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. 2023 Aug 17;14:1217001. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1217001

TABLE 1.

Anti-tumor action and mechanism of action of Naringin.

Pharmacological action Cell/Animal model Mechanism of action
Blocking the tumorcell cycle and Inhibiting the tumorcell proliferation Cervical Cancer C33A, HeLa (Lin et al., 2020), Stomach Cancer SNU-1 (Xu et al., 2021) Inhibit PI3K/AKT, β-catenin/GSK-3β pathway; ↓c-Myc, Cyclin D1, CDK2, CDK4; ↑p21/cip1, p27/kip1; G0/G1 phase block
Prostate Cancer PCa (Erdogan et al., 2018) Inhibit NF-kB pathway; ↓p50, ↑p21, p27, p53; G0/G1 phase block
Triple-negative breast cancer MDAMB-231, BT-549 (Li et al., 2013) Regulate the Wnt/β -catenin pathway; ↑p21, ↓p-Rb, Cyclin D1, Cyclin E; G0/G1 phase block
Breast Cancer (El-Kersh et al., 2021) Antiestrogenic and Inhibit-aromatase activity
Colon and Rectal SW620 (Cheng et al., 2020a; Liqiong and Na, 2020) Inhibit PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway; ↓p-mTOR, CyclinD1, ↑ARHI, p21
Osteosarcoma MG63, U2OS (Ming et al., 2018) ↓Zeb1, ↓Cyclin D1; G1 phase block
Bladder Cancer 5637 (Kim et al., 2008) Inhibit Ras/Raf/ERK pathway, ↑p21WAF1/cip1 ↓cyclin D1/E, CDK2, CDK4; G1 phase block
Osteosarcoma MG63, U2OS (Yi et al., 2018) ↓Zeb1, ↓Cyclin D1; G1 phase block
Ovarian Cancer SKOV3/CDDP (Zhu et al., 2020) Inhibit Wnt/catenin pathway; ↓β-catenin, c-Myc, cyclin D1
G1/S phase block
Cervical Cancer SiHA (Ramesh and Alshatwi, 2013) G2/M phase block
Colon and Rectal HCT116 (Cheng et al., 2020a), Stomach Cancer AGS (Raha et al., 2020) Inhibit PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway, ↓p-mTOR
Triple-negative breast cancer (Raha et al., 2020) Regulate Wnt/β-catenin pathway
NSCLC Lung CancerA549, H460 (Zhongyuan et al., 2017) Inhibit PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway, ↓p-mTOR,↓p70S6K
Melanoma A375 (Bing-yu et al., 2016) Inhibit c-Src/AKT pathway; ↓PKM2, LDHA, HIF-1α; Inhibit aerobic glycolysis
Glioblastoma U87 (Wei et al., 2020) ↓CDK4/CDK6
Cervical Cancer ME-180 (Rui-ying et al., 2022) ↑miR-628–5p
Non-small cell lung cancer H69 (Chen et al., 2018) Regulate NF-κB pathway, ↓VCAM-1, ↑ miR-126
Melanoma A875 (Guo et al., 2016) Inhibit c-Src/AKT pathway; ↓CDK4/CDK6, ↓PKM2, LDHA, HIF-1α; Inhibit aerobic glycolysis
Esophageal cancer Eca109 (Feng et al., 2021) Inhibit the JAK/STAT pathway,↓p-STAT3/STAT3, ↓p-JAK2/JAK2
Inducing tumor cell apoptosis Stomach Cancer AGS (Raha et al., 2020) The mitochondrial pathway; ↓mTOR, Bcl-xL; ↑Bad
Cervical Cancer ME-180 (Rui-ying et al., 2022) ↑miR-628–5p, Bax; ↓Bcl-2
Thyroid Cancer TPC-1, SW1736 (Zhou et al., 2019); glioma U87 (Wei et al., 2020), Stomach Cancer SUN-1 (Xu et al., 2021) Inhibit PI3K/AKT pathway, ↑Caspase-3, cleaved Caspase-3, Bax; ↓survivin, Bcl-2
Melanoma A375, A875 (Guo et al., 2016) Inhibit c-Src/AKT pathway, ↓Bcl2, ↑caspase-3, Bax
Esophageal cancer Eca109 (Feng et al., 2021) ↑BAX, CytC, caspase-3, -9, ↓Bcl2, Inhibit JAK/STAT pathway
