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. 2016 Aug 3;2016:7831282. doi: 10.1155/2016/7831282

Table 1.

The natural compounds biologically targeting different cell lines in ER stress.

Natural products Cell types [Ref] Biological functions
Anacardic acid U266, HepG2 [15] GRP78↑, eIF2α ↑, CHOP↑

Astragaloside IV Podocyte [14] PERK-ATF4-CHOP↓

Baicalein HCC [7] JNK↑, CHOP↑, Bcl-2 family↓
Ca Ski [58], N18 [81], MDA-MB-231 [82] ROS↑, CHOP↑, Ca2+↑, caspase-3↑, Bax↑
HT22 [57] JNK↓, CHOP↓, GRP78↓, XBP1↓, ATF6α ↓, ROS↓, MMPs↓

Berberine Hep G2 [8] p-PERK↓, p-eIF2α ↓
Carotid arteries [26], T98G [85] eIF2α ↑, ATF6↑, ROS↑, XBP1↑, COX-2↑, AMPK↓, Ca2+
C6 rat glioma cells [114] ROS↑, Ca2+↑, Bax/Bcl-2↑

BDMC NCI H460 [80] Ca2+↑, ROS↑, ER stress↑

Celastrol HCC [9] eIF2α-ATF4↑
MDA-MB 435S, MCF-7, DLD-1, and RKO [87], OSCC [115] Ca2+↑, ER stress↑

Crocin PC12 [12] CHOP-Wnt↓

Curcumin APL [10], HT-29 [31], AGS [31], WEHI-3 [32], SCC-4 [33] PERK-eIF2α ↑, CHOP↑, ER stress↑

EGCG Glioblastoma [19] GRP78↓
T98G [61], U87MG [61] ROS↑, ER stress↑
PC3 [106] Autophagy↑, ER stress↑

Elatoside C H9c2 cardiomyocytes [55] ER stress↓, p-STAT3↑

Ginsenoside Rb1 Neurons [18] CHOP↓

Glycyrrhetinic acid Non-small lung cancer cells [111] IRE1α ↑, JNK/c-jun↑
NSCLC cells [116] GRP78↑, PERK↑, ERP72↑

Honokiol In vivo [11] p-eIF2α ↓, CHOP↓
HN22 [79], HSC4 [79], JJ012 [84], SW1353 [84] ER stress↑, Ca2+↑, GRP78↑

Icariin EC109 [28], TE1 [28], A549 [29] GRP78↑, p-PERK↑, p-eIF2α ↑, CHOP↑, ATF4↑
PC12 [117] ER stress↓

Mangiferin Endothelial cells [98] TXNIP/NLRP3 inflammasome↓, ER stress↓

Nicotine PC12 [22] GRP78↓, ATF6↓, IRE1-XBP1↓
Colon cancer cells [104] ROS↑, COX-2↑, PGE2↑
Human periodontal ligament cells [47] p-PERK↑, p-eIF2α ↑, CHOP↑, GRP78↑

Notoginsenoside R1 H9c2 cardiomyocytes [56] GRP78↓, p-PERK↓, ATF6↓, IRE1↓, CHOP↓, p-JNK↓

Piperine HT-29 [117] CHOP↑, GRP78↑, JNK↑, IRE1α ↑

Piperlongumine HCC [77] MAPK↑, CHOP↑, ROS↑

Platycodin D MCF-7 [70] ROS↑, ASK1↑, ER stress↑

Polyphyllin D NSCLC [71] CHOP↑, GRP78↑, caspase-4↑

Pterostilbene HUVECs [41] GRP78↓, p-eIF2α ↓

Quercetin RAW264.7 [62], GEnCs [36] IRE1-XBP1↓, ATF6↓, PERK-CHOP↓, IRE1-JNK↓
PC-3 [38], ovarian cancer cells [39] ER stress↑, STAT3↓, JNK↑, CHOP↑, DR5↑, ROS↑
Pancreatic β-cells [118] AMPK↑, IRE1 RNase↑

Resveratrol Human skeletal muscle cells [16], human macrophages [23] eIF2α ↑, CHOP↑, AMPK↓, caspase-12↑, GRP78↓, IRE1-XBP1↓
Cardiomyocyte [44] IRE1α/JNK↑, PERK/eIF2α ↑, ATF6/CHOP↑
A549 [72] GRP78↑, CHOP↑, caspase-12↑
DU145 and PC3 [103] Autophagy↑

Rg3 HCC [51], human gallbladder cancer cells [52] CHOP↑, DR5↑, CHOP↑, p-IRE1↑, p-PERK↑, caspase-12↑

Trichodermin Chondrosarcoma cells [50] IRE1↑, GRP78↑, GRP94↑, p-PERK↑

Vitexin A549 [112] MAPKs↑, Hsp90↑, antioxidant enzyme↑

Withaferin A Caki [76] GRP78↑, eIF2α ↑, CHOP↑, XBP1↑

Zerumbone PC-3 and DU-145 [108] Apoptosis↑, autophagy↑