HSP90 inhibitor antagonizing MIF: The specifics of pleiotropic cancer drug candidates

Oncoimmunology. 2012 Nov 1;1(8):1425-1426. doi: 10.4161/onci.21173.

Abstract

Constitutively stabilized HSP90 client proteins are crucial for cancer cell survival and proliferation. Thus, despite-or perhaps because of-their pleiotropic effects on variety of critical oncoproteins, HSP90 inhibitors represent a promising new class of anticancer drugs. We identified MIF as an essential HSP90 client protein in a murine model of Her2-overexpressing breast cancer.