Piperlongumine / selectivity Cancer Research Results

PL, Piperlongumine: Click to Expand ⟱
Features:
Piperlongumine (also called Piplartine), an alkaloid from long pepper fruit
-Piperlongumine is a bioactive alkaloid derived from the long pepper (Piper longum)
– Piperlongumine has been shown to selectively increase ROS levels in cancer cells.
-NLRP3 inhibitor?
-TrxR inhibitor (major antioxidant system) to increase ROS in cancer cells
-ic50 cancer cells maybe 2-10uM, normal cells maybe exceeding 20uM.

Available from mcsformulas.com
-(Long Pepper, 500mg/Capsule)- 1 capsule 3 times daily with food
-Piperlongumine Pro Liposomal, 40 mg-take 1 capsule daily with plenty of water, after a meal

-Note half-life 30–60 minutes
BioAv poor aqueous solubility and bioavailability
Pathways:
- induce ROS production in cancer cells likely at any dose. Effect on normal cells is inconclusive.
- ROS↑ related: MMP↓(ΔΨm), ER Stress↑, UPR↑, Cyt‑c↑, Caspases↑, DNA damage↑, cl-PARP↑, Prx,
- Lowers some AntiOxidant markers/ defense in Cancer Cells: but mostly raises NRF2 (raises antiO defense), TrxR↓(*important), GSH↓ Catalase↓ HO1↓ GPx↓
- Very little indication of raising AntiOxidant defense in Normal Cells: GSH↑,
- lowers Inflammation : NF-kB↓, COX2↓, conversely p38↑, Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines : NLRP3↓, IL-1β↓, TNF-α↓, IL-6↓, IL-8↓
- inhibit Growth/Metastases : TumMeta↓, TumCG↓, EMT↓, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, VEGF↓, NF-κB↓, CXCR4↓, ERK↓
- reactivate genes thereby inhibiting cancer cell growth : HDAC↓(few reports), DNMT1↓, DNMT3A↓, EZH2↓, P53↑, HSP↓, Sp proteins↓,
- cause Cell cycle arrest : TumCCA↑, cyclin D1↓, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, CDK6↓,
- inhibits Migration/Invasion : TumCMig↓, TumCI↓, ERK↓, EMT↓,
- small indication of inhibiting glycolysis : HIF-1α↓, cMyc↓, LDH↓, HK2↓,
- inhibits angiogenesis↓ : VEGF↓, HIF-1α↓, EGFR↓,
- Others: PI3K↓, AKT↓, JAK↓, STAT↓, β-catenin↓, ERK↓, JNK,
- Synergies: chemo-sensitization, RadioSensitizer, Others(review target notes), Neuroprotective, Cognitive, Hepatoprotective, CardioProtective,

- Selectivity: Cancer Cells vs Normal Cells
Rank Pathway / Target Axis Direction Primary Effect Notes / Cancer Relevance Ref
1 Transformation-linked oxidative stress dependence ↑ ROS Cancer-selective stress overload Landmark study: piperlongumine selectively kills cells with a cancer genotype by elevating ROS; antioxidant rescue blocks killing (ref)
2 GSTP1 redox buffering (glutathione S-transferase π) ↓ GSTP1 function / ↑ ROS Disables antioxidant buffering Biochemical/structural work describing GSTP1 as a piperlongumine target and linking PL exposure to increased ROS and decreased GSH (ref)
3 ER stress / UPR via PRDX4 (Peroxiredoxin 4) ↓ PRDX4 activity / ↑ ER stress Proteotoxic stress, preferential glioma killing Piperlongumine inactivates PRDX4, exacerbates ER stress, increases ROS, and preferentially kills high-grade glioma cells (ref)
4 Mitochondrial disruption + stress MAPK (JNK) ↓ ΔΨm / ↑ JNK Mitochondrial apoptosis signaling Example mechanistic paper: piperlongumine induces ROS-mediated mitochondrial disruption and activates JNK associated with apoptosis (ref)
5 DNA damage response ↑ DNA damage Checkpoint activation, death signaling Piperlongumine elevates ROS and causes DNA damage in pancreatic cancer models; antioxidant reverses DNA damage and killing (ref)
6 STAT3 signaling ↓ STAT3 activity (↓ pSTAT3 / ↓ STAT3 function) Reduced survival & stem-like growth Drug-repositioning study identifies piperlongumine as a direct STAT3 inhibitor; shows reduced STAT3 activation and mammosphere inhibition (ref)
7 NF-κB signaling ↓ NF-κB DNA binding / ↓ nuclear translocation Reduced inflammatory & anti-apoptotic transcription Piperlongumine down-regulates NF-κB DNA-binding activity and decreases nuclear translocation of p50/p65 in prostate cancer cells (ref)
8 PI3K–AKT–mTOR pathway ↓ PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling Growth suppression; promotes apoptosis/autophagy Paper explicitly reporting piperlongumine induces apoptosis and autophagy through inhibition of PI3K/Akt/mTOR in lung cancer cells (ref)
9 p38 signaling (stress kinase) ↑ p38 signaling Stress response; autophagy involvement Mechanistic study showing piperlongumine induces autophagy by targeting p38 signaling (ref)
10 Cell cycle regulation ↑ G2/M arrest Proliferation block Demonstrates piperlongumine induces G2/M cell-cycle arrest in MCF-7 cells (cell cycle distribution shift shown) (ref)
11 EMT / migration / invasion ↓ EMT / ↓ migration & invasion Anti-metastatic phenotype Reports piperlongumine inhibits TGF-β–induced EMT and reduces migration/invasion in cancer cells (ref)
12 Ferroptosis (iron-dependent oxidative death) ↑ ferroptosis Non-apoptotic killing modality Shows piperlongumine-induced cancer cell death is inhibited by ferroptosis inhibitors and iron chelation, supporting ferroptosis involvement (ref)


