ArticlePloS one2011
Oleanolic acid initiates apoptosis in non-small cell lung cancer cell lines and reduces metastasis of a B16F10 melanoma model in vivo.
Article in PloS one, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
49 citing papers in PubMed, 110 citations in OpenAlex.
- Oleanolic acid in the fight against cancer: a multifaceted natural strategy for modern oncology.Molecular diversity · 2026Review
- Targeting Oxidative Stress in Carcinogenesis: Oleanolic Acid and Its Molecular Pathways.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Insight into Cytotoxic Potential ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Review
- Oleanolic Acid Lactones as Effective Agents in the Combat with Cancers-Cytotoxic and Antioxidant Activity, SAR Analysis, Molecular Docking and ADMETox Profile.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Exploring the therapeutic potential of oleanolic acid and its derivatives in cancer treatment: a comprehensive review.3 Biotech · 2025Review
- Oleanolic acid alleviates ovarian cancer by regulating the miR-122/PDK4 axis to induce autophagy and inhibit glycolysisFrontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- The Role of Pentacyclic Triterpenoids in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: The Mechanisms of Action and Therapeutic Potential.Pharmaceutics · 2024Review
- Onco-therapeutic Effect of Novel Triterpenoid Compound Oleanolic Acid Isolated and Characterized from the Methanolic Extract of Coldenia procumbens (Linn.).Applied biochemistry and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Selectivity Screening and Structure-Cytotoxic Activity Observations of Selected Oleanolic Acid (OA)-Type Saponins from the Amaranthaceae Family on a Wiade Panel of Human Cancer Cell Lines.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Exploring the Potential of Oleanolic Acid Dimers-Cytostatic and Antioxidant Activities, Molecular Docking, and ADMETox Profile.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Oleanolic Acid Dimers with Potential Application in Medicine-Design, Synthesis, Physico-Chemical Characteristics, Cytotoxic and Antioxidant Activity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Modulation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 signaling pathways in cancer angiogenesis, invasion, and metastasis by natural compounds: a comprehensive and critical review.Cancer metastasis reviews · 2024Review
- A Preliminary Report Regarding the Morphological Changes of Nano-Enabled Pharmaceutical Formulation on Human Lung Carcinoma Monolayer and 3D Bronchial Microtissue.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Self-Nanoemulsifying Drug Delivery System (SNEDDS) Using Lipophilic Extract ofInternational journal of nanomedicine · 2024Article
- Phytochemistry and pharmacology of plants in the genus Chaenomeles.Archives of pharmacal research · 2023Review
- A computational and laboratory approach for the investigation of interactions of peptide conjugated natural terpenes with EpHA2 receptor.Journal of molecular modeling · 2023Article
- Article
- N-((1-(4-Fluorophenyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)methyl)-2-methylene-3-oxo-olean-12-en-28-amide Induces Apoptosis in Human Breast Cancer Cells by Stimulating Oxidative Stress and Inhibiting the Notch-Akt Signaling Pathway.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2022Article
- Oleanolic Acid (OA) Targeting UNC5B Inhibits Proliferation and EMT of Ovarian Cancer Cell and Increases Chemotherapy Sensitivity of Niraparib.Journal of oncology · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundDrug resistance, a process mediated by multiple mechanisms, is a critical determinant for treating lung cancer. The aim of this study is to determine if oleanolic acid (OA), a pentacyclic triterpene present in several plants, is able to circumvent the mechanisms of drug resistance present in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell lines and to induce their death. PRINCIPAL
findingsOA decreased the cell viability of the NSCLC cell lines A459 and H460 despite the presence of active, multidrug-resistant (MDR) MRP1/ABCC1 proteins and the anti-apoptotic proteins Bcl-2 and survivin. These effects are due to apoptosis, as evidenced by the capacity of OA to induce fragmentation of DNA and activate caspase 3. Induction of NSCLC cell death by OA cannot be explained by inhibition of the MDR proteins, since treatment with triterpene had little or no effect on the activity or expression of MRP1. Moreover, treatment with OA had no effect on the expression of the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2, but increased the expression of the pro-apoptotic protein Bax, altering the Bcl-2/Bax balance towards a pro-apoptotic profile. OA also decreased the expression of the anti-apoptotic protein survivin. Furthermore, OA decreased the expression of the angiogenic vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and decreased the development of melanoma-induced lung metastasis.
conclusionOur data provide a significant insight into the antitumoral and antimetastatic activity of OA in NSCLC and suggest that including OA in the NSCLC regimens may help to decrease the number of relapses and reduce the development of metastases.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.