title: PELP1: A novel therapeutic target for hormonal cancers.
abstract: Recent studies implicate that the estrogen receptor (ER) coregulator proline-, glutamic acid-, and leucine-rich protein (PELP) 1 as playing critical roles in ER-genomic, ER-nongenomic, and ER-signaling cross talk with growth factor signaling pathways. PELP1 expression is deregulated in hormonal cancers and recent studies further elucidated the molecular mechanisms by which PELP1 regulates hormone therapy response. Although PELP1 is important for normal functions of the ER, the possibility to target ER-PELP1 axis appears to be an effective strategy for preventing hormonal carcinogenesis and therapy resistance. Thus, PELP1 may be useful as prognostic marker for hormonal cancers and PELP1 signaling may be useful to generate targeted therapeutics to overcome hormonal therapy resistance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 78229, USA.
authors.forename: Dimple
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chakravarty
authors.forename: Rajeshwar Rao
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Tekmal
authors.forename: Ratna K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Vadlamudi
mesh_terms: D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D056970:Co-Repressor Proteins; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000503:physiopathology; D009376:Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D014157:Transcription Factors
chemical_list: D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; D056970:Co-Repressor Proteins; C438485:PELP1 protein, human; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors