Fisetin / Casp3 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

Casp3, CPP32, Cysteinyl aspartate specific proteinase-3: Click to Expand ⟱

Source:

Type:

Also known as CP32.
Cysteinyl aspartate specific proteinase-3 (Caspase-3) is a common key protein in the apoptosis and pyroptosis pathways, and when activated, the expression level of tumor suppressor gene Gasdermin E (GSDME) determines the mechanism of tumor cell death.
As a key protein of apoptosis, caspase-3 can also cleave GSDME and induce pyroptosis. Loss of caspase activity is an important cause of tumor progression.
Many anticancer strategies rely on the promotion of apoptosis in cancer cells as a means to shrink tumors. Crucial for apoptotic function are executioner caspases, most notably caspase-3, that proteolyze a variety of proteins, inducing cell death. Paradoxically, overexpression of procaspase-3 (PC-3), the low-activity zymogen precursor to caspase-3, has been reported in a variety of cancer types. Until recently, this counterintuitive overexpression of a pro-apoptotic protein in cancer has been puzzling. Recent studies suggest subapoptotic caspase-3 activity may promote oncogenic transformation, a possible explanation for the enigmatic overexpression of PC-3. Herein, the overexpression of PC-3 in cancer and its mechanistic basis is reviewed; collectively, the data suggest the potential for exploitation of PC-3 overexpression with PC-3 activators as a targeted anticancer strategy.
Caspase 3 is the main effector caspase and has a key role in apoptosis. In many types of cancer, including breast, lung, and colon cancer, caspase-3 expression is reduced or absent.
On the other hand, some studies have shown that high levels of caspase-3 expression can be associated with a better prognosis in certain types of cancer, such as breast cancer. This suggests that caspase-3 may play a role in the elimination of cancer cells, and that therapies aimed at activating caspase-3 may be effective in treating certain types of cancer.
Procaspase-3 is a apoptotic marker protein.
Prognostic significance:
• High Cas3 expression: Associated with good prognosis and increased sensitivity to chemotherapy in breast, gastric, lung, and pancreatic cancers.
• Low Cas3 expression: Linked to poor prognosis and increased risk of recurrence in colorectal, hepatocellular carcinoma, ovarian, and prostate cancers.

Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱

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

40 μg/ml

TumCD↑, TumCCA↑, Casp3↑, Bcl-2↓, Mcl-1↓, BAX↑, BIM↑, BAD↑, AMPK↑, ACC↑, p‑Akt↓, p‑mTOR↓, ROS↑, eff↓,

2853-

FIS,

Fisetin Inhibits Cell Proliferation and Induces Apoptosis via JAK/STAT3 Signaling Pathways in Human Thyroid TPC 1 Cancer Cells

in-vitro,

Thyroid,

TPC-1

Apoptosis↑, ROS↑, MMP↓, TumCCA↑, Casp3↑, Casp8↑, Casp9↑, JAK1↓, STAT3↓,

2845-

FIS,

Fisetin: A bioactive phytochemical with potential for cancer prevention and pharmacotherapy

Review,

Var,

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↓,

2856-

FIS,

N -acetyl- L -cysteine enhances fisetin-induced cytotoxicity via induction of ROS-independent apoptosis in human colonic cancer cells

in-vitro,

Colon,

COLO205

eff↑, ROS↑, tumCV↓, Casp3↑, Bcl-2↓, MMP↓, eff↑,

2857-

FIS,

A review on the chemotherapeutic potential of fisetin: In vitro evidences

Review,

Var,

COX2↓, PGE2↓, EGFR↓, Wnt↓, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, TCF↑, Apoptosis↑, Casp3↑, cl‑PARP↑, Bcl-2↓, Mcl-1↓, BAX↑, BIM↑, BAD↑, Akt↓, mTOR↓, ACC↑, Cyt‑c↑, Diablo↑, cl‑Casp8↑, Fas↑, DR5↑, TRAIL↑, Securin↓, CDC2↓, CDC25↓, HSP70/HSPA5↓, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, MMP2↓, uPA↓, NF-kB↓, cFos↓, cJun↓, MEK↓, p‑ERK↓, N-cadherin↓, Vim↓, Snail↓, Fibronectin↓, E-cadherin↓, NF-kB↑, ROS↑, DNAdam↑, MMP↓, CHOP↑, eff↑, ChemoSen↑,

