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ReviewOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2017

The eIF4E2-Directed Hypoxic Cap-Dependent Translation Machinery Reveals Novel Therapeutic Potential for Cancer Treatment.

Gaelan Melanson, Sara Timpano, James Uniacke

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Review in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gaelan MelansonDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Sara TimpanoDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1177-8531
James UniackeDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-9632-4277
University of Guelph · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypoxia is an aspect of the tumor microenvironment that is linked to radiation and chemotherapy resistance, metastasis, and poor prognosis. The ability of hypoxic tumor cells to achieve these cancer hallmarks is, in part, due to changes in their gene expression profiles. Cancer cells have a high demand for protein synthesis, and translational control is subsequently deregulated. Various mechanisms of translation initiation are active to improve the translation efficiency of select transcripts to drive cancer progression. This review will focus on a noncanonical cap-dependent translation initiation mechanism that utilizes the eIF4E homolog eIF4E2, a hypoxia-activated cap-binding protein that is implicated in hypoxic cancer cell migration, invasion, and tumor growth in mouse xenografts. A historical perspective about eIF4E2 and its various aliases will be provided followed by an evaluation of potential therapeutic strategies. The recent successes of disabling canonical translation and eIF4E with drugs should highlight the novel therapeutic potential of targeting the homologous eIF4E2 in the treatment of hypoxic solid tumors.

Indexed as

AnimalsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsEndothelial PAS Domain-Containing Protein 1Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4EHumansHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1NeoplasmsProtein BiosynthesisRNA Cap-Binding ProteinsTumor MicroenvironmentBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsEndothelial PAS Domain-Containing Protein 1Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4EHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1RNA Cap-Binding Proteins

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PMID29317983
PMCPMC5727761
OpenAlexW2769603806

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