MUC4 Cancer Research Results

MUC4, mucin, a high-molecular-weight glycoprotein: Click to Expand ⟱
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Plays a crucial role in protecting and lubricating the epithelial surfaces of various organs, including the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and reproductive tracts.
MUC4 has been found to be overexpressed in several types of tumors, including pancreatic, ovarian, lung, breast cancers and strongly expressed in Gastric Cancers. This overexpression has been associated with tumor progression, metastasis, and poor prognosis.
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302- ALA,    The Antioxidant Alpha-Lipoic Acid Inhibits Proliferation and Invasion of Human Gastric Cancer Cells via Suppression of STAT3-Mediated MUC4 Gene Expression
- in-vitro, GC, AGS - in-vitro, GC, BGC-823 - in-vitro, GC, MKN-28
MUC4↓,
STAT3↓,

836- Gra,    Graviola: A Novel Promising Natural-Derived Drug That Inhibits Tumorigenicity and Metastasis of Pancreatic Cancer Cells In Vitro and In Vivo Through Altering Cell Metabolism
- vitro+vivo, PC, NA
Hif1a↓,
NF-kB↓,
GLUT1↓,
GLUT4↓,
HK2↓,
LDHA↓,
TumCCA↑, G0/G1 cell cycle arrest
TumMeta↓,
GlucoseCon↓, 5%-20% of control for glucose uptake
ATP↓,
necrosis↑, cells incubated with Graviola extract have a gain in cell volume, a characteristic of necrotic cell death
Casp∅, Caspase-3 expression values remained statistically unaltered by treatment with the extract, suggesting that apoptotic pathways are not involved
p‑FAK↓,
MMP9↓,
MUC4↓, significant downregulation in MUC4

2438- Gra,    Emerging therapeutic potential of graviola and its constituents in cancers
- Review, Var, NA
Hif1a↓, PCa downregulation of HIF-1α, GLUT1, GLUT4, HK2 and LDHA; decreased cell motility and invasion by downregulating MUC4
GLUT1↓,
GLUT4↓,
HK2↓,
LDHA↓,
MUC4↓,
TumCCA↑, Hematological malignancies, cell cycle arrest, loss of MMP
MMP↓,
NF-kB↓, graviola treatment suppresses nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) signaling, induces reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and increases the Bax/Bcl-2 ratio–mediated attenuation of mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), cytosolic cytochrome c and caspase-3
ROS↓,
Bax:Bcl2↑,
ER(estro)↓, graviola inhibited the growth of MCF-7 breast cancer cells by decreasing estrogen receptor (ER), cyclin D1 and antiapoptotic gene Bcl2 expression in cell lines and xenografts
cycD1/CCND1↓,
chemoPv↑, Graviola extracts have also been used as chemopreventive agent in many carcinogen-induced mouse models
hepatoP↑, Annona muricata is commonly used to treat several liver disorders, particularly jaundice.

2353- TQ,    The effects of thymoquinone on pancreatic cancer: Evidence from preclinical studies
- Review, PC, NA
BioAv↝, Along with its high lipophilicity, TQ has slow absorption, rapid metabolism, rapid elimination, low bioavailability, and low physicochemical stability.
BioAv↑, TQ encapsulation passively directs the drug to the liver and releases the drug in a controlled and effective manner, improving the oral bioavailability of this hydrophobic molecule.
MUC4↓, TQ can decrease the expression of mucin 4 glycoprotein (MUC4), expressed in an exacerbated way in pancreatic cancer cells,
PKM2↓, The pyruvate kinase M2 isoform (PKM2), involved in the metabolism of cancer cells, showed a negative regulation in the presence of a TQ + GEM CI of 36 ± 0.66 and 25 ± 5.25 on the MIA PaCa-2 and PANC-1 cells, respectively.
eff↑, TQ can exert a synergistic effect with juglone, another cytotoxic dietary molecule for pancreatic cancer cells
TumVol↓, TQ significantly reduced by 67 % of the tumour size of the animals
HDAC↓, TQ modifies the H4 acetylation by decreased histone deacetylases (HDACs) expression inducing the pro-apoptotic signalling pathway
NF-kB↓, 10 µM MiaPaCa-2, BxPC-3, AsPC-1, HPAC ↓cell growth, ↑apoptosis, ↑NF-κB, ↓Bcl-2, ↓Bcl-xL, ↓survivin, ↓XIAP, ↓COX-2, ↓PGE
Bcl-2↓,
Bcl-xL↓,
survivin↓,
XIAP↓,
COX2↓,
PGE1↓,

