Curcumin / cycD1/CCND1 Cancer Research Results

CUR, Curcumin: Click to Expand ⟱
Features:
Curcumin is the main active ingredient in Tumeric. Member of the ginger family.Curcumin is a polyphenol extracted from turmeric with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.
- Has iron-chelating, iron-chelating properties. Ferritin. But still known to increase Iron in Cancer cells.
- GSH depletion in cancer cells, exhaustion of the antioxidant defense system. But still raises GSH↑ in normal cells.
- Higher concentrations (5-10 μM) of curcumin induce autophagy and ROS production
- Inhibition of TrxR, shifting the enzyme from an antioxidant to a prooxidant
- Strong inhibitor of Glo-I, , causes depletion of cellular ATP and GSH
- Curcumin has been found to act as an activator of Nrf2, (maybe bad in cancer cells?), hence could be combined with Nrf2 knockdown
-may suppress CSC: suppresses self-renewal and pathways (Wnt/Notch/Hedgehog).
Clinical studies testing curcumin in cancer patients have used a range of dosages, often between 500 mg and 8 g per day; however, many studies note that doses on the lower end may not achieve sufficient plasma concentrations for a therapeutic anticancer effect in humans.
• Formulations designed to improve curcumin absorption (like curcumin combined with piperine, nanoparticle formulations, or liposomal curcumin) are often employed in clinical trials to enhance its bioavailability.

-Note half-life 6 hrs.
BioAv is poor, use piperine or other enhancers
Pathways:
- induce ROS production at high concentration. Lowers ROS at lower concentrations
curcumin can act as a pro-oxidant when blue light is applied
- ROS↑ related: MMP↓(ΔΨm), ER Stress↑, UPR↑, GRP78↑, Cyt‑c↑, Caspases↑, DNA damage↑, cl-PARP↑, HSP↓
- Lowers AntiOxidant defense in Cancer Cells: GSH↓ Catalase↓ HO1↓ GPx↓
but conversely is known as a NRF2↑ activator in cancer
- Raises AntiOxidant defense in Normal Cells: ROS↓, NRF2↑, SOD↑, GSH↑, Catalase↑,
- lowers Inflammation : NF-kB↓, COX2↓, p38↓, Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines : TNF-α↓, IL-6↓, IL-8↓
- inhibit Growth/Metastases : TumMeta↓, TumCG↓, EMT↓, MMPs↓, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, uPA↓, VEGF↓, NF-κB↓, CXCR4↓, SDF1↓, TGF-β↓, α-SMA↓, ERK↓
- reactivate genes thereby inhibiting cancer cell growth : HDAC↓, DNMT1↓, DNMT3A↓, EZH2↓, P53↑, HSP↓, Sp proteins↓,
- cause Cell cycle arrest : TumCCA↑, cyclin D1↓, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, CDK6↓,
- inhibits Migration/Invasion : TumCMig↓, TumCI↓, ERK↓, EMT↓, TOP1↓, TET1↓,
