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Natural Product (NP) Details

General Information of the NP (ID: NP0703)
Name
Cucurbitacin E
Synonyms
Cucurbitacin E; 18444-66-1; alpha-Elaterin; alpha-Elaterine; ELATERIN, ALPHA; UNII-V8A45XYI21; CHEBI:3944; V8A45XYI21; [(E,6R)-6-[(8S,9R,10R,13R,14S,16R,17R)-2,16-dihydroxy-4,4,9,13,14-pentamethyl-3,11-dioxo-8,10,12,15,16,17-hexahydro-7H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]-6-hydroxy-2-methyl-5-oxohept-3-en-2-yl] acetate; 19-Norlanosta-1,5,23-triene-3,11,22-trione,25-(acetyloxy)-2,16,20-trihydroxy-9-methyl-, (9b,10a,16a,23E)-; Cucurbitacine E; .alpha.-Elaterin; .alpha.-Elaterine; Cucurbitacine-E; CUE; NSC 106399; Cucurbitacin-E; NSC106399; 19-Nor-9.beta.,5,23-triene-3,11,22-trione, 2,16.alpha.,20,25-tetrahydroxy-9-methyl-, 25-acetate; 19-Norlanosta-1,23-triene-3,11,22-trione, 25-(acetyloxy)-2,16,20-trihydroxy-9-methyl-, (9.beta.,10.alpha.,16.alpha.,23E)-; C32H44O8; EINECS 242-325-2; NSC-106399; BRN 2343323; cucurbitacin E derivatives; SCHEMBL140616; (R,E)-6-((8S,9R,10R,13R,14S,16R,17R)-2,16-dihydroxy-4,4,9,13,14-pentamethyl-3,11-dioxo-4,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-3H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl)-6-hydroxy-2-methyl-5-oxohept-3-en-2-yl acetate; HY-N0417; ZINC4097800; LMST01010107; MFCD00135936; NSC521775; AKOS015896851; CS-3817; NSC-521775; 19-Norlanosta-1,5,23-triene-3,11,22-trione, 25-(acetyloxy)-2,16,20-trihydroxy-9-methyl-, (9beta,10alpha,16alpha,23E)-; 2,16alpha,20,25-Tetrahydroxy-9beta-methyl-10alpha,-19-norlanosta-1,5,23(E)-triene-3,11,22-trione 25-acetate; 25-(Acetyloxy)-2,16,20-trihydroxy-9-methyl-19-norlanosta-1,5,23-triene-3,11,22-trione (9beta,10alpha,16alpha,23E)-; N2791; Y0059; C08797; 444C661; Q5192451; UNII-W3RWP6CB48 component NDYMQXYDSVBNLL-MUYMLXPFSA-N; (23E)-25-acetyloxy-2,16alpha,20-trihydroxy-9beta-methyl-19-nor-10alpha-lanosta-1,5,23-triene-3,11,22-trione; (4R,23E)-2,16alpha,20-trihydroxy-9beta,10,14-trimethyl-1,11,22-trioxo-4,9-cyclo-9,10-secocholesta-2,5,23-trien-25-yl acetate; 19-Nor-9-beta,10-alpha-lanosta-1,5,23-triene-3,11,22-trione, 2,16-alpha,20,25-tetrahydroxy-9-methyl-, 25-acetate; 19-Nor-9beta,10alpha-lanosta-1,5,23-triene-3,11,22-trione, 2,16alpha,20,25-tetrahydroxy-9-methyl-, 25-acetate (8CI); 2,16alpha,20,25-tetrahydroxy-9-methyl-19-nor-9beta,10alpha-lanosta-1,5,23-triene-3,11,22-trione 25-acetate
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Species Origin Cucumic melo ...     Click to Show/Hide
Cucumic melo
Kingdom: Viridiplantae
Phylum: Streptophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Cucumis
Species: Cucumic melo
Disease Esophageal cancer [ICD-11: 2B70] Investigative [1]
Structure
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Formula
C32H44O8
PubChem CID
5281319
Canonical SMILES
CC(=O)OC(C)(C)C=CC(=O)C(C)(C1C(CC2(C1(CC(=O)C3(C2CC=C4C3C=C(C(=O)C4(C)C)O)C)C)C)O)O
InChI
1S/C32H44O8/c1-17(33)40-27(2,3)13-12-23(36)32(9,39)25-21(35)15-29(6)22-11-10-18-19(14-20(34)26(38)28(18,4)5)31(22,8)24(37)16-30(25,29)7/h10,12-14,19,21-22,25,34-35,39H,11,15-16H2,1-9H3/b13-12+/t19-,21-,22+,25+,29+,30-,31+,32+/m1/s1
InChIKey
NDYMQXYDSVBNLL-MUYMLXPFSA-N
CAS Number
CAS 18444-66-1
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:3944
Herb ID
HBIN021850
SymMap ID
SMIT01356
TCMSP ID
MOL002444
Combinatorial Therapeutic Effect(s) Validated Clinically or Experimentally
    α. A List of Drug(s) Whose Efficacy can be Enhanced by This NP