selectivity, selectivity: Click to Expand ⟱
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The selectivity of cancer products (such as chemotherapeutic agents, targeted therapies, immunotherapies, and novel cancer drugs) refers to their ability to affect cancer cells preferentially over normal, healthy cells. High selectivity is important because it can lead to better patient outcomes by reducing side effects and minimizing damage to normal tissues.

Achieving high selectivity in cancer treatment is crucial for improving patient outcomes. It relies on pinpointing molecular differences between cancerous and normal cells, designing drugs or delivery systems that exploit these differences, and overcoming intrinsic challenges like tumor heterogeneity and resistance

Factors that affect selectivity:
1. Ability of Cancer cells to preferentially absorb a product/drug
-EPR-enhanced permeability and retention of cancer cells
-nanoparticle formations/carriers may target cancer cells over normal cells
-Liposomal formations. Also negatively/positively charged affects absorbtion

2. Product/drug effect may be different for normal vs cancer cells
- hypoxia
- transition metal content levels (iron/copper) change probability of fenton reaction.
- pH levels
- antiOxidant levels and defense levels

3. Bio-availability
Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
2954- PL,    The metabolites from traditional Chinese medicine targeting ferroptosis for cancer therapy
- Review, Var, NA
NRF2↑, ROS↑, ER Stress↑, MAPK↑, CHOP↑, selectivity↑, Keap1↝, HO-1↑, Ferroptosis↑,
2955- PL,    Heme Oxygenase-1 Determines the Differential Response of Breast Cancer and Normal Cells to Piperlongumine
- in-vitro, BC, MCF-7 - in-vitro, Nor, MCF10
ROS?, *ROS∅, other⇅, HO-1↑, *HO-1↑, NRF2↑, Keap1↓, cl‑PARP↑, selectivity↑, GSH↓, GSSG↑,
2973- PL,    The Natural Alkaloid Piperlongumine Inhibits Metastatic Activity and Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition of Triple-Negative Mammary Carcinoma Cells
- in-vitro, BC, MDA-MB-231 - in-vitro, BC, 4T1
MMP2↓, MMP9↓, IL6↓, E-cadherin↑, ROS↑, EMT↓, Zeb1↓, Slug↓, TumMeta↓, selectivity↑, MMP2↓, GSH↓,
3000- PL,    Biological and physical approaches on the role of piplartine (piperlongumine) in cancer
- in-vitro, Nor, HUVECs - in-vitro, Laryn, HEp2
Inflam↓, AntiTum↑, *α-tubulin↓, selectivity↑, HIF2a↓, MCP1↓,
1939- PL,    Piperlongumine selectively kills hepatocellular carcinoma cells and preferentially inhibits their invasion via ROS-ER-MAPKs-CHOP
- in-vitro, HCC, HepG2 - in-vitro, HCC, HUH7 - in-vivo, NA, NA
TumCMig↓, TumCI↓, ER Stress↑, selectivity↑, tumCV↓, ROS↑, GSH↓, eff↓, Ca+2↑, MAPK↑, CHOP↑, Dose↝,
1941- PL,    Piperlongumine selectively kills cancer cells and increases cisplatin antitumor activity in head and neck cancer
- in-vitro, HNSCC, NA
selectivity↑, eff↑, ROS↑, toxicity↑, GSH↓, GSSG↑, *GSSG∅, cl‑PARP↑, PUMA↑, GSTP1/GSTπ↓, ChemoSen↑,
1943- PL,    Piperlongumine treatment inactivates peroxiredoxin 4, exacerbates endoplasmic reticulum stress, and preferentially kills high-grade glioma cells
- in-vitro, GBM, NA - in-vivo, NA, NA
selectivity↑, ROS↑, selectivity↑, Prx4↓, *Prx4∅, ER Stress↑, CHOP↑, UPR↑,
