Volume 45, Issue s1 pp. 25-31
Review

The interplay between p66Shc, reactive oxygen species and cancer cell metabolism

Magdalena Lebiedzinska-Arciszewska

Magdalena Lebiedzinska-Arciszewska

Department of Biochemistry, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland

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Monika Oparka

Monika Oparka

Department of Biochemistry, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland

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Ignacio Vega-Naredo

Ignacio Vega-Naredo

Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

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Agnieszka Karkucinska-Wieckowska

Agnieszka Karkucinska-Wieckowska

Department of Pathology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland

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Paolo Pinton

Paolo Pinton

Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

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Jerzy Duszynski

Jerzy Duszynski

Department of Biochemistry, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland

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Mariusz R. Wieckowski

Corresponding Author

Mariusz R. Wieckowski

Department of Biochemistry, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland

Correspondence to: Mariusz R. Wieckowski, Department of Biochemistry, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 3 Pasteur Street, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland Tel: (048) 22 589-23-72 Fax: (048) 22 822-53-42 e-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author
First published: 18 December 2014
Citations: 28

Abstract

The adaptor protein p66Shc links membrane receptors to intracellular signalling pathways and has the potential to respond to energy status changes and regulate mitogenic signalling. Initially reported to mediate growth signals in normal and cancer cells, p66Shc has also been recognized as a pro-apoptotic protein involved in the cellular response to oxidative stress. Moreover, it is a key element in processes such as cancer cell proliferation, tumor progression, metastasis and metabolic reprogramming. Recent findings on the role of p66Shc in the above-mentioned processes have been obtained through the use of various tumor cell types, including prostate, breast, ovarian, lung, colon, skin and thyroid cancer cells. Interestingly, the impact of p66Shc on the proliferation rate was mainly observed in prostate tumors, while its impact on metastasis was mainly found in breast cancers. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge about the possible roles of p66Shc in different cancers.

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