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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. |
| 1255- | PI, | ALA, | Antileukemic effects of piperlongumine and alpha lipoic acid combination on Jurkat, MEC1 and NB4 cells in vitro |
| - | in-vitro, | CLL, | NA |
| 5208- | PI, | Piperine Inhibits Cell Proliferation and Induces Apoptosis of Human Gastric Cancer Cells by Downregulating Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase (PI3K)/Akt Pathway |
| - | in-vitro, | GC, | SNU16 | - | in-vitro, | Nor, | GES-1 |
| 5213- | PI, | Induction of apoptosis by piperine in human cervical adenocarcinoma via ROS mediated mitochondrial pathway and caspase-3 activation |
| - | in-vitro, | Cerv, | HeLa |
| 3587- | PI, | Piperine: A review of its biological effects |
| - | Review, | Park, | NA | - | Review, | AD, | NA |
| 1944- | PL, | Piperlongumine, a Novel TrxR1 Inhibitor, Induces Apoptosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells by ROS-Mediated ER Stress |
| - | in-vitro, | HCC, | HUH7 | - | in-vitro, | HCC, | HepG2 |
| 2970- | PL, | Piperlongumine induces apoptosis and autophagy in leukemic cells through targeting the PI3K/Akt/mTOR and p38 signaling pathways |
| - | in-vitro, | AML, | NA |
| 2956- | PL, | Piperlongumine rapidly induces the death of human pancreatic cancer cells mainly through the induction of ferroptosis |
| - | in-vitro, | PC, | NA |
| 2944- | PL, | Piperlongumine, a Potent Anticancer Phytotherapeutic, Induces Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis In Vitro and In Vivo through the ROS/Akt Pathway in Human Thyroid Cancer Cells |
| - | in-vitro, | Thyroid, | IHH4 | - | in-vitro, | Thyroid, | 8505C | - | in-vivo, | NA, | NA |
| 2946- | PL, | Piperlongumine, a potent anticancer phytotherapeutic: Perspectives on contemporary status and future possibilities as an anticancer agent |
| - | Review, | Var, | NA |
| 2948- | PL, | The promising potential of piperlongumine as an emerging therapeutics for cancer |
| - | Review, | Var, | NA |
| 2950- | PL, | Overview of piperlongumine analogues and their therapeutic potential |
| - | Review, | Var, | NA |
| 5160- | PLB, | VitK3, | Plumbagin, Vitamin K3 Analogue, Suppresses STAT3 Activation Pathway through Induction of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, SHP-1: Potential Role in Chemosensitization |
| - | in-vitro, | Melanoma, | U266 |
| 5161- | PLB, | Plumbagin induces G2/M arrest, apoptosis, and autophagy via p38 MAPK- and PI3K/Akt/mTOR-mediated pathways in human tongue squamous cell carcinoma cells |
| - | in-vitro, | SCC, | SCC25 |
| 5158- | PLB, | Plumbagin induces reactive oxygen species, which mediate apoptosis in human cervical cancer cells |
| - | in-vitro, | Cerv, | ME-180 |
| 2006- | PLB, | Plumbagin induces apoptosis in human osteosarcoma through ROS generation, endoplasmic reticulum stress and mitochondrial apoptosis pathway |
| - | in-vitro, | OS, | MG63 | - | in-vitro, | Nor, | hFOB1.19 |
| 2005- | PLB, | Plumbagin induces apoptosis in lymphoma cells via oxidative stress mediated glutathionylation and inhibition of mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatases (MKP1/2) |
| - | in-vivo, | Nor, | EL4 | - | in-vitro, | AML, | Jurkat |
| 4968- | PSO, | Psoralidin: emerging biological activities of therapeutic benefits and its potential utility in cervical cancer |
| - | in-vitro, | Cerv, | NA |
| 4967- | PSO, | Psoralidin's Anti-Cancer Mechanisms: A Technical Guide |
| - | Review, | Var, | NA |
| 4966- | PSO, | Psoralidin induces pyroptosis in both tumor cells and macrophages as well as enhances nature killer cell cytotoxicity to suppress hepatocellular carcinoma |
| - | vitro+vivo, | HCC, | HepG2 |
| 5154- | PTL, | Parthenolide, a sesquiterpene lactone from the medical herb feverfew, shows anticancer activity against human melanoma cells in vitro |
| - | in-vitro, | Melanoma, | NA |
| 1993- | PTL, | Parthenolide induces apoptosis and autophagy through the suppression of PI3K/Akt signaling pathway in cervical cancer |
| - | in-vitro, | Cerv, | HeLa |
| 1237- | PTS, | Pterostilbene induces cell apoptosis and inhibits lipogenesis in SKOV3 ovarian cancer cells by activation of AMPK-induced inhibition of Akt/mTOR signaling cascade |
| - | in-vitro, | Ovarian, | SKOV3 |
| 3930- | PTS, | A Review of Pterostilbene Antioxidant Activity and Disease Modification |
| - | Review, | Var, | NA | - | Review, | adrenal, | NA | - | Review, | Stroke, | NA |
| 3603- | QC, | Mechanism of quercetin therapeutic targets for Alzheimer disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus |
| - | Review, | AD, | NA | - | Review, | Diabetic, | NA |