- inhibits glycolysis /Warburg Effect and ATP depletion : HIF-1α↓, PKM2↓, cMyc↓, GLUT1↓, LDHA↓, HK2↓, PFKs↓, PDKs↓, HK2↓, ECAR↓, OXPHOS↓, GRP78↑, GlucoseCon↓
- inhibits angiogenesis↓ : VEGF↓, HIF-1α↓, Notch↓, FGF↓, PDGF↓, EGFR↓, Integrins↓,
- inhibits Cancer Stem Cells : CSC↓, CK2↓, Hh↓, GLi1↓, CD133↓, CD24↓, β-catenin↓, n-myc↓, sox2↓, OCT4↓,
- Others: PI3K↓, AKT↓, JAK↓, STAT↓, Wnt↓, β-catenin↓, AMPK↓, ERK↓, JNK, TrxR**,
- 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 NF-κB signaling ↓ NF-κB activation ↓ inflammatory NF-κB tone Driver Suppression of survival and inflammatory transcription NF-κB is a primary, repeatedly validated curcumin target explaining pleiotropic downstream effects
2 STAT3 signaling ↓ STAT3 phosphorylation / activity ↔ or mild suppression Driver Loss of pro-survival and proliferative signaling STAT3 inhibition contributes to growth arrest, apoptosis sensitization, and reduced cytokine signaling in tumors
3 Reactive oxygen species (ROS) ↑ ROS (dose- & context-dependent) ↓ ROS / buffered Conditional Driver Biphasic redox modulation Curcumin can act as a pro-oxidant in cancer cells with high basal stress while acting antioxidant in normal cells
4 Mitochondrial integrity / intrinsic apoptosis ↓ ΔΨm; ↑ caspase activation ↔ preserved Driver Execution of intrinsic apoptosis Mitochondrial dysfunction and caspase activation occur downstream of NF-κB/STAT3 and ROS effects
5 PI3K → AKT → mTOR axis ↓ AKT / ↓ mTOR ↔ or adaptive suppression Secondary Reduced growth and anabolic signaling AKT/mTOR inhibition contributes to growth suppression and autophagy induction in cancer cells
6 Autophagy ↑ autophagy (protective or pro-death) ↑ adaptive autophagy Secondary Stress adaptation vs cell death Autophagy may be cytoprotective or cooperate with apoptosis depending on context and dose
7 HIF-1α / VEGF hypoxia–angiogenesis axis ↓ HIF-1α; ↓ VEGF ↔ minimal effect Secondary Anti-angiogenic pressure Suppression of hypoxia-driven transcription limits angiogenesis and tumor adaptation
8 Cell cycle regulation ↑ G2/M or G1 arrest ↔ largely spared Phenotypic Cytostatic growth control Cell-cycle arrest reflects upstream signaling and epigenetic effects rather than direct CDK inhibition
9 Migration / invasion (EMT, MMP axis) ↓ migration & invasion ↔ Phenotypic Anti-metastatic phenotype Reduced EMT markers and protease activity limit invasive behavior
10 Epigenetic regulation (p300/CBP HAT activity) ↓ histone acetylation ↔ modest Secondary Transcriptional reprogramming Curcumin modulates chromatin via HAT inhibition rather than classic HDAC inhibition