1944- PL,    Piperlongumine, a Novel TrxR1 Inhibitor, Induces Apoptosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells by ROS-Mediated ER Stress
- in-vitro, HCC, HUH7 - in-vitro, HCC, HepG2
ER Stress↑, TrxR1↓, ROS↑, eff↓, Bcl-2↓, proCasp3↓, BAX↓, cl‑Casp3↑, TumCCA↑, p‑PERK↑, ATF4↑, TumCG↓, lipid-P↑, selectivity↑,
1947- PL,    Piperlongumine as a direct TrxR1 inhibitor with suppressive activity against gastric cancer
- in-vitro, GC, SGC-7901 - in-vitro, GC, NA
TrxR1↓, ROS↑, ER Stress↑, mtDam↑, selectivity↑, NO↑, TumCCA↑, mt-ROS↑, Casp9↑, Bcl-2↓, Bcl-xL↓, cl‑PARP↑, eff↓, lipid-P↑,
1948- PL,  BNL,    Natural borneol serves as an adjuvant agent to promote the cellular uptake of piperlongumine for improving its antiglioma efficacy
- in-vitro, GBM, NA
selectivity↑, ROS↑, BioAv↓, BioAv↑, Apoptosis↑, TumCCA↑, eff↑,
1949- PL,    Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of a novel indoleamine 2,3-dioxigenase 1 (IDO1) and thioredoxin reductase (TrxR) dual inhibitor
- in-vitro, CRC, HCT116 - in-vitro, Cerv, HeLa
TrxR↓, selectivity↑, ROS↑, IDO1↓,
1950- PL,    Increased Expression of FosB through Reactive Oxygen Species Accumulation Functions as Pro-Apoptotic Protein in Piperlongumine Treated MCF7 Breast Cancer Cells
- in-vitro, BC, MCF-7 - in-vitro, Lung, A549
selectivity↑, ROS↑, SETBP1↓, cl‑Casp9↑, eff↓, FOSB↑,
1953- PL,    Designing piperlongumine-directed anticancer agents by an electrophilicity-based prooxidant strategy: A mechanistic investigation
- in-vitro, Lung, A549 - in-vitro, Nor, WI38
ROS↑, selectivity↑, TrxR↓, TumCCA↑, GSH?, H2O2↑,
2941- PL,    Selective killing of cancer cells by a small molecule targeting the stress response to ROS
- in-vivo, BC, MDA-MB-231 - in-vitro, OS, U2OS - in-vitro, BC, MDA-MB-453
ROS↑, Apoptosis↑, selectivity↑, *ROS∅, GSH↓, GSSG↑, H2O2↑, NO↑, Half-Life?,
2944- PL,    Piperlongumine, a Potent Anticancer Phytotherapeutic, Induces Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis In Vitro and In Vivo through the ROS/Akt Pathway in Human Thyroid Cancer Cells
- in-vitro, Thyroid, IHH4 - in-vitro, Thyroid, 8505C - in-vivo, NA, NA
ROS↑, selectivity↑, tumCV↓, TumCCA↑, Apoptosis↑, ERK↑, Akt↓, mTOR↓, neuroP↑, Bcl-2↓, Casp3↑, PARP↑, JNK↑, *toxicity↓, eff↓, TumW↓,
2946- PL,    Piperlongumine, a potent anticancer phytotherapeutic: Perspectives on contemporary status and future possibilities as an anticancer agent
- Review, Var, NA
ROS↑, GSH↓, DNAdam↑, ChemoSen↑, RadioS↑, BioEnh↑, selectivity↑, BioAv↓, eff↑, p‑Akt↓, mTOR↓, GSK‐3β↓, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, HK2↓, Glycolysis↓, Cyt‑c↑, Casp9↑, Casp3↑, Casp7↑, cl‑PARP↑, TrxR↓, ER Stress↑, ATF4↝, CHOP↑, Prx4↑, NF-kB↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, CDK4↓, CDK6↓, p‑RB1↓, RAS↓, cMyc↓, TumCCA↑, selectivity↑, STAT3↓, NRF2↑, HO-1↑, PTEN↑, P-gp↓, MDR1↓, MRP1↓, survivin↓, Twist↓, AP-1↓, Sp1/3/4↓, STAT1↓, STAT6↓, SOX4↑, XBP-1↑, P21↑, eff↑, Inflam↓, COX2↓, IL6↓, MMP9↓, TumMeta↓, TumCI↓, ICAM-1↓, CXCR4↓, VEGF↓, angioG↓, Half-Life↝, BioAv↑,
2949- PL,    Piperlongumine selectively kills glioblastoma multiforme cells via reactive oxygen species accumulation dependent JNK and p38 activation
- in-vitro, GBM, LN229 - in-vitro, GBM, U87MG
selectivity↑, ROS↑, JNK↑, p38↑, GSH↓, eff↓,

