Bortezomib is a dipeptide boronic acid derivative and proteasome inhibitor used to treat multiple myeloma and mantle cell lymphoma. The 26S proteasome is a protein complex that degrades ubiquitinated proteins in the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway: reversible inhibition of the 26S proteasome, leading to cell cycle arrest and apoptosis of cancer cells, is thought to be the main mechanism of action of bortezomib. However, multiple mechanisms may be involved in the anticancer activity of bortezomib.
Bortezomib was first synthesized in 1995. In May 2003, bortezomib became the first anticancer proteasome inhibitor that was approved by the FDA under the trade name VELCADE. Phase I, II, III, and IV clinical trials are undergoing to investigate the therapeutic efficacy of bortezomib in leukemia, myasthenia gravis, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, and solid tumours.
Bortezomib is indicated for the treatment of adults with multiple myeloma or mantle cell lymphoma.
Oslo University Hospital, Oslo Myeloma Centre, Oslo, Norway
Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
Vejle hospital, Vejle, Denmark
Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
Beijing GoBoard Boren Hospital, Beijing, China
Fu Xing Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
CHU Poitiers, Poitiers, France
CH de la Côte Basque, Bayonne, France
CHU Caen, Caen, France
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China
Hospital General de Mexico Dr. Eduardo Liceaga, Mexico City, Cdmx, Mexico
Peking Union Medical Cllege Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China
251 Airforces Hospital, Athens, Greece
Ankara University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey
Liv Hospital Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
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