Thymoquinone / p27 Cancer Research Results

TQ, Thymoquinone: Click to Expand ⟱
Features: Anti-oxidant, anti-tumor
Thymoquinone is a bioactive compound found in the seeds of Nigella sativa, commonly known as black seed or black cumin.
Pathways:
-Cell cycle arrest, apoptosis induction, ROS generation in cancer cells
-inhibit the activation of NF-κB, Suppress the PI3K/Akt signaling cascade
-Inhibit angiogenic factors such as VEGF, MMPs
-Inhibit HDACs, UHRF1, and DNMTs

-Note half-life 3-6hrs.
BioAv low oral bioavailability due to its lipophilic nature. Note refridgeration of Black seed oil improves the stability of TQ.
DIY: ~1 part lecithin : 2–3 parts black seed oil : 4–5 parts warm water. (chat ai)
Pathways:
- usually induce ROS production in Cancer cells, and lowers ROS in normal cells
- ROS↑ related: MMP↓(ΔΨm), ER Stress↑, GRP78↑, Cyt‑c↑, Caspases↑, DNA damage↑, cl-PARP↑, HSP↓, Prx,
- May Low AntiOxidant defense in Cancer Cells: NRF2↓(usually contrary), GSH↓ HO1↓(contrary), GPx↓
- Raises AntiOxidant defense in Normal Cells: ROS↓, NRF2↑, SOD↑, GSH↑, Catalase↑,
- lowers Inflammation : NF-kB↓, COX2↓, p38↓, Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines : NLRP3↓, IL-1β↓, TNF-α↓, IL-6↓, IL-8↓
- inhibit Growth/Metastases : TumMeta↓, TumCG↓, EMT↓, MMPs↓, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, VEGF↓, FAK↓, NF-κB↓, CXCR4↓, TGF-β↓, ERK↓
- reactivate genes thereby inhibiting cancer cell growth : HDAC↓, DNMTs↓, EZH2↓, P53↑, HSP↓, Sp proteins↓, TET↑
- cause Cell cycle arrest : TumCCA↑, cyclin D1↓, cyclin E↓, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, CDK6↓,
- inhibits Migration/Invasion : TumCMig↓, TumCI↓, TNF-α↓, FAK↓, ERK↓, EMT↓,
- inhibits glycolysis /Warburg Effect and ATP depletion : HIF-1α↓, PKM2↓, cMyc↓, GLUT1↓, LDH↓, LDHA↓, HK2↓, PDKs↓, GRP78↑, GlucoseCon↓
- inhibits angiogenesis↓ : VEGF↓, HIF-1α↓, Notch↓, EGFR↓, Integrins↓,
- Others: PI3K↓, AKT↓, JAK↓, STAT↓, Wnt↓, β-catenin↓, AMPK, α↓, ERK↓, JNK,
- Synergies: chemo-sensitization, chemoProtective, RadioSensitizer, RadioProtective, Others(review target notes), Neuroprotective, Cognitive, Renoprotection, Hepatoprotective, CardioProtective,