          5-fluorouracil      Solid tumour/cancer     Click to Show/Hide the Molecular Data of This Drug
                 Achieving Therapeutic Synergy     Click to Show/Hide
                    Representative Experiment Reporting the Effect of This Combination [2]
                    Detail(s)  Combination Info  click to show the detail info of this combination
                    Molecule(s)
                    Regulation
Down-regulation Expression ABCC1  Molecule Info 
Pathway MAP
                    In-vitro Model DLD-1 CVCL_0248 Colon adenocarcinoma Homo sapiens
HCT 8 CVCL_2478 Colon adenocarcinoma Homo sapiens
HCT 116 CVCL_0291 Colon carcinoma Homo sapiens
FHC CVCL_3688 Healthy Homo sapiens
                    In-vivo Model Six-week-old female nude mice received a subcutaneous injection of HCT-8/FU cells (1 * 106 suspended in 100 uL of PBS) on the right flank.
                    Experimental
                    Result(s)
Cucurbitacin E chemosensitizes colorectal cancer cells via mitigating TFAP4/Wnt/Beta-Catenin signaling.
          Doxorubicin      Solid tumour/cancer     Click to Show/Hide the Molecular Data of This Drug
                 Achieving Therapeutic Synergy     Click to Show/Hide
                    Representative Experiment Reporting the Effect of This Combination [3]
                    Detail(s)  Combination Info  click to show the detail info of this combination
                    In-vitro Model NCI-N87 CVCL_1603 Gastric tubular adenocarcinoma Homo sapiens
BGC-823 CVCL_3360 Gastric cancer Homo sapiens
SNU-16 CVCL_0076 Gastric adenocarcinoma Homo sapiens
SGC-7901 CVCL_0520 Human gastric cancer Homo sapiens
MGC-803 CVCL_5334 Gastric mucinous adenocarcinoma Homo sapiens
                    In-vivo Model Female BALB/c nude mice (4-5 weeks old) were subcutaneously injected with 1*107 NCI-N87 cells (suspended in 100 ul of PBS with 50% Matrigel) to establish tumors.
                    Experimental
                    Result(s)
Cucurbitacin E inhibits cellular proliferation and enhances the chemo-response in gastric cancer by suppressing AKt activation.
Target and Pathway
Target(s) Cytochrome c (GADD45G)  Molecule Info  [4]
DNA damage-inducible transcript 1 (GADD45A)  Molecule Info  [5]
Negative growth-regulatory protein MyD118 (GADD45B)  Molecule Info  [5]
References
Reference 1 Cucurbitacin E inhibits esophageal carcinoma cell proliferation, migration, and invasion by suppressing Rac1 expression through PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway. Anticancer Drugs. 2020 Sep;31(8):847-855.
Reference 2 Cucurbitacin E Chemosensitizes Colorectal Cancer Cells via Mitigating TFAP4/Wnt/Beta-Catenin Signaling. J Agric Food Chem. 2020 Nov 18.
Reference 3 Cucurbitacin E inhibits cellular proliferation and enhances the chemo-response in gastric cancer by suppressing AKt activation. J Cancer. 2019 Oct 6;10(23):5843-5851.
Reference 4 Therapeutic ROS targeting of GADD45Gamma in the induction of G2/M arrest in primary human colorectal cancer cell lines by cucurbitacin E. Cell Death Dis. 2014 Apr 24;5(4):e1198.
Reference 5 Inducement of mitosis delay by cucurbitacin E, a novel tetracyclic triterpene from climbing stem of Cucumis melo L., through GADD45Gamma in human brain malignant glioma (GBM) 8401 cells. Cell Death Dis. 2014 Feb 27;5(2):e1087.
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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