Database Query Results : Piperlongumine, , hepatoP

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)


hepatoP, L,hepatoprotective: Click to Expand ⟱
Source:
Type:
Hepatoprotective is the ability of a chemical substance to prevent damage to the liver.

Grapefruit:
-hepatoprotective potential has emerged from the study of naringenin and naringin.
Blueberries/cranberries:
-proanthocyanidins
Grape:
Nopal (Cactus pear) and tuna (Cactus pear fruit) “Opuntia ficus-indica”:
Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla or Chamomilla recutita):
Silymarin (Silybum marianum):
Blue green algae spirulina :
Propolis (bee glue):

POLYSACCHARIDES
β-glucans
Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
2948- PL,    The promising potential of piperlongumine as an emerging therapeutics for cancer
- Review, Var, NA
tumCV↓, inhibit different hallmarks of cancer such as cell survival, proliferation, invasion, angiogenesis, epithelial-mesenchymal-transition, metastases,
TumCP↓,
TumCI↓,
angioG↓,
EMT↓,
TumMeta↓,
*hepatoP↑, A study demonstrated the hepatoprotective effects of P. longum via decreasing the rate of lipid peroxidation and increasing glutathione (GSH) levels
*lipid-P↓,
*GSH↑,
cardioP↑, cardioprotective effect
CycB/CCNB1↓, downregulated the mRNA expression of the cell cycle regulatory genes such as cyclin B1, cyclin D1, cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK)-1, CDK4, CDK6, and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA)
cycD1/CCND1↓,
CDK2↓,
CDK1↓,
CDK4↓,
CDK6↓,
PCNA↓,
Akt↓, suppression of the Akt/mTOR pathway by PL was also associated with the partial inhibition of glycolysis
mTOR↓,
Glycolysis↓,
NF-kB↓, Suppression of the NF-κB signaling pathway and its related genes by PL was reported in different cancers
IKKα↓, inactivation of the inhibitor of NF-κB kinase subunit beta (IKKβ)
JAK1↓, PL efficiently inhibited cell proliferation, invasion, and migration by blocking the JAK1,2/STAT3 signaling pathway
JAK2↓,
STAT3↓,
ERK↓, PL also negatively regulates ERK1/2 signaling pathways, thereby suppressing the level of c-Fos in CRC cells
cFos↓,
Slug↓, PL was found to downregulate slug and upregulate E-cadherin and inhibited epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in breast cancer cells
E-cadherin↑,
TOP2↓, ↓topoisomerase II, ↑p53, ↑p21, ↓Bcl-2, ↑Bax, ↑Cyt C, ↑caspase-3, ↑caspase-7, ↑caspase-8
P53↑,
P21↑,
Bcl-2↓,
BAX↑,
Casp3↑,
Casp7↑,
Casp8↑,
p‑HER2/EBBR2↓, ↓p-HER1, ↓p-HER2, ↓p-HER3
HO-1↑, ↑Apoptosis, ↑HO-1, ↑Nrf2
NRF2↑,
BIM↑, ↑BIM, ↑cleaved caspase-9 and caspase-3, ↓p-FOXO3A, ↓p-Akt
p‑FOXO3↓,
Sp1/3/4↓, ↑apoptosis, ↑ROS, ↓Sp1, ↓Sp3, ↓Sp4, ↓cMyc, ↓EGFR, ↓survivin, ↓cMET
cMyc↓,
EGFR↓,
survivin↓,
cMET↓,
NQO1↑, G2/M phase arrest, ↑apoptosis, ↑ROS, ↓p-Akt, ↑Bad, ↓Bcl-2, ↑NQO1, ↑HO-1, ↑SOD2, ↑p21, ↑p-ERK, ↑p-JNK,
SOD2↑,
TrxR↓, G2/M cell cycle arrest, ↑apoptosis, ↑ROS, ↓GSH, ↓TrxR
MDM2↓, ↑ROS, ↓MDM-2, ↓cyclin B1, ↓Cdc2, G2/M phase arrest, ↑p-eIF2α, ↑ATF4, KATO III ↑CHOP, ↑apoptosis
p‑eIF2α↑,
ATF4↑,
CHOP↑,
MDA↑, ↑ROS, ↓TrxR1, ↑cleaved caspase-3, ↑CHOP, ↑MDA
Ki-67↓, ↓Ki-67, ↓MMP-9, ↓Twist,
MMP9↓,
Twist↓,
SOX2↓, ↓SOX2, ↓NANOG, ↓Oct-4, ↑E-cadherin, ↑CK18, ↓N-cadherin, ↓vimentin, ↓snail, ↓slug
Nanog↓,
OCT4↓,
N-cadherin↓,
Vim↓,
Snail↓,
TumW↓, ↓Tumor weight, ↓tumor growth
TumCG↓,
HK2↓, ↓HK2
RB1↓, ↓Rb
IL6↓, ↓IL-6, ↓IL-8,
IL8↓,
SOD1↑, ↑SOD1
RadioS↑, ombination with PL, very low intensity of radiation is found to be effective in cancer cells
ChemoSen↑, PL as a chemosensitizer which sensitized the cancer cells towards the commercially available chemotherapeutics
toxicity↓, PL does not have any adverse effect on the normal functioning of the liver and kidney.
Sp1/3/4↓, In vitro SKBR3 ↓Sp1, ↓Sp3, ↓Sp4
GSH↓, In vitro MCF-7 ↓CDK1, G2/M phase arrest ↓CDK4, ↓CDK6, ↓PCNA, ↓p-CDK1, ↑cyclin B1, ↑ROS, ↓GSH, ↓p-IκBα,
SOD↑, In vitro PANC-1, MIA PaCa-2 ↑ROS, ↑SOD1, ↑GSTP1, ↑HO-1


* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 1

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

GSH↓, 1,   HO-1↑, 1,   MDA↑, 1,   NQO1↑, 1,   NRF2↑, 1,   SOD↑, 1,   SOD1↑, 1,   SOD2↑, 1,   TrxR↓, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

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

Cell Death ⓘ

Akt↓, 1,   BAX↑, 1,   Bcl-2↓, 1,   BIM↑, 1,   Casp3↑, 1,   Casp7↑, 1,   Casp8↑, 1,   MDM2↓, 1,   survivin↓, 1,  

Kinase & Signal Transduction ⓘ

p‑HER2/EBBR2↓, 1,   Sp1/3/4↓, 2,  

Transcription & Epigenetics ⓘ

tumCV↓, 1,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress ⓘ

CHOP↑, 1,   p‑eIF2α↑, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair ⓘ

P53↑, 1,   PCNA↓, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence ⓘ

CDK1↓, 1,   CDK2↓, 1,   CDK4↓, 1,   CycB/CCNB1↓, 1,   cycD1/CCND1↓, 1,   P21↑, 1,   RB1↓, 1,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

cFos↓, 1,   cMET↓, 1,   EMT↓, 1,   ERK↓, 1,   p‑FOXO3↓, 1,   mTOR↓, 1,   Nanog↓, 1,   OCT4↓, 1,   SOX2↓, 1,   STAT3↓, 1,   TOP2↓, 1,   TumCG↓, 1,  

Migration ⓘ

E-cadherin↑, 1,   Ki-67↓, 1,   MMP9↓, 1,   N-cadherin↓, 1,   Slug↓, 1,   Snail↓, 1,   TumCI↓, 1,   TumCP↓, 1,   TumMeta↓, 1,   Twist↓, 1,   Vim↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

angioG↓, 1,   ATF4↑, 1,   EGFR↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

IKKα↓, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   IL8↓, 1,   JAK1↓, 1,   JAK2↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 1,  

Hormonal & Nuclear Receptors ⓘ

CDK6↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

ChemoSen↑, 1,   RadioS↑, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

EGFR↓, 1,   p‑HER2/EBBR2↓, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   Ki-67↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

cardioP↑, 1,   toxicity↓, 1,   TumW↓, 1,  
Total Targets: 77

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

GSH↑, 1,   lipid-P↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

hepatoP↑, 1,  
Total Targets: 3

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: hepatoP, L,hepatoprotective
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