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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


CDK2, Cyclin-dependent kinase 2: Click to Expand ⟱
Source:
Type:
(CDK2) complex is significantly over-activated in many cancers.
CDK2 interacts with and phosphorylates proteins in pathways such as DNA damage, intracellular transport, protein degradation, signal transduction, DNA and RNA metabolism and translation.
Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
2875- HNK,    Inhibition of class I histone deacetylases in non-small cell lung cancer by honokiol leads to suppression of cancer cell growth and induction of cell death in vitro and in vivo
- in-vitro, Lung, A549 - in-vitro, Lung, H1299 - in-vitro, Lung, H460 - in-vitro, SCC, H226
HDAC↓, Treatment of NSCLC cells (A549, H1299, H460 and H226) with honokiol (20, 40 and 60 µM) inhibited histone deacetylase (HDAC) activity, reduced the levels of class I HDAC proteins and enhanced histone acetyltransferase activity in a dose-dependent man
tumCV↓, These effects of honokiol were associated with a significant reduction in the viability of NSCLC cells
TumCCA↑, Treatment of A549 and H1299 cells with honokiol resulted in an increase in G1 phase arrest, and a decrease in the levels of cyclin D1, D2 and cyclin dependent kinases.
cycD1↓,
ac‑H3↑, Honokiol increases the levels of acetylated histone H3 and H4 in NSCLC cells
ac‑H4↑,
selectivity↑, Honokiol inhibits cell growth or viability of human NSCLC cells but not normal human bronchial epithelial cells
CDK2↓, Similarly, a marked reduction in the expression of CDK2, CDK4 and CDK6 proteins was observed
CDK4↓,

2891- HNK,    Honokiol, an Active Compound of Magnolia Plant, Inhibits Growth, and Progression of Cancers of Different Organs
- Review, Var, NA
AntiCan↑, honokiol possesses anti-carcinogenic, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, anti-angiogenic as well as inhibitory effect on malignant transformation of papillomas to carcinomas in vitro and in vivo animal models without any appreciable toxicity.
Inflam↓,
antiOx↑,
selectivity↑,
*toxicity↓,
cycD1↓, honokiol resulted in inhibition of UVB-induced expression levels of cyclins (cyclins D1, D2, and E) and CDKs in skin tumors
cycE↓,
CDK2↓,
CDK4↓,
TumMeta↓, Honokiol Inhibits Metastatic Potential of Melanoma Cells
NADPH↓, Honokiol not only reduces the NADPH oxidase activity
MMP2↓, honokiol treatment reduces the expression of MMP-2 and MMP-9
MMP9↓,
p‑mTOR↓, honokiol caused significant downregulation of mTOR phosphorylation
EGFR↓, honokiol decreases the expression levels of total EGFR
EMT↓, honokiol effectively inhibits EMT in breast cancer cells
SIRT1↑, onokiol increases the expressions of SIRT1 and SIRT3,
SIRT3↑,
EZH2↓, depletion of EZH2 by honokiol treatment inhibited cell proliferation
Snail↓, significantly down regulates Snail, vimentin, N-cadherin expression, and upregulates cytokeratin-18 and E-cadherin expression
Vim↓,
N-cadherin↓,
E-cadherin↑,
COX2↓, honokiol as an inhibitor of COX-2 expression
NF-kB↓, inhibited transcriptional activity of NF-jB,
*ROS↓, Inhibition of UVR-induced inflammatory mediators as well as ROS by honokiol treatment contributes to the prevention of UVR-induced skin tumor development
Ca+2↑, excessive influx of cytosolic calcium ion into the mitochondria triggers dysfunction of the mitochon- drial membrane permeabilization with mitochondrial ROS induction
ROS↑,

