Proteasome Inhibitors in Cancer Therapy

by Julian Adams (Editor)

Overview

A panel of leading academic and pharmaceutical investigators takes stock of the remarkable work that has been accomplished to date with proteasome inhibitors in cancer, and examines emerging therapeutic possibilities. The topics range from a discussion of the chemistry and cell biology of the proteasome and the rationale for proteasome inhibitors in cancer to a review of current clinical trials underway. The discussion of rationales for testing proteasome inhibitors in cancer models covers the role of the proteasome in NF-kB activation, the combining of conventional chemotherapy and radiation with proteasome inhibition, notably PS-341, new proteasome methods of inhibiting viral maturation, and the role of protesome inhibition in the treatment of AIDS. The authors also document the development of bortezomib (Velcade™) in Phase I clinical trials and in a multicentered Phase II clinical trials in patients with relapsed and refractory myeloma.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781592597949
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	05/25/2004
Series:	Cancer Drug Discovery and Development
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	328
File size:	10 MB

Table of Contents

I Cancer Drug Development.- 1 Cancer Drug Development: Challenges in a Competitive Market.- II Chemistry and Cell Biology of the Proteasome.- 2 Introduction to the Proteasome and Its Inhibitors: Biochemistry and Cell Biology.- 3 Structures of the Yeast Proteasome Core Particle in Complex with Inhibitors.- 4 Natural Product and Synthetic Proteasome Inhibitors.- 5 Other Proteasome Inhibitors.- 6 The Proteasome in Cell-Cycle Regulation.- 7 Proteasome Inhibition and Apoptosis.- 8 The Proteasome and the COMPARE Algorithm.- III Rationale for Proteasome Inhibitors in Cancer.- 9 The Proteasome in Cancer Biology and Therapy.- 10 Radiosensitization and Proteasome Inhibition.- 11 Proteasome-Dependent Regulation of NF-?B Activation: Molecular Targeting of Chemotherapy Resistance.- 12 Bortezomib with Taxanes.- 13 Proteasome Inhibitor Therapy in a Brain Tumor Model.- 14 Anthracyclines and Bortezomib.- 15 TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand (TRAIL): Combination with Proteasome Inhibition For Anticancer Therapy?.- 16 Rationale for Combining the Proteasome Inhibitor Bortezomib with Cisplatin.- 17 The Effects of the HIV-1 Protease Inhibitor Ritonavir on Proteasome Activity and Antigen Presentation.- 18 Function(s) of the Ubiquitin—Proteasome System in Retrovirus Budding.- IV Clinical Trials.- 19 Preclinical Development of Bortezomib (VELCADE™): Rationale for Clinical Studies.- 20 Phase I Trials: Bortezomib Alone and in Combination With Standard Chemotherapies.- 21 Clinical Molecular Diagnostics for Proteasome Inhibitors in Cancer Therapy.- 22 Phase II Trials of Bortezomib for the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma.

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