Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Coordinate β-adrenergic inhibition of mitochondrial activity and angiogenesis arrest tumor growth

  • Cristina Nuevo-Tapioles,
  • Fulvio Santacatterina,
  • Konstantinos Stamatakis,
  • Cristina Núñez de Arenas,
  • Marta Gómez de Cedrón,
  • Laura Formentini,
  • José M. Cuezva

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17384-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Targeting mitochondrial metabolism in cancer cells has shown promising therapeutic potential. Here, the authors screen FDA-approved compound library and show that the β1-blocker nebivolol inhibits oxidative phosphorylation and angiogenesis in cancer cells and can be re-purposed for cancer therapy.