title: Roles of GRP78 in physiology and cancer.
abstract: As one member of 70 kDa heat shock proteins, glucose-regulated protein 78 (GRP78) participates in protein folding, transportation and degradation. This sort of capacity can be enhanced by stresses under which GRP78 is induced rapidly. Unlike its homologues, GRP78 presents multifaceted subcellular position: When ER retention, it serves as the switch of unfolded protein response; When mitochondrial binding, it directly interacts with apoptotic executors; When cell surface residing, it recognizes extracellular ligands, transducing proliferative signals, especially in certain tumors. The close correlation between GRP78 and neoplasm provides us further insight into the event of carcinogenesis and cancer cell chemoresistance, indicating its prognostic predicting significance and validating potential therapeutics for clinical usage, especially because its small molecular inhibitors are emerging quickly these years. What's more, GRP78-related signaling may be helpful for clearer understanding of its biological mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgical Institute of PLA, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Lu-Hua
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism; D000091342:Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011379:Prognosis; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D056811:Unfolded Protein Response / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000091342:Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP; C000717247:HSPA5 protein, human; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D002118:Calcium