Quercetin / IGF-1R 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.
EMIQ bioavialability is about 3X that of Quercetin (Example Natural Factors brand)
Isoquercitrin is high bioaviability and efficiacy but at this time does not seem available as supplement.

-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


IGF-1R, insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor: Click to Expand ⟱
Source: HalifaxProj(inhibit)
Type:
Also IGF1R
A link between elevated IGF levels and the development of solid tumors, such as breast, colon, and prostate cancer. Gene amplification of IGF1R, which encodes insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor, is a frequent event across cancer types. Upregulation of IGF1R protein expression in tumor samples and serum in NSCLC patients. Upregulation of IGF-IR signaling can help cancer cells resist anoikis by inhibiting p53 and p21 activation.
Many cancers, including breast, prostate, lung, and colorectal cancers, have been found to exhibit overexpression of IGF-1R. This overexpression can contribute to increased cell proliferation and survival, promoting tumor growth.


Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
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
BAD↑, IGFBP3↑, Cyt‑c↑, cl‑Casp9↑, Casp10↑, cl‑PARP↑, Casp3↑, IGF-1R↓, PI3K↓, p‑Akt↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, IGF-1↓, IGF-2↓, IGF-1R↓, MMP↓, Apoptosis↑, NA?,
76- QC,    Multifaceted preventive effects of single agent quercetin on a human prostate adenocarcinoma cell line (PC-3): implications for nutritional transcriptomics and multi-target therapy
- in-vitro, Pca, PC3
aSmase↝, Diablo↑, Fas↓, Hsc70↓, Hif1a↓, Mcl-1↓, HSP90↓, FLT4↓, EphB4↓, DNA-PK↓, PARP1↓, ATM↓, XIAP↝, PLC↓, GnT-V↝, heparanase↝, NM23↑, CSR1↑, SPP1↓, DNMT1↓, HDAC4↓, CXCR4↓, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, FBXW7↝, AMACR↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, IGF-1R↓, IMPDH1↓, IMPDH2↓, HEC1↓, NHE1↓, NOS2↓,
79- QC,    Chemopreventive Effect of Quercetin in MNU and Testosterone Induced Prostate Cancer of Sprague-Dawley Rats
- in-vivo, Pca, NA
GSH↑, SOD↑, Catalase↑, GPx↑, GSR↑, IGF-1R↓, Akt↓, AR↓, TumCP↓, lipid-P↓, H2O2↓, Raf↓, p‑MEK↓, Bcl-2↑, Bcl-xL↑, Casp3↑, Casp8↑, Casp9↑,
3341- QC,    Antioxidant Activities of Quercetin and Its Complexes for Medicinal Application
- Review, Var, NA - Review, Stroke, NA
*antiOx↑, *BioAv↑, *GSH↑, *AChE↓, *BChE↓, *H2O2↓, *lipid-P↓, *SOD↑, *SOD2↑, *Catalase↑, *GPx↑, *neuroP↑, *HO-1↑, *cardioP↑, *MDA↓, *NF-kB↓, *IKKα↓, *ROS↓, *PI3K↑, *Akt↑, *hepatoP↑, P53↑, BAX↑, IGF-1R↓, Akt↓, AR↓, TumCP↓, GSH↑, SOD↑, Catalase↑, lipid-P↓, *TNF-α↓, *Ca+2↓,

Showing Research Papers: 1 to 4 of 4

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 4

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


NA, unassigned(tgid=0)

NA?, 1,  

Redox & Oxidative Stress(tgid=1)

Catalase↑, 2,   GPx↑, 1,   GSH↑, 2,   GSR↑, 1,   H2O2↓, 1,   lipid-P↓, 2,   SOD↑, 2,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics(tgid=3)

p‑MEK↓, 1,   MMP↓, 1,   Raf↓, 1,   XIAP↝, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis(tgid=4)

AMACR↓, 1,  

Cell Death(tgid=5)

Akt↓, 2,   p‑Akt↓, 1,   Apoptosis↑, 1,   aSmase↝, 1,   BAD↑, 1,   BAX↑, 1,   Bcl-2↑, 1,   Bcl-xL↑, 1,   Casp10↑, 1,   Casp3↑, 2,   Casp8↑, 1,   Casp9↑, 1,   cl‑Casp9↑, 1,   CSR1↑, 1,   Cyt‑c↑, 1,   Diablo↑, 1,   Fas↓, 1,   Mcl-1↓, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics(tgid=7)

SPP1↓, 1,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress(tgid=8)

Hsc70↓, 1,   HSP90↓, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair(tgid=10)

ATM↓, 1,   DNA-PK↓, 1,   DNMT1↓, 1,   P53↑, 1,   cl‑PARP↑, 1,   PARP1↓, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence(tgid=11)

cycD1/CCND1↓, 2,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State(tgid=12)

FBXW7↝, 1,   HDAC4↓, 1,   IGF-1↓, 1,   IGF-1R↓, 5,   IGF-2↓, 1,   IGFBP3↑, 1,   PI3K↓, 1,  

Migration(tgid=13)

EphB4↓, 1,   GnT-V↝, 1,   heparanase↝, 1,   NM23↑, 1,   TumCP↓, 2,   β-catenin/ZEB1↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature(tgid=14)

FLT4↓, 1,   Hif1a↓, 1,  

Barriers & Transport(tgid=15)

NHE1↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling(tgid=16)

CXCR4↓, 1,  

Cellular Microenvironment(tgid=17)

PLC↓, 1,  

Hormonal & Nuclear Receptors(tgid=20)

AR↓, 2,  

Clinical Biomarkers(tgid=22)

AR↓, 2,   HEC1↓, 1,   NOS2↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes(tgid=23)

IMPDH1↓, 1,   IMPDH2↓, 1,  
Total Targets: 65

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress(tgid=1)

antiOx↑, 1,   Catalase↑, 1,   GPx↑, 1,   GSH↑, 1,   H2O2↓, 1,   HO-1↑, 1,   lipid-P↓, 1,   MDA↓, 1,   ROS↓, 1,   SOD↑, 1,   SOD2↑, 1,  

Cell Death(tgid=5)

Akt↑, 1,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State(tgid=12)

PI3K↑, 1,  

Migration(tgid=13)

Ca+2↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling(tgid=16)

IKKα↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 1,   TNF-α↓, 1,  

Synaptic & Neurotransmission(tgid=18)

AChE↓, 1,   BChE↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance(tgid=21)

BioAv↑, 1,  

Functional Outcomes(tgid=23)

cardioP↑, 1,   hepatoP↑, 1,   neuroP↑, 1,  
Total Targets: 23

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: IGF-1R, insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor
4 Quercetin
1 Paclitaxel/Taxol
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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