Fisetin / VEGF Cancer Research Results

FIS, Fisetin: Click to Expand ⟱
Features:
Fisetin is a plant based flavonoid. Found in strawberries(160ug/g), apples, persimmons, onions, cucumbers, grapes.

-Note half-life 3-4hrs
- Oral BioAv low (40-50%)
Pathways:
- induce ROS production in cancer cells, but also known to reduce it.
Also a claim Fisetin-Induced Reactive Oxygen Species Production Has No Effect on Apoptosis in RCC cells
Also one claim (NAC 10-20mM levels) that NAC enhances ROS/apoptosis
- ROS↑ related: MMP↓(ΔΨm), ER Stress↑, UPR↑, GRP78↑, Ca+2↑, Cyt‑c↑, Caspases↑, DNA damage↑, cl-PARP↑, HSP↓
- Does not appear to lower antioxidants in cancer cells
- Raises AntiOxidant defense in Normal Cells: ROS↓, NRF2↑, SOD↑, GSH↑, Catalase↑,
- lowers Inflammation : NF-kB↓, COX2↓, p38↓, Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines : IL-1β↓, TNF-α↓, IL-6↓,
- inhibit Growth/Metastases : TumMeta↓, TumCG↓, EMT↓, MMPs↓, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, IGF-1↓, uPA↓, VEGF, FAK↓, RhoA↓, NF-κB↓, TGF-β↓, ERK↓
- cause Cell cycle arrest : TumCCA↑, cyclin D1↓, cyclin E↓, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, CDK6↓,
- inhibits Migration/Invasion : TumCMig↓, TumCI↓, FAK↓, ERK↓, EMT↓, TOP1↓, TET1↓,
- inhibits HIF-1α↓, cMyc↓, LDH↓, GRP78↑,
- inhibits angiogenesis↓ : VEGF, HIF-1α↓, EGFR↓,
- inhibits Cancer Stem Cells : CD133↓, β-catenin↓,
- Others: PI3K↓, AKT↓, JAK↓, STAT↓, Wnt↓, β-catenin↓, AMPK↓, ERK↓, JNK,
- Synergies: chemo-sensitization, chemoProtective, RadioSensitizer, Others(review target notes), Neuroprotective, Cognitive, Renoprotection, Hepatoprotective, CardioProtective,

- Selectivity: Cancer Cells vs Normal Cells

Fisetin effect on Cancer Cells
Rank Pathway / Axis Cancer Cells Normal Cells Label Primary Interpretation Notes
1 PI3K → AKT → mTOR axis ↓ AKT / ↓ mTOR signaling ↔ adaptive suppression Driver Loss of survival and growth signaling Fisetin consistently suppresses pro-survival PI3K/AKT signaling, supporting growth inhibition and sensitization to stress
2 NF-κB signaling ↓ NF-κB activation ↓ inflammatory NF-κB tone Driver Suppression of inflammatory survival transcription NF-κB inhibition contributes to anti-inflammatory effects and reduced tumor-supportive signaling
3 Reactive oxygen species (ROS) ↑ ROS (context- & dose-dependent) ↓ ROS Conditional Driver Biphasic redox modulation Fisetin can act as a pro-oxidant in cancer cells at higher stress/dose while remaining antioxidant in normal cells
4 Mitochondrial integrity / intrinsic apoptosis ↓ ΔΨm; ↑ caspase activation ↔ preserved Secondary Execution of intrinsic apoptosis Mitochondrial apoptosis occurs downstream of signaling and redox disruption
5 Cell cycle regulation ↑ G1 or G2/M arrest ↔ spared Phenotypic Cytostatic growth control Cell-cycle arrest reflects upstream pathway inhibition rather than direct CDK blockade
6 Senescence / senolytic action ↑ senescence clearance (senescent-like tumor/stroma subsets) ↓ senescent cell burden (selective) Secondary Selective vulnerability of senescent-like cells Fisetin is commonly described as senolytic; in cancer context this may impact tumor microenvironment and therapy-induced senescence
7 MAPK stress signaling (JNK / p38) ↑ JNK / ↑ p38 (context-dependent) ↔ minimal Secondary Stress-mediated apoptosis signaling MAPK activation often follows ROS increase and supports apoptotic signaling
8 NRF2 antioxidant response ↑ NRF2 (adaptive, context-dependent) ↑ NRF2 (protective) Adaptive Stress compensation NRF2 activation reflects redox buffering responses rather than primary cytotoxicity
9 Migration / invasion (EMT, MMP axis) ↓ migration & invasion Phenotypic Anti-metastatic phenotype Reduced EMT and protease activity limit invasive behavior downstream of signaling changes


