Quercetin / CHOP Cancer Research Results

QC, Quercetin: Click to Expand ⟱
Features:
Plant pigment (flavonoid) found in red wine, onions, green tea, apples and berries.
Quercetin is thought to contribute to anticancer effects through several mechanisms:
-Antioxidant Activity:
-Induction of Apoptosis:modify Bax:Bcl-2 ratio
-Anti-inflammatory Effects:
-Cell Cycle Arrest:
-Inhibition of Angiogenesis and Metastasis: (VEGF)

Cellular Pathways:
-PI3K/Akt/mTOR Pathway: central to cell proliferation, survival, and metabolism.
-MAPK/ERK Pathway: influencing cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis.
-NF-κB Pathway: downregulate NF-κB
-JAK/STAT Pathway: interfere with the activation of STAT3
-Apoptotic Pathways: intrinsic (mitochondrial) and extrinsic (death receptor-mediated) pathways

Quercetin has been used at doses around 500–1000 mg per day
Quercetin’s bioavailability from foods or standard supplements can be low.

-Note half-life 11 to 28 hours.
BioAv low 1-10%, poor water-solubility, consuming with fat may improve bioavialability. also piperine or VitC.
Pathways:
- induce ROS production in cancer cells (higher dose). Typicallys Lowers ROS in normal cells(unless it is high dose?)or depends on Redox status?. "quercetin paradox"
- ROS↑ related: MMP↓(ΔΨm), ER Stress↑, UPR↑, GRP78↑, Ca+2↑, Cyt‑c↑, Caspases↑, DNA damage↑, cl-PARP↑, HSP↓, Prx,
- Confusing info about Lowering AntiOxidant defense in Cancer Cells: NRF2↓(some contrary), TrxR↓**, SOD↓(contrary), GSH↓ Catalase↓(contrary), HO1↓(some contrary), GPx↓(some contrary)
- Raises AntiOxidant defense in Normal Cells: ROS↓, NRF2↑, SOD↑, GSH↑, Catalase↑,
- lowers Inflammation : NF-kB↓, COX2↓, p38↓, Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines : NLRP3↓, IL-1β↓, TNF-α↓, IL-6↓, IL-8↓
- inhibit Growth/Metastases : TumMeta↓, TumCG↓, EMT↓, MMPs↓, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, TIMP2, IGF-1↓, uPA↓, VEGF↓, ROCK1↓, FAK↓, NF-κB↓, CXCR4↓, SDF1↓, TGF-β↓, α-SMA↓, ERK↓
- reactivate genes thereby inhibiting cancer cell growth : HDAC↓, DNMTs↓, EZH2↓, P53↑, HSP↓, Sp proteins↓, TET↑
- cause Cell cycle arrest : TumCCA↑, cyclin D1↓, cyclin E↓, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, CDK6↓,
- inhibits Migration/Invasion : TumCMig↓, TumCI↓, TNF-α↓, FAK↓, ERK↓, EMT↓, TOP1↓, TET1,
- inhibits glycolysis and ATP depletion : HIF-1α↓, PKM2↓, cMyc↓, GLUT1↓, LDH↓, LDHA↓, HK2↓, PFKs↓, PDKs↓, ECAR↓, OXPHOS↓, GRP78↑, GlucoseCon↓
- inhibits angiogenesis↓ : VEGF↓, HIF-1α↓, Notch↓, FGF↓, PDGF↓, EGFR↓,
- some indication of inhibiting Cancer Stem Cells : CSC↓, CK2↓, Hh↓, CD24↓, β-catenin↓, Notch2↓,
- Others: PI3K↓, AKT↓, JAK↓, STAT↓, Wnt↓, β-catenin↓, AMPK, α↓, ERK↓, JNK, - SREBP (related to cholesterol).
- Synergies: chemo-sensitization, chemoProtective, RadioSensitizer, RadioProtective, Others(review target notes), Neuroprotective, Cognitive, Renoprotection, Hepatoprotective, CardioProtective,