cycD1/CCND1, cyclin D1 pathway: Click to Expand ⟱
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Also called CCND1 Gatekeeper of Cell-Cycle Commitment
The main function of cyclin D1 is to maintain cell cycle and to promote cell proliferation. Cyclin D1 is a key regulatory protein involved in the cell cycle, particularly in the transition from the G1 phase to the S phase. It is part of the cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) complex, where it binds to CDK4 or CDK6 to promote cell cycle progression.
Cyclin D1 is crucial for the regulation of the cell cycle. Overexpression or dysregulation of cyclin D1 can lead to uncontrolled cell proliferation, a hallmark of cancer.
Cyclin D1 is often found to be overexpressed in various cancers.
Cyclin D1 can interact with tumor suppressor proteins, such as retinoblastoma (Rb). When cyclin D1 is overexpressed, it can lead to the phosphorylation and inactivation of Rb, releasing E2F transcription factors that promote the expression of genes required for DNA synthesis and cell cycle progression.
Cyclin D1 is influenced by various signaling pathways, including the PI3K/Akt and MAPK pathways, which are often activated in cancer.
In some cancers, high levels of cyclin D1 expression have been associated with poor prognosis, making it a potential biomarker for cancer progression and treatment response.
Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
1426- Bos,  CUR,  Chemo,    Novel evidence for curcumin and boswellic acid induced chemoprevention through regulation of miR-34a and miR-27a in colorectal cancer
- in-vivo, CRC, NA - in-vitro, CRC, HCT116 - in-vitro, CRC, RKO - in-vitro, CRC, SW480 - in-vitro, RCC, SW-620 - in-vitro, RCC, HT-29 - in-vitro, CRC, Caco-2
miR-34a↑, miR-27a-3p↓, TumCG↓, BAX↑, Bcl-2↓, PARP1↓, TumCCA↑, Apoptosis↑, cMyc↓, CDK4↓, CDK6↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, ChemoSen↑, miR-34a↑, miR-27a-3p↓,
4709- CUR,    Curcumin Regulates Cancer Progression: Focus on ncRNAs and Molecular Signaling Pathways
- Review, Var, NA
miR-21↓, TumCP↓, TumCMig↓, TumCI↓, Apoptosis↑, miR-99↑, JAK↓, STAT↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, P21↑, ChemoSen↑, miR-192-5p↑, cMyc↓, Wnt↓, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, miR-130a↓,
2688- CUR,    Effects of resveratrol, curcumin, berberine and other nutraceuticals on aging, cancer development, cancer stem cells and microRNAs
- Review, Var, NA - Review, AD, NA
*ROS↓, *SOD↑, p16↑, JAK2↓, STAT3↓, CXCL12↓, IL6↓, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, TGF-β↓, α-SMA↓, LAMs↓, DNAdam↑, *memory↑, *cognitive↑, *Inflam↓, *antiOx↑, *NO↑, *MDA↓, *ROS↓, DNMT1↓, ROS↑, Casp3↑, Apoptosis↑, miR-21↓, LC3II↓, ChemoSen↑, NF-kB↓, CSCs↓, Nanog↓, OCT4↓, SOX2↓, eff↑, Sp1/3/4↓, miR-27a-3p↓, ZBTB10↑, SOX9?, ChemoSen↑, VEGF↓, XIAP↓, Bcl-2↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, BioAv↑, Hif1a↓, EMT↓, BioAv↓, PTEN↑, VEGF↓, Akt↑, EZH2↓, NOTCH1↓, TP53↑, NQO1↑, HO-1↑,
456- CUR,    Curcumin Promoted miR-34a Expression and Suppressed Proliferation of Gastric Cancer Cells
- vitro+vivo, GC, SGC-7901
