HK2 Cancer Research Results

HK2, Hexokinase 2: Click to Expand ⟱
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Type: enzyme
HK2 (Hexokinase 2) is an enzyme that plays a crucial role in glycolysis, the process by which cells convert glucose into energy. HK2 is a key regulatory enzyme in the glycolytic pathway, and it is primarily expressed in various tissues, including muscle, brain, and cancer cells.
HK2 has been shown to be overexpressed in many types of tumors, including breast, lung, and colon cancer. This overexpression may contribute to the development and progression of cancer by promoting glycolysis and energy production in cancer cells.
HK2 is a key regulatory enzyme in the glycolytic pathway.
HK2 plays a role in the regulation of glucose metabolism in diabetes.
HK2 is involved in the regulation of cell proliferation, apoptosis, and autophagy.

HK2 Inhibitors:
-2DG
-Curcumin
-Resveratrol
-EGCG
-Berberine
-Methyl Jasmonate (MJ)
-Honokiol
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Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
2432- 2DG,    Inhibition of glycolytic enzyme hexokinase II (HK2) suppresses lung tumor growth
- in-vitro, Lung, H23 - in-vitro, Lung, KP2 - in-vivo, NA, NA
HK2↓, Apoptosis↑, TumAuto↑, TumCG↓,
2433- 2DG,    Hexokinase inhibitor 2-deoxyglucose coordinates citrullination of vimentin and apoptosis of fibroblast-like synoviocytes by inhibiting HK2 /mTORC1-induced autophagy
- in-vitro, Arthritis, NA - in-vivo, NA, NA
Vim↓, HK2↓,
1340- 3BP,    Safety and outcome of treatment of metastatic melanoma using 3-bromopyruvate: a concise literature review and case study
- Review, NA, NA
Glycolysis↓, HK2↓, LDH↓, OXPHOS↓, angioG↓, H2O2↑, eff↑,
5263- 3BP,  CET,    3-Bromopyruvate overcomes cetuximab resistance in human colorectal cancer cells by inducing autophagy-dependent ferroptosis
- in-vitro, CRC, DLD1 - NA, NA, HCT116
eff↑, Ferroptosis↓, TumAuto↑, Apoptosis↑, FOXO3↑, AMPKα↑, p‑Beclin-1↑, HK2↓, ATP↓, ROS↑, Dose↝, TumVol↓, TumW↓, xCT↑, GSH↓, eff↓, MDA↑,
2293- Ba,    Baicalein suppresses inflammation and attenuates acute lung injury by inhibiting glycolysis via HIF‑1α signaling
- in-vitro, Nor, MH-S - in-vivo, NA, NA
*Hif1a↓, *Glycolysis↓, *Inflam↓, *HK2↓, *PFK1↓, *PKM2↓,
1143- CHr,    Chrysin inhibited tumor glycolysis and induced apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma by targeting hexokinase-2
- in-vitro, HCC, HepG2 - in-vivo, NA, NA - in-vitro, HCC, HepG3 - in-vitro, HCC, HUH7
HK2↓, GlucoseCon↓, lactateProd↓, Glycolysis↓, Apoptosis↑,
1861- dietFMD,  Chemo,    Fasting induces anti-Warburg effect that increases respiration but reduces ATP-synthesis to promote apoptosis in colon cancer models
- in-vitro, Colon, CT26 - in-vivo, NA, NA
selectivity↑, ChemoSen↑, BG↓, AminoA↓, Warburg↓, OCR↑, ATP↓, ROS↑, Apoptosis↑, GlucoseCon↓, PI3K↓, PTEN↑, GLUT1↓, GLUT2↓, HK2↓, PFK1↓, PKA↓, ATP:AMP↓, Glycolysis↓, lactateProd↓,
845- Gra,    A Review on Annona muricata and Its Anticancer Activity
- Review, NA, NA
GlucoseCon↓, ATP↓, HIF-1↓, GLUT1↓, GLUT4↓, HK2↓, LDHA↓, ERK↓, Akt↓, Apoptosis↑, NF-kB↓, ROS↑, Bax:Bcl2↑, MMP↓, Casp3↑, Casp9↑, p‑JNK↓,
1232- Gra,    Graviola: A Systematic Review on Its Anticancer Properties
- Review, NA, NA
EGFR↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, Bcl-2↓, TumCCA↑, Apoptosis↑, ROS↑, MMP↓, BAX↑, Cyt‑c↑, Hif1a↓, NF-kB↓, GLUT1↓, GLUT4↓, HK2↓, LDHA↓, ATP↓,
2456- MET,    Direct inhibition of hexokinase activity by metformin at least partially impairs glucose metabolism and tumor growth in experimental breast cancer
- in-vitro, BC, MDA-MB-231 - in-vivo, NA, NA
GlucoseCon↓, TumCG↓, HK2↓, p‑AMPK↑, TXNIP↓, *toxicity↓,
2385- MET,    Metformin activates chaperone-mediated autophagy and improves disease pathologies in an Alzheimer disease mouse model
- in-vitro, AD, H4 - in-vitro, NA, HEK293 - in-vivo, NA, NA - in-vitro, NA, SH-SY5Y
*HK2↓, *PKM2↓, *Dose↝, IKKα↑, memory↑, p‑Hsc70↑, APP↓,
991- OA,    Blockade of glycolysis-dependent contraction by oroxylin a via inhibition of lactate dehydrogenase-a in hepatic stellate cells
- in-vivo, NA, NA - in-vivo, Nor, NA
*Glycolysis↓, *GlucoseCon↓, *lactateProd↓, *ECAR↓, *HK2↓, *PFK↓, *PKM2↓, *LDHA↓,
2421- PB,    Sodium butyrate inhibits aerobic glycolysis of hepatocellular carcinoma cells via the c‐myc/hexokinase 2 pathway
- in-vitro, HCC, HCCLM3 - in-vivo, NA, NA - in-vitro, HCC, Bel-7402 - in-vitro, HCC, SMMC-7721 cell - in-vitro, Nor, L02
Glycolysis↓, Apoptosis↑, TumCP↓, lactateProd↓, GlucoseCon↓, HK2↓, ChemoSen↑, *toxicity↓, cMyc↓, PFK1↓, LDHA↓, cMyc↓, ChemoSen↑,
2342- QC,    Quercetin Inhibits the Proliferation of Glycolysis-Addicted HCC Cells by Reducing Hexokinase 2 and Akt-mTOR Pathway
- in-vitro, HCC, Bel-7402 - in-vitro, HCC, SMMC-7721 cell - in-vivo, NA, NA
TumCP↓, HK2↓, Akt↓, mTOR↓, GlucoseCon↓, lactateProd↓, Glycolysis↓,
2687- RES,    Effects of resveratrol, curcumin, berberine and other nutraceuticals on aging, cancer development, cancer stem cells and microRNAs
