JNK-signaling: A multiplexing hub in programmed cell death

Danny N. Dhanasekaran, E. Premkumar Reddy

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Abstract

Jun N-terminal kinases or JNKs have been shown to be involved in a wide array of signaling events underlying tumorigenesis and tumor progression. Through its interaction with a diverse set of signaling proteins and adaptors, JNKs regulate cell proliferation, invasive migration, therapy resistance, and programmed cell death. JNKs have been shown to play a role in apoptotic as well as non-apoptotic programmed cell death mechanisms including those of necroptosis, ferroptosis, pyroptosis, and autophagy. Most of the tumorigenic regulatory functions of JNKs can be related to their ability to module cell death via these programmed cell death mechanisms. JNKs stimulate or inhibit cell death in a context-dependent manner by stimulating the expression of specific genes as well as by modulating the activities of pro- and anti-apoptotic proteins through distinct phosphorylation events. This review summarizes our current understanding of the role of JNK in programmed cell death and its impact on cancer growth, progression, and therapy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)682-694
Number of pages13
JournalGenes and Cancer
Volume8
Issue number9-10
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2017

Keywords

  • Apoptosis
  • Cell death
  • Ferroptosis
  • JNK
  • Necroptosis

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