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Emerging Roles of C-Myc in Cancer Stem Cell-Related Signaling and Resistance to Cancer Chemotherapy: A Potential Therapeutic Target Against Colorectal Cancer.

Int J Mol Sci. • 2019
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Authors Mohamed Elbadawy, Tatsuya Usui, Hideyuki Yamawaki and Kazuaki Sasaki
Keywords c-Myc; cancer organoid; colorectal cancer; cancer stem cell
Journal Int J Mol Sci.
Publisher MDPI
Volume 20
Issue 9
Pages 2340
publication.type International
Paper Link Open Link
Supplementary Materials Not Available
Abstract
Myc is a nuclear transcription factor that mainly regulates cell growth, cell cycle, metabolism, and survival. Myc family proteins contain c-Myc, n-Myc, and l-Myc. Among them, c-Myc can become a promising therapeutic target molecule in cancer. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are known to be responsible for the therapeutic resistance. In the previous study, we demonstrated that c-Myc mediates drug resistance of colorectal CSCs using a patient-derived primary three-dimensional (3D) organoid culture. In this review, we mainly focus on the roles of c-Myc-related signaling in the regulation of CSCs, chemotherapy resistance, and colorectal cancer organoids. Finally, we introduce the various types of c-Myc inhibitors and propose the possibility of c-Myc as a therapeutic target against colorectal cancer.