- Review, NA, NA - Review, AD, NA
NF-kB↓, P450↓, COX2↓, Hif1a↓, VEGF↓, *SIRT1↑, SIRT1↓, SIRT2↓, ChemoSen⇅, cardioP↑, *memory↑, *angioG↑, *neuroP↑, STAT3↓, CSCs↓, RadioS↑, Nestin↓, Nanog↓, TP53↑, P21↑, CXCR4↓, *BioAv↓, EMT↓, Vim↓, Slug↓, E-cadherin↑, AMPK↑, MDR1↓, DNAdam↑, TOP2↓, PTEN↑, Akt↓, Wnt↓, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, cMyc↓, MMP7↓, MALAT1↓, TCF↓, ALDH↓, CD44↓, Shh↓, IL6↓, VEGF↓, eff↑, HK2↓, ROS↑, MMP↓,
2404- SFN,    Prostate cancer chemoprevention by sulforaphane in a preclinical mouse model is associated with inhibition of fatty acid metabolism
- in-vitro, Pca, LNCaP - in-vitro, Pca, 22Rv1 - in-vivo, NA, NA
ACC1↓, FASN↓, CPT1A↓, β-oxidation↓, SREBP1?, HK2↓, PKM2↓, LDHA↓, Glycolysis↓,
2403- SFN,    Reversal of the Warburg phenomenon in chemoprevention of prostate cancer by sulforaphane
- in-vitro, Pca, LNCaP - in-vitro, Pca, 22Rv1 - in-vitro, Pca, PC3 - in-vivo, NA, NA
ECAR↓, HK2↓, PKM2↓, LDHA↓, Glycolysis↓, Warburg↓,
2410- SIL,    Autophagy activated by silibinin contributes to glioma cell death via induction of oxidative stress-mediated BNIP3-dependent nuclear translocation of AIF
- in-vitro, GBM, U87MG - in-vitro, GBM, U251 - in-vivo, NA, NA
TumAuto↑, ATP↓, Glycolysis↓, H2O2↑, P53↑, GSH↓, xCT↓, BNIP3↝, MMP↑, mt-ROS↑, mtDam↑, HK2↓, PFKP↓, PKM2↓, TumCG↓,
2192- SK,    Shikonin Inhibits Tumor Growth of ESCC by suppressing PKM2 mediated Aerobic Glycolysis and STAT3 Phosphorylation
- in-vitro, ESCC, KYSE-510 - in-vitro, ESCC, Eca109 - in-vivo, NA, NA
TumCP↓, Glycolysis↓, GlucoseCon↓, lactateProd↓, PKM2↓, p‑PKM2↓, p‑STAT3↓, GLUT1↓, HK2↓, TumW↓,
2454- Trip,    Natural product triptolide induces GSDME-mediated pyroptosis in head and neck cancer through suppressing mitochondrial hexokinase-ΙΙ
- in-vitro, HNSCC, HaCaT - in-vivo, NA, NA
GSDME-N↑, Pyro↑, cMyc↓, HK2↓, BAD↑, BAX↑, Casp3↑, NRF2↓, xCT↓, ROS↑, eff↑, Glycolysis↓, GlucoseCon↓, lactateProd↓, ATP↓, xCT↓, eff↑,
2365- VitD3,    Vitamin D Affects the Warburg Effect and Stemness Maintenance of Non- Small-Cell Lung Cancer Cells by Regulating the PI3K/AKT/mTOR Signaling Pathway
- in-vitro, Lung, A549 - in-vitro, Lung, H1975 - in-vivo, NA, NA
Glycolysis↓, Warburg↓, GLUT1↓, LDHA↓, HK2↓, PKM2↓, OCT4↓, SOX2↓, Nanog↓, PI3K↓, Akt↓, mTOR↓,
2425- γ-Toc,    Anticancer Effects of γ-Tocotrienol Are Associated with a Suppression in Aerobic Glycolysis
- in-vitro, NA, MCF-7 - in-vivo, NA, NA
TumCG↓, GlucoseCon↓, ATP↓, lactateProd↓, Glycolysis↓, HK2↓, PFK↓, PKM2↓, LDHA↓, Akt↓, p‑mTOR↓, cMyc↓,