miR-34a↑, TumCP↓, TumCMig↓, TumCI↓, TumCCA↑, Bcl-2↓, CDK4/6↓, cycD1/CCND1↓,
470- CUR,    Regulation of carcinogenesis and modulation through Wnt/β-catenin signaling by curcumin in an ovarian cancer cell line
- in-vitro, Ovarian, SKOV3
Wnt/(β-catenin)↓, EMT↓, DNMT3A↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, cMyc↓, Fibronectin↓, Vim↓, E-cadherin↑, SFRP5↑,
437- CUR,    Anti-cancer activity of amorphous curcumin preparation in patient-derived colorectal cancer organoids
- vitro+vivo, CRC, TCO1 - vitro+vivo, CRC, TCO2
cycD1/CCND1↓, cMyc↓, p‑ERK↓, CD44↓, CD133↓, LGR5↓, TumCCA↑, TumVol↓, CSCs↓,
9- CUR,    Curcumin Suppresses Malignant Glioma Cells Growth and Induces Apoptosis by Inhibition of SHH/GLI1 Signaling Pathway in Vitro and Vivo
- vitro+vivo, MG, U87MG - vitro+vivo, MG, T98G
HH↓, Shh↓, Gli1↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, Bcl-2↓, FOXM1↓, Bax:Bcl2↑, TumCP↓, TumCMig↓, Apoptosis↑, TumVol↑, TumCCA↑, Casp3↑, OS↑,
137- CUR,    Curcumin induces G0/G1 arrest and apoptosis in hormone independent prostate cancer DU-145 cells by down regulating Notch signaling
- in-vitro, Pca, DU145
NOTCH1↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, CDK2↓, P21↑, p27↑, P53↑, Bcl-2↓, Casp3↑, Casp9↑, TumCCA↑, TumCP↓, Apoptosis↑,
12- CUR,    Curcumin inhibits the Sonic Hedgehog signaling pathway and triggers apoptosis in medulloblastoma cells
- in-vitro, MB, DAOY
HH↓, Shh↓, Gli1↓, PTCH1↓, cMyc↓, n-MYC↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, Bcl-2↓, NF-kB↓, Akt↓, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, survivin↓, Apoptosis↑, ChemoSen↑, RadioS↑, eff↑,
15- CUR,  UA,    Effects of curcumin and ursolic acid in prostate cancer: A systematic review
- Review, Pca, NA
NF-kB↝, Akt↝, AR↝, Apoptosis↝, Bcl-2↝, Casp3↝, BAX↝, P21↝, ROS↝, Bcl-xL↝, JNK↝, MMP2↝, P53↝, PSA↝, VEGF↝, COX2↝, cycD1/CCND1↝, EGFR↝, IL6↝, β-catenin/ZEB1↝, mTOR↝, NRF2↝, AP-1↝, Cyt‑c↝, PI3K↝, PTEN↝, Cyc↝, TNF-α↝,
126- CUR,    Modulation of miR-34a in curcumin-induced antiproliferation of prostate cancer cells
- in-vitro, Pca, 22Rv1 - in-vitro, Pca, PC3 - in-vitro, Pca, DU145
miR-34a↑, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, cMyc↓, P21↑, cycD1/CCND1↓, PCNA↓, TumCG↓,
165- CUR,    Curcumin interrupts the interaction between the androgen receptor and Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in LNCaP prostate cancer cells
- in-vitro, Pca, LNCaP
AR↓, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, p‑Akt↓, GSK‐3β↓, p‑β-catenin/ZEB1↑, cycD1/CCND1↓, cMyc↓, chemoPv↑, TumCP↓,
170- CUR,    Curcumin sensitizes TRAIL-resistant xenografts: molecular mechanisms of apoptosis, metastasis and angiogenesis
- vitro+vivo, Pca, PC3
TRAILR↑, BAX↑, P21↑, p27↑, NF-kB↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, VEGF↓, uPA↓, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, Bcl-2↓, Bcl-xL↓,
4827- QC,  CUR,    Synthetic Pathways and the Therapeutic Potential of Quercetin and Curcumin
- Review, Var, NA
*AntiCan↑, *Inflam↓, *Bacteria↓, *AntiDiabetic↑, *ROS↓, *SOD↑, *Catalase↑, *GSH↑, *NRF2↑, *Trx↑, *IronCh↑, *MDA↑, cycD1/CCND1↓, PI3K↓, Casp3↑, BAX↑, ChemoSen↑, ROS↑, eff↑, MMP↓, Cyt‑c↑, Akt↓, ERK↓,

