condition found tbRes List
SFN, Sulforaphane (mainly Broccoli): Click to Expand ⟱
Features:
Sulforaphane is an isothiocyanate derived from glucoraphanin, a compound found predominantly in cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and cabbage. It is well known for its potent antioxidant and detoxification properties and has gained significant attention for its potential chemopreventive and anticancer effects.

Summary
1.primarily attenuates both DNMTs and HDACs, individually suppressing DNA hypermethylation and histones deacetylation, ultimately upregulating NRF2 (best known for NRF2↑)
2.Antioxidant Activity:
• Nrf2 activation leads to the upregulation of a host of antioxidant and detoxification enzymes (e.g., glutathione S-transferase, NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1, heme oxygenase-1), which in turn decrease oxidative stress and lower ROS levels.
3.Pro-oxidant Effects in Cancer Cells and Under High-Dose Conditions (>=10uM?)
• In certain cancer cell types or at higher concentrations, sulforaphane can paradoxically lead to an increase in ROS levels.
• The elevated ROS may overwhelm the cancer cells’ antioxidant defenses, leading to oxidative stress–mediated cell death (apoptosis).
• This context-dependent pro-oxidant effect has been explored for its potential in selectively targeting cancer cells while leaving normal cells less affected.

- Might not be a good candidate for pro-oxidant strategy depending on concentration >10uM?.
- Strong Activation of Nrf2 (best known for) at low to moderate concentrations, hence reduces oxidative stress in both cancer and normal cells.
- AMPK signaling activated by SFN, high concentrations of ROS are produced
- ROS generation also results in depletion of GSH levels
- HIF-1α and VEGF inhibitor
- Might be effective against cancer stem cells
- But I would not combine that with radiation, as Sulforaphane activates the anti-oxidant master regulator of cells.
- “I very much agree: Sulforaphane is a very good addition, even more when the choice is an anti-oxidant therapy”
- well known as HDAC inhibitor (typically 5-10um concentrations)
-A transient decrease in HDAC activity has also been observed in healthy humans 3 h after providing a daily 200 µM SFN dose, resulting in a plasma concentration of SFN metabolites of 0.1–0.2 µM.


Dose/Bioavailabilty information:
SFN at a daily dose of 2.2 µM/kg body weight, with a mean plasma level of 0.13 µM Sprout 127.6 grams = 205uM±19.9 content yields SFN 0.5 to 2uM in plasma.
However, it is important to consider that at lower doses, specifically 2.5 μM, SFN resulted in a slight increase in cell proliferation by 5.18–11.84% within a 6 to 48 h treatment window.
-A therapeutic dose starts at approx 60 grams of the sprouts.
-100 g of Broccoli sprouts contain about 15–20 mg of sulforaphane
–Organic Broccoli Sprout Powder (Health Ranger) – Avmacol® – NanoPSA (a blend of NanoStilbene™ and Broccoli Sprout Extract).
- -750 mg Sulforaphane Glucosinolate in Daily One Serving (2 capsules) (30mg Sulforaphane)

Total sulforaphane metabolite concentration in plasma was the highest (>2 μM) at 3 h in human subjects who consumed fresh broccoli sprouts (40g)
-human studies with broccoli sprouts or extracts report plasma sulforaphane levels in the low micromolar range (typically 1–2 µM) after ingesting realistic, food-based quantities of sprouts (often in the range of 30–50 g of sprouts or a concentrated extract).

BroccoSprouts are young broccoli sprouts that have garnered attention because they contain high amounts of glucoraphanin—a precursor molecule to sulforaphane. Studies have shown that broccoli sprouts can have sulforaphane precursor levels (i.e., glucoraphanin levels) that are 10 to 100 times higher than those found in mature broccoli heads. Glucoraphanin content in broccoli sprouts can range anywhere from about 30 to over 100 mg per 100 grams of fresh sprouts. Once activated (e.g., during consumption when myrosinase acts on glucoraphanin), these levels translate into a significant sulforaphane yield, meaning that even a small amount of broccoli sprouts can deliver a potent dose of this bioactive compound.

