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Curcuminoids As Anticancer Drugs: Pleiotropic Effects In Vivo, Potential for Metabolic Reprogramming and Prospects for the Future

Version 1 : Received: 2 May 2023 / Approved: 3 May 2023 / Online: 3 May 2023 (10:48:12 CEST)

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Pouliquen, D.L.; Trošelj, K.G.; Anto, R.J. Curcuminoids as Anticancer Drugs: Pleiotropic Effects, Potential for Metabolic Reprogramming and Prospects for the Future. Pharmaceutics 2023, 15, 1612. Pouliquen, D.L.; Trošelj, K.G.; Anto, R.J. Curcuminoids as Anticancer Drugs: Pleiotropic Effects, Potential for Metabolic Reprogramming and Prospects for the Future. Pharmaceutics 2023, 15, 1612.

Abstract

The number of published studies on curcuminoids in cancer research, including its lead molecule curcumin and synthetic analogs, has been increasing substantially during the past two decades. Insights on the diversity of inhibitory effects they produced on a multitude of pathways involved in carcinogenesis and tumor progression were provided. As this wealth of data was obtained in a setting of various experimental and clinical data, this review first aimed at presenting a chronology of discoveries and an update on their complex in vivo effects. Secondly, there are many interesting questions linked to their pleiotropic effects. One of them, which is a growing research topic, relates to their ability to modulate metabolic reprogramming. This review will also cover the use of curcuminoids as chemosensitizing molecules, that can be combined with several anticancer drugs for reversing the phenomenon of multidrug resistance. Finally, current investigations in these three complementary research fields raise several important questions that will be put in the prospects for the future research related to the importance of these molecules in cancer research.

Keywords

curcuminoids; curcumin; cancer; signaling pathways; metabolic reprogramming; chemosensitization.

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Pharmacy

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