2122- TQ,    Review on Molecular and Therapeutic Potential of Thymoquinone in Cancer
- Review, Var, NA
ChemoSen↓, Chemosensitization by TQ is mostly limited to in vitro studies, and it has potential in therapeutic strategy for cancer
*ROS↓, its scavenging ability against freeradicals, including reactive oxygen species (ROS;
*GSH↑, TQ reduces the cellular oxidative stress by inducing glutathione (GSH)
RenoP↑, TQ protects the kidney against ifosfamide, mercuric chloride, cisplatin, and doxorubicin-induced damage by preventing renal GSH depletion and antilipid peroxidation
hepatoP↑, TQ ameliorated hepatotoxicity of carbon tetrachloride as seen by the significant reduction of the elevated levels of serum enzymes and significant increase of the hepatic GSH content
COX2↓, TQ induces inhibition of PGE2 and COX-2, in a COX-2 overexpressing HPAC cells (PC cells).
NF-kB↓, NF-κB is a molecular target of TQ in cance
chemoPv↑, TQ is a chemopreventive agent for prostate cancer
neuroP↑, The beneficial effect of TQ as a neuroprotective agent in inhibiting viability of human neuroblastoma cell line SH-SY5Y
TumCCA↑, TQ, it reportedly induces G1 cell cycle arrest in osteosarcoma cancer cells (COS31) as well as in human colon cancer cells (HCT-116),
P21↑, TQ caused a dramatic increase in p21WAF1 , (Cip1), and p27 (Kip1) and blocked the progression of synchronized LNCaP cells from G1 to S phase,
p27↑,
ROS↑, TQ on p53 deficient lymphoblastic leukemia Jurkat cells and found TQ treatment produced intracellular ROS pro- moting a DNA damage-related cell cycle arrest and triggered apoptosis
DNAdam↑,
MUC4↓, in pancreatic cancer cells and it was found that TQ downregulates MUC-4 expression through the proteasomal pathway

2084- TQ,    Thymoquinone, as an anticancer molecule: from basic research to clinical investigation
- Review, Var, NA
*ROS↓, An interesting study reported that thymoquinone is actually a potent apoptosis inducer in cancer cells, but it exerts antiapoptotic effect through attenuating oxidative stress in other types of cell injury
*chemoPv↑, antioxidant activity of thymoquinone is responsible for its chemopreventive activities
ROS↑, other studies reported thymoquinone induce apoptosis in cancer cells by exerting oxidative damage
ROS⇅, Another hypothesis states that thymoquinone acts as an antioxidant at lower concentrations and a prooxidant at higher concentrations
MUC4↓, Torres et al. [17] revealed that thymoquinone down-regulates glycoprotein mucin 4 (MUC4)
selectivity↑, thymoquinone was found to inhibit DNA synthesis, proliferation, and viability of cancerous cells, such as LNCaP, C4-B, DU145, and PC-3, but not noncancerous BPH-1 prostate epithelial cells [20].
AR↓, Down-regulation of androgen receptor (AR) and cell proliferation regulator E2F-1 was indicated as the mechanism behind thymoquinone’s action in prostate cancer
cycD1/CCND1↓, expression of STAT3-regulated gene products, such as cyclin D1, Bcl-2, Bcl-xL, survivin, Mcl-1 and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), was inhibited by thymoquinone, which ultimately increased apoptosis and killed cancer cells
