Fisetin / eff 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


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Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
2847- FIS,    Fisetin-induced cell death, apoptosis, and antimigratory effects in cholangiocarcinoma cells
- in-vitro, CCA, NA
tumCV↓, ChemoSen↑, TumCMig↓, ROS↑, TumCI↓, angioG↓, CDK2↓, PI3K↓, Akt↓, mTOR↓, EGFR↓, Casp↑, mTORC1↓, mTORC2↑, cycD1/CCND1↓, cycE/CCNE↓, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, ER Stress↑, Ca+2↑, eff↓,
2849- FIS,    Activation of reactive oxygen species/AMP activated protein kinase signaling mediates fisetin-induced apoptosis in multiple myeloma U266 cells
- in-vitro, Melanoma, U266
TumCD↑, TumCCA↑, Casp3↑, Bcl-2↓, Mcl-1↓, BAX↑, BIM↑, BAD↑, AMPK↑, ACC↑, p‑Akt↓, p‑mTOR↓, ROS↑, eff↓,
2842- FIS,    Fisetin inhibits cellular proliferation and induces mitochondria-dependent apoptosis in human gastric cancer cells
- in-vitro, GC, AGS
TumCCA↑, CDK2↓, P53↑, selectivity↑, MMP↓, DNAdam↑, cl‑PARP↑, mt-ROS↑, eff↓, survivin↓,

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 ⓘ

ROS↑, 2,   mt-ROS↑, 1,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics ⓘ

MMP↓, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

ACC↑, 1,   AMPK↑, 1,  

Cell Death ⓘ

Akt↓, 1,   p‑Akt↓, 1,   BAD↑, 1,   BAX↑, 1,   Bcl-2↓, 1,   BIM↑, 1,   Casp↑, 1,   Casp3↑, 1,   Mcl-1↓, 1,   survivin↓, 1,   TumCD↑, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics ⓘ

tumCV↓, 1,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress ⓘ

ER Stress↑, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair ⓘ

DNAdam↑, 1,   P53↑, 1,   cl‑PARP↑, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence ⓘ

CDK2↓, 2,   cycD1/CCND1↓, 1,   cycE/CCNE↓, 1,   TumCCA↑, 2,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

mTOR↓, 1,   p‑mTOR↓, 1,   mTORC1↓, 1,   mTORC2↑, 1,   PI3K↓, 1,  

Migration ⓘ

Ca+2↑, 1,   MMP2↓, 1,   MMP9↓, 1,   TumCI↓, 1,   TumCMig↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

angioG↓, 1,   EGFR↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

ChemoSen↑, 1,   eff↓, 3,   selectivity↑, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

EGFR↓, 1,  
Total Targets: 41

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Total Targets: 0

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: eff, efficacy
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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