VEGF, Vascular endothelial growth factor: Click to Expand ⟱
Source: HalifaxProj (inhibit)
Type:
A signal protein produced by many cells that stimulates the formation of blood vessels. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a signal protein that plays a crucial role in angiogenesis, the process by which new blood vessels form from existing ones. This process is vital for normal physiological functions, such as wound healing and the menstrual cycle, but it is also a key factor in the growth and spread of tumors in cancer.
Because of its significant role in tumor growth and progression, VEGF has become a target for cancer therapies. Anti-VEGF therapies, such as monoclonal antibodies (e.g., bevacizumab) and small molecule inhibitors, aim to inhibit the action of VEGF, thereby reducing blood supply to tumors and limiting their growth. These therapies have been used in various types of cancer, including colorectal, lung, and breast cancer.


Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
2845- FIS,    Fisetin: A bioactive phytochemical with potential for cancer prevention and pharmacotherapy
- Review, Var, NA
PI3K↓, Akt↓, mTOR↓, p38↓, *antiOx↑, *neuroP↑, Casp3↑, Bcl-2↓, Mcl-1↓, BAX↑, BIM↑, BAD↑, AMPK↑, ACC↑, DNAdam↑, MMP↓, eff↑, ROS↑, cl‑PARP↑, Cyt‑c↑, Diablo↑, P53↑, p65↓, Myc↓, HSP70/HSPA5↓, HSP27↓, COX2↓, Wnt↓, EGFR↓, NF-kB↓, TumCCA↑, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, cycA1/CCNA1↓, P21↑, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, TumMeta↓, MMP1↓, MMP3↓, MMP7↓, MET↓, N-cadherin↓, Vim↓, Snail↓, Fibronectin↓, E-cadherin↑, uPA↓, ChemoSen↑, EMT↓, Twist↓, Zeb1↓, cFos↓, cJun↓, EGF↓, angioG↓, VEGF↓, eNOS↓, *NRF2↑, HO-1↑, NRF2↓, GSTs↓, ATF4↓,
2824- FIS,    Fisetin in Cancer: Attributes, Developmental Aspects, and Nanotherapeutics
- Review, Var, NA
*antiOx↑, *Inflam↓, angioG↓, BioAv↓, BioAv↑, TumCP↓, TumCI↓, TumCMig↓, *neuroP↑, EMT↓, ROS↑, selectivity↑, EGFR↓, NF-kB↓, VEGF↓, MMP9↓, MMP↓, cl‑PARP↑, Casp7↑, Casp8↑, Casp9↑, *ROS↓, uPA↓, MMP1↓, Wnt↓, Akt↓, PI3K↓, ERK↓, Half-Life↝,
2827- FIS,    The Potential Role of Fisetin, a Flavonoid in Cancer Prevention and Treatment
- Review, Var, NA
*antiOx↑, *Inflam↓, neuroP↑, hepatoP↑, RenoP↑, cycD1/CCND1↓, TumCCA↑, MMPs↓, VEGF↓, MAPK↓, NF-kB↓, angioG↓, Beclin-1↑, LC3s↑, ATG5↑, Bcl-2↓, BAX↑, Casp↑, TNF-α↓, Half-Life↓, MMP↓, mt-ROS↑, cl‑PARP↑, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, Cyt‑c↑, Diablo↑, DR5↑, Fas↑, PCNA↓, Ki-67↓, p‑H3↓, chemoP↑, Ca+2↑, Dose↝, CDC25↓, CDC2↓, CHK1↑, Chk2↑, ATM↑, PCK1↓, RAS↓, p‑p38↓, Rho↓, uPA↓, MMP7↓, MMP13↓, GSK‐3β↑, E-cadherin↑, survivin↓, VEGFR2↓, IAP2↓, STAT3↓, JAK1↓, mTORC1↓, mTORC2↓, NRF2↑,
