Resveratrol / Casp3 Cancer Research Results

RES, Resveratrol: Click to Expand ⟱
Features: polyphenol
Found in red grapes and products made with grapes.
Resveratrol is a polyphenol compound found in various plant species, including grapes, berries, and peanuts.
• Anti-inflammatory effects, Antioxidant effects:
- Antiplatelet aggregation for stroke prevention
- BioAvialability use piperine
- some sources may use Japanese knotweed roots (Reynoutria Japonica - root) as source which might contain Emodin (laxative)
-known as Nrf2 activator, both in cancer and normal cells. Which raises controversity of use in ROS↑ therapies. Interestingly there are reports of NRF2↑ and ROS↑ in cancer cells. This raises the question of if it is a chemosensitizer. However other reports indicate NRF2 droping with Res, indicating it maybe a chemosenstizer.
- RES is also considered to be them most effective natural SIRT1↑ -activating compound (STACs).

However, in the presence of certain metals, such as copper or iron, resveratrol can undergo a process called Fenton reaction, which can lead to the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The pro-oxidant effects of resveratrol are often observed at high concentrations, typically above 50-100 μM, and in the presence of certain metals or other pro-oxidant agents. In contrast, the antioxidant effects of resveratrol are typically observed at lower concentrations, typically below 10-20 μM.

Clinical trials have used doses ranging from 150 mg to 5 grams per day. Lower doses (< 1 g/day) are often well-tolerated, but higher doses might be necessary for therapeutic effects and can be associated with side effects.

-Note half-life 1-3 hrs?.
BioAv poor: min 5uM/L required for chemopreventive effects, but 25mg Oral only yeilds 20nM. co-administration of piperine
Pathways:
- usually induce ROS production in cancer cells, while reducing 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(typically increased), TrxR↓**, SOD↓, GSH↓ Catalase↓ HO1↓(wrong direction), 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↓, TIMP2, IGF-1↓, uPA↓, VEGF↓, ROCK1↓, FAK↓, RhoA↓, NF-κB↓, CXCR4↓, SDF1↓, TGF-β↓, α-SMA↓, ERK↓
- reactivate genes thereby inhibiting cancer cell growth : HDAC↓, EZH2↓, P53↑, HSP↓, Sp proteins↓,
- cause Cell cycle arrest : TumCCA↑, cyclin D1↓, cyclin E↓, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, CDK6↓,
- inhibits Migration/Invasion : TumCMig↓, TumCI↓, TNF-α↓, FAK↓, ERK↓, EMT↓, TOP1↓, TET1↓,
- inhibits glycolysis /Warburg Effect and ATP depletion : HIF-1α↓, PKM2↓, cMyc↓, GLUT1↓, LDH↓, LDHA↓, HK2↓, PFKs↓, PDKs↓, ECAR↓, OXPHOS↓, GRP78↑, Glucose↓, GlucoseCon↓
- inhibits angiogenesis↓ : VEGF↓, HIF-1α↓, Notch↓, FGF↓, PDGF↓, EGFR↓, Integrins↓,
- inhibits Cancer Stem Cells : CSC↓, CK2↓, Hh↓, CD133↓, CD24↓, β-catenin↓, sox2↓, notch2↓, nestin↓, OCT4↓,
- Others: PI3K↓, AKT↓, JAK↓, STAT↓, Wnt↓, β-catenin↓, AMPK, 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 / Axis Cancer Cells Normal Cells Label Primary Interpretation Notes
1 Reactive oxygen species (ROS) ↑ ROS (dose- & context-dependent) ↓ ROS / buffered Conditional Driver Biphasic redox modulation Resveratrol can act as a pro-oxidant in cancer cells while functioning as an antioxidant in normal cells
2 Mitochondrial integrity / intrinsic apoptosis ↓ ΔΨm; ↑ caspase activation ↔ preserved Driver Execution of intrinsic apoptosis Mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis follow ROS elevation in cancer cells
3 SIRT1 / AMPK axis ↑ AMPK; context-dependent SIRT1 modulation ↑ SIRT1 / ↑ AMPK Driver Metabolic stress signaling Resveratrol modulates energy-sensing pathways affecting survival and metabolism
4 PI3K → AKT → mTOR axis ↓ AKT / ↓ mTOR ↔ adaptive suppression Secondary Growth and anabolic inhibition Downregulation of growth signaling contributes to cytostasis and apoptosis sensitization
5 NF-κB signaling ↓ NF-κB activation ↓ inflammatory NF-κB tone Secondary Suppression of survival and inflammatory transcription NF-κB inhibition contributes to reduced proliferation and invasion
6 Cell cycle regulation ↑ G1/S or G2/M arrest ↔ largely spared Phenotypic Cytostatic growth control Cell-cycle arrest reflects upstream signaling disruption
7 HIF-1α / VEGF axis ↓ HIF-1α; ↓ VEGF ↔ minimal Secondary Anti-angiogenic pressure Interference with hypoxia-driven adaptation and angiogenesis


