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Drug Combination Details

General Information of the Combination (ID: C70450)
Name Curcumin   NP Info  + Irinotecan   Drug Info 
Structure +
Disease
Colorectal cancer [ICD-11: 2B91]
Phase 1 [1]
Colon cancer [ICD-11: 2B90]
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 [3]
                    Biological
                    Regulation
Up-regulation Endoplasmic reticulum stress
Induction ROS generation
                    In-vitro Model LoVo CVCL_0399 Colon adenocarcinoma Homo sapiens
HT-29 CVCL_0320 Colon adenocarcinoma Homo sapiens
                    Experimental
                    Result(s)
Curcumin enhances the effects of irinotecan on colorectal cancer cells through the generation of reactive oxygen species and activation of the endoplasmic reticulum stress pathway.
    β. Reversing Drug Resistance by This Combination
                 Reversing Drug Resistance     Click to Show/Hide
                    Experiment 1 Reporting the Effect of This Combination [2]
                    Molecule(s)
                    Regulation
Down-regulation Expression CD24  Molecule Info 
Pathway MAP
Down-regulation Expression CD44  Molecule Info 
Pathway MAP
Down-regulation Expression EPCAM  Molecule Info 
Pathway MAP
Down-regulation Expression PROM1  Molecule Info 
Pathway MAP
                    In-vitro Model LoVo CVCL_0399 Colon adenocarcinoma Homo sapiens
                    Experimental
                    Result(s)
Curcumin attenuates resistance to irinotecan via induction of apoptosis of cancer stem cells in chemoresistant colon cancer cells.
References
Reference 1 ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01859858) Effect of Curcumin on Dose Limiting Toxicity and Pharmacokinetics of Irinotecan in Patients With Solid Tumors U.S. National Institutes of Health.
Reference 2 Curcumin attenuates resistance to irinotecan via induction of apoptosis of cancer stem cells in chemoresistant colon cancer cells. Int J Oncol. 2018 Sep;53(3):1343-1353.
Reference 3 Curcumin enhances the effects of irinotecan on colorectal cancer cells through the generation of reactive oxygen species and activation of the endoplasmic reticulum stress pathway. Oncotarget. 2017 Jun 20;8(25):40264-40275.
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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