- Selectivity: Cancer Cells vs Normal Cells

Rank Pathway / Target Axis Direction Label Primary Effect Notes / Cancer Relevance Ref
1 Reactive oxygen species (ROS) ↑ ROS Driver Upstream cytotoxic trigger Primary studies show TQ rapidly increases ROS; antioxidant/ROS modulation attenuates downstream effects, supporting ROS as an initiating mechanism in multiple cancer contexts (ref)
2 Glutathione (GSH) redox buffering ↓ GSH Driver Redox-collapse amplification Same prostate cancer study reports early GSH depletion alongside ROS rise; together these form a redox “one-two punch” that helps explain selective stress in tumor cells (ref)
3 Mitochondrial integrity (ΔΨm) ↓ ΔΨm Driver Mitochondrial dysfunction (MOMP axis) Primary leukemia/cancer study reports disruption of mitochondrial membrane potential after TQ exposure (mitochondrial events central to TQ-mediated death) (ref)
4 Intrinsic apoptosis (caspase-9 → caspase-3; PARP) ↑ caspases / ↑ apoptosis Driver Execution-phase cell death Same primary paper reports activation of caspases (8/9/3) with mitochondrial involvement—core evidence for apoptosis as the major outcome pathway (ref)
5 NF-κB signaling ↓ NF-κB activity Secondary Reduced pro-survival / inflammatory transcription Colon cancer work: TQ induces cell death and chemosensitizes cells by inhibiting NF-κB signaling (explicit pathway-direction support) (ref)
6 STAT3 signaling ↓ p-STAT3 / ↓ STAT3 activation Secondary Reduced survival/proliferation signaling Gastric cancer study explicitly reports TQ suppresses constitutive STAT3 activation and related signaling readouts (ref)
7 NRF2 antioxidant-response axis (NRF2/HO-1 program) ↑ NRF2 pathway (often as stress-response) Adaptive Cellular antioxidant counter-response In TNBC context, a primary study reports TQ upregulates NRF2 (and evaluates downstream immune/checkpoint consequences), consistent with NRF2 acting as an adaptive response to redox stress (ref)
8 HIF-1α hypoxia signaling ↓ HIF-1α protein / ↓ HIF-1α program Adaptive Loss of hypoxia survival signaling Renal cancer hypoxia paper identifies TQ as suppressing HIF-1α and links this to selective killing under hypoxia (ref)
9 Glycolysis / Warburg output (hypoxia-linked) ↓ glycolysis (↓ HIF-1α–mediated glycolytic genes; ↓ glycolytic metabolism) Phenotypic Metabolic suppression In hypoxic renal cancer, TQ suppresses HIF-1α–mediated glycolysis; in CRC, TQ inhibits glycolytic metabolism alongside tumor growth limitation (ref)  |  (ref)