- Selectivity: Cancer Cells vs Normal Cells

Rank Pathway / Axis Cancer Cells Normal Cells Label Primary Interpretation Notes
1 Reactive oxygen species (ROS) ↑ ROS (dose-, metal-, context-dependent) ↓ ROS Conditional Driver Biphasic redox modulation Quercetin exhibits pro-oxidant behavior in cancer cells while protecting normal cells
2 Mitochondrial integrity / intrinsic apoptosis ↓ ΔΨm; ↑ caspase activation ↔ preserved Driver Execution of intrinsic apoptosis Mitochondrial dysfunction is a central apoptosis route in cancer cells
3 PI3K → AKT → mTOR axis ↓ AKT / ↓ mTOR ↔ adaptive suppression Driver Growth and survival inhibition AKT/mTOR suppression is a consistently reported upstream effect in cancer models
4 NF-κB signaling ↓ NF-κB activation ↓ inflammatory NF-κB tone Secondary Reduced survival and inflammatory transcription NF-κB inhibition contributes to chemosensitization and apoptosis susceptibility
5 MAPK signaling (JNK / p38) ↑ JNK / ↑ p38 ↔ minimal Secondary Stress-mediated apoptosis signaling MAPK activation supports apoptosis downstream of redox stress
6 Cell cycle regulation ↑ G1/S or G2/M arrest ↔ largely spared Phenotypic Cytostatic growth control Cell-cycle arrest reflects disruption of growth signaling
7 HIF-1α hypoxia signaling ↓ HIF-1α ↔ minimal Secondary Reduced hypoxia tolerance Quercetin interferes with hypoxia-driven transcriptional programs
8 NRF2 antioxidant response ↑ NRF2 (adaptive, context-dependent) ↑ NRF2 (protective) Adaptive Stress compensation NRF2 induction reflects redox buffering rather than primary cytotoxicity


CHOP, GADD153: Click to Expand ⟱
Source:
Type: Protein
GADD153 and CHOP (C/EBP-homologous protein) refer to the same protein. GADD153 stands for "Growth Arrest and DNA Damage-inducible protein 153," while CHOP stands for "C/EBP Homologous Protein."
DDIT3 (DNA Damage Inducible Transcript 3), also known as CHOP (C/EBP Homologous Protein), is a transcription factor that plays a significant role in the cellular response to stress, particularly in the context of the unfolded protein response (UPR) and apoptosis.

