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Drug Combination Details

General Information of the Combination (ID: C29048)
Name Silibinin   NP Info  + Doxorubicin   Drug Info 
Structure +
Disease
Prostate cancer [ICD-11: 2C82]
Investigative [1]
Hepatocellular carcinoma [ICD-11: 2C12]
Investigative [2]
Colorectal cancer [ICD-11: 2B91]
Investigative [3]
Combinatorial Therapeutic Effect(s) Validated Clinically or Experimentally
    α. Enhancing Drug Efficacy by This Combination
                 Achieving Therapeutic Synergy     Click to Show/Hide
                    Experiment 1 Reporting the Effect of This Combination [2]
                    Molecule(s)
                    Regulation
Down-regulation Expression CCNB1  Molecule Info 
Pathway MAP
Down-regulation Expression MPIP3  Molecule Info 
Pathway MAP
                    Biological
                    Regulation
Induction Cell cycle arrest in G2/M phase
                    In-vitro Model Hep-G2 CVCL_0027 Hepatocellular carcinoma Homo sapiens
MH-3924A CVCL_5799 Rat hepatocellular carcinoma Rattus norvegicus
                    In-vivo Model An orthotopic rat model of HCC was used, in which subcutaneously injected Morris hepatoma (MH)-3924A cells (5x106) in syngeneic ACI rats.
                    Experimental
                    Result(s)
Silibinin strongly synergized with doxorubicin-induced growth inhibition, G2-M arrest, and apoptosis of HEPG2 cells.
                    Experiment 2 Reporting the Effect of This Combination [1]
                    Molecule(s)
                    Regulation
Down-regulation Expression CCNB1  Molecule Info 
Pathway MAP
Down-regulation Expression MPIP3  Molecule Info 
Pathway MAP
                    Biological
                    Regulation
Induction Cell cycle arrest in G2/M phase
                    In-vitro Model DU145 CVCL_0105 Prostate carcinoma Homo sapiens
LNCaP CVCL_0395 Prostate carcinoma Homo sapiens
                    Experimental
                    Result(s)
Silibinin strongly synergizes human prostate carcinoma DU145 cells to doxorubicin-induced growth Inhibition, G2-M arrest, and apoptosis.
    β. Reversing Drug Resistance by This Combination
                 Reversing Drug Resistance     Click to Show/Hide
                    Experiment 1 Reporting the Effect of This Combination [3]
                    Molecule(s)
                    Regulation
Down-regulation Expression SLC2A1  Molecule Info 
Pathway MAP
                    In-vitro Model LoVo CVCL_0399 Colon adenocarcinoma Homo sapiens
                    Experimental
                    Result(s)
Silybin counteracts doxorubicin resistance by inhibiting GLUT1 expression.
References
Reference 1 Silibinin strongly synergizes human prostate carcinoma DU145 cells to doxorubicin-induced growth Inhibition, G2-M arrest, and apoptosis. Clin Cancer Res. 2002 Nov;8(11):3512-9.
Reference 2 Inhibitory effects of Silibinin combined with doxorubicin in hepatocellular carcinoma; an in vivo study. J BUON. Jul-Aug 2016;21(4):917-924.
Reference 3 Silybin counteracts doxorubicin resistance by inhibiting GLUT1 expression. Fitoterapia. 2018 Jan;124:42-48.
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Cite NPCDR
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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