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

2864- HNK,    Honokiol: A Review of Its Anticancer Potential and Mechanisms
- Review, Var, NA
TumCCA↑, induction of G0/G1 and G2/M cell cycle arrest
CDK2↓, (via the regulation of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) and cyclin proteins),
EMT↓, epithelial–mesenchymal transition inhibition via the downregulation of mesenchymal markers
MMPs↓, honokiol possesses the capability to supress cell migration and invasion via the downregulation of several matrix-metalloproteinases
AMPK↑, (activation of 5′ AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and KISS1/KISS1R signalling)
TumCI↓, inhibiting cell migration, invasion, and metastasis, as well as inducing anti-angiogenesis activity (via the down-regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGFR) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)
TumCMig↓,
TumMeta↓,
VEGFR2↓,
*antiOx↑, diverse biological activities, including anti-arrhythmic, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, anti-depressant, anti-thrombocytic, and anxiolytic activities
*Inflam↓,
*BBB↑, Due to its ability to cross the blood–brain barrier
*neuroP↑, beneficial towards neuronal protection through various mechanism, such as the preservation of Na+/K+ ATPase, phosphorylation of pro-survival factors, preservation of mitochondria, prevention of glucose, reactive oxgen species (ROS), and inflammatory
*ROS↓,
Dose↝, Generally, the concentrations used for the in vitro studies are between 0–150 μM
selectivity↑, Interestingly, honokiol has been shown to exhibit minimal cytotoxicity against on normal cell lines, including human fibroblast FB-1, FB-2, Hs68, and NIH-3T3 cells
Casp3↑, ↑ Caspase-3 & caspase-9
Casp9↑,
NOTCH1↓, Inhibition of Notch signalling: ↓ Notch1 & Jagged-1;
cycD1↓, ↓ cyclin D1 & c-Myc;
cMyc↓,
P21?, ↑ p21WAF1 protein
DR5↑, ↑ DR5 & cleaved PARP
cl‑PARP↑,
P53↑, ↑ phosphorylated p53 & p53
Mcl-1↑, ↓ Mcl-1 protein
p65↓, ↓ p65; ↓ NF-κB
NF-kB↓,
ROS↑, ↑ JNK activation ,Increase ROS activity:
JNK↑,
NRF2↑, ↑ Nrf2 & c-Jun protein activation
cJun↑,
EF-1α↓, ↓ EFGR; ↓ MAPK/PI3K pathway activity
MAPK↓,
PI3K↓,
mTORC1↓, ↓ mTORC1 function; ↑ LKB1 & cytosolic localisation
CSCs↓, Inhibit stem-like characteristics: ↓ Oct4, Nanog & Sox4 protein; ↓ STAT3;
OCT4↓,
Nanog↓,
SOX4↓,
STAT3↓,
CDK4↓, ↓ Cdk2, Cdk4 & p-pRbSer780;
p‑RB1↓,
PGE2↓, ↓ PGE2 production ↓ COX-2 ↑ β-catenin
COX2↓,
β-catenin/ZEB1↑,
IKKα↓, ↓ IKKα
HDAC↓, ↓ class I HDAC proteins; ↓ HDAC activity;
HATs↑, ↑ histone acetyltransferase (HAT) activity; ↑ histone H3 & H4
H3↑,
H4↑,
LC3II↑, ↑ LC3-II
c-Raf↓, ↓ c-RAF
SIRT3↑, ↑ Sirt3 mRNA & protein; ↓ Hif-1α protein
Hif1a↓,
ER Stress↑, ↑ ER stress signalling pathway activation; ↑ GRP78,
GRP78/BiP↑,
cl‑CHOP↑, ↑ cleaved caspase-9 & CHOP;
MMP↓, mitochondrial depolarization
PCNA↓, ↓ cyclin B1, cyclin D1, cyclin D2 & PCNA;
Zeb1↓, ↓ ZEB2 Inhibit
NOTCH3↓, ↓ Notch3/Hes1 pathway
CD133↓, ↓ CD133 & Nestin protein
Nestin↓,
ATG5↑, ↑ Atg7 protein activation; ↑ Atg5;
ATG7↑,
survivin↓, ↓ Mcl-1 & survivin protein
ChemoSen↑, honokiol potentiated the apoptotic effect of both doxorubicin and paclitaxel against human liver cancer HepG2 cells.
SOX2↓, Honokiol was shown to downregulate the expression of Oct4, Nanog, and Sox2 which were known to be expressed in osteosarcoma, breast carcinoma and germ cell tumours
OS↑, Lipo-HNK was also shown to prolong survival and induce intra-tumoral apoptosis in vivo.
P-gp↓, Honokiol was shown to downregulate the expression of P-gp at mRNA and protein levels in MCF-7/ADR, a human breast MDR cancer cell line
Half-Life↓, For i.v. administration, it has been found that there was a rapid rate of distribution followed by a slower rate of elimination (elimination half-life t1/2 = 49.22 min and 56.2 min for 5 mg or 10 mg of honokiol, respectively
Half-Life↝, male and female dogs was assessed. The elimination half-life (t1/2 in hours) was found to be 20.13 (female), 9.27 (female), 7.06 (male), 4.70 (male), and 1.89 (male) after administration of doses of 8.8, 19.8, 3.9, 44.4, and 66.7 mg/kg, respectively.
eff↑, Apart from that, epigallocatechin-3-gallate functionalized chitin loaded with honokiol nanoparticles (CE-HK NP), developed by Tang et al. [224], inhibit HepG2
BioAv↓, extensive biotransformation of honokiol may contribute to its low bioavailability.


