Cucurbitacin B

Cucurbitacin b is a lipid of Sterol Lipids (ST) class. Cucurbitacin b is associated with abnormalities such as Morphologically altered structure. The involved functions are known as Signal Transduction, Apoptosis, Cell Cycle Arrest, Cell Cycle and Negative Regulation of Mitosis. Cucurbitacin b often locates in Mediastinum and Pseudopodia. The associated genes with Cucurbitacin B are STAT5A gene, JAK2 gene, STAT3 gene, CDKN1A gene and BCL2L1 gene. The related experimental models are Xenograft Model.

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Introduction

To understand associated biological information of Cucurbitacin B, we collected biological information of abnormalities, associated pathways, cellular/molecular locations, biological functions, related genes/proteins, lipids and common seen animal/experimental models with organized paragraphs from literatures.

What diseases are associated with Cucurbitacin B?

Cucurbitacin B is suspected in Morphologically altered structure and other diseases in descending order of the highest number of associated sentences.

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Possible diseases from mapped MeSH terms on references

We collected disease MeSH terms mapped to the references associated with Cucurbitacin B

MeSH term MeSH ID Detail
Lung Neoplasms D008175 171 associated lipids
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung D002289 72 associated lipids
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What pathways are associated with Cucurbitacin B

Lipid pathways are not clear in current pathway databases. We organized associated pathways with Cucurbitacin B through full-text articles, including metabolic pathways or pathways of biological mechanisms.

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What cellular locations are associated with Cucurbitacin B?

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What functions are associated with Cucurbitacin B?


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What lipids are associated with Cucurbitacin B?

There are no associated biomedical information in the current reference collection.

What genes are associated with Cucurbitacin B?

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What common seen animal models are associated with Cucurbitacin B?

Xenograft Model

Xenograft Model are used in the study 'Cucurbitacin B induces apoptosis by inhibition of the JAK/STAT pathway and potentiates antiproliferative effects of gemcitabine on pancreatic cancer cells.' (Thoennissen NH et al., 2009).

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Jung ME and Lui RM Studies toward the total syntheses of cucurbitacins B and D. 2010 J. Org. Chem. pmid:20873743
Chen W et al. Cucurbitacin B inhibits growth, arrests the cell cycle, and potentiates antiproliferative efficacy of cisplatin in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma cell lines. 2010 Int. J. Oncol. pmid:20664943
Chan KT et al. Cucurbitacin B inhibits STAT3 and the Raf/MEK/ERK pathway in leukemia cell line K562. 2010 Cancer Lett. pmid:19700240
Iwanski GB et al. Cucurbitacin B, a novel in vivo potentiator of gemcitabine with low toxicity in the treatment of pancreatic cancer. 2010 Br. J. Pharmacol. pmid:20590594
Zhang M et al. Inhibition of pancreatic cancer cell growth by cucurbitacin B through modulation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 signaling. 2010 Pancreas pmid:20182390
Wang W et al. Galactosylated solid lipid nanoparticles with cucurbitacin B improves the liver targetability. 2010 Drug Deliv pmid:20148709
Duangmano S et al. Antiproliferative effects of cucurbitacin B in breast cancer cells: down-regulation of the c-Myc/hTERT/telomerase pathway and obstruction of the cell cycle. 2010 Int J Mol Sci pmid:21614210
Chen C et al. Cucurbitane-type triterpenoids from the stems of Cucumis melo. 2009 J. Nat. Prod. pmid:19348465
Kongtun S et al. Cytotoxic properties of root extract and fruit juice of Trichosanthes cucumerina. 2009 Planta Med. pmid:19288406
Thoennissen NH et al. Cucurbitacin B induces apoptosis by inhibition of the JAK/STAT pathway and potentiates antiproliferative effects of gemcitabine on pancreatic cancer cells. 2009 Cancer Res. pmid:19605406
Abou-Khalil R et al. Interaction of cucurbitacins with human serum albumin: Thermodynamic characteristics and influence on the binding of site specific ligands. 2009 J. Photochem. Photobiol. B, Biol. pmid:19380237
Zhang M et al. Targeted constitutive activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 in human hepatocellular carcinoma cells by cucurbitacin B. 2009 Cancer Chemother. Pharmacol. pmid:18521604
Molavi O et al. Polymeric micelles for the solubilization and delivery of STAT3 inhibitor cucurbitacins in solid tumors. 2008 Int J Pharm pmid:17681440
Liu T et al. Inhibitory effects of cucurbitacin B on laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. 2008 Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol pmid:18309509
Haritunians T et al. Cucurbitacin B induces differentiation, cell cycle arrest, and actin cytoskeletal alterations in myeloid leukemia cells. 2008 Leuk. Res. pmid:18405967
Wakimoto N et al. Cucurbitacin B has a potent antiproliferative effect on breast cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. 2008 Cancer Sci. pmid:18627377
Liu T et al. [Effects of cucurbitacin B on cell proliferation and apoptosis in Hep-2 cells]. 2008 Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi pmid:18652313
Banzouzi JT et al. Cogniauxia podolaena: bioassay-guided fractionation of defoliated stems, isolation of active compounds, antiplasmodial activity and cytotoxicity. 2008 Planta Med. pmid:18704883
Yin D et al. Cucurbitacin B markedly inhibits growth and rapidly affects the cytoskeleton in glioblastoma multiforme. 2008 Int. J. Cancer pmid:18561312
Liu T et al. Combined antitumor activity of cucurbitacin B and docetaxel in laryngeal cancer. 2008 Eur. J. Pharmacol. pmid:18442812