2859-

FIS,

The Natural Flavonoid Fisetin Inhibits Cellular Proliferation of Hepatic, Colorectal, and Pancreatic Cancer Cells through Modulation of Multiple Signaling Pathways

in-vitro,

Liver,

HepG2

3.2μM

NA,

Colon,

Caco-2

16.4 μM

TumCG↓, other↝, Casp3↑, Casp7↑, PGE2↓, GSTs↓, Wnt↓, EGFR↓, NF-kB↓, COX2↓, P53↑, P21↑, P450↓,

2825-

FIS,

Exploring the molecular targets of dietary flavonoid fisetin in cancer

Review,

Var,

*Inflam↓, *antiOx↓, *ERK↑, *p‑cMyc↑, *NRF2↑, *GSH↑, *HO-1↑, mTOR↓, PI3K↓, Akt↓, TumCCA↑, cycD1/CCND1↓, cycE/CCNE↓, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, CDK6↓, P21↑, p27↑, JNK↑, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, uPA↓, NF-kB↓, cFos↓, cJun↓, E-cadherin↑, Vim↓, N-cadherin↓, EMT↓, MMP↓, Cyt‑c↑, Diablo↑, Casp↑, cl‑PARP↑, P53↑, COX2↓, PGE2↓, HSP70/HSPA5↓, HSP27↓, DNAdam↑, Casp3↑, Casp9↑, ROS↑, AMPK↑, NO↑, Ca+2↑, mTORC1↓, p70S6↓, ROS↓, ER Stress↑, IRE1↑, ATF4↑, GRP78/BiP↑, eff↑, eff↑, eff↑, RadioS↑, ChemoSen↑, Half-Life↝,

2828-

FIS,

Fisetin, a Potent Anticancer Flavonol Exhibiting Cytotoxic Activity against Neoplastic Malignant Cells and Cancerous Conditions: A Scoping, Comprehensive Review

Review,

Var,

*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↑,

2830-

FIS,

Biological effects and mechanisms of fisetin in cancer: a promising anti-cancer agent

Review,

Var,

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↑,

2832-

FIS,

Fisetin's Promising Antitumor Effects: Uncovering Mechanisms and Targeting for Future Therapies

Review,

Var,

MMP↓, mtDam↑, Cyt‑c↑, Diablo↑, Casp↑, cl‑PARP↑, Bak↑, BIM↑, Bcl-xL↓, Bcl-2↓, P53↑, ROS↑, AMPK↑, Casp9↑, Casp3↑, BID↑, AIF↑, Akt↓, mTOR↓, MAPK↓, Wnt↓, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, TumCCA↑, P21↑, p27↑, cycD1/CCND1↓, cycE/CCNE↓, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, CDK6↓, TumMeta↓, uPA↓, E-cadherin↑, Vim↓, EMT↓, Twist↓, DNAdam↑, ROS↓, COX2↓, PGE2↓, HSF1↓, cFos↓, cJun↓, AP-1↓, Mcl-1↓, NF-kB↓, IRE1↑, ER Stress↑, ATF4↑, GRP78/BiP↑, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, TCF-4↓, MMP7↓, RadioS↑, TOP1↓, TOP2↓,

