Piperlongumine / Bcl-2 Cancer Research Results

PL, Piperlongumine: Click to Expand ⟱
Features:
Piperlongumine (also called Piplartine), an alkaloid from long pepper fruit
-Piperlongumine is a bioactive alkaloid derived from the long pepper (Piper longum)
– Piperlongumine has been shown to selectively increase ROS levels in cancer cells.
-NLRP3 inhibitor?
-TrxR inhibitor (major antioxidant system) to increase ROS in cancer cells
-ic50 cancer cells maybe 2-10uM, normal cells maybe exceeding 20uM.

Available from mcsformulas.com
-(Long Pepper, 500mg/Capsule)- 1 capsule 3 times daily with food
-Piperlongumine Pro Liposomal, 40 mg-take 1 capsule daily with plenty of water, after a meal

-Note half-life 30–60 minutes
BioAv poor aqueous solubility and bioavailability
Pathways:
- induce ROS production in cancer cells likely at any dose. Effect on normal cells is inconclusive.
- ROS↑ related: MMP↓(ΔΨm), ER Stress↑, UPR↑, Cyt‑c↑, Caspases↑, DNA damage↑, cl-PARP↑, Prx,
- Lowers some AntiOxidant markers/ defense in Cancer Cells: but mostly raises NRF2 (raises antiO defense), TrxR↓(*important), GSH↓ Catalase↓ HO1↓ GPx↓
- Very little indication of raising AntiOxidant defense in Normal Cells: GSH↑,
- lowers Inflammation : NF-kB↓, COX2↓, conversely p38↑, Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines : NLRP3↓, IL-1β↓, TNF-α↓, IL-6↓, IL-8↓
- inhibit Growth/Metastases : TumMeta↓, TumCG↓, EMT↓, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, VEGF↓, NF-κB↓, CXCR4↓, ERK↓
- reactivate genes thereby inhibiting cancer cell growth : HDAC↓(few reports), DNMT1↓, DNMT3A↓, EZH2↓, P53↑, HSP↓, Sp proteins↓,
- cause Cell cycle arrest : TumCCA↑, cyclin D1↓, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, CDK6↓,
- inhibits Migration/Invasion : TumCMig↓, TumCI↓, ERK↓, EMT↓,
- small indication of inhibiting glycolysis : HIF-1α↓, cMyc↓, LDH↓, HK2↓,
- inhibits angiogenesis↓ : VEGF↓, HIF-1α↓, EGFR↓,
- Others: PI3K↓, AKT↓, JAK↓, STAT↓, β-catenin↓, ERK↓, JNK,
- Synergies: chemo-sensitization, RadioSensitizer, Others(review target notes), Neuroprotective, Cognitive, Hepatoprotective, CardioProtective,

- Selectivity: Cancer Cells vs Normal Cells
Rank Pathway / Target Axis Direction Primary Effect Notes / Cancer Relevance Ref
1 Transformation-linked oxidative stress dependence ↑ ROS Cancer-selective stress overload Landmark study: piperlongumine selectively kills cells with a cancer genotype by elevating ROS; antioxidant rescue blocks killing (ref)
2 GSTP1 redox buffering (glutathione S-transferase π) ↓ GSTP1 function / ↑ ROS Disables antioxidant buffering Biochemical/structural work describing GSTP1 as a piperlongumine target and linking PL exposure to increased ROS and decreased GSH (ref)
3 ER stress / UPR via PRDX4 (Peroxiredoxin 4) ↓ PRDX4 activity / ↑ ER stress Proteotoxic stress, preferential glioma killing Piperlongumine inactivates PRDX4, exacerbates ER stress, increases ROS, and preferentially kills high-grade glioma cells (ref)
4 Mitochondrial disruption + stress MAPK (JNK) ↓ ΔΨm / ↑ JNK Mitochondrial apoptosis signaling Example mechanistic paper: piperlongumine induces ROS-mediated mitochondrial disruption and activates JNK associated with apoptosis (ref)
5 DNA damage response ↑ DNA damage Checkpoint activation, death signaling Piperlongumine elevates ROS and causes DNA damage in pancreatic cancer models; antioxidant reverses DNA damage and killing (ref)
6 STAT3 signaling ↓ STAT3 activity (↓ pSTAT3 / ↓ STAT3 function) Reduced survival & stem-like growth Drug-repositioning study identifies piperlongumine as a direct STAT3 inhibitor; shows reduced STAT3 activation and mammosphere inhibition (ref)
7 NF-κB signaling ↓ NF-κB DNA binding / ↓ nuclear translocation Reduced inflammatory & anti-apoptotic transcription Piperlongumine down-regulates NF-κB DNA-binding activity and decreases nuclear translocation of p50/p65 in prostate cancer cells (ref)
8 PI3K–AKT–mTOR pathway ↓ PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling Growth suppression; promotes apoptosis/autophagy Paper explicitly reporting piperlongumine induces apoptosis and autophagy through inhibition of PI3K/Akt/mTOR in lung cancer cells (ref)
9 p38 signaling (stress kinase) ↑ p38 signaling Stress response; autophagy involvement Mechanistic study showing piperlongumine induces autophagy by targeting p38 signaling (ref)
10 Cell cycle regulation ↑ G2/M arrest Proliferation block Demonstrates piperlongumine induces G2/M cell-cycle arrest in MCF-7 cells (cell cycle distribution shift shown) (ref)
11 EMT / migration / invasion ↓ EMT / ↓ migration & invasion Anti-metastatic phenotype Reports piperlongumine inhibits TGF-β–induced EMT and reduces migration/invasion in cancer cells (ref)
12 Ferroptosis (iron-dependent oxidative death) ↑ ferroptosis Non-apoptotic killing modality Shows piperlongumine-induced cancer cell death is inhibited by ferroptosis inhibitors and iron chelation, supporting ferroptosis involvement (ref)


