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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


Sp1/3/4, Specificity Protein: Click to Expand ⟱
Source:
Type:
SP2 (Specificity Protein 2) and SP3 (Specificity Protein 3) are also members of the Sp/KLF (Sp1/Krüppel-like factor) family of transcription factors, similar to SP1. They share some functional similarities but also have distinct roles in cellular processes and cancer biology.
-Sp proteins are a family of transcription factors that play a crucial role in regulating gene expression.
-SP1 is often overexpressed in various types of cancer, including breast, prostate, and lung cancers. However, expression levels of Sp in normal cells and tissues are low to undetectable.

SP inhibitors:
-Curcumin, Resveratrol, EGCG, Genistein, Piperlongumine, Betulinic acid



Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
923- QC,    Quercetin as an innovative therapeutic tool for cancer chemoprevention: Molecular mechanisms and implications in human health
- Review, Var, NA
ROS↑, decided by the availability of intracellular reduced glutathione (GSH),
GSH↓, extended exposure with high concentration of quercetin causes a substantial decline in GSH levels
Ca+2↝,
MMP↓,
Casp3↑, activation of caspase-3, -8, and -9
Casp8↑,
Casp9↑,
other↓, when p53 is inhibited, cancer cells become vulnerable to quercetin-induced apoptosis
*ROS↓, Quercetin (QC), a plant-derived bioflavonoid, is known for its ROS scavenging properties and was recently discovered to have various antitumor properties in a variety of solid tumors.
*NRF2↑, Moreover, the therapeutic efficacy of QC has also been defined in rat models through the activation of Nrf-2/HO-1 against high glucose-induced damage
HO-1↑,
TumCCA↑, QC increases cell cycle arrest via regulating p21WAF1, cyclin B, and p27KIP1
Inflam↓, QC-mediated anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic properties play a key role in cancer prevention by modulating the TLR-2 (toll-like receptor-2) and JAK-2/STAT-3 pathways and significantly inhibit STAT-3 tyrosine phosphorylation within inflammatory ce
STAT3↓,
DR5↑, several studies showed that QC upregulated the death receptor (DR)
P450↓, it hinders the activity of cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes in hepatocytes
MMPs↓, QC has also been shown to suppress metastatic protein expression such as MMPs (matrix metalloproteases)
IFN-γ↓, QC is its ability to inhibit inflammatory mediators including IFN-γ, IL-6, COX-2, IL-8, iNOS, TNF-α,
IL6↓,
COX2↓,
IL8↓,
iNOS↓,
TNF-α↓,
cl‑PARP↑, Induced caspase-8, caspase-9, and caspase-3 activation, PARP cleavage, mitochondrial membrane depolarization,
Apoptosis↑, increased apoptosis and p53 expression
P53↑,
Sp1/3/4↓, HT-29 colon cancer cells: decreased the expression of Sp1, Sp3, Sp4 mrna, and survivin,
survivin↓,
TRAILR↑, H460 Increased the expression of TRAILR, caspase-10, DFF45, TNFR 1, FAS, and decreased the expression of NF-κb, ikkα
Casp10↑,
DFF45↑,
TNFR 1↑,
Fas↑,
NF-kB↓,
IKKα↓,
cycD1↓, SKOV3 Reduction in cyclin D1 level
Bcl-2↓, MCF-7, HCC1937, SK-Br3, 4T1, MDA-MB-231 Decreased Bcl-2 expression, increasedBax expression, inhibition of PI3K-Akt pathway
BAX↑,
PI3K↓,
Akt↓,
E-cadherin↓, MDA-MB-231 Induced the expression of E-cadherin and downregulated vimentin levels, modulation of β-catenin target genes such as cyclin D1 and c-Myc
Vim↓,
β-catenin/ZEB1↓,
cMyc↓,
EMT↓, MCF-7 Suppressed the epithelial–mesenchymal transition process, upregulated E-cadherin expression, downregulated vimentin and MMP-2 expression, decreased Notch1 expression
MMP2↓,
NOTCH1↓,
MMP7↓, PANC-1, PATU-8988 Decreased the secretion of MMP and MMP7, blocked the STAT3 signaling pathway
angioG↓, PC-3, HUVECs Reduced angiogenesis, increased TSP-1 protein and mrna expression
TSP-1↑,
CSCs↓, PC-3 and LNCaP cells Activated capase-3/7 and inhibit the expression of Bcl-2, surviving and XIAP in CSCs.
XIAP↓,
Snail↓, inhibiting the expression of vimentin, slug, snail and nuclear β-catenin, and the activity of LEF-1/TCF responsive reporter
Slug↓,
LEF1↓,
P-gp↓, MCF-7 and MCF-7/dox cell lines Downregulation of P-gp expression
EGFR↓, MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells Suppressed EGFR signaling and inhibited PI3K/Akt/mTOR/GSK-3β
GSK‐3β↓,
mTOR↓,
RAGE↓, IA Paca-2, BxPC3, AsPC-1, HPAC and PANC1 Silencing RAGE expression
HSP27↓, Breast cancer In vivo NOD/SCID mice Inhibited the overexpression of Hsp27
VEGF↓, QC significantly reversed an elevation in profibrotic markers (VEGF, IL-6, TGF, COL-1, and COL-3)
TGF-β↓,
COL1↓,
COL3A1↓,

104- RES,  QC,    Resveratrol and Quercetin in Combination Have Anticancer Activity in Colon Cancer Cells and Repress Oncogenic microRNA-27a
- in-vitro, Colon, HT-29
Casp3↑, x2
PARP↑,
survivin↓,
miR-27a-3p↓, miR-27a
Sp1/3/4↓,
ZBTB10↑,


* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 2

Results for Effect on Cancer/Diseased Cells:
Akt↓,1,   angioG↓,1,   Apoptosis↑,1,   BAX↑,1,   Bcl-2↓,1,   Ca+2↝,1,   Casp10↑,1,   Casp3↑,2,   Casp8↑,1,   Casp9↑,1,   cMyc↓,1,   COL1↓,1,   COL3A1↓,1,   COX2↓,1,   CSCs↓,1,   cycD1↓,1,   DFF45↑,1,   DR5↑,1,   E-cadherin↓,1,   EGFR↓,1,   EMT↓,1,   Fas↑,1,   GSH↓,1,   GSK‐3β↓,1,   HO-1↑,1,   HSP27↓,1,   IFN-γ↓,1,   IKKα↓,1,   IL6↓,1,   IL8↓,1,   Inflam↓,1,   iNOS↓,1,   LEF1↓,1,   miR-27a-3p↓,1,   MMP↓,1,   MMP2↓,1,   MMP7↓,1,   MMPs↓,1,   mTOR↓,1,   NF-kB↓,1,   NOTCH1↓,1,   other↓,1,   P-gp↓,1,   P450↓,1,   P53↑,1,   PARP↑,1,   cl‑PARP↑,1,   PI3K↓,1,   RAGE↓,1,   ROS↑,1,   Slug↓,1,   Snail↓,1,   Sp1/3/4↓,2,   STAT3↓,1,   survivin↓,2,   TGF-β↓,1,   TNF-α↓,1,   TNFR 1↑,1,   TRAILR↑,1,   TSP-1↑,1,   TumCCA↑,1,   VEGF↓,1,   Vim↓,1,   XIAP↓,1,   ZBTB10↑,1,   β-catenin/ZEB1↓,1,  
Total Targets: 66

Results for Effect on Normal Cells:
NRF2↑,1,   ROS↓,1,  
Total Targets: 2

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: Sp1/3/4, Specificity Protein
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