2829- FIS,    Fisetin: An anticancer perspective
- Review, Var, NA
TumCP↓, TumCI↓, TumCCA↑, TumCG↓, Apoptosis↑, cl‑PARP↑, PKCδ↓, ROS↓, ERK↓, NF-kB↓, survivin↓, ROS↑, PI3K↓, Akt↓, mTOR↓, MAPK↓, p38↓, HER2/EBBR2↓, EMT↓, PTEN↑, HO-1↑, NRF2↑, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, MMP↓, Casp8↑, Casp9↑, TRAILR↑, Cyt‑c↑, XIAP↓, P53↑, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, CDC25↓, CDC2↓, VEGF↓, DNAdam↑, TET1↓, CHOP↑, CD44↓, CD133↓, uPA↓, CSCs↓,
2830- FIS,    Biological effects and mechanisms of fisetin in cancer: a promising anti-cancer agent
- Review, Var, NA
TumCG↓, angioG↓, *ROS↓, TumCMig↓, VEGF↓, MAPK↑, NF-kB↓, PI3K↓, Akt↓, mTOR↓, NRF2↑, HO-1↑, ROS↓, Inflam↓, ER Stress↑, ROS↑, TumCP↓, ChemoSen↑, PTEN↑, P53↑, Casp3↑, Casp8↑, Casp9↑, COX2↓, Wnt↓, EGFR↓, Mcl-1↓, survivin↓, IAP1↓, IAP2↓, PGE2↓, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, DR5↑, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, FAK↓, uPA↓, EMT↓, ERK↓, JNK↑, p38↑, PKCδ↓, BioAv↓, BioAv↑, BioAv↑,
2843- FIS,    Fisetin and Quercetin: Promising Flavonoids with Chemopreventive Potential
- Review, Var, NA
NRF2↑, Keap1↓, ChemoSen↑, BioAv↓, Cyt‑c↑, Casp3↑, Casp9↑, BAX↑, tumCV↓, Mcl-1↓, cl‑PARP↑, IGF-1↓, Akt↓, CDK6↓, TumCCA↑, P53?, cycD1/CCND1↓, cycE/CCNE↓, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, CDK6↓, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, MMP1↓, MMP7↓, MMP3↓, VEGF↓, PI3K↓, mTOR↓, COX2↓, Wnt↓, EGFR↓, NF-kB↓, ERK↓, ROS↑, angioG↓, TNF-α↓, PGE2↓, iNOS↓, NO↓, IL6↓, HSP70/HSPA5↝, HSP27↝,
3372- QC,  FIS,  KaempF,    Anticancer Potential of Selected Flavonols: Fisetin, Kaempferol, and Quercetin on Head and Neck Cancers
- Review, HNSCC, NA
ROCK1↑, TumCCA↓, HSPs↓, RAS↓, ROS↑, Ca+2↑, MMP↓, Cyt‑c↑, Endon↑, MMP9↓, MMP2↓, MMP7↓, MMP-10↓, VEGF↓, NF-kB↓, p65↓, iNOS↓, COX2↓, uPA↓, PI3K↓, FAK↓, MEK↓, ERK↓, JNK↓, p38↓, cJun↓, FOXO3↑,

Showing Research Papers: 1 to 7 of 7

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 7

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress

GSTs↓, 1,   HO-1↑, 3,   Keap1↓, 1,   NRF2↓, 1,   NRF2↑, 4,   ROS↓, 2,   ROS↑, 6,   mt-ROS↑, 1,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics

CDC2↓, 2,   CDC25↓, 2,   EGF↓, 1,   MEK↓, 1,   MMP↓, 5,   XIAP↓, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis

