Gambogic Acid / P53 Cancer Research Results

GamB, Gambogic Acid: Click to Expand ⟱
Features:
Gambogic acid is a naturally occurring xanthonoid extracted from the resin of trees belonging to the Garcinia genus—most notably, Garcinia hanburyi. This tree is native to regions in Southeast Asia, particularly found in areas of China, India, and neighboring countries.
Gambogic acid (GA; C38H44O8, MW: 628.76), a polyprenylated xanthone and a widely used coloring agent, is the main active ingredient of gamboges secreted from the Garcinia hanburyi tree ([3, 4], which mainly grows in Southeast Asia.
GA has been approved by the Chinese FDA for the treatment of solid cancers in Phase II clinical trials.

Pathways:
-evidence suggesting that it can inhibit thioredoxin reductase (TrxR).
-can indeed lead to an increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels
-Gambogic acid can trigger mitochondrial dysfunction, leading to cytochrome c release
-influences death receptors
-Inhibition of NF-κB Signaling
-Inhibition of VEGF Pathway
-Cell Cycle Arrest:
-p53 Activation
Rank Pathway / Target Axis Direction Primary Effect Notes / Cancer Relevance Ref
1 Thioredoxin / Thioredoxin reductase (Trx / TrxR) ↓ Trx / TrxR activity Redox buffering collapse Primary molecular target; covalent cysteine interaction drives loss of antioxidant capacity (ref)
2 ROS accumulation ↑ ROS Oxidative stress overload Immediate consequence of Trx/TrxR inhibition; upstream of mitochondrial damage (ref)
3 Mitochondrial integrity (ΔΨm) ↓ ΔΨm Mitochondrial dysfunction GA reduces mitochondrial membrane potential prior to execution-phase death (ref)
4 Intrinsic apoptosis / pyroptosis (caspase-3, GSDME) ↑ programmed cell death Execution-phase killing Mitochondrial apoptosis and caspase-3/GSDME-dependent pyroptosis reported (ref)
5 NF-κB signaling ↓ NF-κB activation Reduced pro-survival transcription Redox-sensitive suppression of NF-κB nuclear activity and target genes (ref)
6 PI3K–AKT survival signaling ↓ AKT phosphorylation Survival pathway collapse Downstream of oxidative stress and chaperone disruption (ref)
7 HSP90 chaperone function ↓ client stabilization Oncoprotein destabilization GA disrupts HSP90–client interactions affecting AKT, HER2, etc. (ref)
8 ER stress / UPR ↑ ER stress signaling Proteotoxic stress Secondary ER stress response following redox and mitochondrial disruption (ref)
9 Cell cycle regulation ↑ cell-cycle arrest Proliferation blockade Checkpoint activation downstream of stress signaling (ref)
10 Autophagy (stress-induced) ↑ autophagy Adaptive or pro-death response Autophagy induction reported; role varies by context (ref)
11 Angiogenesis signaling (VEGF) ↓ VEGF expression Anti-angiogenic effect Suppression of pro-angiogenic transcription observed (ref)
12 Tumor growth in vivo ↓ tumor volume Integrated outcome Xenograft models show significant tumor growth inhibition (ref)


P53, P53-Guardian of the Genome: Click to Expand ⟱
Source: TCGA
Type: Proapototic
TP53 is the most commonly mutated gene in human cancer. TP53 is a gene that encodes for the p53 tumor suppressor protein ; TP73 (Chr.1p36.33) and TP63 (Chr.3q28) genes that encode transcription factors p73 and p63, respectively, are TP53 homologous structures.
p53 is a crucial tumor suppressor protein that plays a significant role in regulating the cell cycle, maintaining genomic stability, and preventing tumor formation. It is often referred to as the "guardian of the genome" due to its role in protecting cells from DNA damage and stress.
TP53 gene, which encodes the p53 protein, is one of the most frequently mutated genes in human cancers.
Overexpression of MDM2, an inhibitor of p53, can lead to decreased p53 activity even in the presence of wild-type p53.
In some cancers, particularly those with mutant p53, there may be an overexpression of the p53 protein.
Cancers with overexpression: Breast, lung, colorectal, overian, head and neck, Esophageal, bladder, pancreatic, and liver.


Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
5152- GamB,    Gambogic Acid as a Candidate for Cancer Therapy: A Review
- Review, Var, NA
AntiCan↑, Apoptosis↑, TumAuto↑, TumCCA↑, TumCI↓, TumMeta↓, angioG↓, eff↑, NF-kB↓, P53↑, P21↑, MDM2↓, HSP90↓, Bcl-2↓, Cyt‑c↑, Casp↑, MMP↓, Casp3↑, Casp9↑, cl‑PARP↑, Bax:Bcl2↑, ROS↑, SIRT1↓, TrxR1↓, Fas↓, FasL↑, FADD↑, APAF1↑, DNAdam↑, NF-kB↓, STAT3↓, MAPK↓, cFos↓, EGFR↓, Akt↓, mTOR↓, AMPK↑, TumCCA↑, ChemoSen↑, P-gp↓, survivin↓,
5148- GamB,    Gambogic acid: A shining natural compound to nanomedicine for cancer therapeutics
- Review, Var, NA
AntiCan↑, angioG↓, ChemoSen↑, RadioS↑, VEGF↓, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, Telomerase↓, TrxR↓, ERK↓, HSP90↓, ROS↑, SIRT1↑, survivin↓, cFLIP↓, Casp3↑, Casp8↑, Casp9↑, BAD↓, BID↓, Bcl-2↓, BAX↑, STAT3↓, hTERT/TERT↓, NF-kB↓, Myc↓, Hif1a↓, FOXD3↑, BioAv↓, BioAv↑, P53↑, eff↓, OCR↓, MMP↓, PI3K↓, Akt↓, BBB↑, TumCG↓, TumMeta↓, BioAv↑,
1959- GamB,    Gambogic acid induces GSDME dependent pyroptotic signaling pathway via ROS/P53/Mitochondria/Caspase-3 in ovarian cancer cells
- in-vitro, Ovarian, NA - in-vivo, NA, NA
AntiCan↑, Pyro↑, tumCV?, CellMemb↓, cl‑Casp3↑, GSDME-N↑, ROS?, p‑P53↑, eff↓, MMP↓, Bcl-2↓, BAX↑, mtDam↑, Cyt‑c↑, TumCG↓, CD4+↑, CD8+↑,

Showing Research Papers: 1 to 3 of 3

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 3

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress

ROS?, 1,   ROS↑, 2,   TrxR↓, 1,   TrxR1↓, 1,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics

MMP↓, 3,   mtDam↑, 1,   OCR↓, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis

AMPK↑, 1,   SIRT1↓, 1,   SIRT1↑, 1,  

Cell Death

Akt↓, 2,   APAF1↑, 1,   Apoptosis↑, 1,   BAD↓, 1,   BAX↑, 2,   Bax:Bcl2↑, 1,   Bcl-2↓, 3,   BID↓, 1,   Casp↑, 1,   Casp3↑, 2,   cl‑Casp3↑, 1,   Casp8↑, 1,   Casp9↑, 2,   cFLIP↓, 1,   Cyt‑c↑, 2,   FADD↑, 1,   Fas↓, 1,   FasL↑, 1,   GSDME-N↑, 1,   hTERT/TERT↓, 1,   MAPK↓, 1,   MDM2↓, 1,   Myc↓, 1,   Pyro↑, 1,   survivin↓, 2,   Telomerase↓, 1,  

Kinase & Signal Transduction

FOXD3↑, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics

tumCV?, 1,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress

HSP90↓, 2,  

Autophagy & Lysosomes

TumAuto↑, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair

DNAdam↑, 1,   P53↑, 2,   p‑P53↑, 1,   cl‑PARP↑, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence

P21↑, 1,   TumCCA↑, 2,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State

cFos↓, 1,   ERK↓, 1,   mTOR↓, 1,   PI3K↓, 1,   STAT3↓, 2,   TumCG↓, 2,  

Migration

MMP2↓, 1,   MMP9↓, 1,   TumCI↓, 1,   TumMeta↓, 2,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature

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

Barriers & Transport

BBB↑, 1,   CellMemb↓, 1,   P-gp↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling

CD4+↑, 1,   NF-kB↓, 3,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance

BioAv↓, 1,   BioAv↑, 2,   ChemoSen↑, 2,   eff↓, 2,   eff↑, 1,   RadioS↑, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers

EGFR↓, 1,   hTERT/TERT↓, 1,   Myc↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes

AntiCan↑, 3,  

Infection & Microbiome

CD8+↑, 1,  
Total Targets: 76

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Total Targets: 0

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: P53, P53-Guardian of the Genome
3 Gambogic Acid
Query results interpretion may depend on "conditions" listed in the research papers.
Such Conditions may include : 
  -low or high Dose
  -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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