Telomerase as a therapeutic target in glioblastoma

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作者
Aquilanti, Elise [1 ,2 ]
Kageler, Lauren [2 ]
Wen, Patrick Y. [1 ]
Meyerson, Matthew [2 ,3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Dana Farber Canc Inst, Div Neuro Oncol, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[2] Broad Inst, Canc Program, Cambridge, MA USA
[3] Dana Farber Canc Inst, Dept Med Oncol, 450 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[4] Harvard Med Sch, Dept Genet, Boston, MA 02115 USA
关键词
genomic driver; glioblastoma; targeted therapies; telomerase; TERT PROMOTER MUTATIONS; REVERSE-TRANSCRIPTASE; INHIBITOR IMETELSTAT; CATALYTIC SUBUNIT; PHASE-II; CANCER; HETEROGENEITY; RECURRENT; CELLS; GRN163L;
D O I
10.1093/neuonc/noab203
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R73 [肿瘤学];
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100214 ;
摘要
Glioblastoma is the most common primary malignant brain tumor in adults and it continues to have a dismal prognosis. The development of targeted therapeutics has been particularly challenging, in part due to a limited number of oncogenic mutations and significant intra-tumoral heterogeneity. TERT promoter mutations were first discovered in melanoma and later found to be present in up to 80% of glioblastoma samples. They are also frequent clonal alterations in this tumor. TERT promoter mutations are one of the mechanisms for telomerase reactivation, providing cancers with cellular immortality. Telomerase is a reverse transcriptase ribonucleoprotein complex that maintains telomere length in cells with high proliferative ability. In this article, we present genomic and pre-clinical data that support telomerase as a potential "Achilles' heel" for glioblastoma. We also summarize prior experience with anti-telomerase agents and potential new approaches to tackle this target.
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页码:2004 / 2013
页数:10
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