Showing Research Papers: 1 to 14 of 14

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 14

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

HO-1↑, 1,   NQO1↑, 1,   NRF2↝, 1,   ROS↑, 2,   ROS↝, 1,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics ⓘ

MMP↓, 1,   XIAP↓, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

cMyc↓, 7,  

Cell Death ⓘ

Akt↓, 2,   Akt↑, 1,   Akt↝, 1,   p‑Akt↓, 1,   Apoptosis↑, 6,   Apoptosis↝, 1,   BAX↑, 3,   BAX↝, 1,   Bax:Bcl2↑, 1,   Bcl-2↓, 7,   Bcl-2↝, 1,   Bcl-xL↓, 1,   Bcl-xL↝, 1,   Casp3↑, 4,   Casp3↝, 1,   Casp9↑, 1,   Cyt‑c↑, 1,   Cyt‑c↝, 1,   JNK↝, 1,   p27↑, 2,   survivin↓, 1,   TRAILR↑, 1,  

Kinase & Signal Transduction ⓘ

SOX9?, 1,   Sp1/3/4↓, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics ⓘ

EZH2↓, 1,   miR-192-5p↑, 1,   miR-21↓, 2,   miR-27a-3p↓, 3,  

Autophagy & Lysosomes ⓘ

LC3II↓, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair ⓘ

DNAdam↑, 1,   DNMT1↓, 1,   DNMT3A↓, 1,   p16↑, 1,   P53↑, 1,   P53↝, 1,   PARP1↓, 1,   PCNA↓, 1,   TP53↑, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence ⓘ

CDK2↓, 1,   CDK4↓, 1,   Cyc↝, 1,   cycD1/CCND1↓, 13,   cycD1/CCND1↝, 1,   P21↑, 4,   P21↝, 1,   TumCCA↑, 5,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

CD133↓, 1,   CD44↓, 1,   CSCs↓, 2,   EMT↓, 2,   ERK↓, 1,   p‑ERK↓, 1,   FOXM1↓, 1,   Gli1↓, 2,   GSK‐3β↓, 1,   HH↓, 2,   LGR5↓, 1,   miR-34a↑, 4,   miR-99↑, 1,   mTOR↝, 1,   n-MYC↓, 1,   Nanog↓, 1,   NOTCH1↓, 2,   OCT4↓, 1,   PI3K↓, 1,   PI3K↝, 1,   PTCH1↓, 1,   PTEN↑, 1,   PTEN↝, 1,   SFRP5↑, 1,   Shh↓, 2,   SOX2↓, 1,   STAT↓, 1,   STAT3↓, 1,   TumCG↓, 2,   Wnt↓, 1,   Wnt/(β-catenin)↓, 1,  

Migration ⓘ

AP-1↝, 1,   CDK4/6↓, 1,   CXCL12↓, 1,   E-cadherin↑, 1,   Fibronectin↓, 1,   LAMs↓, 1,   miR-130a↓, 1,   MMP2↓, 2,   MMP2↝, 1,   MMP9↓, 2,   TGF-β↓, 1,   TumCI↓, 2,   TumCMig↓, 3,   TumCP↓, 5,   uPA↓, 1,   Vim↓, 1,   α-SMA↓, 1,   β-catenin/ZEB1↓, 4,   β-catenin/ZEB1↝, 1,   p‑β-catenin/ZEB1↑, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

EGFR↝, 1,   Hif1a↓, 1,   VEGF↓, 3,   VEGF↝, 1,   ZBTB10↑, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

COX2↝, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   IL6↝, 1,   JAK↓, 1,   JAK2↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 3,   NF-kB↝, 1,   PSA↝, 1,   TNF-α↝, 1,  

Hormonal & Nuclear Receptors ⓘ

AR↓, 1,   AR↝, 1,   CDK6↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

BioAv↓, 1,   BioAv↑, 1,   ChemoSen↑, 6,   eff↑, 3,   RadioS↑, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

AR↓, 1,   AR↝, 1,   EGFR↝, 1,   EZH2↓, 1,   FOXM1↓, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   IL6↝, 1,   PSA↝, 1,   TP53↑, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

chemoPv↑, 1,   OS↑, 1,   TumVol↓, 1,   TumVol↑, 1,  
Total Targets: 140

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

antiOx↑, 1,   Catalase↑, 1,   GSH↑, 1,   MDA↓, 1,   MDA↑, 1,   NRF2↑, 1,   ROS↓, 3,   SOD↑, 2,   Trx↑, 1,  

Metal & Cofactor Biology ⓘ

IronCh↑, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

NO↑, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

Inflam↓, 2,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

AntiCan↑, 1,   AntiDiabetic↑, 1,   cognitive↑, 1,   memory↑, 1,  

Infection & Microbiome ⓘ

Bacteria↓, 1,  
Total Targets: 17

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: cycD1/CCND1, cyclin D1 pathway
14 Curcumin
1 Boswellia (frankincense)
1 Chemotherapy
1 Ursolic acid
1 Quercetin
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