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ArticleCancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.)2014

Honokiol inhibits lung tumorigenesis through inhibition of mitochondrial function.

Jing Pan, Qi Zhang, Qian Liu, Steven M Komas, Balaraman Kalyanaraman, Ronald A Lubet, Yian Wang, Ming You

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Article in Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06566443 (Phase I Trial Evaluating the Safety of the Dietary Supplement Honokiol in Early-Stage Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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.

NCT06566443 phase1recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Phase I Trial Evaluating the Safety of the Dietary Supplement Honokiol in Early-Stage Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

TypeinterventionalSponsorThe Methodist Hospital Research InstituteRan2025 to 2027Enrolled15ConditionsCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungArmsHonokiol
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jing PanMedical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Qi ZhangMedical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Qian LiuMedical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Steven M KomasDepartment of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Balaraman KalyanaramanDepartment of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Ronald A LubetChemoprevention Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
Yian WangMedical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Ming YouMedical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. myou@mcw.edu.
National Cancer Institute · US

Funding

CHEMOPREVENTION OF LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA WITH POLYPHENON ER01CA139959 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, YIAN, YOU, MING · 2009 to 2012
$1.2M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA139959NCI NIH HHS R01CA139959
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Honokiol is an important bioactive compound found in the bark of Magnolia tree. It is a nonadipogenic PPARγ agonist and capable of inhibiting the growth of a variety of tumor types both in vitro and in xenograft models. However, to fully appreciate the potential chemopreventive activity of honokiol, a less artificial model system is required. To that end, this study examined the chemopreventive efficacy of honokiol in an initiation model of lung squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). This model system uses the carcinogen N-nitroso-trischloroethylurea (NTCU), which is applied topically, reliably triggering the development of SCC within 24 to 26 weeks. Administration of honokiol significantly reduced the percentage of bronchial that exhibit abnormal lung SCC histology from 24.4% bronchial in control to 11.0% bronchial in honokiol-treated group (P = 0.01) while protecting normal bronchial histology (present in 20.5% of bronchial in control group and 38.5% of bronchial in honokiol-treated group. P = 0.004). P63 staining at the SCC site confirmed the lung SCCs phenotype. In vitro studies revealed that honokiol inhibited lung SCC cells proliferation, arrested cells at the G1-S cell-cycle checkpoint, while also leading to increased apoptosis. Our study showed that interfering with mitochondrial respiration is a novel mechanism by which honokiol changed redox status in the mitochondria, triggered apoptosis, and finally leads to the inhibition of lung SCC. This novel mechanism of targeting mitochondrial suggests honokiol as a potential lung SCC chemopreventive agent.

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Adenosine TriphosphateAllyl CompoundsAnimalsAnticarcinogenic AgentsApoptosisBiphenyl CompoundsBronchiCarcinogensCarcinoma, Squamous CellCarmustineCaspase 3Caspase 7Cell CycleCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationFemaleAdenosine TriphosphateAllyl CompoundsAnticarcinogenic AgentsBiphenyl CompoundsCarcinogensCarmustineCaspase 3Caspase 7Green Fluorescent ProteinshonokiolLignansN-nitroso-tris-chloroethylureaPhenolsReactive Oxygen Species

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PMID25245764
PMCPMC6010030
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