ArticleScientific reports2018
A combination of curcumin and oligomeric proanthocyanidins offer superior anti-tumorigenic properties in colorectal cancer.
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- Synergistic Anti-Cancer Effects of Curcumin and Thymoquinone Against Melanoma.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The anticancer effects of Aronia berry extract are mediated by Chk1 and p53 in colorectal cancer.Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology · 2024Article
- Combined treatment with Aronia berry extract and oligomeric proanthocyanidins exhibit a synergistic anticancer efficacy through LMNB1-AKT signaling pathways in colorectal cancer.Molecular carcinogenesis · 2024Article
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- Recent Advances in Curcumin-Based Combination Nanomedicines for Cancer Therapy.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2023Review
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- Curcumin and colorectal cancer: An update and current perspective on this natural medicine.Seminars in cancer biology · 2022Review
- A combined treatment with melatonin and andrographis promotes autophagy and anticancer activity in colorectal cancer.Carcinogenesis · 2022Article
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Abstract
Combining anti-cancer agents in cancer therapies is becoming increasingly popular due to improved efficacy, reduced toxicity and decreased emergence of resistance. Here, we test the hypothesis that dietary agents such as oligomeric proanthocyanidins (OPCs) and curcumin cooperatively modulate cancer-associated cellular mechanisms to inhibit carcinogenesis. By a series of in vitro assays in colorectal cancer cell lines, we showed that the anti-tumorigenic properties of the OPCs-curcumin combination were superior to the effects of individual compounds. By RNA-sequencing based gene-expression profiling in six colorectal cancer cell lines, we identified the cooperative modulation of key cancer-associated pathways such as DNA replication and cell cycle pathways. Moreover, several pathways, including protein export, glutathione metabolism and porphyrin metabolism were more effectively modulated by the combination of OPCs and curcumin. We validated genes belonging to these pathways, such as HSPA5, SEC61B, G6PD, HMOX1 and PDE3B to be cooperatively modulated by the OPCs-curcumin combination. We further confirmed that the OPCs-curcumin combination more potently suppresses colorectal carcinogenesis and modulated expression of genes identified by RNA-sequencing in mice xenografts and in colorectal cancer patient-derived organoids. Overall, by delineating the cooperative mechanisms of action of OPCs and curcumin, we make a case for the clinical co-administration of curcumin and OPCs as a treatment therapy for patients with colorectal cancer.
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