Fisetin / HER2/EBBR2 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


HER2/EBBR2, Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2: Click to Expand ⟱
Source:
Type:
Also called erbB-2 (or ERb-2) -Receptor tyrosine-protein kinase
HER2 is a protein that helps breast cancer cells grow quickly.
HER2/neu protein is a receptor tyrosine kinase that is normally involved in cell growth and division. However, in some cancers, the HER2/neu gene is overexpressed or mutated, leading to an overproduction of the protein. This can cause cells to grow and divide uncontrollably, leading to tumor formation.


Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
2826- FIS,    Fisetin induces apoptosis in breast cancer MDA-MB-453 cells through degradation of HER2/neu and via the PI3K/Akt pathway
- in-vitro, BC, MDA-MB-453
Apoptosis↑, p‑ENO1↓, DNAdam↑, PI3K↑, p‑Akt↑, HER2/EBBR2↓,
2828- FIS,    Fisetin, a Potent Anticancer Flavonol Exhibiting Cytotoxic Activity against Neoplastic Malignant Cells and Cancerous Conditions: A Scoping, Comprehensive Review
- Review, Var, NA
*neuroP↑, *antiOx↑, *Inflam↓, RenoP↑, COX2↓, Wnt↓, EGFR↓, NF-kB↓, Casp3↑, Ca+2↑, Casp8↑, TumCCA↑, CDK1↓, PI3K↓, Akt↓, mTOR↓, MAPK↓, *P53↓, *P21↓, *p16↓, mTORC1↓, mTORC2↓, P53↑, P21↑, cycD1/CCND1↓, cycA1/CCNA1↓, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, BAX↑, Bcl-2↓, PCNA↓, HER2/EBBR2↓, Cyt‑c↑, MMP↓, cl‑Casp9↑, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, cl‑PARP↑, uPA↓, DR4↑, DR5↑, ROS↓, AIF↑, CDC25↓, Dose↑, CHOP↑, ROS↑, cMyc↓, cardioP↑,
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↓,

Showing Research Papers: 1 to 3 of 3

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 3

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress

HO-1↑, 1,   NRF2↑, 1,   ROS↓, 2,   ROS↑, 2,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics

AIF↑, 1,   CDC2↓, 1,   CDC25↓, 2,   MMP↓, 2,   XIAP↓, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis

cMyc↓, 1,   p‑ENO1↓, 1,  

Cell Death

Akt↓, 2,   p‑Akt↑, 1,   Apoptosis↑, 2,   BAX↑, 1,   Bcl-2↓, 1,   Casp3↑, 1,   Casp8↑, 2,   Casp9↑, 1,   cl‑Casp9↑, 1,   Cyt‑c↑, 2,   DR4↑, 1,   DR5↑, 1,   MAPK↓, 2,   p38↓, 1,   survivin↓, 1,   TRAILR↑, 1,  

Kinase & Signal Transduction

HER2/EBBR2↓, 3,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress

CHOP↑, 2,  

DNA Damage & Repair

DNAdam↑, 2,   P53↑, 2,   cl‑PARP↑, 2,   PCNA↓, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence

CDK1↓, 1,   CDK2↓, 2,   CDK4↓, 2,   cycA1/CCNA1↓, 1,   cycD1/CCND1↓, 1,   P21↑, 1,   TumCCA↑, 2,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State

CD133↓, 1,   CD44↓, 1,   CSCs↓, 1,   EMT↓, 1,   ERK↓, 1,   mTOR↓, 2,   mTORC1↓, 1,   mTORC2↓, 1,   PI3K↓, 2,   PI3K↑, 1,   PTEN↑, 1,   TumCG↓, 1,   Wnt↓, 1,  

Migration

Ca+2↑, 1,   MMP2↓, 2,   MMP9↓, 2,   PKCδ↓, 1,   TET1↓, 1,   TumCI↓, 1,   TumCP↓, 1,   uPA↓, 2,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature

EGFR↓, 1,   VEGF↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling

COX2↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 2,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance

Dose↑, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers

EGFR↓, 1,   HER2/EBBR2↓, 3,  

Functional Outcomes

cardioP↑, 1,   RenoP↑, 1,  
Total Targets: 70

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress

antiOx↑, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair

p16↓, 1,   P53↓, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence

P21↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling

Inflam↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes

neuroP↑, 1,  
Total Targets: 6

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: HER2/EBBR2, Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
3 Fisetin
Query results interpretion may depend on "conditions" listed in the research papers.
Such Conditions may include : 
  -low or high Dose
  -format for product, such as nano of lipid formations
  -different cell line effects
  -synergies with other products 
  -if effect was for normal or cancerous cells
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