The Roles of the Unique Prolyl Isomerase Pin1 in Cancer-Related Viral and Bacterial Infections

Title:The Roles of the Unique Prolyl Isomerase Pin1 in Cancer-Related Viral and Bacterial Infections

Volume: 16 Issue: 9

Author(s): J. Wang, X.-H. Liao, M. Zheng, D. Yang, X. Z. Zhou, H. Liu and K. P. Lu

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Keywords: Prolyl isomerase Pin1, cancer-related viral and bacterial infections, ATRA, inflammatory response, NF- κB, Toll-like receptors.

Abstract: Infection is the process of pathogen invasion, as well as the host reaction to the foreign agents. Proline-directed phosphorylation is a major regulatory mechanism that regulates the function of fundamental proteins involved in infection and infection-induced cancer. Recently, the identification of the phosphorylation-dependent prolyl isomerase Pin1 has uncovered a unique regulatory signaling mechanism controlling protein conformation and function after phosphorylation. Pin1 is the only proline isomerase that specifically recognizes certain Pro-directed Ser/Thr phosphorylation motifs. Pin1 has emerged as a major regulator of cancerrelated viral and bacterial infections notably via activating Toll-like receptor signaling and NF-κB pathways. This paper will specifically review recent findings on the role of Pin1 in cancer-related viral and bacterial infections and also discuss newly discovered Pin1 inhibitors as promising drugs for the prevention and treatment of viral and bacterial infections and associated tumorigenesis.

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Wang J., Liao X.-H., Zheng M., Yang D., Zhou Z. X., Liu H. and Lu P. K., The Roles of the Unique Prolyl Isomerase Pin1 in Cancer-Related Viral and Bacterial Infections, Current Molecular Medicine 2016; 16 (9) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1566524016666161124103654