Luteolin / Cyt‑c 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


Cyt‑c, cyt-c Release into Cytosol: Click to Expand ⟱
Source:
Type:
Cytochrome c
** The term "release of cytochrome c" ** an increase in level for the cytosol.
Small hemeprotein found loosely associated with the inner membrane of the mitochondrion where it plays a critical role in cellular respiration. Cytochrome c is highly water-soluble, unlike other cytochromes. It is capable of undergoing oxidation and reduction as its iron atom converts between the ferrous and ferric forms, but does not bind oxygen. It also plays a major role in cell apoptosis.

The term "release of cytochrome c" refers to a critical step in the process of programmed cell death, also known as apoptosis.
In its new location—the cytosol—cytochrome c participates in the apoptotic signaling pathway by helping to form the apoptosome, which activates caspases that execute cell death.
Cytochrome c is a small protein normally located in the mitochondrial intermembrane space. Its primary role in healthy cells is to participate in the electron transport chain, a process that helps produce energy (ATP) through oxidative phosphorylation.
Mitochondrial outer membrane permeability leads to the release of cytochrome c from the mitochondria into the cytosol.
The release of cytochrome c is a pivotal event in apoptosis where cytochrome c moves from the mitochondria to the cytosol, initiating a chain reaction that leads to programmed cell death.

On the one hand, cytochrome c can promote cancer cell survival and proliferation by regulating the activity of various signaling pathways, such as the PI3K/AKT pathway. This can lead to increased cell growth and resistance to apoptosis, which are hallmarks of cancer.
On the other hand, cytochrome c can also induce apoptosis in cancer cells by interacting with other proteins, such as Apaf-1 and caspase-9. This can lead to the activation of the intrinsic apoptotic pathway, which can result in the death of cancer cells.
Overexpressed in Breast, Lung, Colon, and Prostrate.
Underexpressed in Ovarian, and Pancreatic.


Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
2919- LT,    Luteolin as a potential therapeutic candidate for lung cancer: Emerging preclinical evidence
- Review, Var, NA
RadioS↑, ChemoSen↑, chemoP↑, *lipid-P↓, *Catalase↑, *SOD↑, *GPx↑, *GSTs↑, *GSH↑, *TNF-α↓, *IL1β↓, *Casp3↓, *IL10↑, NRF2↓, HO-1↓, NQO1↓, GSH↓, MET↓, p‑MET↓, p‑Akt↓, HGF/c-Met↓, NF-kB↓, Bcl-2↓, SOD2↓, Casp8↑, Casp3↑, PARP↑, MAPK↓, NLRP3↓, ASC↓, Casp1↓, IL6↓, IKKα↓, p‑p65↓, p‑p38↑, MMP2↓, ICAM-1↓, EGFR↑, p‑PI3K↓, E-cadherin↓, ZO-1↑, N-cadherin↓, CLDN1↓, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, Snail↓, Vim↑, ITGB1↓, FAK↓, p‑Src↓, Rac1↓, Cdc42↓, Rho↓, PCNA↓, Tyro3↓, AXL↓, CEA↓, NSE↓, SOD↓, Catalase↓, GPx↓, GSR↓, GSTs↓, GSH↓, VitE↓, VitC↓, CYP1A1↓, cFos↑, AR↓, AIF↑, p‑STAT6↓, p‑MDM2↓, NOTCH1↓, VEGF↓, H3↓, H4↓, HDAC↓, SIRT1↓, ROS↑, DR5↑, Cyt‑c↑, p‑JNK↑, PTEN↓, mTOR↓, CD34↓, FasL↑, Fas↑, XIAP↓, p‑eIF2α↑, CHOP↑, LC3II↑, PD-1↓, STAT3↓, IL2↑, EMT↓, cachexia↓, BioAv↑, *Half-Life↝, *eff↑,
2923- LT,    Luteolin induces apoptosis through endoplasmic reticulum stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in Neuro-2a mouse neuroblastoma cells
- in-vitro, NA, NA
Apoptosis↑, TumCD↑, Casp12↑, Casp9↑, Casp3↑, ER Stress↑, CHOP↑, GRP78/BiP↑, GRP94↑, cl‑ATF6↑, p‑eIF2α↑, MMP↓, JNK↓, p38↑, ERK↑, Cyt‑c↑,
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↑,
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↑,
2903- LT,    Luteolin induces apoptosis by ROS/ER stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in gliomablastoma
- in-vitro, GBM, U251 - in-vitro, GBM, U87MG - in-vivo, NA, NA
ER Stress↑, ROS↑, PERK↑, eIF2α↑, ATF4↑, CHOP↑, Casp12↑, eff↓, UPR↑, MMP↓, Cyt‑c↑, Bcl-2↓, BAX↑, TumCG↓, Weight∅, ALAT∅, AST∅,

Showing Research Papers: 1 to 5 of 5

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 5

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress

Catalase↓, 2,   CYP1A1↓, 1,   GPx↓, 1,   GSH↓, 2,   GSR↓, 1,   GSTs↓, 1,   HO-1↓, 1,   NQO1↓, 1,   NRF2↓, 2,   ROS↓, 1,   ROS↑, 4,   SOD↓, 3,   SOD2↓, 1,   Trx1↑, 1,   VitC↓, 1,   VitE↓, 1,  

