Luteolin / hTERT/TERT Cancer Research Results

LT, Luteolin: Click to Expand ⟱
Features:
Luteolin a Flavonoid found in celery, parsley, broccoli, onion leaves, carrots, peppers, cabbages, apple skins, and chrysanthemum flowers.
-MDR1 expression, MMP-9, IGF-1 and Epithelial to mesenchymal transition.

-Note half-life 2–3 hours
BioAv low, but could be improved with Res, or blend of castor oil, kolliphor and polyethylene glycol
Pathways:
- induce ROS production in cancer cell but a few reports of reduction. Always seems to reduce ROS in normal cells.
- ROS↑ related: MMP↓(ΔΨm), ER Stress↑, UPR↑, GRP78↑, Ca+2↑, Cyt‑c↑, Caspases↑, DNA damage↑, cl-PARP↑, HSP↓
- Lowers AntiOxidant defense in Cancer Cells: NRF2↓, SOD↓, GSH↓ Catalase↓ HO1↓ GPx↓
- Raises AntiOxidant defense in Normal Cells: ROS↓, NRF2↑, SOD↑, GSH↑, Catalase↑,
- lowers Inflammation : NF-kB↓, COX2↓, p38↓, Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines : IL-1β↓, TNF-α↓, IL-6↓,
- inhibit Growth/Metastases : TumMeta↓, TumCG↓, EMT↓, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, TIMP2, IGF-1↓, VEGF↓, FAK↓, RhoA↓, NF-κB↓, CXCR4↓, ERK↓
- reactivate genes thereby inhibiting cancer cell growth : HDAC↓, DNMT1↓, DNMT3A↓, EZH2↓, P53↑, HSP↓,
- cause Cell cycle arrest : TumCCA↑, cyclin D1↓, cyclin E↓, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, CDK6↓,
- inhibits Migration/Invasion : TumCMig↓, FAK↓, ERK↓, EMT↓, TOP1↓, TET1↓,
- inhibits glycolysis and ATP depletion : HIF-1α↓, PKM2↓, cMyc↓, LDHA↓, HK2↓, GRP78↑,
- inhibits angiogenesis↓ : VEGF↓, HIF-1α↓, Notch↓, PDGF↓, EGFR↓, Integrins↓,
- Others: PI3K↓, AKT↓, 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, Others(review target notes), Neuroprotective, Renoprotection, Hepatoprotective, CardioProtective,

- Selectivity: Cancer Cells vs Normal Cells

Luteolin — Cancer vs Normal Cell Effects
Rank Pathway / Axis Cancer Cells Normal Cells Label Primary Interpretation Notes
1 PI3K → AKT → mTOR axis ↓ AKT / ↓ mTOR signaling ↔ adaptive suppression Driver Loss of survival and growth signaling Luteolin consistently suppresses PI3K/AKT signaling, explaining growth inhibition and apoptosis sensitization
2 NF-κB signaling ↓ NF-κB activation ↓ inflammatory NF-κB tone Driver Suppression of inflammatory survival transcription NF-κB inhibition is a core, repeatedly observed luteolin effect
3 Reactive oxygen species (ROS) ↑ ROS (context- & dose-dependent) ↓ ROS / buffered Conditional Driver Biphasic redox modulation Luteolin can act as a pro-oxidant in cancer cells while remaining antioxidant in normal cells
4 Mitochondrial integrity / intrinsic apoptosis ↓ ΔΨm; ↑ caspase activation ↔ preserved Secondary Execution of intrinsic apoptosis Mitochondrial apoptosis follows signaling and redox stress
5 STAT3 signaling ↓ STAT3 activation ↔ minimal Secondary Loss of proliferative and stemness signaling STAT3 suppression contributes to reduced invasion and CSC traits
6 Cell cycle regulation ↑ G1 or G2/M arrest ↔ spared Phenotypic Cytostatic growth control Cell-cycle arrest reflects upstream pathway inhibition
7 Migration / invasion (EMT, MMP axis) ↓ migration & invasion Phenotypic Anti-metastatic phenotype Reduced EMT and protease activity limit invasiveness


hTERT/TERT, human telomerase reverse transcriptase: Click to Expand ⟱
Source: HalifaxProj(inhibit)
Type:
A key component of the enzyme telomerase, which is responsible for maintaining the length of telomeres at the ends of chromosomes.
In most somatic cells, telomerase activity is low or absent, leading to progressive telomere shortening with each cell division, which eventually triggers cellular senescence or apoptosis. many cancer cells exhibit reactivation of telomerase, primarily through the upregulation of hTERT. This reactivation allows cancer cells to maintain their telomere length, enabling them to divide indefinitely and contributing to the immortality characteristic of cancer cells. The expression of hTERT is often associated with various types of cancer, including melanoma, breast cancer, and lung cancer.
| Cancer context | TERT biomarker                | Clinical use                             |
| -------------- | ----------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| Glioma         | Promoter mutation             | **WHO classification, prognosis**        |
| Thyroid cancer | Promoter mutation             | **Aggressiveness, recurrence risk**      |
| Melanoma       | Promoter mutation             | Risk stratification                      |
| Bladder cancer | Promoter mutation (urine DNA) | **Noninvasive detection & surveillance** |
| HCC            | Promoter mutation             | Early event, prognosis                   |