p27, p27kip1: Click to Expand ⟱
Source:
Type:
The cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) inhibitor p27 regulates cell proliferation, cell motility and apoptosis, and is inactivated through various means in many types of human cancer.
Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
4774- 5-FU,  TQ,  CoQ10,    Exploring potential additive effects of 5-fluorouracil, thymoquinone, and coenzyme Q10 triple therapy on colon cancer cells in relation to glycolysis and redox status modulation
- in-vitro, CRC, NA
AntiCan↑, TumCCA↑, Apoptosis↑, eff↑, Bcl-2↓, survivin↓, P21↑, p27↑, BAX↑, Cyt‑c↑, Casp3↑, PI3K↓, Akt↓, mTOR↓, Hif1a↓, PTEN↑, AMPKα↑, PDH↑, LDHA↓, antiOx↓, ROS↑, AntiCan↑,
3413- TQ,    Thymoquinone induces apoptosis in human colon cancer HCT116 cells through inactivation of STAT3 by blocking JAK2- and Src‑mediated phosphorylation of EGF receptor tyrosine kinase
- in-vitro, CRC, HCT116
tumCV↓, Apoptosis↓, BAX↑, Bcl-2↓, Casp9↑, Casp7↑, Casp3↑, cl‑PARP↑, STAT3↓, survivin↓, cMyc↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, p27↑, P21↑, EGFR↓, ROS↑,
3397- TQ,    Thymoquinone: A Promising Therapeutic Agent for the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer
- Review, CRC, NA
ChemoSen↑, *Half-Life↝, *BioAv↝, *antiOx↑, *Inflam↓, *hepatoP↑, TumCP↓, TumCCA↑, Apoptosis↑, angioG↑, selectivity↑, JNK↑, p38↑, p‑NF-kB↑, ERK↓, PI3K↓, PTEN↑, Akt↓, mTOR↓, EMT↓, Twist↓, E-cadherin↓, ROS⇅, *Catalase↑, *SOD↑, *GSTA1↑, *GPx↑, *PGE2↓, *IL1β↓, *COX2↓, *MMP13↓, MMPs↓, TumMeta↓, VEGF↓, STAT3↓, BAX↑, Bcl-2↑, Casp9↑, Casp7↑, Casp3↑, cl‑PARP↑, survivin↓, cMyc↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, p27↑, P21↑, GSK‐3β↓, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, chemoP↑,
3423- TQ,    Epigenetic role of thymoquinone: impact on cellular mechanism and cancer therapeutics
- Review, Var, NA
AntiCan↑, Inflam↓, hepatoP↑, RenoP↑, BAX↑, Bak↑, Bcl-2↓, Bcl-xL↓, ROS↑, P53↑, PTEN↑, P21↑, p27↑, BRCA1↑, PI3K↓, Akt↓, MAPK↓, ERK↓, p‑ERK↓, MMPs↓, FAK↓, Twist↓, Zeb1↓, EMT↓, TumMeta↓, angioG↓, VEGF↓, HDAC↓, Maspin↑, SIRT1↑, DNMT1↓, DNMT3A↓, HDAC1↓, HDAC4↓,
3427- TQ,    Chemopreventive and Anticancer Effects of Thymoquinone: Cellular and Molecular Targets
ROS⇅, Fas↑, DR5↑, TRAIL↑, Casp3↑, Casp8↑, Casp9↑, P53↑, mTOR↓, Bcl-2↓, BID↓, CXCR4↓, JNK↑, p38↑, MAPK↑, LC3II↑, ATG7↑, Beclin-1↑, AMPK↑, PPARγ↑, eIF2α↓, P70S6K↓, VEGF↓, ERK↓, NF-kB↓, XIAP↓, survivin↓, p65↓, DLC1↑, FOXO↑, TET2↑, CYP1B1↑, UHRF1↓, DNMT1↓, HDAC1↓, IL2↑, IL1↓, IL6↓, IL10↓, IL12↓, TNF-α↓, iNOS↓, COX2↓, 5LO↓, AP-1↓, PI3K↓, Akt↓, cMET↓, VEGFR2↓, CXCL1↓, ITGA5↓, Wnt↓, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, GSK‐3β↓, Myc↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, N-cadherin↓, Snail↓, Slug↓, Vim↓, Twist↓, Zeb1↓, MMP2↓, MMP7↓, MMP9↓, JAK2↓, STAT3↓, NOTCH↓, cycA1/CCNA1↓, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, CDK6↓, CDC2↓, CDC25↓, Mcl-1↓, E2Fs↓, p16↑, p27↑, P21↑, ChemoSen↑,
2122- TQ,    Review on Molecular and Therapeutic Potential of Thymoquinone in Cancer
- Review, Var, NA
ChemoSen↓, *ROS↓, *GSH↑, RenoP↑, hepatoP↑, COX2↓, NF-kB↓, chemoPv↑, neuroP↑, TumCCA↑, P21↑, p27↑, ROS↑, DNAdam↑, MUC4↓,

Showing Research Papers: 1 to 6 of 6

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 6

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

antiOx↓, 1,   ROS↑, 4,   ROS⇅, 2,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics ⓘ

CDC2↓, 1,   CDC25↓, 1,   XIAP↓, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

AMPK↑, 1,   ATG7↑, 1,   cMyc↓, 2,   LDHA↓, 1,   PDH↑, 1,   PPARγ↑, 1,   SIRT1↑, 1,  

Cell Death ⓘ

Akt↓, 4,   Apoptosis↓, 1,   Apoptosis↑, 2,   Bak↑, 1,   BAX↑, 4,   Bcl-2↓, 4,   Bcl-2↑, 1,   Bcl-xL↓, 1,   BID↓, 1,   Casp3↑, 4,   Casp7↑, 2,   Casp8↑, 1,   Casp9↑, 3,   Cyt‑c↑, 1,   DR5↑, 1,   Fas↑, 1,   iNOS↓, 1,   JNK↑, 2,   MAPK↓, 1,   MAPK↑, 1,   Mcl-1↓, 1,   Myc↓, 1,   p27↑, 6,   p38↑, 2,   survivin↓, 4,   TRAIL↑, 1,  

