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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Dakeng S et al. Inhibition of Wnt signaling by cucurbitacin B in breast cancer cells: reduction of Wnt-associated proteins and reduced translocation of galectin-3-mediated β-catenin to the nucleus. 2012 J. Cell. Biochem. pmid:21866566
Zhang Y et al. Cucurbitacin B induces rapid depletion of the G-actin pool through reactive oxygen species-dependent actin aggregation in melanoma cells. 2011 Acta Biochim. Biophys. Sin. (Shanghai) pmid:21642275
Ouyang D et al. Histone deacetylase inhibitor valproic acid sensitizes B16F10 melanoma cells to cucurbitacin B treatment. 2011 Acta Biochim. Biophys. Sin. (Shanghai) pmid:21628505
Jin HR et al. Cucurbitacin B suppresses the transactivation activity of RelA/p65. 2011 J. Cell. Biochem. pmid:21344491
Wei Y et al. [Studies on chemical constituents in roots of Helicteres angustifolia]. 2011 Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi pmid:21842648
Lee DH et al. Synergistic effect of low-dose cucurbitacin B and low-dose methotrexate for treatment of human osteosarcoma. 2011 Cancer Lett. pmid:21440986
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
Nakashima S et al. Cucurbitacin E as a new inhibitor of cofilin phosphorylation in human leukemia U937 cells. 2010 Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. pmid:20347305