PMID- 22924465 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130423 LR - 20240406 IS - 1744-7631 (Electronic) IS - 1472-8222 (Print) IS - 1472-8222 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 12 DP - 2012 Dec TI - Targeting disease through novel pathways of apoptosis and autophagy. PG - 1203-14 LID - 10.1517/14728222.2012.719499 [doi] AB - INTRODUCTION: Apoptosis and autophagy impact cell death in multiple systems of the body. Development of new therapeutic strategies that target these processes must address their complex role during developmental cell growth as well as during the modulation of toxic cellular environments. AREAS COVERED: Novel signaling pathways involving Wnt1-inducible signaling pathway protein 1 (WISP1), phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), protein kinase B (Akt), beta-catenin and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) govern apoptotic and autophagic pathways during oxidant stress that affect the course of a broad spectrum of disease entities including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, myocardial injury, skeletal system trauma, immune system dysfunction and cancer progression. Implications of potential biological and clinical outcome for these signaling pathways are presented. EXPERT OPINION: The CCN family member WISP1 and its intimate relationship with canonical and non-canonical wingless signaling pathways of PI3K, Akt1, beta-catenin and mTOR offer an exciting approach for governing the pathways of apoptosis and autophagy especially in clinical disorders that are currently without effective treatments. Future studies that can elucidate the intricate role of these cytoprotective pathways during apoptosis and autophagy can further the successful translation and development of these cellular targets into robust and safe clinical therapeutic strategies. FAU - Maiese, Kenneth AU - Maiese K AD - New Jersey Health Sciences University, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Signaling, F 1220, 205 South Orange Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07101, USA. wntin75@yahoo.com FAU - Chong, Zhao Zhong AU - Chong ZZ FAU - Shang, Yan Chen AU - Shang YC FAU - Wang, Shaohui AU - Wang S LA - eng GR - R01 NS053946/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - NS059346-03S1/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - NS059346-04/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20120827 PL - England TA - Expert Opin Ther Targets JT - Expert opinion on therapeutic targets JID - 101127833 RN - 0 (CCN Intercellular Signaling Proteins) RN - 0 (CCN4 protein, human) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins) RN - 0 (beta Catenin) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Apoptosis/*physiology MH - Autophagy/*physiology MH - CCN Intercellular Signaling Proteins/metabolism MH - Disease MH - Humans MH - Oxidative Stress MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism MH - beta Catenin/metabolism PMC - PMC3500415 MID - NIHMS404106 COIS- Declaration of interest The authors state no other conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2012/08/29 06:00 MHDA- 2013/04/24 06:00 PMCR- 2013/12/01 CRDT- 2012/08/29 06:00 PHST- 2012/08/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/08/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/04/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1517/14728222.2012.719499 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Expert Opin Ther Targets. 2012 Dec;16(12):1203-14. doi: 10.1517/14728222.2012.719499. Epub 2012 Aug 27.