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KMID : 0043320180410040384
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Archives of Pharmacal Research
2018 Volume.41 No. 4 p.384 ~ p.408
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Antipsychotic dopamine receptor antagonists, cancer, and cancer stem cells
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Roney Md. Saiful Islam
Park Song-Kyu
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Abstract
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Cancer is one of the deadliest diseases in the world. Despite extensive studies, treating metastatic cancers remains challenging. Years of research have linked a rare set of cells known as cancer stem cells (CSCs) to drug resistance, leading to the suggestion that eradication of CSCs might be an effective therapeutic strategy. However, few drug candidates are active against CSCs. New drug discovery is often a lengthy process. Drug screening has been advantageous in identifying drug candidates. Current understanding of cancer biology has revealed various clues to target cancer from different points of view. Many studies have found dopamine receptors (DRs) in various cancers. Therefore, DR antagonists have attracted a lot of attention in cancer research. Recently, a group of antipsychotic DR antagonists has been demonstrated to possess remarkable abilities to restrain and sensitize CSCs to existing chemotherapeutics by a process called differentiation approach. In this review, we will describe current aspects of CSC-targeting therapeutics, antipsychotic DR antagonists, and their extraordinary abilities to fight cancer.
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KEYWORD
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Cancer, Cancer stem cells, Antipsychotics, Dopamine, Dopamine receptor antagonist, Differentiation therapy
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