CHOP is an important component of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response. Research has shown that knockdown of CHOP not only enhances tunicamycin-induced autophagy, but also significantly attenuates ER stress-induced apoptosis in human colon cancer cells.
GADD153, also known as CHOP (C/EBP homologous protein), is a transcription factor that plays a significant role in cellular stress responses, particularly in the context of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response. It is part of the unfolded protein response (UPR), which is activated when there is an accumulation of misfolded proteins in the ER.
Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
916- QC,    Quercetin and cancer: new insights into its therapeutic effects on ovarian cancer cells
- Review, Ovarian, NA
COX2↓, CRP↓, ER Stress↑, Apoptosis↑, GRP78/BiP↑, CHOP↑, p‑STAT3↓, PI3K↓, Akt↓, mTOR↓, cMyc↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, cFLIP↓, IL6↓, IL10↓,
66- QC,    Emerging impact of quercetin in the treatment of prostate cancer
- Review, Pca, NA
CycB/CCNB1↓, CDK1↓, EMT↓, PI3K↓, MAPK↓, Wnt/(β-catenin)↓, PSA↓, VEGF↓, PARP↑, Casp3↑, Casp9↑, DR5↑, ROS⇅, Shh↓, P53↑, P21↑, EGFR↓, TumCCA↑, ROS↑, miR-21↓, TumCP↓, selectivity↑, PDGF↓, EGF↓, TNF-α↓, VEGFR2↓, mTOR↓, cMyc↓, MMPs↓, GRP78/BiP↑, CHOP↑,
91- QC,    The roles of endoplasmic reticulum stress and mitochondrial apoptotic signaling pathway in quercetin-mediated cell death of human prostate cancer PC-3 cells
- in-vitro, Pca, PC3
CDK2↓, cycE/CCNE↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, ATFs↑, GRP78/BiP↑, Bcl-2↓, BAX↑, Casp3↑, Casp8↑, Casp9↑, ER Stress↑, CHOP↑, TumCCA↑, DNAdam↑, AIF↑, Ca+2↑, MMP↓,
88- QC,  PacT,    Quercetin Enhanced Paclitaxel Therapeutic Effects Towards PC-3 Prostate Cancer Through ER Stress Induction and ROS Production
- vitro+vivo, Pca, PC3
ROS↑, ER Stress↑, TumCP↓, Apoptosis↑, TumCCA↑, TumCMig↓, GRP78/BiP↑, CHOP↑, TumCG↓,
3374- QC,    Therapeutic effects of quercetin in oral cancer therapy: a systematic review of preclinical evidence focused on oxidative damage, apoptosis and anti-metastasis
- Review, Oral, NA - Review, AD, NA
α-SMA↓, α-SMA↑, TumCP↓, tumCV↓, TumVol↓, TumCI↓, TumMeta↓, TumCMig↓, ROS↑, Apoptosis↑, BioAv↓, *neuroP↑, *antiOx↑, *Inflam↓, *Aβ↓, *cardioP↑, MMP↓, Cyt‑c↑, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, EMT↓, MMPs↓, Twist↓, Slug↓, Ca+2↑, AIF↑, Endon↑, P-gp↓, LDH↑, HK2↓, PKA↓, Glycolysis↓, GlucoseCon↓, lactateProd↓, GRP78/BiP↑, Casp12↑, CHOP↑,
3369- QC,    Pharmacological basis and new insights of quercetin action in respect to its anti-cancer effects
- Review, Pca, NA
FAK↓, TumCCA↑, p‑pRB↓, CDK2↑, CycB/CCNB1↓, CDK1↓, EMT↓, PI3K↓, MAPK↓, Wnt↓, ROS↑, miR-21↑, Akt↓, NF-kB↓, FasL↑, Bak↑, BAX↑, Bcl-2↓, Casp3↓, Casp9↑, P53↑, p38↑, MAPK↑, Cyt‑c↑, PARP↓, CHOP↑, ROS↓, LDH↑, GRP78/BiP↑, ERK↑, MDA↓, SOD↑, GSH↑, NRF2↑, VEGF↓, PDGF↓, EGF↓, FGF↓, TNF-α↓, TGF-β↓, VEGFR2↓, EGFR↓, FGFR1↓, mTOR↓, cMyc↓, MMPs↓, LC3B-II↑, Beclin-1↑, IL1β↓, CRP↓, IL10↓, COX2↓, IL6↓, TLR4↓, Shh↓, HER2/EBBR2↓, NOTCH↓, DR5↑, HSP70/HSPA5↓, CSCs↓, angioG↓, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, IGFBP3↑, uPA↓, uPAR↓, RAS↓, Raf↓, TSP-1↑,
3362- QC,    The effect of quercetin on cervical cancer cells as determined by inducing tumor endoplasmic reticulum stress and apoptosis and its mechanism of action
- in-vitro, Cerv, HeLa
Apoptosis↑, cycD1/CCND1↓, Casp3↑, GRP78/BiP↑, CHOP↑, tumCV↓, IRE1↑, p‑PERK↑, c-ATF6↑, ER Stress↑,

Showing Research Papers: 1 to 7 of 7

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 7

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

GSH↑, 1,   MDA↓, 1,   NRF2↑, 1,   ROS↓, 1,   ROS↑, 4,   ROS⇅, 1,   SOD↑, 1,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics ⓘ

