Fisetin / Casp9 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


Casp9, Caspase-9: Click to Expand ⟱
Source:
Type:
Caspase-9 is the apoptotic initiator protease of the intrinsic or mitochondrial apoptotic pathway, which is activated at multi-protein activation platforms.
Caspases are divided into two groups: the initiator caspases (caspase-2, -8, -9 and -10), which are the first to be activated in response to a signal, and the executioner caspases (caspase-3, -6, and -7) that carry out the demolition phase of apoptosis.
Caspase-9:
Role: Initiator caspase in the intrinsic apoptotic pathway.
Cancers: Frequently studied in leukemia and solid tumors.
Prognosis: Reduced expression is often linked to chemoresistance and poor prognosis.
Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
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↓,
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↝,
2825- FIS,    Exploring the molecular targets of dietary flavonoid fisetin in cancer
- Review, Var, NA
*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, 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↓,
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↑,
2832- FIS,    Fisetin's Promising Antitumor Effects: Uncovering Mechanisms and Targeting for Future Therapies
- Review, Var, NA
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↓,
2839- FIS,    Dietary flavonoid fisetin for cancer prevention and treatment
- Review, Var, NA
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 - in-vitro, Liver, HepG2 - 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, 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↝,
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 11 of 11

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 11

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

HO-1↑, 2,   Keap1↓, 1,   lipid-P↓, 1,   NRF2↑, 3,   ROS↓, 6,   ROS↑, 10,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics ⓘ

AIF↑, 2,   CDC2↓, 1,   CDC25↓, 2,   EGF↓, 1,   MMP↓, 7,   mtDam↑, 1,   XIAP↓, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

AMPK↑, 2,   cMyc↓, 1,   LDH↑, 1,  

Cell Death ⓘ

Akt↓, 9,   Apoptosis↓, 1,   Apoptosis↑, 4,   BAD↑, 1,   Bak↑, 1,   BAX↑, 4,   Bcl-2↓, 4,   Bcl-xL↓, 2,   BID↑, 1,   BIM↑, 1,   Casp↑, 2,   Casp3↑, 8,   cl‑Casp3↑, 2,   Casp7↑, 1,   Casp8↑, 6,   cl‑Casp8↑, 1,   Casp9↑, 8,   cl‑Casp9↑, 3,   Cyt‑c↑, 7,   Diablo↑, 2,   DR4↑, 1,   DR5↑, 2,   IAP1↓, 1,   IAP2↓, 1,   iNOS↓, 1,   JNK↑, 2,   p‑JNK↑, 1,   MAPK↓, 3,   MAPK↑, 1,   Mcl-1↓, 3,   p27↑, 2,   p38↓, 1,   p38↑, 1,   p‑p38↑, 1,   survivin↓, 2,   TRAILR↑, 1,  

Kinase & Signal Transduction ⓘ

HER2/EBBR2↓, 2,   p70S6↓, 1,   TSC2↑, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics ⓘ

cJun↓, 3,   p‑cJun↑, 1,   tumCV↓, 3,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress ⓘ

CHOP↑, 3,   p‑eIF2α↑, 1,   ER Stress↑, 5,   GRP78/BiP↑, 4,   HSF1↓, 1,   HSP27↓, 1,   HSP27↝, 1,   HSP70/HSPA5↓, 1,   HSP70/HSPA5↝, 1,   IRE1↑, 3,   PERK↑, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair ⓘ

DNAdam↑, 4,   P53?, 1,   P53↑, 5,   cl‑PARP↑, 6,   PCNA↓, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence ⓘ

CDK1↓, 1,   CDK2↓, 6,   CDK4↓, 6,   cycA1/CCNA1↓, 1,   cycD1/CCND1↓, 5,   cycE/CCNE↓, 4,   P21↑, 4,   TumCCA↑, 7,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

CD133↓, 1,   CD44↓, 1,   cFos↓, 3,   CSCs↓, 1,   EMT↓, 6,   ERK↓, 6,   GSK‐3β↑, 1,   p‑GSK‐3β↓, 1,   IGF-1↓, 1,   mTOR↓, 7,   mTORC1↓, 4,   mTORC2↓, 2,   PI3K↓, 8,   PTEN↑, 3,   STAT3↓, 1,   TCF-4↓, 2,   TOP1↓, 1,   TOP2↓, 1,   TumCG↓, 3,   Wnt↓, 6,  

Migration ⓘ

AP-1↓, 2,   Ca+2↑, 3,   E-cadherin↑, 2,   FAK↓, 1,   MMP1↓, 2,   MMP2↓, 6,   MMP3↓, 1,   MMP7↓, 3,   MMP9↓, 8,   N-cadherin↓, 1,   PKCδ↓, 2,   TET1↓, 1,   TGF-β↓, 1,   TumCA↓, 1,   TumCI↓, 3,   TumCMig↓, 3,   TumCP↓, 3,   TumMeta↓, 1,   Twist↓, 1,   uPA↓, 7,   Vim↓, 2,   β-catenin/ZEB1↓, 3,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

angioG↓, 3,   ATF4↑, 4,   EGFR↓, 5,   NO↓, 1,   NO↑, 1,   VEGF↓, 4,  

Barriers & Transport ⓘ

P-gp↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

COX2↓, 6,   IKKα↑, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   Inflam↓, 1,   JAK1↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 9,   PGE2↓, 4,   TNF-α↓, 1,  

Hormonal & Nuclear Receptors ⓘ

AR↓, 1,   CDK6↓, 4,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

BioAv↓, 3,   BioAv↑, 3,   ChemoSen↑, 4,   Dose↑, 1,   eff↑, 5,   Half-Life↝, 2,   RadioS↑, 4,   selectivity↑, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

AR↓, 1,   EGFR↓, 5,   HER2/EBBR2↓, 2,   IL6↓, 1,   LDH↑, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

cardioP↑, 1,   RenoP↑, 1,  
Total Targets: 156

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

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

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↓, 4,   TNF-α↓, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

IL6↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

neuroP↑, 2,  
Total Targets: 17

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: Casp9, Caspase-9
11 Fisetin
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  -different cell line effects
  -synergies with other products 
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