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| Chrysin is found in passion flower and honey. It is a flavonoid. -To reach plasma levels that might more closely match the concentrations used in in vitro studies (typically micromolar), considerably high doses or advanced delivery mechanisms would be necessary. Chrysin is widely summarized as modulating PI3K/Akt and MAPK pathways in cancer. Chrysin — Chrysin is a naturally occurring flavone-class flavonoid found in honey, propolis, passionflower, and several plants. Its oncology relevance is mainly preclinical: it shows multi-pathway anticancer activity in cell and animal models, but native oral chrysin has very poor systemic bioavailability and no established approved oncology use. Primary mechanisms (ranked):
Bioavailability / PK relevance: Native oral chrysin has very poor systemic exposure because of low aqueous solubility, extensive intestinal/hepatic glucuronidation and sulfation, and efflux; human oral bioavailability has been reported as extremely low, often summarized as below 1%. Formulation strategies such as nanoparticles, lipid systems, micelles, cyclodextrins, or structural analogues are commonly proposed for systemic translation. In-vitro vs systemic exposure relevance: Most anticancer studies use micromolar in-vitro concentrations that are unlikely to be reached in plasma after ordinary oral chrysin. Local intestinal exposure may be more plausible than systemic tumor exposure, but systemic anticancer claims should be treated as formulation-dependent. Clinical evidence status: Preclinical. Evidence is strong enough for mechanistic oncology interest in cell and animal models, including combination/sensitization studies, but there is no mature clinical oncology evidence establishing therapeutic benefit. -Note half-life 2 hrs, BioAv very poor often <1%Pathways: Graphical Pathways - may induce ROS production - ROS↑ related: MMP↓(ΔΨm), ER Stress↑, UPR↑, GRP78↑, Ca+2↑, Cyt‑c↑, Caspases↑, DNA damage↑, cl-PARP↑, HSP↓ - May Lower AntiOxidant defense in Cancer Cells: NRF2↓, GSH↓ HO1↓ - May Raise AntiOxidant defense in Normal Cells: ROS↓, NRF2↑, SOD↑, GSH↑, Catalase↑, - lowers Inflammation : NF-kB↓, COX2↓, Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines : IL-1β↓, TNF-α↓, IL-6↓, - inhibit Growth/Metastases : TumMeta↓, TumCG↓, EMT↓, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, TIMP2, uPA↓, VEGF↓, ROCK1↓, FAK↓, RhoA↓, NF-κB↓, ERK↓ - reactivate genes thereby inhibiting cancer cell growth : HDAC↓, P53↑, HSP↓, - cause Cell cycle arrest : TumCCA↑, cyclin D1↓, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, - inhibits Migration/Invasion : TumCMig↓, TumCI↓, FAK↓, ERK↓, EMT↓, TOP1↓, TET1↓, - inhibits glycolysis and ATP depletion : HIF-1α↓, cMyc↓, GLUT1↓, LDH↓, HK2↓, PDKs↓, HK2↓, GRP78↑, GlucoseCon↓ - inhibits angiogenesis↓ : VEGF↓, HIF-1α↓, Notch↓, PDGF↓, EGFR↓, - Others: PI3K↓, AKT↓, STAT↓, Wnt↓, AMPK↓, ERK↓, JNK, TrxR, - Synergies: chemo-sensitization, chemoProtective, RadioSensitizer, Others(review target notes), Neuroprotective, Cognitive, Renoprotection, Hepatoprotective, CardioProtective, - Selectivity: Cancer Cells vs Normal Cells Chrysin Mechanistic Profile
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| – Some studies have reported upregulated expression of certain GABA receptor subunits (e.g., GABA_A receptor subunits) in breast tumors. – Increased expression has been associated with enhanced cell proliferation and migration, with some reports linking this to a poorer prognosis. -GABAergic transmission is deficient in anxiety. -Neurons expressing GABAA α1 receptors can mediate sedation, -while those expressing GABAA α2 receptors mediate anxiolytic. -In addition, extra-synaptic GABAA α5 receptors can also regulate the activity of hippocampal pyramidal cells, thereby affecting associative temporal and spatial memory Gamma-aminobutyric acid — Gamma-aminobutyric acid is an endogenous non-protein amino acid, inhibitory neurotransmitter, metabolic intermediate, and signaling ligand commonly abbreviated GABA. As a database target, it represents changes in GABA concentration, synthesis, secretion, uptake, extracellular accumulation, or GABA-shunt utilization rather than modulation of a specific GABA receptor. GABA is synthesized from glutamate by GAD1/GAD67 and GAD2/GAD65, transported by GABA transporters, and metabolized primarily by ABAT/GABA transaminase. In cancer, GABA may be produced by tumor, neural, stromal, or immune cells and can influence proliferation, invasion, mitochondrial metabolism, β-catenin signaling, and antitumor immunity. Its biological direction is strongly tumor-, receptor-, concentration-, and compartment-dependent. Typical cancer modulation: Variable/context-dependent. GABA production, secretion, extracellular accumulation, uptake, or GABA-shunt utilization may be ↑ in tumors that exploit GABA for metabolic adaptation, β-catenin activation, growth, invasion, or immune evasion. GABA signaling may instead suppress proliferation or migration in tumors expressing inhibitory GABA receptor configurations. Normal-cell relevance: GABA generally reduces neuronal excitability through GABA receptor signaling and also regulates pancreatic, immune, gastrointestinal, vascular, and endocrine functions. In Alzheimer’s disease, reduced phasic inhibition and excessive astrocyte-derived tonic GABA may coexist in different circuits; therefore total GABA direction alone may not indicate whether GABAergic function is beneficial or pathological. Target classification: Neurotransmitter; amino-acid metabolite; signaling ligand; tumor-microenvironment mediator; metabolic substrate. |
| 6135- | CHr, | Chrysin as a Multifunctional Therapeutic Flavonoid: Emerging Insights in Pathogenesis Management: A Narrative Review |
| - | Review, | Var, | NA | - | Review, | AD, | NA |
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