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| Also known as CP32. Cysteinyl aspartate specific proteinase-3 (Caspase-3) is a common key protein in the apoptosis and pyroptosis pathways, and when activated, the expression level of tumor suppressor gene Gasdermin E (GSDME) determines the mechanism of tumor cell death. As a key protein of apoptosis, caspase-3 can also cleave GSDME and induce pyroptosis. Loss of caspase activity is an important cause of tumor progression. Many anticancer strategies rely on the promotion of apoptosis in cancer cells as a means to shrink tumors. Crucial for apoptotic function are executioner caspases, most notably caspase-3, that proteolyze a variety of proteins, inducing cell death. Paradoxically, overexpression of procaspase-3 (PC-3), the low-activity zymogen precursor to caspase-3, has been reported in a variety of cancer types. Until recently, this counterintuitive overexpression of a pro-apoptotic protein in cancer has been puzzling. Recent studies suggest subapoptotic caspase-3 activity may promote oncogenic transformation, a possible explanation for the enigmatic overexpression of PC-3. Herein, the overexpression of PC-3 in cancer and its mechanistic basis is reviewed; collectively, the data suggest the potential for exploitation of PC-3 overexpression with PC-3 activators as a targeted anticancer strategy. Caspase 3 is the main effector caspase and has a key role in apoptosis. In many types of cancer, including breast, lung, and colon cancer, caspase-3 expression is reduced or absent. On the other hand, some studies have shown that high levels of caspase-3 expression can be associated with a better prognosis in certain types of cancer, such as breast cancer. This suggests that caspase-3 may play a role in the elimination of cancer cells, and that therapies aimed at activating caspase-3 may be effective in treating certain types of cancer. Procaspase-3 is a apoptotic marker protein. Prognostic significance: • High Cas3 expression: Associated with good prognosis and increased sensitivity to chemotherapy in breast, gastric, lung, and pancreatic cancers. • Low Cas3 expression: Linked to poor prognosis and increased risk of recurrence in colorectal, hepatocellular carcinoma, ovarian, and prostate cancers. |
| Prostate Cancer: Alterations in genes such as ERG, SPOP, MYC, androgen receptor (AR), and CHD1, drive PCa progression. TP53 is the most commonly mutated gene in human cancer. HH↑, GLI-1↑, SHH↑ P53↓ The loss of p53 and/or other tumor suppressor genes, reduced capacity for DNA repair, the dysfunction of telomerase activity, and changes in the pathways that govern the growth of cells also mediate the progression of Pca. It has been well documented that Ca2+ influx and MDR1 upregulation are highly associated with GEM metabolism in human pancreatic carcinoma. Increased Growth factor IGF-1/IGF-1R axis activation mediated by both PI3K/Akt or RAF/MEK/ERK system and AR expression remains important in the development and progression of prostate cancer. It has been demonstrated that prostate cancer cells are relatively sensitive to heat stress. Long non-coding RNA MALAT1 has been reported as an oncogenic target in multiple types of cancers, including PC. |
| 4584- | AgNPs, | Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Carica papaya Leaf Extract (AgNPs-PLE) Causes Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis in Human Prostate (DU145) Cancer Cells |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | DU145 |
| 277- | ALA, | α-lipoic acid modulates prostate cancer cell growth and bone cell differentiation |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | 22Rv1 | - | in-vitro, | Pca, | C4-2B |
| 1563- | Api, | MET, | Metformin-induced ROS upregulation as amplified by apigenin causes profound anticancer activity while sparing normal cells |
| - | in-vitro, | Nor, | HDFa | - | in-vitro, | PC, | AsPC-1 | - | in-vitro, | PC, | MIA PaCa-2 | - | in-vitro, | Pca, | DU145 | - | in-vitro, | Pca, | LNCaP | - | in-vivo, | NA, | NA |
| 240- | Api, | The flavonoid apigenin reduces prostate cancer CD44(+) stem cell survival and migration through PI3K/Akt/NF-κB signaling |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 | - | in-vitro, | Pca, | CD44+ |
| 4816- | ASTX, | Potent carotenoid astaxanthin expands the anti-cancer activity of cisplatin in human prostate cancer cells |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | NA |
| 1390- | BBR, | Rad, | Berberine Inhibited Radioresistant Effects and Enhanced Anti-Tumor Effects in the Irradiated-Human Prostate Cancer Cells |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 |
| 1404- | BBR, | Berberine-induced apoptosis in human prostate cancer cells is initiated by reactive oxygen species generation |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 |
| 5178- | BBR, | Berberine, a natural product, induces G1-phase cell cycle arrest and caspase-3-dependent apoptosis in human prostate carcinoma cells |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | DU145 | - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 |
| 5653- | BNL, | Borneol hinders the proliferation and induces apoptosis through the suppression of reactive oxygen species-mediated JAK1 and STAT-3 signaling in human prostate cancer cells |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 |
| 5746- | CA, | Caffeic acid hinders the proliferation and migration through inhibition of IL-6 mediated JAK-STAT-3 signaling axis in human prostate cancer |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 | - | in-vitro, | Pca, | LNCaP |
| 1580- | Citrate, | Citrate activates autophagic death of prostate cancer cells via downregulation CaMKII/AKT/mTOR pathway |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 | - | in-vivo, | PC, | NA | - | in-vitro, | Pca, | LNCaP | - | in-vitro, | Pca, | WPMY-1 |