Importantly, glucoraphanin itself is not bioactive. Rather, enzymatic hydrolysis by myrosinase, present in the plant tissue or in the mammalian microbiome, is necessary to form the active component, SFN.
- GFN (glucoraphanin) is hydrolyzed in vivo to SFN via the myrosinase, which is present in gut bacteria as well as the plant itself (also in Radish)
- Do not cook the vegetables, or if you do add myrosinase back in by adding radish.
- mild heat of broccoli (60–70 °C) inactivated ESP and preserved myrosinase and increased SF yield 3–7-fold
- chewing of fresh broccoli sprouts increases the interaction of glucosinolates with myrosinase and consequently, increases the bioavailability of SFN in the body

-Note half-life 2-3 hrs.
BioAv is good (15-80%) but requires myrosinase
Pathways:
- induce ROS production
- ROS↑ related: MMP↓(ΔΨm), ER Stress↑, UPR↑, GRP78↑, Ca+2↑, Cyt‑c↑, Caspases↑, DNA damage↑, cl-PARP↑, HSP↓, Prx,
- Lowers AntiOxidant defense in Cancer Cells: NRF2↓(contrary, actually most raises NRF2), TrxR↓**, GSH↓, Catalase↓(contrary), HO1↓(contrary), GPx↓
- Raises AntiOxidant defense in Normal Cells: ROS↓, NRF2↑, SOD↑, GSH↑, Catalase↑,
- lowers Inflammation : NF-kB↓, COX2↓, p38↓, Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines : NLRP3↓, IL-1β↓, TNF-α↓, IL-6↓, IL-8↓
- inhibit Growth/Metastases : TumMeta↓, TumCG↓, EMT↓, MMPs↓, MMP2↓, MMP9, IGF-1↓, VEGF↓, ROCK1↓, FAK↓, RhoA↓, NF-κB↓, CXCR4↓, α-SMA↓, ERK↓
- reactivate genes thereby inhibiting cancer cell growth : HDAC↓, DNMTs↓, EZH2↓, P53↑, HSP↓, Sp proteins↓,
- cause Cell cycle arrest : TumCCA↑, cyclin D1↓, cyclin E↓, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, CDK6↓,
- inhibits Migration/Invasion : TumCMig↓, TumCI↓, TNF-α↓, FAK↓, ERK↓, EMT↓,
- inhibits glycolysis /Warburg Effect and ATP depletion : HIF-1α↓, PKM2↓, cMyc↓, GLUT1↓, LDH↓, LDHA↓, HK2↓, ECAR↓, OXPHOS↓, GRP78↑, GlucoseCon↓
- inhibits angiogenesis↓ : VEGF↓, HIF-1α↓, Notch↓, PDGF↓, EGFR↓, Integrins↓,
- inhibits Cancer Stem Cells : CSC↓, Hh↓, GLi↓, GLi1↓, CD133↓, β-catenin↓, sox2↓, notch2↓, nestin↓, OCT4↓,
- Others: PI3K↓, AKT↓, JAK↓, STAT↓, Wnt↓, β-catenin↓, AMPK, ERK↓, 5↓, - SREBP (related to cholesterol).
- Synergies: chemo-sensitization, chemoProtective, RadioSensitizer, RadioProtective, Others(review target notes), Neuroprotective, Cognitive, Renoprotection, Hepatoprotective, CardioProtective,

- Selectivity: Cancer Cells vs Normal Cells


MMP9, MMP9: Click to Expand ⟱
Source: HalifaxProj(suppress)
Type:
Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) is an enzyme that plays a significant role in the degradation of extracellular matrix components.
MMP-9 facilitates the breakdown of the extracellular matrix, which can enable cancer cells to invade surrounding tissues and spread to distant sites (metastasis).
Elevated levels of MMP-9 have been associated with poor prognosis in several cancers, including breast, lung, and colorectal cancers.
MMP2 and MMP9: two enzymes are critical to tumor invasion.


Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
1732- SFN,    Sulforaphane, a Dietary Component of Broccoli/Broccoli Sprouts, Inhibits Breast Cancer Stem Cells
- in-vitro, BC, MCF-7 - in-vitro, BC, SUM159 - in-vivo, NA, NA
TumCD↑, reduced the size and number of primary mammospheres by 8~125-fold and 45%~75% (P < 0.01), respectively.
CSCs↓, Sulforaphane eliminated breast CSCs in vivo,
Wnt↓, Sulforaphane inhibits breast CSCs and down-regulates Wnt/β-catenin self-renewal pathway
β-catenin/ZEB1↓,
*BioAv↑, Sulforaphane was found to be converted from glucoraphanin, a major glucosinolate in broccoli/broccoli sprouts
angioG↓, Sulforaphane was also shown to suppress angiogenesis and metastasis by down-regulating VEGF, HIF-1α, MMP-2 and MMP-9 (4).
VEGF↓,
Hif1a↓,
MMP2↓,
MMP9↓,
Casp3↑,
*Half-Life∅, Plasma concentrations of sulforaphane equivalents peaked 0.94~2.27 μM in humans 1 hr after a single dose of 200 μmol broccoli sprout isothiocyanates (mainly sulforaphane)

1729- SFN,    Discovery and development of sulforaphane as a cancer chemopreventive phytochemical
- Review, Nor, NA
eff↑, but mild heating of broccoli (60–70 °C) inactivated ESP and preserved myrosinase and increased SF yield 3–7-fold
angioG↓,
VEGF↓,
MMP9↓,
MMP2↓,

1726- SFN,    Sulforaphane: A Broccoli Bioactive Phytocompound with Cancer Preventive Potential
- Review, Var, NA
Dose↝, Most clinical trials utilize doses of GFN ranging from 25 to 800 μmol , translating to about 65–2105 g raw broccoli or 3/4 to 23 cups of raw broccoli.
eff↝, SFN-rich powders have been made by drying out broccoli sprout
IL1β↓,
IL6↓,
IL12↓,
TNF-α↓,
COX2↓,
CXCR4↓,
MPO↓,
HSP70/HSPA5↓,
HSP90↓,
VCAM-1↓,
IKKα↓,
NF-kB↓,
HO-1↑,
Casp3↑,
Casp7↑,
Casp8↑,
Casp9↑,
cl‑PARP↑,
Cyt‑c↑,
Diablo↑,
CHOP↑,
survivin↓,
XIAP↓,
p38↑,
Fas↑,
PUMA↑,
VEGF↓,
Hif1a↓,
Twist↓,
Zeb1↓,
Vim↓,
MMP2↓,
MMP9↓,
E-cadherin↑,
N-cadherin↓,
Snail↓,
CD44↓,
cycD1↓,
cycA1↓,
CycB↓,
cycE↓,
CDK4↓,
CDK6↓,
p50↓,
P53↑,
P21↑,
GSH↑,
SOD↑,
GSTs↑,
mTOR↓,
Akt↓,
PI3K↓,
β-catenin/ZEB1↓,
IGF-1↓,
cMyc↓,

3188- SFN,    Sulforaphane inhibited tumor necrosis factor-α induced migration and invasion in estrogen receptor negative human breast cancer cells
- in-vitro, BC, NA
TNF-α↓, Sulforaphane significantly (p<0.05) inhibited tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α induced cellular migration and invasion in MCF10DCIS.com human breast cancer cells, compared with controls.
TumCI↓,
TumMeta↓,
MMPs↓, MMPs, including MMP-2, MMP-9, and MMP-13, and the enzymatic activities of MMP-2 and MMP-9 were suppressed by sulforaphane treatments at 1, 5, and 10 μM concentration
MMP2↓,
MMP9↓,
MMP13↓,

