摘要
Cofilin is a low molecular weight actin-binding protein widely found in eukaryotic cells in ADF/cofilin family proteins,which has a wide range of biological effects and has gradually become a research hotspot in recent years.We review the structural characteristics of cofilin,the mechanism of regulating actin,biological functions,and the relationship with clinical diseases to explore its role in the development of cancer,nervous system diseases,osteoarthritis,heart and kidney diseases.The use of cofilin phosphorylation pathways as major action-targeting sites in the treatment of these diseases could provide a basis for the development of new drugs,such as Rho related protein kinases inhibitors netarsudil to prevent cancer metastasis,neuroligin C-terminal domain(NLG1-CTD)peptides with high affinity to inhibit LIM kinase thereby preventing nervous system diseases,grape seed proanthocyanidins to inhibit cofilin related oxidative stress in the treatment of heart and kidney diseases.
基金
This work is supported by the General Research Project of Zhejiang Education Department(No.Y202044448).