Showing Research Papers: 1 to 17 of 17

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 17

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

Ferroptosis↑, 1,   GSH?, 1,   GSH↓, 7,   GSSG↑, 3,   GSTP1/GSTπ↓, 1,   H2O2↑, 2,   HO-1↑, 3,   Keap1↓, 1,   Keap1↝, 1,   lipid-P↑, 2,   NRF2↑, 3,   Prx4↓, 1,   Prx4↑, 1,   ROS?, 1,   ROS↑, 15,   mt-ROS↑, 1,   TrxR↓, 3,   TrxR1↓, 2,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics ⓘ

mtDam↑, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

cMyc↓, 1,   Glycolysis↓, 1,   HK2↓, 1,   IDO1↓, 1,  

Cell Death ⓘ

Akt↓, 1,   p‑Akt↓, 1,   Apoptosis↑, 3,   BAX↓, 1,   Bcl-2↓, 3,   Bcl-xL↓, 1,   Casp3↑, 2,   cl‑Casp3↑, 1,   proCasp3↓, 1,   Casp7↑, 1,   Casp9↑, 2,   cl‑Casp9↑, 1,   Cyt‑c↑, 1,   Ferroptosis↑, 1,   JNK↑, 2,   MAPK↑, 2,   p38↑, 1,   PUMA↑, 1,   survivin↓, 1,  

Kinase & Signal Transduction ⓘ

Sp1/3/4↓, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics ⓘ

other⇅, 1,   SETBP1↓, 1,   tumCV↓, 2,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress ⓘ

CHOP↑, 4,   ER Stress↑, 6,   p‑PERK↑, 1,   UPR↑, 1,   XBP-1↑, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair ⓘ

DNAdam↑, 1,   PARP↑, 1,   cl‑PARP↑, 4,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence ⓘ

CDK4↓, 1,   cycD1/CCND1↓, 1,   P21↑, 1,   p‑RB1↓, 1,   TumCCA↑, 6,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

EMT↓, 1,   ERK↑, 1,   GSK‐3β↓, 1,   mTOR↓, 2,   PTEN↑, 1,   RAS↓, 1,   STAT1↓, 1,   STAT3↓, 1,   STAT6↓, 1,   TumCG↓, 1,  

Migration ⓘ

AP-1↓, 1,   Ca+2↑, 1,   E-cadherin↑, 1,   FOSB↑, 1,   MMP2↓, 2,   MMP9↓, 2,   Slug↓, 1,   SOX4↑, 1,   TumCI↓, 2,   TumCMig↓, 1,   TumMeta↓, 2,   Twist↓, 1,   Zeb1↓, 1,   β-catenin/ZEB1↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

angioG↓, 1,   ATF4↑, 1,   ATF4↝, 1,   HIF2a↓, 1,   NO↑, 2,   VEGF↓, 1,  

Barriers & Transport ⓘ

P-gp↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

COX2↓, 1,   CXCR4↓, 1,   ICAM-1↓, 1,   IL6↓, 2,   Inflam↓, 2,   MCP1↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 1,  

Hormonal & Nuclear Receptors ⓘ

CDK6↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

BioAv↓, 2,   BioAv↑, 2,   BioEnh↑, 1,   ChemoSen↑, 2,   Dose↝, 1,   eff↓, 6,   eff↑, 4,   Half-Life?, 1,   Half-Life↝, 1,   MDR1↓, 1,   MRP1↓, 1,   RadioS↑, 1,   selectivity↑, 19,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

IL6↓, 2,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

AntiTum↑, 1,   neuroP↑, 1,   toxicity↑, 1,   TumW↓, 1,  
Total Targets: 116

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

GSSG∅, 1,   HO-1↑, 1,   Prx4∅, 1,   ROS∅, 2,  

Migration ⓘ

α-tubulin↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

toxicity↓, 1,  
Total Targets: 6

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: selectivity, selectivity
17 Piperlongumine
1 borneol
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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