Harnessing the potency of scorpion venom-derived proteins:applications in cancer therapy  

作　　者：Jihad El-Qassas Mahmoud Abd El-Atti Nagwa El-Badri 

机构地区：[1]Department of Zoology,Faculty of Science,Zagazig University,Zagazig 44519,Egypt [2]Center of Excellence for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine,Zewail City of Science and Technology,6th of October City,Giza 12578,Egypt.

出　　处：《Bioresources and Bioprocessing》2024年第1期1221-1243,共23页生物资源与生物加工(英文)

基　　金：Open access funding provided by The Science,Technology&Innovation Funding Authority(STDF)in cooperation with The Egyptian Knowledge Bank(EKB).

摘　　要：Despite breakthroughs in the development of cancer diagnosis and therapy,most current therapeutic approaches lack precise specificity and sensitivity,resulting in damage to healthy cells.Selective delivery of anti-cancer agents is thus an important goal of cancer therapy.Scorpion venom(SV)and/or body parts have been used since early civilizations for medicinal purposes,and in cultures,SV is still applied to the treatment of several diseases including cancer.SV contains numerous active micro and macromolecules with diverse pharmacological effects.These include potent anti-microbial,anti-viral,anti-inflammatory,and anti-cancer properties.This review focuses on the recent advances of SV-derived peptides as promising anti-cancer agents and their diagnostic and therapeutic potential applications in cancers such as glioma,breast cancer,prostate cancer,and colon cancer.Well-characterized SV-derived peptides are thus needed to serve as potent and selective adjuvant therapy for cancer,to significantly enhance the patients’survival and wellbeing.

关 键 词：SV-derived peptides Anticancer agents Cancer therapy Drug development Drug discovery Peptide therapeutics 

分 类 号：R73[医药卫生—肿瘤]