Why TERT Is Valuable Despite Limited “Actionability”
-Telomere maintenance is mandatory for long-term tumor survival
-TERT activation is often an early, irreversible event
-Its presence signals a tumor that has escaped replicative limits
-That makes TERT one of the best markers of “point-of-no-return” biology.



Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
2916- LT,    Antioxidative and Anticancer Potential of Luteolin: A Comprehensive Approach Against Wide Range of Human Malignancies
- Review, Var, NA - Review, AD, NA - Review, Park, NA
proCasp9↓, CDC2↓, CycB/CCNB1↓, Casp9↑, Casp3↑, Cyt‑c↑, cycA1/CCNA1↑, CDK2↓, APAF1↑, TumCCA↑, P53↑, BAX↑, VEGF↓, Bcl-2↓, Apoptosis↑, p‑Akt↓, p‑EGFR↓, p‑ERK↓, p‑STAT3↓, cardioP↑, Catalase↓, SOD↓, *BioAv↓, *antiOx↑, *ROS↓, *NO↓, *GSTs↑, *GSR↑, *SOD↑, *Catalase↑, *lipid-P↓, PI3K↓, Akt↓, CDK2↓, BNIP3↑, hTERT/TERT↓, DR5↑, Beclin-1↑, TNF-α↓, NF-kB↓, IL1↓, IL6↓, EMT↓, FAK↓, E-cadherin↑, MDM2↓, NOTCH↓, MAPK↑, Vim↓, N-cadherin↓, Snail↓, MMP2↓, Twist↓, MMP9↓, ROS↑, MMP↓, *AChE↓, *MMP↑, *Aβ↓, *neuroP↑, Trx1↑, ROS↓, *NRF2↑, NRF2↓, *BBB↑, ChemoSen↑, GutMicro↑,
2914- LT,    Therapeutic Potential of Luteolin on Cancer
- Review, Var, NA
*antiOx↑, *IronCh↑, *toxicity↓, *BioAv↓, *BioAv↑, DNAdam↑, TumCP↓, DR5↑, P53↑, JNK↑, BAX↑, cl‑Casp3↑, cl‑Casp8↑, cl‑Casp9↑, cl‑PARP↑, survivin↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, CycB/CCNB1↓, CDC2↓, P21↑, angioG↓, MMP2↓, AEG1↓, VEGF↓, VEGFR2↓, MMP9↓, CXCR4↓, PI3K↓, Akt↓, ERK↓, TumAuto↑, LC3B-II↑, EMT↓, E-cadherin↑, N-cadherin↓, Wnt↓, ROS↑, NICD↓, p‑GSK‐3β↓, iNOS↓, COX2↓, NRF2↑, Ca+2↑, ChemoSen↑, ChemoSen↓, IFN-γ↓, RadioS↑, MDM2↓, NOTCH1↓, AR↓, TIMP1↑, TIMP2↑, ER Stress↑, CDK2↓, Telomerase↓, p‑NF-kB↑, p‑cMyc↑, hTERT/TERT↓, RAS↓, YAP/TEAD↓, TAZ↓, NF-kB↓, NRF2↓, HO-1↓, MDR1↓,
2912- LT,    Luteolin: a flavonoid with a multifaceted anticancer potential
- Review, Var, NA
ROS↑, TumCCA↑, TumCP↓, angioG↓, ER Stress↑, mtDam↑, PERK↑, ATF4↑, eIF2α↑, cl‑Casp12↑, EMT↓, E-cadherin↑, N-cadherin↓, Vim↓, *neuroP↑, NF-kB↓, PI3K↓, Akt↑, XIAP↓, MMP↓, Ca+2↑, BAX↑, Casp3↑, Casp9↑, Bcl-2↓, Cyt‑c↑, IronCh↑, SOD↓, *ROS↓, *LDHA↑, *SOD↑, *GSH↑, *BioAv↓, Telomerase↓, cMyc↓, hTERT/TERT↓, DR5↑, Fas↑, FADD↑, BAD↑, BOK↑, BID↑, NAIP↓, Mcl-1↓, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, MAPK↓, AKT1↓, Akt2↓, *Beclin-1↓, Hif1a↓, LC3II↑, Beclin-1↑,