| 137- | CUR, | Curcumin induces G0/G1 arrest and apoptosis in hormone independent prostate cancer DU-145 cells by down regulating Notch signaling |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | DU145 |
| 132- | CUR, | Targeting multiple pro-apoptotic signaling pathways with curcumin in prostate cancer cells |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 |
| 167- | CUR, | Curcumin-induced apoptosis in PC3 prostate carcinoma cells is caspase-independent and involves cellular ceramide accumulation and damage to mitochondria |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 |
| 462- | CUR, | Curcumin promotes cancer-associated fibroblasts apoptosis via ROS-mediated endoplasmic reticulum stress |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 |
| 461- | CUR, | Curcumin inhibits prostate cancer progression by regulating the miR-30a-5p/PCLAF axis |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 | - | in-vitro, | Pca, | DU145 |
| 850- | Gra, | Selective cytotoxic and anti-metastatic activity in DU-145 prostate cancer cells induced by Annona muricata L. bark extract and phytochemical, annonacin |
| - | in-vitro, | PC, | PC3 | - | in-vitro, | Pca, | DU145 |
| 1644- | HCAs, | PBG, | Artepillin C (3,5-diprenyl-4-hydroxycinnamic acid) sensitizes LNCaP prostate cancer cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | LNCaP |
| 150- | NRF, | CUR, | docx, | Subverting ER-Stress towards Apoptosis by Nelfinavir and Curcumin Coexposure Augments Docetaxel Efficacy in Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer Cells |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | C4-2B |
| 78- | QC, | Effects of quercetin on insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) and their binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) secretion and induction of apoptosis in human prostate cancer cells |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | pCSCs |
| 66- | QC, | Emerging impact of quercetin in the treatment of prostate cancer |
| - | Review, | Pca, | NA |
| 69- | QC, | Quercetin enhances TRAIL-induced apoptosis in prostate cancer cells via increased protein stability of death receptor 5 |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | DU145 | - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 | - | in-vitro, | Pca, | LNCaP |
| 89- | QC, | doxoR, | Quercetin reverses the doxorubicin resistance of prostate cancer cells by downregulating the expression of c-met |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 |
| 73- | QC, | The dietary bioflavonoid, quercetin, selectively induces apoptosis of prostate cancer cells by down-regulating the expression of heat shock protein 90 |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | LNCaP | - | in-vitro, | Pca, | DU145 | - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 |
| 93- | QC, | Chemical Proteomics Identifies Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) A1 as the Molecular Target of Quercetin in Its Anti-cancer Effects in PC-3 Cells |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 |
| 91- | QC, | The roles of endoplasmic reticulum stress and mitochondrial apoptotic signaling pathway in quercetin-mediated cell death of human prostate cancer PC-3 cells |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 |
| 90- | QC, | HP, | Combination of quercetin and hyperoside inhibits prostate cancer cell growth and metastasis via regulation of microRNA‑21 |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 |
| 86- | QC, | PacT, | Quercetin regulates insulin like growth factor signaling and induces intrinsic and extrinsic pathway mediated apoptosis in androgen independent prostate cancer cells (PC-3) |
| - | vitro+vivo, | Pca, | PC3 |
| 84- | QC, | Quercetin-induced growth inhibition and cell death in prostatic carcinoma cells (PC-3) are associated with increase in p21 and hypophosphorylated retinoblastoma proteins expression |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 |
| 79- | QC, | Chemopreventive Effect of Quercetin in MNU and Testosterone Induced Prostate Cancer of Sprague-Dawley Rats |
| - | in-vivo, | Pca, | NA |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | CD44+ | - | in-vitro, | NA, | CD133+ | - | in-vitro, | NA, | PC3 | - | in-vitro, | NA, | LNCaP |
| 3373- | QC, | The Effect of Quercetin in the Yishen Tongluo Jiedu Recipe on the Development of Prostate Cancer through the Akt1-related CXCL12/ CXCR4 Pathway |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | DU145 |
| 3078- | RES, | The Effects of Resveratrol on Prostate Cancer through Targeting the Tumor Microenvironment |
| - | Review, | Pca, | NA |
| 3029- | RosA, | Rosmarinic Acid, a Component of Rosemary Tea, Induced the Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis through Modulation of HDAC2 Expression in Prostate Cancer Cell Lines |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 | - | in-vitro, | Pca, | DU145 |
| 1469- | SFN, | Sulforaphane enhances the therapeutic potential of TRAIL in prostate cancer orthotopic model through regulation of apoptosis, metastasis, and angiogenesis |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 | - | in-vitro, | Pca, | LNCaP | - | in-vivo, | Pca, | NA |
| 1481- | SFN, | docx, | Combination of Low-Dose Sulforaphane and Docetaxel on Mitochondrial Function and Metabolic Reprogramming in Prostate Cancer Cell Lines |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | LNCaP | - | in-vitro, | Pca, | PC3 |
| 5105- | SSE, | Sodium selenite induces apoptosis by generation of superoxide via the mitochondrial-dependent pathway in human prostate cancer cells |
| - | in-vitro, | Pca, | LNCaP |
| 4854- | Uro, | Urolithins: Emerging natural compound targeting castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) |
| - | Review, | Pca, | NA |
| 1824- | VitK2, | Vitamin K and its analogs: Potential avenues for prostate cancer management |
| - | Review, | Pca, | NA |
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