PMID- 36291854 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20221030 IS - 2072-6694 (Print) IS - 2072-6694 (Electronic) IS - 2072-6694 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 20 DP - 2022 Oct 17 TI - Understanding Mechanisms of RKIP Regulation to Improve the Development of New Diagnostic Tools. LID - 10.3390/cancers14205070 [doi] LID - 5070 AB - One of the most dangerous aspects of cancer cell biology is their ability to grow, spread and form metastases in the main vital organs. The identification of dysregulated markers that drive intracellular signalling involved in the malignant transformation of neoplastic cells and the understanding of the mechanisms that regulate these processes is undoubtedly a key objective for the development of new and more targeted therapies. RAF-kinase inhibitor protein (RKIP) is an endogenous tumour suppressor protein that affects tumour cell survival, proliferation, and metastasis. RKIP might serve as an early tumour biomarker since it exhibits significantly different expression levels in various cancer histologies and it is often lost during metastatic progression. In this review, we discuss the specific impact of transcriptional, post-transcriptional and post-translational regulation of expression and activation/inhibition of RKIP and focus on those tumours for which experimental data on all these factors are available. In this way, we could select how these processes cooperate with RKIP expression in (1) Lung cancer; (2) Colon cancer, (3) Breast cancer; (4) myeloid neoplasm and Multiple Myeloma, (5) Melanoma and (6) clear cell Renal Cell Carcinoma. Furthermore, since RKIP seems to be a key marker of the development of several tumours and it may be assessed easily in various biological fluids, here we discuss the potential role of RKIP dosing in more accessible biological matrices other than tissues. Moreover, this objective may intercept the still unmet need to identify new and more accurate markers for the early diagnosis and prognosis of many tumours. FAU - Papale, Massimo AU - Papale M AD - Unit of Clinical Pathology, Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, University Hospital "Policlinico Foggia", 71122 Foggia, Italy. FAU - Netti, Giuseppe Stefano AU - Netti GS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3495-2707 AD - Unit of Clinical Pathology, Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy. AD - Unit of Nephology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Advanced Research Center on Kidney Aging (A.R.K.A.), Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy. FAU - Stallone, Giovanni AU - Stallone G AD - Unit of Nephology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Advanced Research Center on Kidney Aging (A.R.K.A.), Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy. FAU - Ranieri, Elena AU - Ranieri E AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4996-3938 AD - Unit of Clinical Pathology, Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy. AD - Unit of Nephology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Advanced Research Center on Kidney Aging (A.R.K.A.), Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy. LA - eng GR - University Research Projects 2019 "PRA 2019" and 2021 "PRA 2021", both granted to G.S.N./University of Foggia/ PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20221017 PL - Switzerland TA - Cancers (Basel) JT - Cancers JID - 101526829 PMC - PMC9600137 OTO - NOTNLM OT - PhosphoRKIP OT - RKIP OT - biological fluids OT - biomarkers OT - cancer OT - tissue COIS- Massimo Papale and Elena Ranieri are currently shareholders of FLUIDIA srl, a biotech company that developed and patented a new method of RKIP/p-RKIP measurement in biological samples. (Applicant FLUIDIA srl; Inventor: Massimo Papale). EDAT- 2022/10/28 06:00 MHDA- 2022/10/28 06:01 PMCR- 2022/10/17 CRDT- 2022/10/27 01:14 PHST- 2022/09/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/10/07 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/10/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/10/27 01:14 [entrez] PHST- 2022/10/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/10/28 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/10/17 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cancers14205070 [pii] AID - cancers-14-05070 [pii] AID - 10.3390/cancers14205070 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cancers (Basel). 2022 Oct 17;14(20):5070. doi: 10.3390/cancers14205070.