Casp3, CPP32, Cysteinyl aspartate specific proteinase-3: Click to Expand ⟱
Source:
Type:
Also known as CP32.
Cysteinyl aspartate specific proteinase-3 (Caspase-3) is a common key protein in the apoptosis and pyroptosis pathways, and when activated, the expression level of tumor suppressor gene Gasdermin E (GSDME) determines the mechanism of tumor cell death.
As a key protein of apoptosis, caspase-3 can also cleave GSDME and induce pyroptosis. Loss of caspase activity is an important cause of tumor progression.
Many anticancer strategies rely on the promotion of apoptosis in cancer cells as a means to shrink tumors. Crucial for apoptotic function are executioner caspases, most notably caspase-3, that proteolyze a variety of proteins, inducing cell death. Paradoxically, overexpression of procaspase-3 (PC-3), the low-activity zymogen precursor to caspase-3, has been reported in a variety of cancer types. Until recently, this counterintuitive overexpression of a pro-apoptotic protein in cancer has been puzzling. Recent studies suggest subapoptotic caspase-3 activity may promote oncogenic transformation, a possible explanation for the enigmatic overexpression of PC-3. Herein, the overexpression of PC-3 in cancer and its mechanistic basis is reviewed; collectively, the data suggest the potential for exploitation of PC-3 overexpression with PC-3 activators as a targeted anticancer strategy.
Caspase 3 is the main effector caspase and has a key role in apoptosis. In many types of cancer, including breast, lung, and colon cancer, caspase-3 expression is reduced or absent.
On the other hand, some studies have shown that high levels of caspase-3 expression can be associated with a better prognosis in certain types of cancer, such as breast cancer. This suggests that caspase-3 may play a role in the elimination of cancer cells, and that therapies aimed at activating caspase-3 may be effective in treating certain types of cancer.
Procaspase-3 is a apoptotic marker protein.
Prognostic significance:
• High Cas3 expression: Associated with good prognosis and increased sensitivity to chemotherapy in breast, gastric, lung, and pancreatic cancers.
• Low Cas3 expression: Linked to poor prognosis and increased risk of recurrence in colorectal, hepatocellular carcinoma, ovarian, and prostate cancers.


Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
3078- RES,    The Effects of Resveratrol on Prostate Cancer through Targeting the Tumor Microenvironment
- Review, Pca, NA
*ROS↓, ROS↑, DNAdam↑, Apoptosis↑, Hif1a↑, Casp3↑, Casp9↑, Cyt‑c↑, Dose↝, MMPs↓, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, EMT↓, E-cadherin↑, N-cadherin↓, AR↓,
3088- RES,    Notch signaling mediated repressive effects of resveratrol in inducing caspasedependent apoptosis in MCF-7 breast cancer cells
- in-vitro, BC, MCF-7
NOTCH1↓, BAX↑, CDK4↝, Casp3↑, P21↑,
3067- RES,    Proteomic Profiling Reveals That Resveratrol Inhibits HSP27 Expression and Sensitizes Breast Cancer Cells to Doxorubicin Therapy
- in-vitro, BC, MCF-7
Apoptosis↑, MMP↓, Cyt‑c↑, Casp3↑, Casp9↑, HSP27↓,
3099- RES,    Resveratrol and cognitive decline: a clinician perspective
- Review, Nor, NA - NA, AD, NA
*antiOx↑, *ROS↓, *cognitive↑, *neuroP↑, *SIRT1↑, *AMPK↑, *GPx↑, *HO-1↑, *GSK‐3β↑, *COX2↓, *PGE2↓, *NF-kB↓, *NO↓, *Casp3↓, *MMP3↓, *MMP9↓, *MMP↑, *GSH↑, *other↑, *BioAv↑, *memory↑, *GlutMet↑, *BioAv↓, *Half-Life↓, *toxicity∅,
3097- RES,    Resveratrol Induces Notch2-mediated Apoptosis and Suppression of Neuroendocrine Markers in Medullary Thyroid Cancer
- in-vitro, Thyroid, TT
TumCG↓, cl‑Casp3↑, p‑PARP↑, NOTCH2↑,
2329- RES,    Resveratrol induces apoptosis in human melanoma cell through negatively regulating Erk/PKM2/Bcl-2 axis
- in-vitro, Melanoma, A375
P53↑, Bcl-2↓, BAX↑, Cyt‑c↑, ERK↓, PKM2↓, Apoptosis↑, γH2AX↑, Casp3↑, cl‑PARP1↑,
2439- RES,    By reducing hexokinase 2, resveratrol induces apoptosis in HCC cells addicted to aerobic glycolysis and inhibits tumor growth in mice
- in-vitro, HCC, HCCLM3 - in-vitro, Nor, L02 - in-vitro, HCC, SMMC-7721 cell - in-vitro, HCC, Bel-7402 - in-vitro, HCC, HUH7
HK2↓, ChemoSen↑, other↑, Glycolysis↓, lactateProd↓, TumCP↓, Casp3↑, cl‑PARP↑, PKM2↓,
884- RES,  PTS,    Resveratrol and Pterostilbene Exhibit Anticancer Properties Involving the Downregulation of HPV Oncoprotein E6 in Cervical Cancer Cells
- in-vitro, Cerv, HeLa
TumCD↑, TumCCA↑, E6↓, Casp3↑, P53↑,
882- RES,    Resveratrol: A Double-Edged Sword in Health Benefits
- Review, NA, NA
AntiTum↑, Casp3↑, Casp9↑, BAX↑, Bcl-2↓, Bcl-xL↓, P53↑, NAF1↓, NRF2↑, ROS↑, Apoptosis↑, HDAC↓, TumCCA↑, TumAuto↑, angioG↓, iNOS↓,
104- RES,  QC,    Resveratrol and Quercetin in Combination Have Anticancer Activity in Colon Cancer Cells and Repress Oncogenic microRNA-27a
- in-vitro, Colon, HT-29
Casp3↑, PARP↑, survivin↓, miR-27a-3p↓, Sp1/3/4↓, ZBTB10↑, ROS⇅, TAC↑, tumCV↓,

