Novel agents targeting the apoptosis pathway Aaron D. Schimmer MD, PhD, FRCPC Princess Margaret Hospital Toronto, Canada
Cancer is an Elephant Cancer is a defect In apoptosis
Therapy Biology
Apoptosis
Ask1 FADD Apaf Casp BAD Casp-8 Akt Cyt- c p53 Death Substrates ICAD/DFF; PARP; Gelsolvin, etc. IAPs BAX Bcl-2 -X L Bfl-1 PUMA NOXA NF- k B I k B IKK PI3K Fas - - L gene FKHD Nur77 (TR3) Fas DR5 NF- k B Flip PTEN Death Receptors Survival Receptors Reed JC, NDDR, 2002 Ask1 FADD Apaf Casp BAD Casp-8 Akt Cyt- c p53 Death Substrates ICAD/DFF; PARP; Gelsolvin, etc. IAPs BAX Bcl-2 -X L Bfl-1 PUMA NOXA NF- B I B IKK PI3K Fas - - L gene FKHD Nur77 (TR3) Fas DR5 NF- B Flip PTEN Death Receptors Survival Receptors Reed JC, NDDR, 2002
Mitochondria Cytochrome - - C C Caspase Fadd/ mort1 FAS / TRAIL + Apaf- 1 Mitochondrial– Mediated (Intrinsic Pathway) Receptor Mediated (Extrinsic Pathway )
Mitochondria Cytochrome - - C C Caspase Fadd/ mort1 FAS / TRAIL Granzyme B + Apaf- 1 Mitochondrial– Mediated (Intrinsic Pathway) Receptor Mediated (Extrinsic Pathway ) FLIP
Mitochondria Cytochrome - - C C Caspase Fadd/ mort1 FAS / TRAIL Granzyme B + Apaf- 1 Mitochondrial– Mediated (Intrinsic Pathway) Receptor Mediated (Extrinsic Pathway ) XIAP
? Casp –3/7 inhibition Ubiquitination BIR 1 BIR 1 RING BIR 2 BIR 2 BIR 3 BIR 3 Casp –9 inhibition XIAP structure –function
Mitochondria Cytochrome - - C C Caspase Fadd/ mort1 FAS / TRAIL Granzyme B + Apaf- 1 Mitochondrial– Mediated (Intrinsic Pathway) Receptor Mediated (Extrinsic Pathway ) Bcl-2
Mitochondria Cytochrome - - C C Caspase Fadd/ mort1 FAS / TRAIL Granzyme B + Apaf- 1 Mitochondrial– Mediated (Intrinsic Pathway) Receptor Mediated (Extrinsic Pathway ) XIAP FLIP Bcl-2
Bcl-2: apoptosis and cell cycle Mitochondria Cyto-c Bcl-2 Bcl-2 Bax M S G1G1 G2G2
Strategies to inhibit Bcl-2 Antisense Oligonucleotides Chemical Bcl-2 Inhibitors
Bcl-2 Protein
(with BH3 Peptide)