Title:Therapeutic Potential of Decoys for Prostate Cancers: A Review of
Recent Updates
Volume: 31
Issue: 25
Author(s): Samaneh Rezaei, Maryam Mahjoubin-Tehran, Rabah Iratni and Amirhossein Sahebkar*
Affiliation:
- Biotechnology
Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad,
Iran
- Applied Biomedical Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
- Department of Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical
Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Keywords:
Anticancer therapy, decoy ODN, decoy peptide, prostate cancer, technology, therapeutic.
Abstract: Prostate cancer is ranked second among the most common male cancers. Androgen
deprivation therapy (ADT) has long been the first-line treatment and the basis for
all other therapies, reducing circulating androgens to castration levels and preventing disease
development. Nevertheless, ADT monotherapy may not always limit disease development,
and even at low testosterone levels, hormone-sensitive prostate cancer will become
castration-resistant. Recent research demonstrates that prostate cancer can have a
range of potentially actionable genetic abnormalities; no medications that target these
variations have yet been shown to elicit therapeutic advantages. Despite their established
efficacy in the management of other cancers, advanced genetic or immunological approaches
are not regularly used to treat prostate cancer patients. As a result, there is an unmet
demand for medicines that offer a better chance of survival than the existing castration-
resistance prostate cancer (CRPC) therapy regimens. The use of oligodeoxynucleotides
(ODN) and peptides in decoy technology have been developed as novel therapeutic
approaches. Decoy ODNs bind to a particular transcription factor with high affinity
and may suppress gene transcription. Peptide decoys bind to specific ligands with high
specificity and inhibit signaling pathways. Recent evidence supports the notion that these
techniques are promising and attractive in the fight against cancer. In the present review,
we discuss the use of decoy technology as a novel therapeutic approach against prostate
cancer.