Generic placeholder image

Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 1871-5206
ISSN (Online): 1875-5992

Hypoxia-Inducible Factors and Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Signaling

Author(s): Olivier Cuvillier and Isabelle Ader

Volume 11, Issue 9, 2011

Page: [854 - 862] Pages: 9

DOI: 10.2174/187152011797655050

Price: $65

Abstract

Hypoxia, defined as reduced tissue oxygen concentration, is a characteristic of solid tumors and is an indicator of unfavorable diagnosis in patients. At the cellular level, the adaptation to hypoxia is under the control of two related transcription factors, HIF-1α and HIF-2α (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor), which activate expression of genes promoting angiogenesis, metastasis, increased tumor growth and resistance to treatments. A role for HIF-1α and HIF-2α is also emerging in hematologic malignancies such as lymphoma and l eukemia. Recent studies have identified the sphingosine kinase 1/sphingosine 1-phosphate (SphK1/S1P) signaling pathway - which elicits various cellular processes including cell proliferation, cell survival or angiogenesis - as a new regulator of HIF-1α or HIF-2α activity. This review will consider how targeting the SphK1/S1P signaling could represent an attractive strategy for therapeutic intervention in cancer.

Keywords: Hypoxia, Hypoxia inducible factor, Sphingosine 1-Phosphate, Sphingosine kinase, cancer therapy, PHD, siRNAq, VEGF, GLUT-1, HUVECs, (ROS), PTEN


Rights & Permissions Print Cite
© 2024 Bentham Science Publishers | Privacy Policy