Metal & Cofactor Biology

IronCh↑, 1,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics

AIF↑, 1,   BOK↑, 1,   CDC2↓, 1,   MMP↓, 4,   mtDam↑, 1,   XIAP↓, 2,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis

AKT1↓, 1,   ALAT∅, 1,   cMyc↓, 1,   SIRT1↓, 1,  

Cell Death

Akt↓, 1,   Akt↑, 1,   p‑Akt↓, 2,   APAF1↑, 1,   Apoptosis↑, 2,   BAD↑, 1,   BAX↑, 3,   Bcl-2↓, 4,   BID↑, 1,   Casp1↓, 1,   Casp12↑, 2,   cl‑Casp12↑, 1,   Casp3↑, 4,   Casp8↑, 1,   Casp9↑, 3,   proCasp9↓, 1,   Cyt‑c↑, 5,   DR5↑, 3,   FADD↑, 1,   Fas↑, 2,   FasL↑, 1,   HGF/c-Met↓, 1,   hTERT/TERT↓, 2,   JNK↓, 1,   p‑JNK↑, 1,   MAPK↓, 2,   MAPK↑, 1,   Mcl-1↓, 1,   MDM2↓, 1,   p‑MDM2↓, 1,   NAIP↓, 1,   p38↑, 1,   p‑p38↑, 1,   Telomerase↓, 1,   TumCD↑, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics

H3↓, 1,   H4↓, 1,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress

cl‑ATF6↑, 1,   CHOP↑, 3,   eIF2α↑, 2,   p‑eIF2α↑, 2,   ER Stress↑, 3,   GRP78/BiP↑, 1,   GRP94↑, 1,   PERK↑, 2,   UPR↑, 1,  

Autophagy & Lysosomes

Beclin-1↑, 2,   BNIP3↑, 1,   LC3II↑, 2,  

DNA Damage & Repair

P53↑, 1,   PARP↑, 1,   PCNA↓, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence

CDK2↓, 3,   CDK4↓, 1,   cycA1/CCNA1↑, 1,   CycB/CCNB1↓, 1,   TumCCA↑, 2,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State

CD34↓, 1,   cFos↑, 1,   EMT↓, 3,   ERK↑, 1,   p‑ERK↓, 1,   HDAC↓, 1,   mTOR↓, 1,   NOTCH↓, 1,   NOTCH1↓, 1,   PI3K↓, 2,   p‑PI3K↓, 1,   PTEN↓, 1,   p‑Src↓, 1,   STAT3↓, 1,   p‑STAT3↓, 1,   p‑STAT6↓, 1,   TumCG↓, 1,  

Migration

Akt2↓, 1,   AXL↓, 1,   Ca+2↑, 1,   Cdc42↓, 1,   CEA↓, 1,   CLDN1↓, 1,   E-cadherin↓, 1,   E-cadherin↑, 2,   FAK↓, 2,   ITGB1↓, 1,   MET↓, 1,   p‑MET↓, 1,   MMP2↓, 2,   MMP9↓, 1,   N-cadherin↓, 3,   Rac1↓, 1,   Rho↓, 1,   Snail↓, 2,   TumCP↓, 1,   Twist↓, 1,   Tyro3↓, 1,   Vim↓, 2,   Vim↑, 1,   ZO-1↑, 1,   β-catenin/ZEB1↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature

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

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling

ASC↓, 1,   ICAM-1↓, 1,   IKKα↓, 1,   IL1↓, 1,   IL2↑, 1,   IL6↓, 2,   NF-kB↓, 3,   p‑p65↓, 1,   PD-1↓, 1,   TNF-α↓, 1,  

Protein Aggregation

NLRP3↓, 1,  

Hormonal & Nuclear Receptors

AR↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance

BioAv↑, 1,   ChemoSen↑, 2,   eff↓, 1,   RadioS↑, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers

ALAT∅, 1,   AR↓, 1,   AST∅, 1,   CEA↓, 1,   EGFR↑, 1,   p‑EGFR↓, 1,   GutMicro↑, 1,   hTERT/TERT↓, 2,   IL6↓, 2,   NSE↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes

cachexia↓, 1,   cardioP↑, 1,   chemoP↑, 1,   Weight∅, 1,  
Total Targets: 162

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress

antiOx↑, 1,   Catalase↑, 2,   GPx↑, 1,   GSH↑, 2,   GSR↑, 1,   GSTs↑, 2,   lipid-P↓, 2,   NRF2↑, 1,   ROS↓, 2,   SOD↑, 3,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics

MMP↑, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis

LDHA↑, 1,  

Cell Death

Casp3↓, 1,  

Autophagy & Lysosomes

Beclin-1↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature

NO↓, 1,  

Barriers & Transport

BBB↑, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling

IL10↑, 1,   IL1β↓, 1,   TNF-α↓, 1,  

Synaptic & Neurotransmission

AChE↓, 1,  

Protein Aggregation

Aβ↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance

BioAv↓, 2,   eff↑, 1,   Half-Life↝, 1,  

Functional Outcomes

neuroP↑, 2,  
Total Targets: 25

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: Cyt‑c, cyt-c Release into Cytosol
5 Luteolin
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