Cervical Cancer SiHa (Ramesh and Alshatwi, 2013), Liver Cancer HepG2 (Banjerdpongchai et al., 2016) The mitochondrial pathway; ↑caspase-3, caspase-9, Bax, P53↓Bcl-xL; The death receptor pathway; ↑Fas, FADD, caspase-8
Cervical Cancer HeLa (Zeng et al., 2014) ↓NF-κB p65, COX-2, caspase-1; ↑cleaved caspase-3
Colon Cancer HT29 (Albayrak et al., 2021), Thyroid Cancer B-CPAP (Li et al., 2022) ROS-mediated ER stress; activate PERK/eIF2α/ATF4/CHOP pathway, ↑Bax, ↓Bcl-2
Cervical Cancer C33A (Lin et al., 2020) Endoplasmic reticulum pathway; ↑CHOP, PARP1, caspase-3, activate eIF2α, ↑miR-628–5p, Bax, ↓Bcl-2
Ovarian Cancer SKOV3 (Zhu et al., 2020), Lung Cancer H1299 (Xuemei et al., 2018) Inhibit PTEN/Akt pathway, ↓Bcl-2, Bcl-xL, survivin; ↑caspase-3, caspase-7
Colon Cancer SW620 (Liqiong and Na, 2020) Regulate AKT pathway, ↓Bcl2, ↑caspase-3, Bax; ↑ARHI, Bax; ↓Bcl-2
Inhibit invasion and metastasis Colon and Rectal HCT116, LOVO (Albayrak et al., 2021) Inhibit miR-216a, ↓KIAA1199,↓CEMIP
Thyroid Cancer B-CPAP (Li et al., 2022) Regulate PERK/eIF2α/ATF4/CHOP, ↑E-cadherin, ↓N-cadherin, Vimentin
Melanoma A375 (Guo et al., 2016) Inhibit c-Src/PI3K/AKT pathway, ↓MMP2, MMP9
Cervical Cancer ME-180 (Rui-ying et al., 2022) Regulate miR-628–5p pathway, ↑E-cadherin, ↓N-cadherin, hinder EMT
Prostate Cancer DU145, PC3 (Erdogan et al., 2018) Inhibit NF-kB/ERK pathway, ↓Snail, Twist, hinder EMT
Glioblastoma U251 (Aroui et al., 2016) Inactivate p38 pathway, ↓MMP-2, MMP-9, ↑TIMP-1/2
Glioblastoma U87 (Aroui et al., 2020) Inhibit ERK/P38/JNK pathway, ↓VEGFR2, ↓CD31, CD105mRNA, anti-angiogenic
Induce autophagy of tumor cells Stomach Cancer AGS (Raha et al., 2015) Activate MAPK pathway, Inhibit PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway, ↑Beclin-1, LC3B, MAPKs
Stomach Cancer SNU-1 (Xu et al., 2021) Activate ERK/p38 pathway,↑Cathepsin D, ↑BH3-only Bad, ERK1/2, induce LMP mediated lysosomal cell death; Inhibit PI3K/AKT pathway, ↑LC3B, Beclin-1, ↓p62
Reverse tumor cell drug resistance and increase sensitization Ovarian cancer SKOV3/CDDP (Zhu et al., 2020) Inhibit NF-κB pathway, ↓P-gp, COX-2 ↓MDR1 mRNA, MRP2 mRNA, MRP2
Prostate Cancer DU145, PC3, LNCaP (Erdogan et al., 2018) Enhance the cytotoxic effects of paclitaxel
Lung Cancer persister A549/DDP (Mei-ying et al., 2019) ↑Bax, ↓P-gp, MRP1, p-Akt, CXCR4
Anti-inflammatory C57BL/6 Male mousemodel (Zhang et al., 2016) Inhibit NF-κB/IL-6/STAT3 pathway, ↓COX-2, MDSCs, GM-CSF/M-CSF, TNF-α; ↑ macrophage, CD4+T, And CD8 + T cell number
(ApcMin/+)Male mouse model (Zhang et al., 2018) Inhibit GSK-3β/APC/β-catenin pathway, ↓Cox-2, TNF-α, PGE2; ↓IL-6
Reduce adverse reactions Cervical Cancer HeLa (Liu et al., 2017) Improve weight loss, reduce cardiotoxicity, hepatorenal toxicity ↓ALT、AST、ALP、TBIL; ↓IL-6、TNF-a; ↓MDA、NO; ↑ SOD、CAT、GPx、GR、GSH; ↓Cr、BUN
Liver tissue of Male albino rats (Elsawy et al., 2020)
Liver and kidney tissues of male adult Sprague-Dawley rats (Gelen et al., 2018)
Enhance and activate immunity Human monocyte-derivedmacrophages, The C57BL/6 n mouse (Fujiwara et al., 2018) Activate lymph node CD169 positive macrophages, ↑ CD169