Component
Human Rho-associated kinases, isoform unresolved
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1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
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What it does
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Where it participates (unsigned role)
Cucurbitacin I activated RhoA/ROCK signaling; disrupting this pathway prevented the observed Rac1 inhibition.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_access
- Primary abstract
- experimental_model
- Human breast-cancer cellular perturbation experiments.
- limitations
- ROCK isoform is not resolved in this record; pathway dependence does not establish a direct cucurbitacin target.
- nutrient_topic
- Cucurbitacins collection; species, compartment, exposure, co-substrates and manipulation remain explicit. · Cucurbitacins
- plain_language
- One cytoskeletal pathway helped suppress another.
- primary_references
- Cucurbitacin I inhibits Rac1 activation in breast cancer cells by a reactive oxygen species-mediated mechanism and independently of Janus tyrosine kinase 2 and P-Rex1. · 2013 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23478800/ · DOI 10.1124/mol.112.084293
Cucurbitacins: thiol chemistry, cytoskeleton, metabolic dependencies and signaling (2026-09-20) · lines 164–170
AI-assisted research curation; primary references, access levels and experimental limitations individually identified. Not publisher full text. · supports · Human breast-cancer cellular perturbation experiments. · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
## cucurbitacin-i-rhoa-rock One cytoskeletal pathway helped suppress another. Cucurbitacin I activated RhoA/ROCK signaling; disrupting this pathway prevented the observed Rac1 inhibition. Model: Human breast-cancer cellular perturbation experiments. Limitations: ROCK isoform is not resolved in this record; pathway dependence does not establish a direct cucurbitacin target. Evidence access: Primary abstract Cucurbitacin I inhibits Rac1 activation in breast cancer cells by a reactive oxygen species-mediated mechanism and independently of Janus tyrosine kinase 2 and P-Rex1. · 2013 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23478800/ · DOI 10.1124/mol.112.084293
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Situations it appears in
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