Casp3 Cancer Research Results

Casp3, CPP32, Cysteinyl aspartate specific proteinase-3: Click to Expand ⟱
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Also known as CP32.
Cysteinyl aspartate specific proteinase-3 (Caspase-3) is a common key protein in the apoptosis and pyroptosis pathways, and when activated, the expression level of tumor suppressor gene Gasdermin E (GSDME) determines the mechanism of tumor cell death.
As a key protein of apoptosis, caspase-3 can also cleave GSDME and induce pyroptosis. Loss of caspase activity is an important cause of tumor progression.
Many anticancer strategies rely on the promotion of apoptosis in cancer cells as a means to shrink tumors. Crucial for apoptotic function are executioner caspases, most notably caspase-3, that proteolyze a variety of proteins, inducing cell death. Paradoxically, overexpression of procaspase-3 (PC-3), the low-activity zymogen precursor to caspase-3, has been reported in a variety of cancer types. Until recently, this counterintuitive overexpression of a pro-apoptotic protein in cancer has been puzzling. Recent studies suggest subapoptotic caspase-3 activity may promote oncogenic transformation, a possible explanation for the enigmatic overexpression of PC-3. Herein, the overexpression of PC-3 in cancer and its mechanistic basis is reviewed; collectively, the data suggest the potential for exploitation of PC-3 overexpression with PC-3 activators as a targeted anticancer strategy.
Caspase 3 is the main effector caspase and has a key role in apoptosis. In many types of cancer, including breast, lung, and colon cancer, caspase-3 expression is reduced or absent.
On the other hand, some studies have shown that high levels of caspase-3 expression can be associated with a better prognosis in certain types of cancer, such as breast cancer. This suggests that caspase-3 may play a role in the elimination of cancer cells, and that therapies aimed at activating caspase-3 may be effective in treating certain types of cancer.
Procaspase-3 is a apoptotic marker protein.
Prognostic significance:
• High Cas3 expression: Associated with good prognosis and increased sensitivity to chemotherapy in breast, gastric, lung, and pancreatic cancers.
• Low Cas3 expression: Linked to poor prognosis and increased risk of recurrence in colorectal, hepatocellular carcinoma, ovarian, and prostate cancers.
PC, Pancreatic Cancer: Click to Expand ⟱
Pancreatic Cancer: Hypoxia (low oxygen tension) is commonly found in solid tumors. Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1),is a key mediator of the cellular response to hypoxia and is overexpressed in a wide variety of solid tumors, including pancreatic cancer.
Nanog is highly expressed in CSCs compared to normal cells [93–97]
HIF-1↑
Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
5280- 3BP,    Anticancer Efficacy of the Metabolic Blocker 3-Bromopyruvate: Specific Molecular Targeting
- in-vitro, PC, NA
mtDam↑, HK2↓, TGF-β↓, Casp3↑, selectivity↑,
5277- 3BP,    3-Bromopyruvate inhibits pancreatic tumor growth by stalling glycolysis, and dismantling mitochondria in a syngeneic mouse model
