Title:PI3K Signaling Pathways as a Molecular Target for Glioblastoma
Multiforme
Volume: 25
Issue: 1
Author(s): Andressa Letícia Lopes da Silva, Thiago Pina Goes de Araújo, Shakira Cavalcante de Albuquerque Ferreira, Anderson Brandão Leite, João Kaycke Sarmento da Silva, Lilyana Waleska Nunes Albuquerque, Ana Rachel Vasconcelos de Lima, Herbert Charles Silva Barros, Leandro Rocha Silva, Edeildo Ferreira da Silva-Júnior, João Xavier de Araújo-Júnior, Vivaldo Moura Neto, Aline Cavalcanti de Queiroz and Magna Suzana Alexandre-Moreira*
Affiliation:
- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Immunity, Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Federal University of Alagoas,
AC. Simões campus, Maceió, 57072-900, Brazil
Keywords:
Glioblastoma, therapy, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), cancer, pharmacology, oncology.
Abstract: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common type of cancer that affects the central
nervous system (CNS). It currently accounts for about 2% of diagnosed malignant tumors
worldwide, with 296,000 new cases reported per year. The first-choice treatment consists of surgical
resection, radiotherapy, and adjuvant chemotherapy, which increases patients' survival by 15
months. New clinical and pre-clinical research aims to improve this prognosis by proposing the
search for new drugs that effectively eliminate cancer cells, circumventing problems such as resistance
to treatment. One of the promising therapeutic strategies in the treatment of GBM is the inhibition
of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway, which is closely related to the process
of tumor carcinogenesis. This review sought to address the main scientific studies of synthetic or
natural drug prototypes that target specific therapy co-directed via the PI3K pathway, against human
glioblastoma.