YAP at the Crossroads of Biomechanics and Drug Resistance in Human Cancer

Biomechanical forces are of fundamental importance in biology, diseases, and medicine. Mechanobiology is an emerging interdisciplinary field that studies how biological mechanisms are regulated by biomechanical forces and how physical principles can be leveraged to innovate new therapeutic strategies. This article reviews state-of-the-art mechanobiology knowledge about the yes-associated protein (YAP), a key mechanosensitive protein, and its roles in the development of drug resistance in human cancer. Specifically, the article discusses three topics: how YAP is mechanically regulated in living cells; the molecular mechanobiology mechanisms by which YAP, along with other functional pathways, influences drug resistance of cancer cells (particularly lung cancer cells); and finally, how the mechanical regulation of YAP can influence drug resistance and vice versa. By integrating these topics, we present a unified framework that has the potential to bring theoretical insights into the design of novel mechanomedicines and advance next-generation cancer therapies to suppress tumor progression and metastasis.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

International journal of molecular sciences - 24(2023), 15 vom: 06. Aug.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Huang, Miao [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Heyang [VerfasserIn]
Mackey, Cole [VerfasserIn]
Chung, Michael C [VerfasserIn]
Guan, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Guangrong [VerfasserIn]
Roy, Arkaprava [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Mingyi [VerfasserIn]
Vulpe, Christopher [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Xin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
Bioengineering
Biomechanics
CRISPR/Cas9 imaging
Cancer
Drug resistance
Extracellular matrix (ECM)
Journal Article
Mechanobiology
Mechanomedicine
Review
Transcription Factors
Yes-associated protein (YAP)

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Date Completed 14.08.2023

Date Revised 15.08.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijms241512491

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360693725