Showing Research Papers: 1 to 10 of 10

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 10

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress

NAF1↓, 1,   NRF2↑, 1,   ROS↑, 2,   ROS⇅, 1,   TAC↑, 1,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics

MMP↓, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis

Glycolysis↓, 1,   HK2↓, 1,   lactateProd↓, 1,   PKM2↓, 2,  

Cell Death

Apoptosis↑, 4,   BAX↑, 3,   Bcl-2↓, 2,   Bcl-xL↓, 1,   Casp3↑, 8,   cl‑Casp3↑, 1,   Casp9↑, 3,   Cyt‑c↑, 3,   iNOS↓, 1,   survivin↓, 1,   TumCD↑, 1,  

Kinase & Signal Transduction

Sp1/3/4↓, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics

miR-27a-3p↓, 1,   other↑, 1,   tumCV↓, 1,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress

HSP27↓, 1,  

Autophagy & Lysosomes

TumAuto↑, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair

DNAdam↑, 1,   P53↑, 3,   PARP↑, 1,   p‑PARP↑, 1,   cl‑PARP↑, 1,   cl‑PARP1↑, 1,   γH2AX↑, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence

CDK4↝, 1,   P21↑, 1,   TumCCA↑, 2,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State

EMT↓, 1,   ERK↓, 1,   HDAC↓, 1,   NOTCH1↓, 1,   NOTCH2↑, 1,   TumCG↓, 1,  

Migration

E-cadherin↑, 1,   MMP2↓, 1,   MMP9↓, 1,   MMPs↓, 1,   N-cadherin↓, 1,   TumCP↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature

angioG↓, 1,   Hif1a↑, 1,   ZBTB10↑, 1,  

Hormonal & Nuclear Receptors

AR↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance

ChemoSen↑, 1,   Dose↝, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers

AR↓, 1,   E6↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes

AntiTum↑, 1,  
Total Targets: 58

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress

antiOx↑, 1,   GPx↑, 1,   GSH↑, 1,   HO-1↑, 1,   ROS↓, 2,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics

MMP↑, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis

AMPK↑, 1,   GlutMet↑, 1,   SIRT1↑, 1,  

Cell Death

Casp3↓, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics

other↑, 1,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State

GSK‐3β↑, 1,  

Migration

MMP3↓, 1,   MMP9↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature

NO↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling

COX2↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 1,   PGE2↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance

BioAv↓, 1,   BioAv↑, 1,   Half-Life↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes

cognitive↑, 1,   memory↑, 1,   neuroP↑, 1,   toxicity∅, 1,  
Total Targets: 25

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: Casp3, CPP32, Cysteinyl aspartate specific proteinase-3
10 Resveratrol
1 Pterostilbene
1 Quercetin
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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