Marine Anticancer Agents: An Overview with a Particular Focus on Their Chemical Classes

The marine environment is a rich source of biologically active molecules for the treatment of human diseases, especially cancer. The adaptation to unique environmental conditions led marine organisms to evolve di erent pathways than their terrestrial counterparts, thus producing unique chemicals with a broad diversity and complexity. So far, more than 36,000 compounds have been isolated from marine micro- and macro-organisms including but not limited to fungi, bacteria, microalgae, macroalgae, sponges, corals, mollusks and tunicates, with hundreds of new marine natural products (MNPs) being discovered every year.Marine-based pharmaceuticals have started to impactmodern pharmacology and different anti-cancer drugs derived frommarine compounds have been approved for clinical use, such as: cytarabine, vidarabine, nelarabine (prodrug of ara-G), fludarabine phosphate (pro-drug of ara-A), trabectedin, eribulin mesylate, brentuximab vedotin, polatuzumab vedotin, enfortumab vedotin, belantamab mafodotin, plitidepsin, and lurbinectedin. This review focuses on the bioactive molecules derived from the marine environment with anticancer activity, discussing their families, origin, structural features and therapeutic use.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Barreca, Marilia, Spanò, Virginia, Montalbano, Alessandra, Cueto, Mercedes, Díaz Marrero, Ana R., Deniz, Irem, Erdoğan, Ayşegül, Lukić Bilela, Lada, Moulin, Corentin, Taffin-de-Givenchy, Elisabeth, Spriano, Filippo, Perale, Giuseppe, Mehiri, Mohamed, Rotter, Ana, Thomas, Olivier P., Barraja, Paola, Gaudêncio, Susana P., Bertoni, Francesco
Other Authors:	European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Format:	artículo de revisión biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020-12-04
Subjects:	Marine natural products, Marine drugs, Anticancer, Drug discovery, Clinical pipeline,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10261/224408 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000921 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004837 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
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