- in-vivo, PC, Panc02
HK2↓, selectivity↑, ATP↓, mtDam↑, Dose↝, TumCG↓, Casp3↑, Glycolysis↓, NADPH↓, ATP↓, ROS↑, DNAdam↑, GSH↓, Bcl-2↓, Casp↑, lactateProd↓,
1563- Api,  MET,    Metformin-induced ROS upregulation as amplified by apigenin causes profound anticancer activity while sparing normal cells
- in-vitro, Nor, HDFa - in-vitro, PC, AsPC-1 - in-vitro, PC, MIA PaCa-2 - in-vitro, Pca, DU145 - in-vitro, Pca, LNCaP - in-vivo, NA, NA
selectivity↑, selectivity↑, selectivity↓, ROS↑, eff↑, tumCV↓, MMP↓, Dose∅, eff↓, DNAdam↑, Apoptosis↑, TumAuto↑, Necroptosis↑, p‑P53↑, BIM↑, BAX↑, p‑PARP↑, Casp3↑, Casp8↑, Casp9↑, Cyt‑c↑, Bcl-2↓, AIF↑, p62↑, LC3B↑, MLKL↑, p‑MLKL↓, RIP3↑, p‑RIP3↑, TumCG↑, TumW↓,
5722- BF,    Bufalin exerts antitumor effects by inducing cell cycle arrest and triggering apoptosis in pancreatic cancer cells
- in-vitro, PC, PANC1
Apoptosis↑, TumCCA↑, HSP27↓, p‑Akt↓, proCasp3↑, proCasp9↑, Bcl-2↝, BAX↝, eff↑,
5688- BJ,    Brucea Javanica Oil Emulsion Injection inhibits proliferation of pancreatic cancer via regulating apoptosis-related genes
- vitro+vivo, PC, MIA PaCa-2
TumCG↓, TumCI↓, TumCCA↑, Apoptosis↑, BAX↑, cl‑Casp3↑, Bcl-2↓, MMP2↓, BACE↓, TOP2↓,
2014- CAP,    Role of Mitochondrial Electron Transport Chain Complexes in Capsaicin Mediated Oxidative Stress Leading to Apoptosis in Pancreatic Cancer Cells
- in-vitro, PC, Bxpc-3 - in-vitro, Nor, HPDE-6 - in-vivo, PC, AsPC-1
ROS↑, *ROS∅, selectivity↑, compI↓, compIII↓, eff↑, selectivity↑, ATP↓, Cyt‑c↑, Casp9↑, Casp3↑, MMP↓, SOD↓, GSH/GSSG↓, Apoptosis↑, *toxicity∅, GSH↓, Catalase↓, GPx↓, Dose↝,
1580- Citrate,    Citrate activates autophagic death of prostate cancer cells via downregulation CaMKII/AKT/mTOR pathway
- in-vitro, Pca, PC3 - in-vivo, PC, NA - in-vitro, Pca, LNCaP - in-vitro, Pca, WPMY-1
Apoptosis↑, Ca+2↓, Akt↓, mTOR↓, selectivity↑, TumCP↓, cl‑Casp3↑, cl‑PARP↑, LC3‑Ⅱ/LC3‑Ⅰ↑, p62↓, ATG5↑, ATG7↑, Beclin-1↑, TumAuto↑, CaMKII ↓,
475- CUR,    Curcumin induces apoptotic cell death in human pancreatic cancer cells via the miR-340/XIAP signaling pathway
- in-vitro, PC, PANC1
Apoptosis↑, cl‑Casp3↑, miR-340↑, cl‑PARP↑, XIAP↓,
27- EA,    Ellagic acid inhibits human pancreatic cancer growth in Balb c nude mice
- in-vivo, PC, PANC1
HH↓, Gli1↓, GLI2↓, CDK1/2/5/9↓, p‑Akt↓, NOTCH1↓, Shh↓, Snail↓, E-cadherin↑, NOTCH3↓, HEY1↓, TumCG↓, TumCP↓, Casp3↑, cl‑PARP↑, Bcl-2↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, CDK2↓, CDK6↓, BAX↑, COX2↓, Hif1a↓, VEGF↓, VEGFR2↓, IL6↓, IL8↓, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, NA↓,
22- EGCG,    Inhibition of sonic hedgehog pathway and pluripotency maintaining factors regulate human pancreatic cancer stem cell characteristics
- in-vitro, PC, CD133+ - in-vitro, PC, CD44+ - in-vitro, PC, CD24+ - in-vitro, PC, ESA+
HH↓, Smo↓, PTCH1↓, PTCH2↓, Gli1↓, GLI2↓, Gli↓, Bcl-2↓, XIAP↓, Shh↓, survivin↓, Casp3↑, Casp7↑, CSCs↓, Nanog↓, cMyc↓, OCT4↓, EMT↓, Snail↓, Slug↓, Zeb1↓, TumCMig↓, TumCI↓, eff↑,
808- GAR,  CUR,    Synergistic effect of garcinol and curcumin on antiproliferative and apoptotic activity in pancreatic cancer cells
