PMID- 33002608 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220502 LR - 20220502 IS - 1096-3650 (Electronic) IS - 1044-579X (Linking) VI - 80 DP - 2022 May TI - Targeting hypoxia-inducible factor-1, for cancer treatment: Recent advances in developing small-molecule inhibitors from natural compounds. PG - 379-390 LID - S1044-579X(20)30202-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.semcancer.2020.09.011 [doi] AB - Rapid progress in molecular cancer biology coupled with the discovery of novel oncology drugs has opened new horizons for cancer target discovery. As one of the crucial signaling pathways related to tumorigenesis, hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) coordinates the activity of many transcription factors and their downstream molecules that impact tumor growth and metastasis. Accumulating evidence suggests that the transcriptional responses to acute hypoxia are mainly attributable to HIF-1alpha. Moreover, the overexpression of HIF-1alpha in several solid cancers has been found to be strongly associated with poor prognosis. Thus, pharmacological targeting of the HIF-1 signaling pathways has been considered as a new strategy for cancer therapy in the recent years. Although over the past decade, tremendous efforts have been made in preclinical studies to develop new HIF-1 inhibitors from natural products (reservoirs of novel therapeutic agents), to date, these efforts have not been successfully translated into clinically available treatments. In this review, we provide new insights into the bio-pharmacological considerations for selecting natural compounds as potential HIF-1 inhibitors to accelerate anti-cancer drug development. In addition, we highlighted the importance of assessing the dependency of cancer on HIF1A to shortlist cancer types as suitable disease models. This may subsequently lead to new paradigms for discovering more HIF-1 inhibitors derived from natural products and facilitate the development of potent therapeutic agents targeting specific cancer types. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Ma, Zhaowu AU - Ma Z AD - School of Basic Medicine, Health Science Center, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434023, China; The First School of Clinical Medicine, Health Science Center, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434023k, China. FAU - Xiang, Xiaoqiang AU - Xiang X AD - School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai 201203, China. FAU - Li, Shiya AU - Li S AD - Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom. FAU - Xie, Peng AU - Xie P AD - School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai 201203, China; China State Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Shanghai 201203, China. FAU - Gong, Quan AU - Gong Q AD - School of Basic Medicine, Health Science Center, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434023, China; The First School of Clinical Medicine, Health Science Center, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434023k, China. Electronic address: gongquan1998@163.com. FAU - Goh, Boon-Cher AU - Goh BC AD - Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117600, Singapore; Department of Haematology-Oncology, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore 119228, Singapore; Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore. Electronic address: phcgbc@nus.edu.sg. FAU - Wang, Lingzhi AU - Wang L AD - Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117600, Singapore; Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore. Electronic address: csiwl@nus.edu.sg. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20200928 PL - England TA - Semin Cancer Biol JT - Seminars in cancer biology JID - 9010218 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Biological Products) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1) SB - IM MH - *Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - *Biological Products/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Humans MH - Hypoxia MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1/therapeutic use MH - *Neoplasms/pathology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cancer treatment OT - Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 OT - Natural compounds OT - Small-molecule inhibitors EDAT- 2020/10/02 06:00 MHDA- 2022/05/03 06:00 CRDT- 2020/10/01 20:11 PHST- 2020/02/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/09/06 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/09/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/10/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/05/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/10/01 20:11 [entrez] AID - S1044-579X(20)30202-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.semcancer.2020.09.011 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Semin Cancer Biol. 2022 May;80:379-390. doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2020.09.011. Epub 2020 Sep 28.