Bcl-2, B-cell CLL/lymphoma 2: Click to Expand ⟱
Source: HalifaxProj (inhibit) CGL-Driver Genes
Type: Antiapoptotic Oncogene
The proteins of BCL-2 family are classified into three subgroups, i.e., the anti-apoptotic/pro-survival proteins represented by BCL-2 and BCL-XL, the pro-apoptotic proteins represented by BAX and Bak, and the pro-apoptotic BH3-only proteins represented by BAD and BID.
Since the expression of Bcl-2 protein in tumor cells is much higher than that in normal cells, inhibitors targeting it have little effect on normal cells.


Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
2950- PL,    Overview of piperlongumine analogues and their therapeutic potential
- Review, Var, NA
AntiAg↑, neuroP↑, Inflam↓, NO↓, PGE2↓, MMP3↓, MMP13↓, TumCMig↓, TumCI↓, p38↑, JNK↑, NF-kB↑, ROS↑, FOXM1↓, TrxR1↓, GSH↓, Trx↓, cMyc↓, Casp3↑, Bcl-2↓, Mcl-1↓, STAT3↓, AR↓, DNAdam↑,
1938- PL,    Piperlongumine regulates epigenetic modulation and alleviates psoriasis-like skin inflammation via inhibition of hyperproliferation and inflammation
- Study, PSA, NA - in-vivo, NA, NA
ROS↑, Apoptosis↑, MMP↓, TumCCA↑, DNAdam↑, STAT3↓, Akt↓, PCNA↓, Ki-67↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, Bcl-2↓, K17↓, HDAC↓, ROS↑, *IL1β↓, *IL6↓, *TNF-α↓, *IL17↓, *IL22↓,
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
ER Stress↑, TrxR1↓, ROS↑, eff↓, Bcl-2↓, proCasp3↓, BAX↓, cl‑Casp3↑, TumCCA↑, p‑PERK↑, ATF4↑, TumCG↓, lipid-P↑, selectivity↑,
1947- PL,    Piperlongumine as a direct TrxR1 inhibitor with suppressive activity against gastric cancer
- in-vitro, GC, SGC-7901 - in-vitro, GC, NA
TrxR1↓, ROS↑, ER Stress↑, mtDam↑, selectivity↑, NO↑, TumCCA↑, mt-ROS↑, Casp9↑, Bcl-2↓, Bcl-xL↓, cl‑PARP↑, eff↓, lipid-P↑,
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
ROS↑, selectivity↑, tumCV↓, TumCCA↑, Apoptosis↑, ERK↑, Akt↓, mTOR↓, neuroP↑, Bcl-2↓, Casp3↑, PARP↑, JNK↑, *toxicity↓, eff↓, TumW↓,
2945- PL,    Piperlongumine induces ROS mediated cell death and synergizes paclitaxel in human intestinal cancer cells
- in-vitro, CRC, HCT116
ROS↑, SMAD4↑, ChemoSen↑, P53↑, P21↑, BAX↑, Bcl-2↓, survivin↓, TumCMig↓,
2948- PL,    The promising potential of piperlongumine as an emerging therapeutics for cancer
- Review, Var, NA
tumCV↓, TumCP↓, TumCI↓, angioG↓, EMT↓, TumMeta↓, *hepatoP↑, *lipid-P↓, *GSH↑, cardioP↑, CycB/CCNB1↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, CDK2↓, CDK1↓, CDK4↓, CDK6↓, PCNA↓, Akt↓, mTOR↓, Glycolysis↓, NF-kB↓, IKKα↓, JAK1↓, JAK2↓, STAT3↓, ERK↓, cFos↓, Slug↓, E-cadherin↑, TOP2↓, P53↑, P21↑, Bcl-2↓, BAX↑, Casp3↑, Casp7↑, Casp8↑, p‑HER2/EBBR2↓, HO-1↑, NRF2↑, BIM↑, p‑FOXO3↓, Sp1/3/4↓, cMyc↓, EGFR↓, survivin↓, cMET↓, NQO1↑, SOD2↑, TrxR↓, MDM2↓, p‑eIF2α↑, ATF4↑, CHOP↑, MDA↑, Ki-67↓, MMP9↓, Twist↓, SOX2↓, Nanog↓, OCT4↓, N-cadherin↓, Vim↓, Snail↓, TumW↓, TumCG↓, HK2↓, RB1↓, IL6↓, IL8↓, SOD1↑, RadioS↑, ChemoSen↑, toxicity↓, Sp1/3/4↓, GSH↓, SOD↑,