- in-vitro, PC, Bxpc-3 - in-vitro, PC, PANC1
tumCV↓, Apoptosis↑, Casp3↑, Casp9↑,
850- Gra,    Selective cytotoxic and anti-metastatic activity in DU-145 prostate cancer cells induced by Annona muricata L. bark extract and phytochemical, annonacin
- in-vitro, PC, PC3 - in-vitro, Pca, DU145
ROS∅, MMP∅, Casp3↑, Casp7↑, VEGF↓,
2881- HNK,    Honokiol Suppressed Pancreatic Cancer Progression via miR-101/Mcl-1 Axis
- in-vitro, PC, PANC1
tumCV↓, Casp3↑, Apoptosis↑, TumCCA↑, TumCI↓, Mcl-1↓, EMT↓,
4779- Lyco,    Lycopene Inhibits Reactive Oxygen Species-Mediated NF-κB Signaling and Induces Apoptosis in Pancreatic Cancer Cells
- in-vitro, PC, PANC1
ROS↓, NF-kB↓, tumCV↓, Casp3↑, Apoptosis↑, OCR↓, MMP↓, CIP2A↓, survivin↓, Casp3↑, Bax:Bcl2↑,
4976- Nimb,    Nimbolide inhibits pancreatic cancer growth and metastasis through ROS-mediated apoptosis and inhibition of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
- vitro+vivo, PC, NA
ROS↑, Apoptosis↑, TumAuto↑, TumCP↓, TumCMig↓, TumCI↓, EMT↓, Dose↓, selectivity↑, Akt↓, eff↓, BAX↑, cl‑Casp3↑, cl‑PARP↑, Bcl-2↓,
4977- Nimb,    Nimbolide Inhibits SOD2 to Control Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Growth and Metastasis
- vitro+vivo, PC, AsPC-1 - in-vitro, PC, PANC1
SOD2↑, TumCG↓, TumMeta↓, ROS↑, Apoptosis↑, PI3K↓, Akt↓, EMT↓, BAX↑, cl‑Casp3↑, cl‑Casp8↑, cl‑PARP↑, Bcl-2↓,
2167- SFN,    The dietary isothiocyanate sulforaphane targets pathways of apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, and oxidative stress in human pancreatic cancer cells and inhibits tumor growth in severe combined immunodeficient mice
- in-vitro, PC, MIA PaCa-2 - in-vitro, PC, PANC1
Casp8↑, MMP↓, Casp3↑, Apoptosis↑, GSH↓, GSH↑,
1733- SFN,    Sonic Hedgehog Signaling Inhibition Provides Opportunities for Targeted Therapy by Sulforaphane in Regulating Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cell Self-Renewal
- in-vitro, PC, PanCSC - in-vitro, Nor, HPNE - in-vitro, Nor, HNPSC
CSCs↓, Shh↓, Gli↓, Nanog↓, OCT4↓, PDGFRA↓, cycD1/CCND1↑, Apoptosis↑, Casp↑, Smo↓, Gli1↓, GLI2↓, Bcl-2↓, Casp3↑, Casp7↑,
1456- SFN,    Sulforaphane regulates cell proliferation and induces apoptotic cell death mediated by ROS-cell cycle arrest in pancreatic cancer cells
- in-vitro, PC, MIA PaCa-2 - in-vitro, PC, PANC1
tumCV↓, TumCP↓, cl‑PARP↑, cl‑Casp3↑, TumCCA↑, ROS↑, MMP↓, γH2AX↑, eff↓, *toxicity↓,
1140- SIL,    Silibinin-mediated metabolic reprogramming attenuates pancreatic cancer-induced cachexia and tumor growth
- in-vitro, PC, AsPC-1 - in-vivo, PC, NA - in-vitro, PC, MIA PaCa-2 - in-vitro, PC, PANC1 - in-vitro, PC, Bxpc-3
TumCG↓, Glycolysis↓, cMyc↓, STAT3↓, TumCP↓, Weight∅, Strength↑, DNAdam↑, Casp3↑, Casp9↑, GLUT1↓, HK2↓, LDHA↓, GlucoseCon↓, lactateProd↓, PPP↓, Ki-67↓, p‑STAT3↓, cachexia↓,
1888- VitB1/Thiamine,  DCA,    High Dose Vitamin B1 Reduces Proliferation in Cancer Cell Lines Analogous to Dichloroacetate
- in-vitro, PC, SK-N-BE - NA, PC, PANC1
p‑PDH↓, GlucoseCon↓, lactateProd↓, MMP↓, Casp3↑, eff↑, PDKs↓, selectivity↑, TumCG↓, Dose∅, MMP↓, ROS∅, toxicity↑, antiOx↑,

