Journal of International Reproductive Health/Family Planning ›› 2023, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (4): 348-352.doi: 10.12280/gjszjk.20230090

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Research Progress of Post-Translational Modification in Ovarian Cancer

CAO Ying, ZHANG Dong, YING Xiao-yan()   

  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sir Run Run Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210000, China (CAO Ying, YING Xiao-yan); State Key Lab of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China (ZHANG Dong)
  • Received:2023-02-28 Published:2023-07-15 Online:2023-07-26
  • Contact: YING Xiao-yan E-mail:xiaoyanying_cool@163.com

Abstract:

Although great progress has been made in the diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer in recent years, the proportion of patients with the 5-year survival is still less than 47%. It is necessary to explore actively new treatment methods or new targets. Post-translational modification (PTM) is an important way to regulate protein function. It modifies the physical and chemical properties, conformation, and the binding ability of proteins through post-translational processing of precursor proteins, thereby affecting protein activity, stability and function. At present, the research on ovarian cancer mainly focuses on PTM such as phosphorylation, acetylation, O-GlcNAcylation, S-palmitoylation and ubiquitination, which affect the proliferation, invasion, apoptosis, drug resistance and chemotherapy sensitivity of ovarian cancer cells by regulating the function of a variety of proteins, regulating related signaling pathways or affecting the expression of downstream molecules. This review on the research progress of PTM in ovarian cancer may provide a new theoretical basis for the precise and targeted therapy of ovarian cancer.

Key words: Ovarian neoplasms, Protein processing, post-translational, Phosphorylation, Acetylation, Glycosylation, Lipoylation