Kinase & Signal Transduction ⓘ

AMPKα↑, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics ⓘ

tumCV↓, 1,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress ⓘ

eIF2α↓, 1,  

Autophagy & Lysosomes ⓘ

Beclin-1↑, 1,   LC3II↑, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair ⓘ

BRCA1↑, 1,   CYP1B1↑, 1,   DNAdam↑, 1,   DNMT1↓, 2,   DNMT3A↓, 1,   p16↑, 1,   P53↑, 2,   cl‑PARP↑, 2,   UHRF1↓, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence ⓘ

CDK2↓, 1,   CDK4↓, 1,   cycA1/CCNA1↓, 1,   cycD1/CCND1↓, 3,   E2Fs↓, 1,   P21↑, 6,   TumCCA↑, 3,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

cMET↓, 1,   EMT↓, 2,   ERK↓, 3,   p‑ERK↓, 1,   FOXO↑, 1,   GSK‐3β↓, 2,   HDAC↓, 1,   HDAC1↓, 2,   HDAC4↓, 1,   mTOR↓, 3,   NOTCH↓, 1,   P70S6K↓, 1,   PI3K↓, 4,   PTEN↑, 3,   STAT3↓, 3,   Wnt↓, 1,  

Migration ⓘ

5LO↓, 1,   AP-1↓, 1,   DLC1↑, 1,   E-cadherin↓, 1,   FAK↓, 1,   ITGA5↓, 1,   MMP2↓, 1,   MMP7↓, 1,   MMP9↓, 1,   MMPs↓, 2,   MUC4↓, 1,   N-cadherin↓, 1,   Slug↓, 1,   Snail↓, 1,   TumCP↓, 1,   TumMeta↓, 2,   Twist↓, 3,   Vim↓, 1,   Zeb1↓, 2,   β-catenin/ZEB1↓, 2,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

angioG↓, 1,   angioG↑, 1,   EGFR↓, 1,   Hif1a↓, 1,   VEGF↓, 3,   VEGFR2↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

COX2↓, 2,   CXCL1↓, 1,   CXCR4↓, 1,   IL1↓, 1,   IL10↓, 1,   IL12↓, 1,   IL2↑, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   Inflam↓, 1,   JAK2↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 2,   p‑NF-kB↑, 1,   p65↓, 1,   TNF-α↓, 1,  

Hormonal & Nuclear Receptors ⓘ

CDK6↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

ChemoSen↓, 1,   ChemoSen↑, 2,   eff↑, 1,   selectivity↑, 1,   TET2↑, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

BRCA1↑, 1,   EGFR↓, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   Maspin↑, 1,   Myc↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

AntiCan↑, 3,   chemoP↑, 1,   chemoPv↑, 1,   hepatoP↑, 2,   neuroP↑, 1,   RenoP↑, 2,  
Total Targets: 133

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

antiOx↑, 1,   Catalase↑, 1,   GPx↑, 1,   GSH↑, 1,   GSTA1↑, 1,   ROS↓, 1,   SOD↑, 1,  

Migration ⓘ

MMP13↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

COX2↓, 1,   IL1β↓, 1,   Inflam↓, 1,   PGE2↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

BioAv↝, 1,   Half-Life↝, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

hepatoP↑, 1,  
Total Targets: 15

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: p27, p27kip1
6 Thymoquinone
1 5-fluorouracil
1 Coenzyme Q10
Query results interpretion may depend on "conditions" listed in the research papers.
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  -different cell line effects
  -synergies with other products 
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