2838-

FIS,

Fisetin induces apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells by suppressing autophagy and down-regulating nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2)

cl‑Casp3↑, cl‑PARP↑, MMP↓, Cyt‑c↑, ROS↑, NRF2↓,

2839-

FIS,

Dietary flavonoid fisetin for cancer prevention and treatment

Review,

Var,

DNAdam↑, ROS↑, Apoptosis↑, Bcl-2↓, BAX↑, cl‑Casp9↑, cl‑Casp3↑, Cyt‑c↑, lipid-P↓, TumCG↓, TumCA↓, TumCMig↓, TumCI↓, uPA↓, ERK↓, MMP9↓, NF-kB↓, cFos↓, cJun↓, AP-1↓, TumCCA↑, AR↓, mTORC1↓, mTORC2↓, TSC2↑, EGF↓, TGF-β↓, EMT↓, P-gp↓, PI3K↓, Akt↓, mTOR↓, eff↑, ROS↓, ER Stress↑, IRE1↑, ATF4↑, GRP78/BiP↑, ChemoSen↑, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, cycE/CCNE↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, P21↑, COX2↓, Wnt↓, EGFR↓, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, TCF-4↓, MMP7↓, RadioS↑, eff↑,

2841-

FIS,

Fisetin, an Anti-Inflammatory Agent, Overcomes Radioresistance by Activating the PERK-ATF4-CHOP Axis in Liver Cancer

in-vitro,

Nor,

RAW264.7

LPS-induced Raw264.7 cells

in-vitro,

Liver,

HepG2

10, 25, 100, and 200 μM, 24 h

in-vitro,

Liver,

Hep3B

in-vitro,

Liver,

HUH7

*Inflam↓, *TNF-α↓, *IL1β↓, *IL6↓, Apoptosis↓, ER Stress↑, Ca+2↑, PERK↑, ATF4↑, CHOP↑, GRP78/BiP↑, tumCV↓, LDH↑, Casp3↑, cl‑Casp3↑, cl‑Casp8↑, cl‑Casp9↑, p‑eIF2α↑, RadioS↑,

2843-

FIS,

Fisetin and Quercetin: Promising Flavonoids with Chemopreventive Potential

Review,

Var,

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↝,

2844-

FIS,

Fisetin, a dietary flavonoid induces apoptosis via modulating the MAPK and PI3K/Akt signalling pathways in human osteosarcoma (U-2 OS) cells

in-vitro,

OS,

U2OS

tumCV↓, Apoptosis↑, Casp3↑, Casp8↑, Casp9↑, BAX↑, BAD↑, Bcl-2↓, Bcl-xL↓, PI3K↓, Akt↓, ERK↓, p‑JNK↑, p‑cJun↑, p‑p38↑, ROS↑, MMP↓, mTORC1↓, PTEN↑, p‑GSK‐3β↓, GSK‐3β↑, NF-kB↓, IKKα↑, Cyt‑c↑,

Showing Research Papers: 1 to 15 of 15

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 15

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

cardioP↑, 1, RenoP↑, 1,
Total Targets: 175

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:

Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

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

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

p‑cMyc↑, 1,

DNA Damage & Repair ⓘ

p16↓, 1, P53↓, 1,

Cell Cycle & Senescence ⓘ

P21↓, 1,

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

ERK↑, 1,

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

IL1β↓, 1, IL6↓, 1, Inflam↓, 3, TNF-α↓, 1,

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

IL6↓, 1,

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

neuroP↑, 2,
Total Targets: 17

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: Casp3, CPP32, Cysteinyl aspartate specific proteinase-3

15 Fisetin

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  -different cell line effects
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Fisetin / Casp3 Cancer Research Results

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:

Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics ⓘ

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

Cell Death ⓘ

Kinase & Signal Transduction ⓘ

Transcription & Epigenetics ⓘ

Protein Folding & ER Stress ⓘ

DNA Damage & Repair ⓘ

Cell Cycle & Senescence ⓘ

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

Migration ⓘ

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

Barriers & Transport ⓘ

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

Hormonal & Nuclear Receptors ⓘ

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:

Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

DNA Damage & Repair ⓘ

Cell Cycle & Senescence ⓘ

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

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