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Drug Combination Details

General Information of the Combination (ID: C13933)
Name Apigenin   NP Info  + Gemcitabine   Drug Info 
Structure +
Disease
Pancreatic cancer [ICD-11: 2C10]
Investigative [1]
Combinatorial Therapeutic Effect(s) Validated Clinically or Experimentally
    α. Enhancing Drug Efficacy by This Combination
                 Augmenting Drug Sensitivity     Click to Show/Hide
                    Experiment 1 Reporting the Effect of This Combination [2]
                    Molecule(s)
                    Regulation
Down-regulation Expression AKT1  Molecule Info 
Pathway MAP
Down-regulation Expression p105  Molecule Info 
Pathway MAP
                    In-vitro Model MIA PaCa-2 CVCL_0428 Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma Homo sapiens
AsPC-1 CVCL_0152 Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma Homo sapiens
                    In-vivo Model Male BALB/c nude mice were subcutaneously inoculated with MiaPaca-2 cells (1*106 cells/mouse) cells in 1 mL of Matrigel.
                    Experimental
                    Result(s)
The combination of gemcitabine and apigenin enhanced anti-tumor efficacy through Akt and NF-kappa B activity suppression and apoptosis induction.
                    Experiment 2 Reporting the Effect of This Combination [1]
                    Molecule(s)
                    Regulation
Down-regulation Phosphorylation AKT1  Molecule Info 
Pathway MAP
                    Biological
                    Regulation
Induction Cell cycle arrest in S and G2/M phase
                    In-vitro Model AsPC-1 CVCL_0152 Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma Homo sapiens
HPAF-II CVCL_0313 Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma Homo sapiens
                    Experimental
                    Result(s)
Combination treatment with apigenin and gemcitabine inhibited pancreatic cancer cell growth via cell cycle arrest, down-regulation of the prosurvival factor pAkt, and induction of apoptosis.
References
Reference 1 The flavonoid apigenin potentiates the growth inhibitory effects of gemcitabine and abrogates gemcitabine resistance in human pancreatic cancer cells. Pancreas. 2009 May;38(4):409-15.
Reference 2 Enhanced anti-tumor effect of combination therapy with gemcitabine and apigenin in pancreatic cancer. Cancer Lett. 2008 Jan 18;259(1):39-49.
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Correspondence

X. N. Sun, Y. T. Zhang, Y. Zhou, X. C. Lian, L. L. Yan, T. Pan, T. Jin, H. Xie, Z. M. Liang, W. Q. Qiu, J. X. Wang, Z. R. Li, F. Zhu*, X. B. Sui*. NPCDR: natural product-based drug combination and its disease-specific molecular regulation. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(D1): 1324-1333 (2020). PMID: 34664659

Prof. Feng ZHU  (zhufeng@zju.edu.cn)

College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China


Prof. Xinbing SUI  (hzzju@hznu.edu.cn)

School of Pharmacy and Department of Medical Oncology, the Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China