2448- SFN,    Sulforaphane and bladder cancer: a potential novel antitumor compound
- Review, Bladder, NA
Apoptosis↑, Recent studies have demonstrated that Sulforaphane not only induces apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in BC cells, but also inhibits the growth, invasion, and metastasis of BC cells
TumCG↓,
TumCI↓,
TumMeta↓,
glucoNG↓, Additionally, it can inhibit BC gluconeogenesis
ChemoSen↑, demonstrate definite effects when combined with chemotherapeutic drugs/carcinogens.
TumCCA↑, SFN can block the cell cycle in G2/M phase, upregulate the expression of Caspase3/7 and PARP cleavage, and downregulate the expression of Survivin, EGFR and HER2/neu
Casp3↑,
Casp7↑,
cl‑PARP↑,
survivin↓,
EGFR↓,
HER2/EBBR2↓,
ATP↓, SFN inhibits the production of ATP by inhibiting glycolysis and mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in BC cells in a dose-dependent manner
Glycolysis↓,
mt-OXPHOS↓,
AKT1↓, dysregulation of glucose metabolism by inhibiting the AKT1-HK2 axis
HK2↓,
Hif1a↓, Sulforaphane inhibits glycolysis by down-regulating hypoxia-induced HIF-1α
ROS↑, SFN can upregulate ROS production and Nrf2 activity
NRF2↑,
EMT↓, inhibiting EMT process through Cox-2/MMP-2, 9/ ZEB1 and Snail and miR-200c/ZEB1 pathways
COX2↓,
MMP2↓,
MMP9↓,
Zeb1↓,
Snail↓,
HDAC↓, FN modulates the histone status in BC cells by regulating specific HDAC and HATs,
HATs↓,
MMP↓, SFN upregulates ROS production, induces mitochondrial oxidative damage, mitochondrial membrane potential depolarization, cytochrome c release
Cyt‑c↓,
Shh↓, SFN significantly lowers the expression of key components of the SHH pathway (Shh, Smo, and Gli1) and inhibits tumor sphere formation, thereby suppressing the stemness of cancer cells
Smo↓,
Gli1↓,
BioAv↝, SFN is unstable in aqueous solutions and at high temperatures, sensitive to oxygen, heat and alkaline conditions, with a decrease in quantity of 20% after cooking, 36% after frying, and 88% after boiling
BioAv↝, It has been reported that the ability of individuals to use gut myrosinase to convert glucoraphanin into SFN varies widely
Dose↝, Excitingly, it has been reported that daily oral administration of 200 μM SFN in melanoma patients can achieve plasma levels of 655 ng/mL with good tolerance

1452- SFN,    Sulforaphane Suppresses the Nicotine-Induced Expression of the Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 via Inhibiting ROS-Mediated AP-1 and NF-κB Signaling in Human Gastric Cancer Cells
- in-vitro, GC, AGS
MMP9↓, Sulforaphane effectively suppressed ROS, p38 MAPK, Erk1/2, AP-1, and NF-κB activation by inhibiting MMP-9 expression in gastric cancer AGS cells.
p38↓,
ERK↓,
AP-1↓,
ROS↓, results indicate that sulforaphane suppressed the nicotine-induced MMP-9 via regulating ROS generation in human gastric cancer AGS cells ( by Inhibiting ROS Generation)
NF-kB↓, Sulforaphane Suppresses Nicotine-Induced MMP-9 Expression by Inhibiting Reporter Activities of AP-1 and NF-κB
TumCI↓,
MMP9↓, Suppressing MMP-9 Expression
HDAC↓, Rutz et al. reported that sulforaphane acts as a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor to prostate cancer cell progression
Glycolysis↓, sulforaphane decreased glycolytic metabolism in a hypoxia microenvironment by inhibiting hypoxia-induced HIF-1α
Hif1a↓,
*memory↑, Sulforaphane could prevent memory dysfunction and improve cognitive function
*cognitive↑,