Showing Research Papers: 1 to 21 of 21

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 21

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


NA, unassigned ⓘ

NA↓, 1,  

Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

antiOx↑, 1,   Catalase↓, 1,   compI↓, 1,   GPx↓, 1,   GSH↓, 3,   GSH↑, 1,   GSH/GSSG↓, 1,   ROS↓, 1,   ROS↑, 6,   ROS∅, 2,   SOD↓, 1,   SOD2↑, 1,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics ⓘ

AIF↑, 1,   ATP↓, 3,   compIII↓, 1,   MMP↓, 7,   MMP∅, 1,   mtDam↑, 2,   OCR↓, 1,   XIAP↓, 2,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

ATG7↑, 1,   cMyc↓, 2,   GlucoseCon↓, 2,   Glycolysis↓, 2,   HK2↓, 3,   lactateProd↓, 3,   LDHA↓, 1,   NADPH↓, 1,   p‑PDH↓, 1,   PDKs↓, 1,   PPP↓, 1,  

Cell Death ⓘ

Akt↓, 3,   p‑Akt↓, 2,   Apoptosis↑, 13,   BAX↑, 5,   BAX↝, 1,   Bax:Bcl2↑, 1,   Bcl-2↓, 8,   Bcl-2↝, 1,   BIM↑, 1,   Casp↑, 2,   Casp3↑, 15,   cl‑Casp3↑, 6,   proCasp3↑, 1,   Casp7↑, 3,   Casp8↑, 2,   cl‑Casp8↑, 1,   Casp9↑, 4,   proCasp9↑, 1,   Cyt‑c↑, 2,   HEY1↓, 1,   Mcl-1↓, 1,   MLKL↑, 1,   p‑MLKL↓, 1,   Necroptosis↑, 1,   survivin↓, 2,  

Kinase & Signal Transduction ⓘ

CaMKII ↓, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics ⓘ

tumCV↓, 5,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress ⓘ

HSP27↓, 1,  

Autophagy & Lysosomes ⓘ

ATG5↑, 1,   Beclin-1↑, 1,   LC3‑Ⅱ/LC3‑Ⅰ↑, 1,   LC3B↑, 1,   p62↓, 1,   p62↑, 1,   TumAuto↑, 3,  

DNA Damage & Repair ⓘ

DNAdam↑, 3,   p‑P53↑, 1,   p‑PARP↑, 1,   cl‑PARP↑, 6,   γH2AX↑, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence ⓘ

CDK1/2/5/9↓, 1,   CDK2↓, 1,   cycD1/CCND1↓, 1,   cycD1/CCND1↑, 1,   TumCCA↑, 4,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

CIP2A↓, 1,   CSCs↓, 2,   EMT↓, 4,   Gli↓, 2,   Gli1↓, 3,   HH↓, 2,   mTOR↓, 1,   Nanog↓, 2,   NOTCH1↓, 1,   NOTCH3↓, 1,   OCT4↓, 2,   PDGFRA↓, 1,   PI3K↓, 1,   PTCH1↓, 1,   PTCH2↓, 1,   Shh↓, 3,   Smo↓, 2,   STAT3↓, 1,   p‑STAT3↓, 1,   TOP2↓, 1,   TumCG↓, 6,   TumCG↑, 1,  

Migration ⓘ

Ca+2↓, 1,   E-cadherin↑, 1,   GLI2↓, 3,   Ki-67↓, 1,   miR-340↑, 1,   MMP2↓, 2,   MMP9↓, 1,   RIP3↑, 1,   p‑RIP3↑, 1,   Slug↓, 1,   Snail↓, 2,   TGF-β↓, 1,   TumCI↓, 4,   TumCMig↓, 2,   TumCP↓, 5,   TumMeta↓, 1,   Zeb1↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

Hif1a↓, 1,   VEGF↓, 2,   VEGFR2↓, 1,  

Barriers & Transport ⓘ

GLUT1↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

COX2↓, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   IL8↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 1,  

Protein Aggregation ⓘ

BACE↓, 1,  

Hormonal & Nuclear Receptors ⓘ

CDK6↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

Dose↓, 1,   Dose↝, 2,   Dose∅, 2,   eff↓, 3,   eff↑, 5,   selectivity↓, 1,   selectivity↑, 9,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

IL6↓, 1,   Ki-67↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

cachexia↓, 1,   Strength↑, 1,   toxicity↑, 1,   TumW↓, 1,   Weight∅, 1,  
Total Targets: 140

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

ROS∅, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

toxicity↓, 1,   toxicity∅, 1,  
Total Targets: 3

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: Casp3, CPP32, Cysteinyl aspartate specific proteinase-3
3 Sulforaphane (mainly Broccoli)
2 3-bromopyruvate
2 Curcumin
2 Nimbolide
1 Apigenin (mainly Parsley)
1 Metformin
1 Bufalin/Huachansu
1 Brucea javanica
1 Capsaicin
1 Citric Acid
1 Ellagic acid
1 EGCG (Epigallocatechin Gallate)
1 Garcinol
1 Graviola
1 Honokiol
1 Lycopene
1 Silymarin (Milk Thistle) silibinin
1 Vitamin B1/Thiamine
1 Dichloroacetate
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