Frontiers in Oncology (Jul 2023)

The roles of phospholipase C-β related signals in the proliferation, metastasis and angiogenesis of malignant tumors, and the corresponding protective measures

  • Yu-Nuo Wu,
  • Xing Su,
  • Xue-Qin Wang,
  • Na-Na Liu,
  • Zhou-Wei Xu,
  • Zhou-Wei Xu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2023.1231875
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13

Abstract

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PLC-β is widely distributed in eukaryotic cells and is the key enzyme in phosphatidylinositol signal transduction pathway. The cellular functions regulated by its four subtypes (PLC-β1, PLC-β2, PLC-β3, PLC-β4) play an important role in maintaining homeostasis of organism. PLC-β and its related signals can promote or inhibit the occurrence and development of cancer by affecting the growth, differentiation and metastasis of cells, while targeted intervention of PLC-β1-PI3K-AKT, PLC-β2/CD133, CXCR2-NHERF1-PLC-β3, Gαq-PLC-β4-PKC-MAPK and so on can provide new strategies for the precise prevention and treatment of malignant tumors. This paper reviews the mechanism of PLC-β in various tumor cells from four aspects: proliferation and differentiation, invasion and metastasis, angiogenesis and protective measures.

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