Bcl-2↓,
Bcl-xL↓,
survivin↓,
Mcl-1↓,
VEGF↓,
cl‑PARP↑, induction of the cleavage of poly-(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP
ROS↑, In ALL cell line CEM-ss, thymoquinone treatment generated reactive oxygen species (ROS) and HSP70
HSP70/HSPA5↑,
P53↑, thymoquinone can induce apoptosis in MCF-7 breast cancer cells via the up-regulation of p53 expression
miR-34a↑, Thymoquinone significantly increased the expression of miR-34a via p53, and down-regulated Rac1 expression
Rac1↓,
TumCCA↑, In hepatic carcinoma, thymoquinone induced cell cycle arrest and apoptosis by repressing the Notch signaling pathway
NOTCH↓,
NF-kB↓, Evidence revealed that thymoquinone suppresses tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α)-induced NF-kappa B (NF-κB) activation
IκB↓, consequently inhibits the activation of I kappa B alpha (I-κBα) kinase, I-κBα phosphorylation, I-κBα degradation, p65 phosphorylation
p‑p65↓,
IAP1↓, down-regulated the expression of NF-κB -regulated antiapoptotic gene products, like IAP1, IAP2, XIAP Bcl-2, Bcl-xL;
IAP2↑,
XIAP↓,
TNF-α↓, It also inhibited monocyte chemo-attractant protein-1 (MCP-1), TNF-α, interleukin (IL)-1β and COX-2, ultimately reducing the NF-κB activation in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells
COX2↓,
Inflam↓, indicating its role as an inhibitor of proinflammatory pathways
α-tubulin↓, Without affecting the tubulin levels in normal human fibroblast, thymoquinone induces degradation of α and β tubulin proteins in human astrocytoma U87 cells and in T lymphoblastic leukaemia Jurkat cells, and thus exerts anticancer activity
Twist↓, thymoquinone treatment inhibits TWIST1 promoter activity and decreases its expression in breast cancer cell lines; leading to the inhibition of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT)
EMT↓,
mTOR↓, thymoquinone also attenuated mTOR activity, and inhibited PI3K/Akt signaling in bladder cancer
PI3K↓,
Akt↓,
BioAv↓, Thymoquinone is chemically hydrophobic, which causes its poor solubility, and thus bioavailability. bioavailability of thymoquinone was reported ~58% with a lag time of ~23 min
ChemoSen↑, Some studies revealed that thymoquinone in combination with other chemotherapeutic drugs can show better anticancer activities
BioAv↑, Thymoquinone-loaded liposomes (TQ-LP) and thymoquinone loaded in liposomes modified with Triton X-100 (XLP) with diameters of about 100 nm were found to maintain stability, improve bioavailability and maintain thymoquinone’s anticancer activity
PTEN↑, Thymoquinone also induces apoptosis by up-regulating PTEN
chemoPv↑, A recent study showed that thymoquinone can potentiate the chemopreventive effect of vitamin D during the initiation phase of colon cancer in rat model
RadioS↑, thymoquinone also mediates radiosensitization and cancer chemo-radiotherapy
*Half-Life↝, Thymoquinone-loaded nanostructured lipid carrier (TQ-NLC) has been developed to improve its bioavailability (elimination half-life ~5 hours)
*BioAv↝, calculated absolute bioavailability of thymoquinone was reported ~58% with a lag time of ~23 min by Alkharfy et al.

