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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Chan KT et al. Cucurbitacin B inhibits STAT3 and the Raf/MEK/ERK pathway in leukemia cell line K562. 2010 Cancer Lett. pmid:19700240
Kausar H et al. Cucurbitacin B potently suppresses non-small-cell lung cancer growth: identification of intracellular thiols as critical targets. 2013 Cancer Lett. pmid:23340170
Shukla S et al. Cucurbitacin B Alters the Expression of Tumor-Related Genes by Epigenetic Modifications in NSCLC and Inhibits NNK-Induced Lung Tumorigenesis. 2015 Cancer Prev Res (Phila) pmid:25813524
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
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
Wu PL et al. Cytotoxic and anti-HIV principles from the rhizomes of Begonia nantoensis. 2004 Chem. Pharm. Bull. pmid:14993759
Chen ZT et al. Cucurbitacin B 2-sulfate and cucurbitacin glucosides from the root bark of Helicteres angustifolia. 2006 Chem. Pharm. Bull. pmid:17077563
Deng J et al. Small molecule inhibitors of Stat3 signaling pathway. 2007 Curr Cancer Drug Targets pmid:17305481
Wang W et al. Galactosylated solid lipid nanoparticles with cucurbitacin B improves the liver targetability. 2010 Drug Deliv pmid:20148709
Hu H et al. Preparation, characterization, cellular uptake and evaluation in vivo of solid lipid nanoparticles loaded with cucurbitacin B. 2013 Drug Dev Ind Pharm pmid:22794139