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↓, 2,   HO-1↑, 1,   lipid-P↑, 2,   MDA↑, 1,   NQO1↑, 1,   NRF2↑, 1,   ROS↑, 7,   mt-ROS↑, 1,   SOD↑, 1,   SOD1↑, 1,   SOD2↑, 1,   Trx↓, 1,   TrxR↓, 1,   TrxR1↓, 3,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics

MMP↓, 1,   mtDam↑, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis

cMyc↓, 2,   Glycolysis↓, 1,   HK2↓, 1,  

Cell Death

Akt↓, 3,   Apoptosis↑, 2,   BAX↓, 1,   BAX↑, 2,   Bcl-2↓, 7,   Bcl-xL↓, 1,   BIM↑, 1,   Casp3↑, 3,   cl‑Casp3↑, 1,   proCasp3↓, 1,   Casp7↑, 1,   Casp8↑, 1,   Casp9↑, 1,   JNK↑, 2,   Mcl-1↓, 1,   MDM2↓, 1,   p38↑, 1,   survivin↓, 2,  

Kinase & Signal Transduction

p‑HER2/EBBR2↓, 1,   Sp1/3/4↓, 2,  

Transcription & Epigenetics

tumCV↓, 2,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress

CHOP↑, 1,   p‑eIF2α↑, 1,   ER Stress↑, 2,   p‑PERK↑, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair

DNAdam↑, 2,   P53↑, 2,   PARP↑, 1,   cl‑PARP↑, 1,   PCNA↓, 2,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence

CDK1↓, 1,   CDK2↓, 1,   CDK4↓, 1,   CycB/CCNB1↓, 1,   cycD1/CCND1↓, 2,   P21↑, 2,   RB1↓, 1,   TumCCA↑, 4,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State

cFos↓, 1,   cMET↓, 1,   EMT↓, 1,   ERK↓, 1,   ERK↑, 1,   FOXM1↓, 1,   p‑FOXO3↓, 1,   HDAC↓, 1,   mTOR↓, 2,   Nanog↓, 1,   OCT4↓, 1,   SOX2↓, 1,   STAT3↓, 3,   TOP2↓, 1,   TumCG↓, 2,  

Migration

AntiAg↑, 1,   E-cadherin↑, 1,   Ki-67↓, 2,   MMP13↓, 1,   MMP3↓, 1,   MMP9↓, 1,   N-cadherin↓, 1,   Slug↓, 1,   SMAD4↑, 1,   Snail↓, 1,   TumCI↓, 2,   TumCMig↓, 2,   TumCP↓, 1,   TumMeta↓, 1,   Twist↓, 1,   Vim↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature

angioG↓, 1,   ATF4↑, 2,   EGFR↓, 1,   NO↓, 1,   NO↑, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling

IKKα↓, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   IL8↓, 1,   Inflam↓, 1,   JAK1↓, 1,   JAK2↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 1,   NF-kB↑, 1,   PGE2↓, 1,  

Hormonal & Nuclear Receptors

AR↓, 1,   CDK6↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance

ChemoSen↑, 2,   eff↓, 3,   RadioS↑, 1,   selectivity↑, 3,  

Clinical Biomarkers

AR↓, 1,   EGFR↓, 1,   FOXM1↓, 1,   p‑HER2/EBBR2↓, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   Ki-67↓, 2,  

Functional Outcomes

cardioP↑, 1,   K17↓, 1,   neuroP↑, 2,   toxicity↓, 1,   TumW↓, 2,  
Total Targets: 119

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress

GSH↑, 1,   lipid-P↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling

IL17↓, 1,   IL1β↓, 1,   IL22↓, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   TNF-α↓, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers

IL6↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes

hepatoP↑, 1,   toxicity↓, 1,  
Total Targets: 10

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: Bcl-2, B-cell CLL/lymphoma 2
7 Piperlongumine
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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