ACC↑, 1,   AMPK↑, 1,   PCK1↓, 1,  

Cell Death

Akt↓, 5,   Apoptosis↑, 1,   BAD↑, 1,   BAX↑, 3,   Bcl-2↓, 2,   BIM↑, 1,   Casp↑, 1,   Casp3↑, 3,   Casp7↑, 1,   Casp8↑, 3,   Casp9↑, 4,   Chk2↑, 1,   Cyt‑c↑, 5,   Diablo↑, 2,   DR5↑, 2,   Endon↑, 1,   Fas↑, 1,   IAP1↓, 1,   IAP2↓, 2,   iNOS↓, 2,   JNK↓, 1,   JNK↑, 1,   MAPK↓, 2,   MAPK↑, 1,   Mcl-1↓, 3,   Myc↓, 1,   p38↓, 3,   p38↑, 1,   p‑p38↓, 1,   survivin↓, 3,   TRAILR↑, 1,  

Kinase & Signal Transduction

HER2/EBBR2↓, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics

cJun↓, 2,   p‑H3↓, 1,   tumCV↓, 1,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress

CHOP↑, 1,   ER Stress↑, 1,   HSP27↓, 1,   HSP27↝, 1,   HSP70/HSPA5↓, 1,   HSP70/HSPA5↝, 1,   HSPs↓, 1,  

Autophagy & Lysosomes

ATG5↑, 1,   Beclin-1↑, 1,   LC3s↑, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair

ATM↑, 1,   CHK1↑, 1,   DNAdam↑, 2,   P53?, 1,   P53↑, 3,   cl‑PARP↑, 5,   PCNA↓, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence

CDK2↓, 4,   CDK4↓, 4,   cycA1/CCNA1↓, 1,   cycD1/CCND1↓, 3,   cycE/CCNE↓, 1,   P21↑, 1,   TumCCA↓, 1,   TumCCA↑, 4,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State

CD133↓, 1,   CD44↓, 1,   cFos↓, 1,   CSCs↓, 1,   EMT↓, 4,   ERK↓, 5,   FOXO3↑, 1,   GSK‐3β↑, 1,   IGF-1↓, 1,   mTOR↓, 4,   mTORC1↓, 1,   mTORC2↓, 1,   PI3K↓, 6,   PTEN↑, 2,   RAS↓, 2,   STAT3↓, 1,   TumCG↓, 2,   Wnt↓, 4,  

Migration

Ca+2↑, 2,   E-cadherin↑, 2,   FAK↓, 2,   Fibronectin↓, 1,   Ki-67↓, 1,   MET↓, 1,   MMP-10↓, 1,   MMP1↓, 3,   MMP13↓, 1,   MMP2↓, 5,   MMP3↓, 2,   MMP7↓, 4,   MMP9↓, 6,   MMPs↓, 1,   N-cadherin↓, 1,   PKCδ↓, 2,   Rho↓, 1,   ROCK1↑, 1,   Snail↓, 1,   TET1↓, 1,   TumCI↓, 2,   TumCMig↓, 2,   TumCP↓, 3,   TumMeta↓, 1,   Twist↓, 1,   uPA↓, 6,   Vim↓, 1,   Zeb1↓, 1,   β-catenin/ZEB1↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature

angioG↓, 5,   ATF4↓, 1,   EGFR↓, 4,   eNOS↓, 1,   NO↓, 1,   VEGF↓, 7,   VEGFR2↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling

COX2↓, 4,   IL6↓, 1,   Inflam↓, 1,   JAK1↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 7,   p65↓, 2,   PGE2↓, 2,   TNF-α↓, 2,  

Hormonal & Nuclear Receptors

CDK6↓, 2,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance

BioAv↓, 3,   BioAv↑, 3,   ChemoSen↑, 3,   Dose↝, 1,   eff↑, 1,   Half-Life↓, 1,   Half-Life↝, 1,   selectivity↑, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers

EGFR↓, 4,   HER2/EBBR2↓, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   Ki-67↓, 1,   Myc↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes

chemoP↑, 1,   hepatoP↑, 1,   neuroP↑, 1,   RenoP↑, 1,  
Total Targets: 157

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress

antiOx↑, 3,   NRF2↑, 1,   ROS↓, 2,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling

Inflam↓, 2,  

Functional Outcomes

neuroP↑, 2,  
Total Targets: 5

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: VEGF, Vascular endothelial growth factor
7 Fisetin
1 Quercetin
1 Kaempferol
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