Showing Research Papers: 1 to 3 of 3

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 3

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress

Catalase↓, 1,   HO-1↓, 1,   NRF2↓, 2,   NRF2↑, 1,   ROS↓, 1,   ROS↑, 3,   SOD↓, 2,   Trx1↑, 1,  

Metal & Cofactor Biology

IronCh↑, 1,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics

BOK↑, 1,   CDC2↓, 2,   MMP↓, 2,   mtDam↑, 1,   XIAP↓, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis

AKT1↓, 1,   cMyc↓, 1,   p‑cMyc↑, 1,  

Cell Death

Akt↓, 2,   Akt↑, 1,   p‑Akt↓, 1,   APAF1↑, 1,   Apoptosis↑, 1,   BAD↑, 1,   BAX↑, 3,   Bcl-2↓, 2,   BID↑, 1,   cl‑Casp12↑, 1,   Casp3↑, 2,   cl‑Casp3↑, 1,   cl‑Casp8↑, 1,   Casp9↑, 2,   cl‑Casp9↑, 1,   proCasp9↓, 1,   Cyt‑c↑, 2,   DR5↑, 3,   FADD↑, 1,   Fas↑, 1,   hTERT/TERT↓, 3,   iNOS↓, 1,   JNK↑, 1,   MAPK↓, 1,   MAPK↑, 1,   Mcl-1↓, 1,   MDM2↓, 2,   NAIP↓, 1,   NICD↓, 1,   survivin↓, 1,   Telomerase↓, 2,   YAP/TEAD↓, 1,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress

eIF2α↑, 1,   ER Stress↑, 2,   PERK↑, 1,  

Autophagy & Lysosomes

Beclin-1↑, 2,   BNIP3↑, 1,   LC3B-II↑, 1,   LC3II↑, 1,   TumAuto↑, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair

DNAdam↑, 1,   P53↑, 2,   cl‑PARP↑, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence

CDK2↓, 4,   CDK4↓, 1,   cycA1/CCNA1↑, 1,   CycB/CCNB1↓, 2,   cycD1/CCND1↓, 1,   P21↑, 1,   TumCCA↑, 2,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State

EMT↓, 3,   ERK↓, 1,   p‑ERK↓, 1,   p‑GSK‐3β↓, 1,   NOTCH↓, 1,   NOTCH1↓, 1,   PI3K↓, 3,   RAS↓, 1,   p‑STAT3↓, 1,   TAZ↓, 1,   Wnt↓, 1,  

Migration

AEG1↓, 1,   Akt2↓, 1,   Ca+2↑, 2,   E-cadherin↑, 3,   FAK↓, 1,   MMP2↓, 2,   MMP9↓, 2,   N-cadherin↓, 3,   Snail↓, 1,   TIMP1↑, 1,   TIMP2↑, 1,   TumCP↓, 2,   Twist↓, 1,   Vim↓, 2,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature

angioG↓, 2,   ATF4↑, 1,   p‑EGFR↓, 1,   Hif1a↓, 1,   VEGF↓, 2,   VEGFR2↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling

COX2↓, 1,   CXCR4↓, 1,   IFN-γ↓, 1,   IL1↓, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 3,   p‑NF-kB↑, 1,   TNF-α↓, 1,  

Hormonal & Nuclear Receptors

AR↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance

ChemoSen↓, 1,   ChemoSen↑, 2,   MDR1↓, 1,   RadioS↑, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers

AR↓, 1,   p‑EGFR↓, 1,   GutMicro↑, 1,   hTERT/TERT↓, 3,   IL6↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes

cardioP↑, 1,  
Total Targets: 117

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress

antiOx↑, 2,   Catalase↑, 1,   GSH↑, 1,   GSR↑, 1,   GSTs↑, 1,   lipid-P↓, 1,   NRF2↑, 1,   ROS↓, 2,   SOD↑, 2,  

Metal & Cofactor Biology

IronCh↑, 1,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics

MMP↑, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis

LDHA↑, 1,  

Autophagy & Lysosomes

Beclin-1↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature

NO↓, 1,  

Barriers & Transport

BBB↑, 1,  

Synaptic & Neurotransmission

AChE↓, 1,  

Protein Aggregation

Aβ↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance

BioAv↓, 3,   BioAv↑, 1,  

Functional Outcomes

neuroP↑, 2,   toxicity↓, 1,  
Total Targets: 21

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: hTERT/TERT, human telomerase reverse transcriptase
3 Luteolin
Query results interpretion may depend on "conditions" listed in the research papers.
Such Conditions may include : 
  -low or high Dose
  -format for product, such as nano of lipid formations
  -different cell line effects
  -synergies with other products 
  -if effect was for normal or cancerous cells
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