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Iron Dysregulation in Human Cancer: Altered Metabolism, Biomarkers for Diagnosis, Prognosis, Monitoring and Rationale for Therapy

Version 1 : Received: 20 October 2020 / Approved: 22 October 2020 / Online: 22 October 2020 (08:56:33 CEST)

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Lelièvre, P.; Sancey, L.; Coll, J.-L.; Deniaud, A.; Busser, B. Iron Dysregulation in Human Cancer: Altered Metabolism, Biomarkers for Diagnosis, Prognosis, Monitoring and Rationale for Therapy. Cancers 2020, 12, 3524. Lelièvre, P.; Sancey, L.; Coll, J.-L.; Deniaud, A.; Busser, B. Iron Dysregulation in Human Cancer: Altered Metabolism, Biomarkers for Diagnosis, Prognosis, Monitoring and Rationale for Therapy. Cancers 2020, 12, 3524.

Abstract

Iron (Fe) is a trace element that plays essential roles in various biological processes such as DNA synthesis and repair, as well as cellular energy production, or oxygen transport, and it is currently widely recognized that iron homeostasis is dysregulated in many cancers. Indeed, several iron homeostasis proteins may be responsible for malignant tumor initiation, proliferation, and for metastatic spread of tumors. A large number of studies demonstrated the potential clinical value of turning these deregulated proteins as prognostic and/or predictive biomarkers of malignancy and /or response to anticancer treatments. Additionally, the iron addiction of cancer cells and the importance of iron in ferroptosis cell death signaling pathways prompted the development of therapeutic strategies against advanced stage or resistant cancers. In this review, we selected relevant and promising studies in the field of iron metabolism in cancer research and clinical oncology. Besides, we discuss some co-existing discrepant findings. We will also present and discuss the latest lines of research related to targeting iron, or its regulatory pathways, as potential promising anti-cancer strategies for human therapy. Iron chelators, such as deferoxamine or iron-oxide based nanoparticles, which are already tested in clinical trials, alone or in combination with chemotherapy will also be reported.

Keywords

Iron homeostasis; Cancer; Prognostic; Diagnostic; Therapy

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Oncology and Oncogenics

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