| 3353- | QC, | Quercetin triggers cell apoptosis-associated ROS-mediated cell death and induces S and G2/M-phase cell cycle arrest in KON oral cancer cells |
| - | in-vitro, | Oral, | KON | - | in-vitro, | Nor, | MRC-5 |
| 3350- | QC, | Quercetin and the mitochondria: A mechanistic view |
| - | Review, | NA, | NA |
| 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 |
| 3368- | QC, | The potential anti-cancer effects of quercetin on blood, prostate and lung cancers: An update |
| - | Review, | Var, | NA |
| 3373- | QC, | The Effect of Quercetin in the Yishen Tongluo Jiedu Recipe on the Development of Prostate Cancer through the Akt1-related CXCL12/ CXCR4 Pathway |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | DU145 |
| 3369- | QC, | Pharmacological basis and new insights of quercetin action in respect to its anti-cancer effects |
| - | Review, | Pca, | NA |
| 3371- | QC, | Quercetin induces MGMT+ glioblastoma cells apoptosis via dual inhibition of Wnt3a/β-Catenin and Akt/NF-κB signaling pathways |
| - | in-vitro, | GBM, | T98G |
| 4787- | QC, | Quercetin: A Phytochemical with Pro-Apoptotic Effects in Colon Cancer Cells |
| - | Review, | CRC, | NA |
| 4827- | QC, | CUR, | Synthetic Pathways and the Therapeutic Potential of Quercetin and Curcumin |
| - | Review, | Var, | NA |
| 55- | QC, | Quercetin inhibits the growth of human gastric cancer stem cells by inducing mitochondrial-dependent apoptosis through the inhibition of PI3K/Akt signaling |
| - | in-vitro, | GC, | GCSCs |
| 78- | QC, | Effects of quercetin on insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) and their binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) secretion and induction of apoptosis in human prostate cancer cells |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | pCSCs |
| 64- | QC, | Quercetin enhances TRAIL-mediated apoptosis in colon cancer cells by inducing the accumulation of death receptors in lipid rafts |
| - | in-vitro, | Colon, | HT-29 | - | in-vitro, | Colon, | SW-620 | - | in-vitro, | Colon, | Caco-2 |
| 66- | QC, | Emerging impact of quercetin in the treatment of prostate cancer |
| - | Review, | Pca, | NA |
| 69- | QC, | Quercetin enhances TRAIL-induced apoptosis in prostate cancer cells via increased protein stability of death receptor 5 |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | DU145 | - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 | - | in-vitro, | Pca, | LNCaP |
| 36- | QC, | Quercetin induces G2 phase arrest and apoptosis with the activation of p53 in an E6 expression-independent manner in HPV-positive human cervical cancer-derived cells |
| - | in-vitro, | Cerv, | HeLa | - | in-vitro, | Cerv, | SiHa |
| 41- | QC, | Quercetin induces mitochondrial-derived apoptosis via reactive oxygen species-mediated ERK activation in HL-60 leukemia cells and xenograft |
| - | vitro+vivo, | AML, | HL-60 |
| 42- | QC, | Quercetin induces apoptosis by activating caspase-3 and regulating Bcl-2 and cyclooxygenase-2 pathways in human HL-60 cells |
| - | in-vitro, | AML, | HL-60 |
| 50- | QC, | Anticancer effect and mechanism of polymer micelle-encapsulated quercetin on ovarian cancer |
| - | vitro+vivo, | Ovarian, | A2780S |
| 89- | QC, | doxoR, | Quercetin reverses the doxorubicin resistance of prostate cancer cells by downregulating the expression of c-met |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 |
| 73- | QC, | The dietary bioflavonoid, quercetin, selectively induces apoptosis of prostate cancer cells by down-regulating the expression of heat shock protein 90 |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | LNCaP | - | in-vitro, | Pca, | DU145 | - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 |
| 93- | QC, | Chemical Proteomics Identifies Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) A1 as the Molecular Target of Quercetin in Its Anti-cancer Effects in PC-3 Cells |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 |
| 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 |
| 90- | QC, | HP, | Combination of quercetin and hyperoside inhibits prostate cancer cell growth and metastasis via regulation of microRNA‑21 |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 |
| 86- | QC, | PacT, | Quercetin regulates insulin like growth factor signaling and induces intrinsic and extrinsic pathway mediated apoptosis in androgen independent prostate cancer cells (PC-3) |
| - | vitro+vivo, | Pca, | PC3 |
| 84- | QC, | Quercetin-induced growth inhibition and cell death in prostatic carcinoma cells (PC-3) are associated with increase in p21 and hypophosphorylated retinoblastoma proteins expression |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 |
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