AIF↑, 2,   EGF↓, 2,   FGFR1↓, 1,   MMP↓, 2,   Raf↓, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

cMyc↓, 3,   GlucoseCon↓, 1,   Glycolysis↓, 1,   HK2↓, 1,   lactateProd↓, 1,   LDH↑, 2,  

Cell Death ⓘ

Akt↓, 2,   Apoptosis↑, 4,   Bak↑, 1,   BAX↑, 2,   Bcl-2↓, 2,   Casp12↑, 1,   Casp3↓, 1,   Casp3↑, 3,   Casp8↑, 1,   Casp9↑, 3,   cFLIP↓, 1,   Cyt‑c↑, 2,   DR5↑, 2,   Endon↑, 1,   FasL↑, 1,   MAPK↓, 2,   MAPK↑, 1,   p38↑, 1,  

Kinase & Signal Transduction ⓘ

HER2/EBBR2↓, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics ⓘ

miR-21↓, 1,   miR-21↑, 1,   p‑pRB↓, 1,   tumCV↓, 2,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress ⓘ

c-ATF6↑, 1,   ATFs↑, 1,   CHOP↑, 7,   ER Stress↑, 4,   GRP78/BiP↑, 7,   HSP70/HSPA5↓, 1,   IRE1↑, 1,   p‑PERK↑, 1,  

Autophagy & Lysosomes ⓘ

Beclin-1↑, 1,   LC3B-II↑, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair ⓘ

DNAdam↑, 1,   P53↑, 2,   PARP↓, 1,   PARP↑, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence ⓘ

CDK1↓, 2,   CDK2↓, 1,   CDK2↑, 1,   CycB/CCNB1↓, 2,   cycD1/CCND1↓, 3,   cycE/CCNE↓, 1,   P21↑, 1,   TumCCA↑, 4,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

CSCs↓, 1,   EMT↓, 3,   ERK↑, 1,   FGF↓, 1,   IGFBP3↑, 1,   mTOR↓, 3,   NOTCH↓, 1,   PI3K↓, 3,   RAS↓, 1,   Shh↓, 2,   p‑STAT3↓, 1,   TumCG↓, 1,   Wnt↓, 1,   Wnt/(β-catenin)↓, 1,  

Migration ⓘ

Ca+2↑, 2,   FAK↓, 1,   MMP2↓, 2,   MMP9↓, 2,   MMPs↓, 3,   PDGF↓, 2,   PKA↓, 1,   Slug↓, 1,   TGF-β↓, 1,   TSP-1↑, 1,   TumCI↓, 1,   TumCMig↓, 2,   TumCP↓, 3,   TumMeta↓, 1,   Twist↓, 1,   uPA↓, 1,   uPAR↓, 1,   α-SMA↓, 1,   α-SMA↑, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

angioG↓, 1,   EGFR↓, 2,   VEGF↓, 2,   VEGFR2↓, 2,  

Barriers & Transport ⓘ

P-gp↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

COX2↓, 2,   CRP↓, 2,   IL10↓, 2,   IL1β↓, 1,   IL6↓, 2,   NF-kB↓, 1,   PSA↓, 1,   TLR4↓, 1,   TNF-α↓, 2,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

BioAv↓, 1,   selectivity↑, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

CRP↓, 2,   EGFR↓, 2,   HER2/EBBR2↓, 1,   IL6↓, 2,   LDH↑, 2,   PSA↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

TumVol↓, 1,  
Total Targets: 119

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

antiOx↑, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

Inflam↓, 1,  

Protein Aggregation ⓘ

Aβ↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

cardioP↑, 1,   neuroP↑, 1,  
Total Targets: 5

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: CHOP, GADD153
7 Quercetin
1 Paclitaxel
Query results interpretion may depend on "conditions" listed in the research papers.
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  -format for product, such as nano of lipid formations
  -different cell line effects
  -synergies with other products 
  -if effect was for normal or cancerous cells

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