Showing Research Papers: 1 to 22 of 22

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 22

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

Ferroptosis↓, 1,   GSH↓, 2,   H2O2↑, 2,   MDA↑, 1,   NRF2↓, 1,   OXPHOS↓, 1,   ROS↑, 6,   mt-ROS↑, 1,   xCT↓, 3,   xCT↑, 1,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics ⓘ

ATP↓, 7,   MMP↓, 3,   MMP↑, 1,   mtDam↑, 1,   OCR↑, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

ACC1↓, 1,   AminoA↓, 1,   AMPK↑, 1,   p‑AMPK↑, 1,   ATP:AMP↓, 1,   cMyc↓, 5,   CPT1A↓, 1,   ECAR↓, 1,   FASN↓, 1,   GlucoseCon↓, 9,   GLUT2↓, 1,   Glycolysis↓, 12,   HK2↓, 19,   lactateProd↓, 7,   LDH↓, 1,   LDHA↓, 7,   PFK↓, 1,   PFK1↓, 2,   PFKP↓, 1,   PKM2↓, 6,   p‑PKM2↓, 1,   SIRT1↓, 1,   SIRT2↓, 1,   SREBP1?, 1,   Warburg↓, 3,   β-oxidation↓, 1,  

Cell Death ⓘ

Akt↓, 5,   Apoptosis↑, 7,   BAD↑, 1,   BAX↑, 2,   Bax:Bcl2↑, 1,   Bcl-2↓, 1,   Casp3↑, 2,   Casp9↑, 1,   Cyt‑c↑, 1,   Ferroptosis↓, 1,   GSDME-N↑, 1,   p‑JNK↓, 1,   Pyro↑, 1,  

Kinase & Signal Transduction ⓘ

AMPKα↑, 1,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress ⓘ

p‑Hsc70↑, 1,  

Autophagy & Lysosomes ⓘ

p‑Beclin-1↑, 1,   BNIP3↝, 1,   TumAuto↑, 3,  

DNA Damage & Repair ⓘ

DNAdam↑, 1,   P53↑, 1,   TP53↑, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence ⓘ

cycD1/CCND1↓, 1,   P21↑, 1,   TumCCA↑, 1,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

ALDH↓, 1,   CD44↓, 1,   CSCs↓, 1,   EMT↓, 1,   ERK↓, 1,   FOXO3↑, 1,   mTOR↓, 2,   p‑mTOR↓, 1,   Nanog↓, 2,   Nestin↓, 1,   OCT4↓, 1,   PI3K↓, 2,   PTEN↑, 2,   Shh↓, 1,   SOX2↓, 1,   STAT3↓, 1,   p‑STAT3↓, 1,   TCF↓, 1,   TOP2↓, 1,   TumCG↓, 4,   Wnt↓, 1,  

Migration ⓘ

APP↓, 1,   E-cadherin↑, 1,   MALAT1↓, 1,   MMP7↓, 1,   PKA↓, 1,   Slug↓, 1,   TumCP↓, 3,   TXNIP↓, 1,   Vim↓, 2,   β-catenin/ZEB1↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

angioG↓, 1,   EGFR↓, 1,   HIF-1↓, 1,   Hif1a↓, 2,   VEGF↓, 2,  

Barriers & Transport ⓘ

GLUT1↓, 5,   GLUT4↓, 2,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

COX2↓, 1,   CXCR4↓, 1,   IKKα↑, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 3,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

ChemoSen↑, 3,   ChemoSen⇅, 1,   Dose↝, 1,   eff↓, 1,   eff↑, 5,   MDR1↓, 1,   P450↓, 1,   RadioS↑, 1,   selectivity↑, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

BG↓, 1,   EGFR↓, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   LDH↓, 1,   TP53↑, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

cardioP↑, 1,   memory↑, 1,   TumVol↓, 1,   TumW↓, 2,  
Total Targets: 126

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

ECAR↓, 1,   GlucoseCon↓, 1,   Glycolysis↓, 2,   HK2↓, 3,   lactateProd↓, 1,   LDHA↓, 1,   PFK↓, 1,   PFK1↓, 1,   PKM2↓, 3,   SIRT1↑, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

angioG↑, 1,   Hif1a↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

Inflam↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

BioAv↓, 1,   Dose↝, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

memory↑, 1,   neuroP↑, 1,   toxicity↓, 2,  
Total Targets: 18

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: HK2, Hexokinase 2
2 2-DeoxyGlucose
2 3-bromopyruvate
2 Graviola
2 Metformin
2 Sulforaphane (mainly Broccoli)
1 cetuximab
1 Baicalein
1 Chrysin
1 diet FMD Fasting Mimicking Diet
1 Chemotherapy
1 Oroxylin-A
1 Phenylbutyrate
1 Quercetin
1 Resveratrol
1 Silymarin (Milk Thistle) silibinin
1 Shikonin
1 triptolide
1 Vitamin D3
1 γ-Tocotrienol
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