title: Nuclear factor-kappaB inhibitors as sensitizers to anticancer drugs.
abstract: The cytotoxicity of chemotherapeutic agents is attributed to apoptosis. Acquired resistance to the effects of chemotherapy has emerged as a significant impediment to effective cancer therapy. One feature that cytotoxic treatments of cancer have in common is their activation of the transcription factor nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB), which regulates cell survival. NF-kappaB activation suppresses the apoptotic potential of chemotherapeutic agents and contributes to resistance. What evidence is there that inhibitors of NF-kappaB might promote apoptosis in cancer cells and can NF-kappaB inhibitors be used to overcome resistance to chemotherapeutic agents?
authors.affiliation: Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Disease Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22, Honkomagome, Bunkyoku, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan. chikashi-n@world.ocn.ne.jp
authors.forename: Chikashi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toi
mesh_terms: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000494:pharmacology; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D004032:Diet; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000235:genetics; D020543:Proteome / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D013256:Steroids / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D016328:NF-kappa B; D020543:Proteome; D013256:Steroids