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Venom-Derived Peptides Targeting Pancreatic Cancer

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Last updated: 09 Mar 2025

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Medical Sciences

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer is a fatal tumor with a 5-year survival rate below 10%. Pancreatic cancer is commonly diagnosed late, with distant metastases. Thus, surgical cures are rare. First-line surgery is often followed by adjuvant chemotherapy. The development of non-surgical pancreatic cancer treatments is very urgent. However, therapeutic resistance continues to affect pancreatic cancer therapy and prognosis. This requires a detailed understanding of therapy resistance processes. Additionally, novel therapeutic methods must be actively investigated as treatments. Pancreatic cancer treatment with natural products has advanced anti-tumor drugs. Several clinical trials have indicated that natural compounds and their derivatives slow pancreatic cancer growth. These effects are achieved by inhibiting angiogenesis, cell migration, and proliferation. Natural products also induce apoptosis and cell death to stop the cell cycle. Animal venom contains bioactive chemicals like amino acids, biogenic amines, nucleotides, inorganic salts, toxic peptides and enzymes that may be medicinal. Recent research has shown that animal venom inhibits many cancer cell types through various pathways. This is done by inhibiting ion channels or binding to cancer cell membrane targets. Animal venom inhibits metastasis and invasion. They also activate intracellular apoptosis and cell cycle arrest pathways. This review article provides insight into the anticancer mechanism of certain venom peptides isolated from various venomous animals targeting pancreatic cancer.

DOI

10.21608/aels.2024.283856.1052

Keywords

Natural Toxins, Venomics, Anticancer Peptides, apoptosis

Authors

First Name

Aya

Last Name

Ali

MiddleName

Abd el-naby

Affiliation

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt

Email

ayasalama343@gmail.com

City

Ismailia

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Abdel-Rahman

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt

Email

mohamed_hassanain@science.suez.edu.eg

City

Ismailia

Orcid

-

First Name

Moahmed

Last Name

Nafie

MiddleName

Shaban

Affiliation

Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt.

Email

mohamed_nafie@science.suez.edu.eeg

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Volume

5

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

54223

Issue Date

2024-03-01

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2024-05-03

Publish Date

2024-03-01

Page Start

57

Page End

72

Print ISSN

2805-3060

Online ISSN

2805-3079

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5

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Reviews Articles.

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2,117

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Advances in Environmental and Life Sciences

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https://aels.journals.ekb.eg/

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Venom-Derived Peptides Targeting Pancreatic Cancer

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Created At

09 Mar 2025