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

Results for Effect on Cancer/Diseased Cells:
Akt↓,1,   AMPK↑,1,   angioG↓,1,   AntiCan↑,1,   antiOx↑,1,   ATG5↑,1,   ATG7↑,1,   BioAv↓,1,   BMPs↑,1,   Ca+2↑,1,   Casp3↑,1,   Casp9↑,1,   CD133↓,1,   CDK2↓,4,   CDK4↓,4,   CDK6↓,1,   cFLIP↓,1,   ChemoSen↑,1,   cl‑CHOP↑,1,   cJun↑,1,   cMyc↓,1,   COX2↓,2,   CSCs↓,1,   cycD1↓,4,   cycE↓,1,   Dose↝,1,   DR5↑,1,   E-cadherin↑,1,   ECAR↓,1,   EF-1α↓,1,   eff↑,1,   EGFR↓,1,   EMT↓,2,   ER Stress↑,1,   EZH2↓,1,   Foxm1↓,1,   GRP78/BiP↑,1,   H3↑,1,   ac‑H3↑,1,   H4↑,1,   ac‑H4↑,1,   Half-Life↓,1,   Half-Life↝,1,   HATs↑,1,   HDAC↓,2,   Hif1a↓,2,   HO-1↓,1,   IKKα↓,1,   Inflam↓,1,   JNK↑,1,   LC3II↑,1,   MAPK↓,1,   Mcl-1↑,1,   MMP↓,1,   MMP2↓,2,   MMP9↓,1,   MMPs↓,1,   mTOR↓,1,   p‑mTOR↓,1,   mTORC1↓,1,   N-cadherin↓,1,   NADPH↓,1,   Nanog↓,1,   Nestin↓,1,   NF-kB↓,3,   NOTCH1↓,1,   NOTCH3↓,1,   NRF2↑,1,   OCR↑,1,   OCT4↓,1,   OS↑,1,   P-gp↓,2,   P21?,1,   P21↑,1,   p27↑,1,   P53↑,1,   p65↓,1,   cl‑PARP↑,1,   PCNA↓,1,   PGE2↓,1,   PI3K↓,2,   c-Raf↓,1,   RAS↓,1,   p‑RB1↓,1,   Rho↑,1,   ROCK1↑,1,   ROS↑,2,   selectivity↑,3,   SIRT1↑,1,   SIRT3↑,2,   Snail↓,1,   SOX2↓,1,   SOX4↓,1,   STAT3↓,1,   survivin↓,1,   TumCCA↑,2,   TumCI↓,1,   TumCMig↓,2,   tumCV↓,1,   TumMeta↓,2,   Twist↓,1,   VEGF↓,1,   VEGFR2↓,1,   Vim↓,1,   Zeb1↓,1,   β-catenin/ZEB1↑,1,  
Total Targets: 106

Results for Effect on Normal Cells:
AntiAg↑,1,   antiOx↑,2,   Aβ↓,1,   BBB↑,2,   BioAv↓,1,   cardioP↑,1,   Casp3↓,1,   ERK↓,1,   Inflam↓,1,   Keap1↑,1,   memory↑,1,   neuroP↑,2,   NF-kB↓,1,   NRF2↑,1,   PGC-1α↑,1,   PPARγ↑,1,   Rho↓,1,   ROS↓,4,   SIRT3↑,1,   toxicity↓,1,  
Total Targets: 20

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: CDK2, Cyclin-dependent kinase 2
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