vital cellular signaling pathways and their application in clinical practice, breast cancer can still develop resistance to therapies by various mechanisms. Autophagy is a conserved catabolic cellular process that maintains intracellular metabolic homeostasis by removing dysfunctional or unnecessary cellular materials to recycle cytosolic components. This process serves as an adaptive survival response to diverse stress stimuli, thereby contributing to tumor initiation, progression, and drug resistance, leading to restriction of the effectiveness of chemotherapeutic treatments. Regarding this potential role of autophagy, molecular regulation and signal transduction of this process represent an attractive approach to combat cancer development and drug resistance. Among various therapeutic agents, bioactive plant-derived compounds have received significant interest as promising anticancer drugs. A plethora of evidence has shown that phytochemicals with the capacity to modulate autophagy may have the potential to be used as inhibitors of breast cancer growth. In this review, we describe recent findings on autophagy targeting along with conventional methods for breast cancer therapy. Subsequently, we introduce phytochemical compounds with the capacity to modulate autophagy for breast cancer treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9e8c7bb79e9b41da88897b05423edbcb2025-07-27T09:50:57ZengMashhad University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences2008-38662008-38742024-12-0127121475149110.22038/ijbms.2024.79405.1720124704Targeting autophagy for breast cancer prevention and therapy: From classical methods to phytochemical agentsSadegh Rajabi0Heeva Shakib1Nahid Safari-Alighiarloo2Marc Maresca3Maryam Hamzelo Moghadam4Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranCellular and Molecular Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranEndocrine Research Center, Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranAix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, iSm2, 13013 Marseille, FranceTraditional Medicine and Materia Medica Research Center and Department of Traditional Pharmacy, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranBreast cancer is a heterogeneous illness comprising diverse biological subtypes, each of which differs in incidence, response to therapies, and prognosis. Despite the presence of novel medications that effectively target vital cellular signaling pathways and their application in clinical practice, breast cancer can still develop resistance to therapies by various mechanisms. Autophagy is a conserved catabolic cellular process that maintains intracellular metabolic homeostasis by removing dysfunctional or unnecessary cellular materials to recycle cytosolic components. This process serves as an adaptive survival response to diverse stress stimuli, thereby contributing to tumor initiation, progression, and drug resistance, leading to restriction of the effectiveness of chemotherapeutic treatments. Regarding this potential role of autophagy, molecular regulation and signal transduction of this process represent an attractive approach to combat cancer development and drug resistance. Among various therapeutic agents, bioactive plant-derived compounds have received significant interest as promising anticancer drugs. A plethora of evidence has shown that phytochemicals with the capacity to modulate autophagy may have the potential to be used as inhibitors of breast cancer growth. In this review, we describe recent findings on autophagy targeting along with conventional methods for breast cancer therapy. Subsequently, we introduce phytochemical compounds with the capacity to modulate autophagy for breast cancer treatment.https://ijbms.mums.ac.ir/article_24704_5eb144972a7e9750c01d2dcbedc5e001.pdfautophagybreast cancercell deathphytochemicalstargeted therapy |
| spellingShingle | Sadegh Rajabi Heeva Shakib Nahid Safari-Alighiarloo Marc Maresca Maryam Hamzelo Moghadam Targeting autophagy for breast cancer prevention and therapy: From classical methods to phytochemical agents Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences autophagy breast cancer cell death phytochemicals targeted therapy |
| title | Targeting autophagy for breast cancer prevention and therapy: From classical methods to phytochemical agents |
| title_full | Targeting autophagy for breast cancer prevention and therapy: From classical methods to phytochemical agents |
| title_fullStr | Targeting autophagy for breast cancer prevention and therapy: From classical methods to phytochemical agents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Targeting autophagy for breast cancer prevention and therapy: From classical methods to phytochemical agents |
| title_short | Targeting autophagy for breast cancer prevention and therapy: From classical methods to phytochemical agents |
| title_sort | targeting autophagy for breast cancer prevention and therapy from classical methods to phytochemical agents |
| topic | autophagy breast cancer cell death phytochemicals targeted therapy |
| url | https://ijbms.mums.ac.ir/article_24704_5eb144972a7e9750c01d2dcbedc5e001.pdf |
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