1466- SFN,    Sulforaphane inhibits thyroid cancer cell growth and invasiveness through the reactive oxygen species-dependent pathway
- vitro+vivo, Thyroid, FTC-133
TumCP↓,
TumCCA↑, G2/M phase
Apoptosis↑,
TumCMig↓,
TumCI↓,
EMT↓,
Slug↓,
Twist↓,
MMP2↓,
MMP9↓,
TumCG↓,
p‑Akt↓,
P21↑,
ERK↑,
p38↑,
ROS↑, ROS was significantly induced in both FTC133 and K1 cells when cells were treated with 40 μM SFN for 4 h Several previous studies have shown that SFN induces ROS
*toxicity∅, we did not find significant effect of SFN on body weight and liver function of mice.
MMP↓,
eff↓, Like NAC, ASC treatment significantly attenuated anti-proliferative effect of SFN in these two cell lines

1462- SFN,    Epithelial-mesenchymal transition, a novel target of sulforaphane via COX-2/MMP2, 9/Snail, ZEB1 and miR-200c/ZEB1 pathways in human bladder cancer cells
- in-vitro, Bladder, T24
EMT↓,
TumCI↓,
TumCMig↓,
E-cadherin↑,
Zeb1↓,
Snail↓,
COX2↝,
MMP2↝,
MMP9↝,

111- SFN,    Sulforaphene Interferes with Human Breast Cancer Cell Migration and Invasion through Inhibition of Hedgehog Signaling
- in-vitro, BC, SUM159
HH↓,
Gli1↓,
MMP2↓,
MMP9↓,

1508- SFN,    Nrf2 targeting by sulforaphane: A potential therapy for cancer treatment
- Review, Var, NA
*BioAv↑, RAW: higher amounts were detected when broccoli were eaten raw (bioavailability equal to 37%), compared to the cooked broccoli (bioavailability 3.4%)
HDAC↓, Sulforaphane is able to down-regulate HDAC activity and induce histone hyper-acetylation in tumor cell
TumCCA↓, Sulforaphane induces cell cycle arrest in G1, S and G2/M phases,
eff↓, in leukemia stem cells, sulforaphane potentiates imatinib effect through inhibition of the Wnt/β-catenin functions
Wnt↓,
β-catenin/ZEB1↓,
Casp12?, inducing caspases activation
Bcl-2↓,
cl‑PARP↑,
Bax:Bcl2↑, unbalancing the ratio Bax/Bcl-2
IAP1↓, down-regulating IAP family proteins
Casp3↑,
Casp9↑,
Telomerase↓, In Hep3B cells, sulforaphane reduces telomerase activity
hTERT↓, inhibition of hTERT expression;
ROS?, increment of ROS, induced by this compound, is essential for the downregulation of transcription and of post-translational modification of hTERT in suppression of telomerase activity
DNMTs↓, (2.5 - 10 μM) represses hTERT by impacting epigenetic pathways, in particular through decreased DNA methyltransferases activity (DNMTs)
angioG↓, inhibit tumor development through regulation of angiogenesis
VEGF↓,
Hif1a↓,
cMYB↓,
MMP1↓, inhibition of migration and invasion activities induced by sulforaphane in oral carcinoma cell lines has been associated to the inhibition of MMP-1 and MMP-2
MMP2↓,
MMP9↓,
ERK↑, inhibits invasion by activating ERK1/2, with consequent upregulation of E-cadherin (an invasion inhibitor)
E-cadherin↑,
CD44↓, downregulation of CD44v6 and MMP-2 (invasion promoters)
MMP2↓,
eff↑, ombination of sulforaphane and quercetin synergistically reduces the proliferation and migration of melanoma (B16F10) cells
IL2↑, induces upregulation of IL-2 and IFN-γ
IFN-γ↑,
IL1β↓, downregulation of IL-1beta, IL-6, TNF-α, and GM-CSF
IL6↓,
TNF-α↓,
NF-kB↓, sulforaphane inhibits the phorbol ester induction of NF-κB, inhibiting two pathways, ERK1/2 and NF-κB
ERK↓,
NRF2↑, At molecular level, sulforaphane modulates cellular homeostasis via the activation of the transcription factor Nrf2.
RadioS↑, sulforaphane could be used as a radio-sensitizing agent in prostate cancer if clinical trials will confirm the pre-clinical results.
ChemoSideEff↓, chemopreventive effects of sulforaphane


* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 10

Results for Effect on Cancer/Diseased Cells:
Akt↓,1,   p‑Akt↓,1,   AKT1↓,1,   angioG↓,3,   AP-1↓,1,   Apoptosis↑,2,   ATP↓,1,   Bax:Bcl2↑,1,   Bcl-2↓,1,   BioAv↝,2,   Casp12?,1,   Casp3↑,4,   Casp7↑,2,   Casp8↑,1,   Casp9↑,2,   CD44↓,2,   CDK4↓,1,   CDK6↓,1,   ChemoSen↑,1,   ChemoSideEff↓,1,   CHOP↑,1,   cMYB↓,1,   cMyc↓,1,   COX2↓,2,   COX2↝,1,   CSCs↓,1,   CXCR4↓,1,   cycA1↓,1,   CycB↓,1,   cycD1↓,1,   cycE↓,1,   Cyt‑c↓,1,   Cyt‑c↑,1,   Diablo↑,1,   DNMTs↓,1,   Dose↝,2,   E-cadherin↑,3,   eff↓,2,   eff↑,2,   eff↝,1,   EGFR↓,1,   EMT↓,3,   ERK↓,2,   ERK↑,2,   Fas↑,1,   Gli1↓,2,   glucoNG↓,1,   Glycolysis↓,2,   GSH↑,1,   GSTs↑,1,   HATs↓,1,   HDAC↓,3,   HER2/EBBR2↓,1,   HH↓,1,   Hif1a↓,5,   HK2↓,1,   HO-1↑,1,   HSP70/HSPA5↓,1,   HSP90↓,1,   hTERT↓,1,   IAP1↓,1,   IFN-γ↑,1,   IGF-1↓,1,   IKKα↓,1,   IL12↓,1,   IL1β↓,2,   IL2↑,1,   IL6↓,2,   MMP↓,2,   MMP1↓,1,   MMP13↓,1,   MMP2↓,9,   MMP2↝,1,   MMP9↓,10,   MMP9↝,1,   MMPs↓,1,   MPO↓,1,   mTOR↓,1,   N-cadherin↓,1,   NF-kB↓,3,   NRF2↑,2,   mt-OXPHOS↓,1,   P21↑,2,   p38↓,1,   p38↑,2,   p50↓,1,   P53↑,1,   cl‑PARP↑,3,   PI3K↓,1,   PUMA↑,1,   RadioS↑,1,   ROS?,1,   ROS↓,1,   ROS↑,2,   Shh↓,1,   Slug↓,1,   Smo↓,1,   Snail↓,3,   SOD↑,1,   survivin↓,2,   Telomerase↓,1,   TNF-α↓,3,   TumCCA↓,1,   TumCCA↑,2,   TumCD↑,1,   TumCG↓,2,   TumCI↓,5,   TumCMig↓,2,   TumCP↓,1,   TumMeta↓,2,   Twist↓,2,   VCAM-1↓,1,   VEGF↓,4,   Vim↓,1,   Wnt↓,2,   XIAP↓,1,   Zeb1↓,3,   β-catenin/ZEB1↓,3,  
Total Targets: 118

Results for Effect on Normal Cells:
BioAv↑,2,   cognitive↑,1,   Half-Life∅,1,   memory↑,1,   toxicity∅,1,  
Total Targets: 5

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: MMP9, MMP9
10 Sulforaphane (mainly Broccoli)
Filter Conditions: Pro/AntiFlg:%  IllCat:%  CanType:%  Cells:%  prod#:156  Target#:203  State#:%  Dir#:%
wNotes=on sortOrder:rid,rpid

 

Home Page