Description: |
Xanthatin is a novel potent inhibitor of VEGFR2 signaling, has significant antitumor activity against a variety of cancer cells through cell cycle arrest and apoptosis induction, it can inhibit angiogenesis and tumor growth in breast cancer cells. Xanthatin has bactericidal and fungicidal activity, including against Colletotrichum gloesporoides, Trichothecium roseum, Bacillus cereus and Staphylococcus aureus.
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In vitro: |
Lett. Appl. Microbiol., 1994, 18(4): 206-8. | Antimicrobial activity of xanthatin from Xanthium spinosum L.[Reference: WebLink] | METHODS AND RESULTS:
Dichloromethane extracts from Xanthium spinosum L. were fractionated and the fractions tested for their bactericidal and fungicidal activity. From the active fraction, a compound was isolated and identified as Xanthatin (I). CONCLUSIONS: Xanthatin was active against Colletotrichum gloesporoides, Trichothecium roseum, Bacillus cereus and Staphylococcus aureus.
| Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2015 Sep 1;8(9):10355-64. | Xanthatin, a novel potent inhibitor of VEGFR2 signaling, inhibits angiogenesis and tumor growth in breast cancer cells.[Pubmed: 26617743 ] | Anti-angiogenesis targeting vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2) has emerged as an important tool for cancer treatment.
METHODS AND RESULTS:
In this study, we described a novel VEGFR2 inhibitor, Xanthatin, which inhibits tumor angiogenesis and growth. The biochemical profiles of Xanthatin were investigated using kinase assay, migration assay, tube formation, Matrigel plug assay, western blot, immunofluorescence and human tumor xenograft model. Xanthatin significantly inhibited growth, migration and tube formation of human umbilical vascular endothelial cell as well as inhibited vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-stimulated angiogenesis. In addition, it inhibited VEGF-induced phosphorylation of VEGFR2 and its downstream signaling regulator. Moreover, Xanthatin directly inhibit proliferation of breast cancer cells MDA-MB-231. Oral administration of Xanthatin could markedly inhibit human tumor xenograft growth and decreased microvessel densities (MVD) in tumor sections.
CONCLUSIONS:
Taken together, these preclinical evaluations suggest that Xanthatin inhibits angiogenesis and may be a promising anticancer drug candidate. |
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