Title:Differential Characteristics of HMGB2 Versus HMGB1 and their Perspectives in Ovary and Prostate Cancer
Volume: 27
Issue: 20
Author(s): María Cámara-Quílez, Aida Barreiro-Alonso, Esther Rodríguez-Bemonte, María Quindós-Varela, M. Esperanza Cerdán and Mónica Lamas-Maceiras*
Affiliation:
- EXPRELA Group, Centro de Investigacions Cientificas Avanzadas (CICA), Departamento de Bioloxia. Facultade de Ciencias, INIBIC- Universidade da Coruna, Campus de A Zapateira, 15071, A Coruna,Spain
Keywords:
Prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, differential expression, HMGB proteins, drug targets, omic approaches.
Abstract: We have summarized common and differential functions of HMGB1 and HMGB2 proteins
with reference to pathological processes, with a special focus on cancer. Currently, several
“omic” approaches help us compare the relative expression of these 2 proteins in healthy and cancerous
human specimens, as well as in a wide range of cancer-derived cell lines, or in fetal versus
adult cells. Molecules that interfere with HMGB1 functions, though through different mechanisms,
have been extensively tested as therapeutic agents in animal models in recent years, and their effects
are summarized. The review concludes with a discussion on the perspectives of HMGB molecules
as targets in prostate and ovarian cancers.