Database Query Results : Honokiol, , RenoP

HNK, Honokiol: Click to Expand ⟱
Features:
Honokiol is a Lignan isolated from bark, seed cones and leaves of trees of Magnolia species. Honokiol was traditionally used for anxiety and stroke treatment, as well as the alleviation of flu symptoms.
-considered to have antioxidant properties
-low oral bioavailability and difficulty in intravenous administration
-the development of various formulations of honokiol, including microemulsion, liposomes, nanoparticles and micelle copolymers have successfully solved the problem of low water solubility.

Pathways:
-Inhibit NF-κB activation
-Downregulate STAT3 signalin
-Inhibiting the PI3K/Akt pathway,
-Inhibition of mTOR
-Influences various MAPK cascades—including ERK, JNK, and p38
-Inhibition of EGFR
-Inhibiting Notch pathway (CSCs)
-GPx4 inhibit
-Can induce ER stress in cancer cells, which contributes to the activation of unfolded protein response (UPR) pathways
-Disrupt the mitochondrial membrane potential in cancer cells.
-Reported to increase ROS production in cancer cells
-Can exhibit antioxidant properties in normal cells. - has some inhibitor activity but Not classified as HDAC inhibitor as weaker and may work more indirectly.
- is well-known in the research community for its role in activating SIRT3

-Note half-life 40–60 minutes
BioAv
Pathways:
- induce ROS production in cancer cells, and typically lowers ROS in normal cells
- ROS↑ related: MMP↓(ΔΨm), ER Stress↑, GRP78↑, Ca+2↑, Cyt‑c↑, Caspases↑, DNA damage↑, cl-PARP↑, HSP↓ Prx
- Raises 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↓, MMPs↓, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, VEGF↓, ROCK1↓, RhoA↓, NF-κB↓, CXCR4↓, ERK↓
- reactivate genes thereby inhibiting cancer cell growth : HDAC↓, EZH2↓, P53↑, HSP↓,
- cause Cell cycle arrest : TumCCA↑, cyclin D1↓, cyclin E↓, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, CDK6↓,
- inhibits Migration/Invasion : TumCMig↓, TumCI↓, ERK↓, EMT↓,
- inhibits glycolysis and ATP depletion : HIF-1α↓, cMyc↓, GLUT1↓, LDH↓, LDHA↓, HK2↓, PDKs↓, ECAR↓, OXPHOS↓, GRP78↑, GlucoseCon↓
- inhibits angiogenesis↓ : VEGF↓, HIF-1α↓, Notch↓, EGFR↓,
- inhibits Cancer Stem Cells : CSC↓, CD133↓, β-catenin↓, sox2↓, nestin↓, OCT4↓,
- Others: PI3K↓, AKT↓, JAK↓, STAT↓, Wnt↓, β-catenin↓, AMPK, ERK↓, JNK, TrxR**, - Shown to modulate the nuclear translocation of SREBP-2 (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 Mitochondrial integrity / intrinsic apoptosis ↓ ΔΨm; ↑ cytochrome-c release; ↑ caspases ↔ largely preserved Driver Mitochondria-directed cytotoxicity Honokiol directly accumulates in mitochondria and initiates intrinsic apoptosis in cancer cells
2 Reactive oxygen species (ROS) ↑ ROS (secondary, stress-amplifying) ↔ buffered Secondary Mitochondrial stress amplification ROS elevation follows mitochondrial perturbation rather than acting as the initiating trigger
3 STAT3 signaling ↓ STAT3 activation ↔ minimal Driver Loss of survival and stemness signaling STAT3 suppression contributes to apoptosis, CSC targeting, and reduced proliferation
4 PI3K → AKT → mTOR axis ↓ AKT / ↓ mTOR ↔ adaptive suppression Secondary Growth and anabolic inhibition AKT/mTOR inhibition reinforces mitochondrial and apoptotic stress
5 NF-κB signaling ↓ NF-κB activation ↓ inflammatory NF-κB tone Secondary Suppression of survival transcription NF-κB inhibition contributes to chemosensitization and anti-inflammatory effects
6 Cell cycle regulation ↑ G0/G1 or G2/M arrest ↔ spared Phenotypic Cytostatic growth control Cell-cycle arrest reflects upstream signaling disruption
7 Autophagy ↑ autophagy (context-dependent) ↑ adaptive autophagy Adaptive Stress response vs death cooperation Autophagy may precede apoptosis or act as a transient survival response


RenoP, K,Renoprotection: Click to Expand ⟱
Source:
Type:
Protects kidneys
-Same as nephroprotective
Opposite is : Nephrotoxicity is toxicity in the kidneys


Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
2868- HNK,    Honokiol: A review of its pharmacological potential and therapeutic insights
- Review, Var, NA - Review, Sepsis, NA
*P-gp↓, reduction in the expression of defective proteins like P-glycoproteins, inhibition of oxidative stress, suppression of pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-10 and IL-6),
*ROS↓,
*TNF-α↓,
*IL10↓,
*IL6↓,
eIF2α↑, Bcl-2, phosphorylated eIF2α, CHOP,GRP78, Bax, cleaved caspase-9 and phosphorylated PERK
CHOP↑,
GRP78/BiP↑,
BAX↑,
cl‑Casp9↑,
p‑PERK↑,
ER Stress↑, endoplasmic reticulum stress and proteins in apoptosis in 95-D and A549 cells
Apoptosis↑,
MMPs↓, decrease in levels of matrix metal-mloproteinases, P-glycoprotein expression, the formation of mammosphere, H3K27 methyltransferase, c-FLIP, level of CXCR4 receptor,pluripotency-factors, Twist-1, class I histone deacetylases, steroid receptor co
cFLIP↓,
CXCR4↓,
Twist↓,
HDAC↓,
BMPs↑, enhancement in Bax protein, and (BMP7), as well as interference with an activator of transcription 3 (STAT3), (mTOR), (EGFR), (NF-kB) and Shh
p‑STAT3↓, secreased the phosphorylation of STAT3
mTOR↓,
EGFR↓,
NF-kB↓,
Shh↓,
VEGF↓, induce apoptosis, and regulate the vascular endothelial growth factor-A expression (VEGF-A)
tumCV↓, human glioma cell lines (U251 and U-87 MG) through inhibition of colony formation, glioma cell viability, cell migration, invasion, suppression of ERK and AKT signalling cascades, apoptosis induction, and reduction of Bcl-2 expression.
TumCMig↓,
TumCI↓,
ERK↓,
Akt↓,
Bcl-2↓,
Nestin↓, increased the Bax expression, lowered the CD133, EGFR, and Nesti
CD133↓,
p‑cMET↑, HKL through the downregulating the phosphorylation of c-Met phosphorylation and stimulation of Ras,
RAS↑,
chemoP↑, Cheng and coworker determined the chemopreventive role of HKL against the proliferation of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) 786‑0 cells through multiple mechanism
*NRF2↑, , HKL also effectively activate the Nrf2/ARE pathway and reverse this pancreatic dysfunction in in vivo and in vitro model
*NADPH↓, (HUVECs) such as inhibition of NADPH oxidase activity, suppression of p22 (phox) protein expression, Rac-1 phosphorylation, reactive oxygen species production, inhibition of degradation of Ikappa-B-alpha, and suppression of activity of of NF-kB
*p‑Rac1↓,
*ROS↓,
*IKKα↑,
*NF-kB↓,
*COX2↓, Furthermore, HKL treatment the inhibited cyclooxygenase (COX-2) upregulation, reduces prostaglandin E2 production, enhanced caspase-3 activity reduction
*PGE2↓,
*Casp3↓,
*hepatoP↑, compound also displayed hepatoprotective action against oxidative injury in tert-butyl hydroperoxide (t-BHP)-injured AML12 liver cells in in vitro model
*antiOx↑, compound reduces the level of acetylation on SOD2 to stimulate its antioxidative action, which results in reduced reactive oxygen species aggregation in AML12 cells
*GSH↑, HKL prevents oxidative damage induced by H2O2 via elevating antioxidant enzymes levels which includes glutathione and catalase and promotes translocation and activation transcription factor Nrf2
*Catalase↑,
*RenoP↑, imilarly, the compound protects renal reperfusion/i-schemia injury (IRI) in adult male albino Wistar rats via reducing theactivities of serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP), aspartate aminotrans- ferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT)
*ALP↓,
*AST↓,
*ALAT↓,
*neuroP↑, Several reports and works have shown that HKL displays some neuroprotective properties
*cardioP↑, Cardioprotection
*HO-1↑, the expression level of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1)was remarkably up-regulated and miR-218-5p was significantly down-regulated in septic mice treated with HKL
*Inflam↓, anti-inflammatory action of HKL at dose of 10 mg/kg in the muscle layer of mice


* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 1

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


Cell Death

Akt↓, 1,   Apoptosis↑, 1,   BAX↑, 1,   Bcl-2↓, 1,   cl‑Casp9↑, 1,   cFLIP↓, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics

tumCV↓, 1,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress

CHOP↑, 1,   eIF2α↑, 1,   ER Stress↑, 1,   GRP78/BiP↑, 1,   p‑PERK↑, 1,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State

CD133↓, 1,   p‑cMET↑, 1,   ERK↓, 1,   HDAC↓, 1,   mTOR↓, 1,   Nestin↓, 1,   RAS↑, 1,   Shh↓, 1,   p‑STAT3↓, 1,  

Migration

MMPs↓, 1,   TumCI↓, 1,   TumCMig↓, 1,   Twist↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature

EGFR↓, 1,   VEGF↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling

CXCR4↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers

BMPs↑, 1,   EGFR↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes

chemoP↑, 1,  
Total Targets: 32

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress

antiOx↑, 1,   Catalase↑, 1,   GSH↑, 1,   HO-1↑, 1,   NRF2↑, 1,   ROS↓, 2,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis

ALAT↓, 1,   NADPH↓, 1,  

Cell Death

Casp3↓, 1,  

Migration

p‑Rac1↓, 1,  

Barriers & Transport

P-gp↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling

COX2↓, 1,   IKKα↑, 1,   IL10↓, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   Inflam↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 1,   PGE2↓, 1,   TNF-α↓, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers

ALAT↓, 1,   ALP↓, 1,   AST↓, 1,   IL6↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes

cardioP↑, 1,   hepatoP↑, 1,   neuroP↑, 1,   RenoP↑, 1,  
Total Targets: 27

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: RenoP, K,Renoprotection
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