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Drug Combination Details

General Information of the Combination (ID: C48730)
Name Ursolic acid   NP Info  + Doxorubicin   Drug Info 
Structure +
Disease
Kaposi sarcoma [ICD-11: 2B57]
Investigative [1]
Breast cancer [ICD-11: 2C60]
Investigative [2]
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 [1]
                    Molecule(s)
                    Regulation
Down-regulation Activity AKT1  Molecule Info 
Pathway MAP
Down-regulation Expression CDKN1A  Molecule Info 
Pathway MAP
                    In-vitro Model SW982 CVCL_1734 Biphasic synovial sarcoma Homo sapiens
SK-UT-1 CVCL_0533 Uterine corpus leiomyosarcoma Homo sapiens
HT-1080 CVCL_0317 Fibrosarcoma Homo sapiens
                    Experimental
                    Result(s)
Down-regulation of AKT signalling by ursolic acid induces intrinsic apoptosis and sensitization to doxorubicin in soft tissue sarcoma.
                    Experiment 2 Reporting the Effect of This Combination [2]
                    Biological
                    Regulation
Disruption Glutamine metabolism
Disruption Synthesis of amino acids
Down-regulation P-gp efflux
Disruption Glycolysis
Disruption TCA cycle
                    In-vitro Model MCF-7 CVCL_0031 Invasive breast carcinoma Homo sapiens
                    Experimental
                    Result(s)
Combination of UA and Dox could reverse the MDR in breast cancer cells by inhibition of P-gp function and disruption of the metabolism of energy and related amino acids.
References
Reference 1 Down-Regulation of AKT Signalling by Ursolic Acid Induces Intrinsic Apoptosis and Sensitization to Doxorubicin in Soft Tissue Sarcoma. PLoS One. 2016 May 24;11(5):e0155946.
Reference 2 Reversal of multidrug resistance in breast cancer cells by a combination of ursolic acid with doxorubicin. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2019 Feb 20;165:268-275.
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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