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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


Rho, Rho GTPases: Click to Expand ⟱
Source:
Type:
The Rho GTPases RhoA, Rac1, and Cdc42 are important regulators of cytoskeletal dynamics. small GTPase Ras homolog gene family member A (RHOA)
RHOA: Ras homolog family member A
Many in vitro and in vivo data indicate tumor-promoting effects of activated Rho GTPases, also tumor suppressive functions have been described.
In many cancers, RhoA and RhoC are often found to be overexpressed.
RhoB expression can be downregulated in certain cancers, which may contribute to tumor progression. Unlike RhoA and RhoC, RhoB is often considered a tumor suppressor, and its loss can lead to increased cell proliferation and survival.
-RhoA activity has been linked to the modulation of EMT, influencing both the disassembly of cell–cell junctions and the reorganization of the cytoskeleton necessary for migration.
-Elevated levels or hyperactivation of RhoA has been associated with poor prognosis in several cancers.


Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
2882- HNK,    Honokiol Suppresses Perineural Invasion of Pancreatic Cancer by Inhibiting SMAD2/3 Signaling
- in-vitro, PC, PANC1
TumCI↓, HNK can inhibit the invasion and migration of pancreatic cancer cells.
TumCMig↓,
p‑SMAD2↓, partially mediated by inhibition of SMAD2/3 phosphorylation.
p‑SMAD3↓,
EMT↓, HNK Inhibits Pancreatic Cancer Malignant Behaviors and EMT
N-cadherin↓, expression of N-cadherin and Vimentin was gradually downregulated, while HNK promoted the expression of E-cadherin in PANC-1
Vim↓,
E-cadherin↑,
Snail↓, HNK can inhibit breast cancer cell metastasis by blocking EMT through downregulating Snail/Slug protein translation
Slug↓,
Rho↓, Honokiol inhibits the migration of renal cell carcinoma through activation of the RhoA/ROCK/MLC signaling pathway
ROCK1↓,

2894- HNK,    Pharmacological features, health benefits and clinical implications of honokiol
- Review, Var, NA - Review, AD, NA
*BioAv↓, HNK showed poor aqueous solubility due to phenolic hydroxyl groups forming intramolecular hydrogen bonds and poor solubility in water (
*neuroP↑, HNK has the accessibility to reach the neuronal tissue by crossing the BBB and showing neuroprotective effects
*BBB↑,
*ROS↓, fig 2
*Keap1↑,
*NRF2↑,
*Casp3↓,
*SIRT3↑,
*Rho↓,
*ERK↓,
*NF-kB↓,
angioG↓,
RAS↓,
PI3K↓,
Akt↓,
mTOR↓,
*memory↑, oral administration of HNK (1 mg/kg) in senescence-accelerated mice prevents age-related memory and learning deficits
*Aβ↓, in Alzheimer’s disease, HNK significantly reduces neurotoxicity of aggregated Ab
*PPARγ↑, Furthermore, the expression of PPARc and PGC1a was increased by HNK, suggesting its beneficial impact on energy metabolism
*PGC-1α↑,
NF-kB↓, activation of NFjB was suppressed by HNK via suppression of nuclear translocation and phosphorylation of the p65 subunit and further instigated apoptosis by enhancing TNF-a
Hif1a↓, HNK has anti-oxidative properties and can downregulate the HIF-1a protein, inhibiting hypoxia- related signaling pathways
VEGF↓, renal cancer, via decreasing the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and heme-oxygenase-1 (HO-1)
HO-1↓,
Foxm1↓, HNK interaction with the FOXM1 oncogenic transcription factor inhibits cancer cells
p27↑, HNK treatment upregulates the expression of CDK inhibitor p27 and p21, whereas it downregulates the expression of CDK2/4/6 and cyclin D1/2
P21↑,
CDK2↓,
CDK4↓,
CDK6↓,
cycD1↓,
Twist↓, HNK averted the invasion of urinary bladder cancer cells by downregulating the steroid receptor coactivator, Twist1 and Matrix metalloproteinase-2
MMP2↓,
Rho↑, By activating the RhoA, ROCK and MLC signaling, HNK inhibits the migration of highly metastatic renal cell carcinoma
ROCK1↑,
TumCMig↓,
cFLIP↓, HNK can be used to suppress c-FLIP, the apoptosis inhibitor.
BMPs↑, HNK treatment increases the expression of BMP7 protein
OCR↑, HNK might increase the oxygen consumption rate while decreasing the extracellular acidification rate in breast cancer cells.
ECAR↓,
*AntiAg↑, It also suppresses the platelet aggregation
*cardioP↑, HNK is an attractive cardioprotective agent because of its strong antioxidative properties
*antiOx↑,
*ROS↓, HNK treatment reduced cellular ROS production and decreased mitochondrial damage in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes exposed to hypoxia/reoxygenation
P-gp↓, The expres- sion of P-gp at mRNA and protein levels is reduced in HNK treatment on human MDR and MCF-7/ADR breast cancer cell lines


* 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,   BMPs↑,1,   CDK2↓,1,   CDK4↓,1,   CDK6↓,1,   cFLIP↓,1,   cycD1↓,1,   E-cadherin↑,1,   ECAR↓,1,   EMT↓,1,   Foxm1↓,1,   Hif1a↓,1,   HO-1↓,1,   MMP2↓,1,   mTOR↓,1,   N-cadherin↓,1,   NF-kB↓,1,   OCR↑,1,   P-gp↓,1,   P21↑,1,   p27↑,1,   PI3K↓,1,   RAS↓,1,   Rho↓,1,   Rho↑,1,   ROCK1↓,1,   ROCK1↑,1,   Slug↓,1,   p‑SMAD2↓,1,   p‑SMAD3↓,1,   Snail↓,1,   TumCI↓,1,   TumCMig↓,2,   Twist↓,1,   VEGF↓,1,   Vim↓,1,  
Total Targets: 37

Results for Effect on Normal Cells:
AntiAg↑,1,   antiOx↑,1,   Aβ↓,1,   BBB↑,1,   BioAv↓,1,   cardioP↑,1,   Casp3↓,1,   ERK↓,1,   Keap1↑,1,   memory↑,1,   neuroP↑,1,   NF-kB↓,1,   NRF2↑,1,   PGC-1α↑,1,   PPARγ↑,1,   Rho↓,1,   ROS↓,2,   SIRT3↑,1,  
Total Targets: 18

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: Rho, Rho GTPases
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