2102- TQ,    A review on therapeutic potential of Nigella sativa: A miracle herb
- Review, Var, NA
angioG↓, TQ inhibits tumor angiogenesis and tumor growth through suppressing NF-κB and its regulated molecules.
NF-kB↓,
PPARγ↓, TQ was found to increase PPAR-γ activity and down-regulate the expression of the genes for Bcl-2, Bcl-xL and survivin in breast cancer cells.
Bcl-2↓,
Bcl-xL↓,
MUC4↓, TQ down regulated MUC4 expression through the proteasomal pathway and induced apoptosis in pancreatic cancer cells by the activation of c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways
cJun↑,
p38↑,
P21↑, TQ also increased p21 WAF1 expression, inhibited HDAC activity, and induced histone hyperacetylation
HDAC↓,
*radioP↑, N. sativa oil is a promising natural radioprotective agent against immunosuppressive and oxidative effects of ionizing radiation
hepatoP↑, Results suggested that N. sativa treatment protects the rat liver against hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury

3425- TQ,    Advances in research on the relationship between thymoquinone and pancreatic cancer
Apoptosis↑, TQ can inhibit cell proliferation, promote cancer cell apoptosis, inhibit cell invasion and metastasis, enhance chemotherapeutic sensitivity, inhibit angiogenesis, and exert anti-inflammatory effects.
TumCP↓,
TumCI↓,
TumMeta↓,
ChemoSen↑,
angioG↓,
Inflam↓,
NF-kB↓, These anticancer effects predominantly involve the nuclear factor (NF)-κB, phosphoinositide 3 kinase (PI3K)/Akt, Notch, transforming growth factor (TGF)-β, c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK)
PI3K↓,
Akt↓,
TGF-β↓,
Jun↓,
p38↑, and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways as well as the regulation of the cell cycle, matrix metallopeptidase (MMP)-9 expression, and pyruvate kinase isozyme type M2 (PKM2) activity.
MAPK↑, activation of the JNK and p38 MAPK
MMP9↓,
PKM2↓, decrease in PKM2 activity
ROS↑, ROS-mediated activation
JNK↑, activation of the JNK and p38 MAPK
MUC4↓, downregulation of MUC4;
TGF-β↑, TQ led to the activation of the TGF-β pathway and subsequent downregulation of MUC4
Dose↝, Q acts as an antioxidant (free radical scavenger) at low concentrations and as a pro-oxidant at high concentrations.
FAK↓, TQ can inhibit several key molecules such as FAK, Akt, NF-κB, and MMP-9 and that these molecules interact in a cascade to affect the metastasis of pancreatic cancer
NOTCH↓, TQ involved in increasing chemosensitivity consist of blocking the Notch1/PTEN, PI3K/Akt/mTOR, and NF-κB signaling pathways, reducing PKM2 expression, and inhibiting the Warburg effect.
PTEN↑, it also restored the PTEN protein that had been inhibited by GEM
mTOR↓,
Warburg↓, reducing PKM2 expression, and inhibiting the Warburg effect.
XIAP↓,
COX2↓,
Casp9↑,
Ki-67↓,
CD34↓,
VEGF↓,
MCP1↓,
survivin↓,
Cyt‑c↑,
Casp3↑,
H4↑,
HDAC↓,


Showing Research Papers: 1 to 8 of 8

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 8

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

ROS↓, 1,   ROS↑, 4,   ROS⇅, 1,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics ⓘ

ATP↓, 1,   MMP↓, 1,   XIAP↓, 3,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

GlucoseCon↓, 1,   HK2↓, 2,   LDHA↓, 2,   PKM2↓, 2,   PPARγ↓, 1,   Warburg↓, 1,  

Cell Death ⓘ

Akt↓, 2,   Apoptosis↑, 1,   Bax:Bcl2↑, 1,   Bcl-2↓, 3,   Bcl-xL↓, 3,   Casp∅, 1,   Casp3↑, 1,   Casp9↑, 1,   Cyt‑c↑, 1,   IAP1↓, 1,   IAP2↑, 1,   JNK↑, 1,   MAPK↑, 1,   Mcl-1↓, 1,   necrosis↑, 1,   p27↑, 1,   p38↑, 2,   survivin↓, 3,  

Transcription & Epigenetics ⓘ

cJun↑, 1,   H4↑, 1,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress ⓘ

HSP70/HSPA5↑, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair ⓘ

DNAdam↑, 1,   P53↑, 1,   cl‑PARP↑, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence ⓘ

cycD1/CCND1↓, 2,   P21↑, 2,   TumCCA↑, 4,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

CD34↓, 1,   EMT↓, 1,   HDAC↓, 3,   Jun↓, 1,   miR-34a↑, 1,   mTOR↓, 2,   NOTCH↓, 2,   PI3K↓, 2,   PTEN↑, 2,   STAT3↓, 1,  

Migration ⓘ

FAK↓, 1,   p‑FAK↓, 1,   Ki-67↓, 1,   MMP9↓, 2,   MUC4↓, 8,   Rac1↓, 1,   TGF-β↓, 1,   TGF-β↑, 1,   TumCI↓, 1,   TumCP↓, 1,   TumMeta↓, 2,   Twist↓, 1,   α-tubulin↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

angioG↓, 2,   Hif1a↓, 2,   VEGF↓, 2,  

Barriers & Transport ⓘ

GLUT1↓, 2,   GLUT4↓, 2,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

COX2↓, 4,   Inflam↓, 2,   IκB↓, 1,   MCP1↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 7,   p‑p65↓, 1,   PGE1↓, 1,   TNF-α↓, 1,  

Hormonal & Nuclear Receptors ⓘ

AR↓, 1,   ER(estro)↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

BioAv↓, 1,   BioAv↑, 2,   BioAv↝, 1,   ChemoSen↓, 1,   ChemoSen↑, 2,   Dose↝, 1,   eff↑, 1,   RadioS↑, 1,   selectivity↑, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

AR↓, 1,   Ki-67↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

chemoPv↑, 3,   hepatoP↑, 3,   neuroP↑, 1,   RenoP↑, 1,   TumVol↓, 1,  
Total Targets: 93

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

GSH↑, 1,   ROS↓, 2,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

BioAv↝, 1,   Half-Life↝, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

chemoPv↑, 1,   radioP↑, 1,  
Total Targets: 6

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: MUC4, mucin, a high-molecular-weight glycoprotein
5 Thymoquinone
2 Graviola
1 Alpha-Lipoic-Acid
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