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. 2020 Jan 20;21(2):684. doi: 10.3390/ijms21020684

Table 1.

Polyphenols and polyphenol derivatives as cancer cell senescence inducers and their effect on signal transduction pathways.

Classification Compounds Concentration Pathways Cancer Type Reference
Resveratrol and its derivatives Resveratrol 25/50 (μM) p53/CXCR2 Osteosarcoma
Fibrosarcoma
Lung cancer
[60]
50 (μM) BRCA1/DDR Osteosarcoma [61]
30 (μM) ROS/DDR Colon cancer [62]
100 (μM) ROS/DLC1/SASP Breast cancer
Lung cancer
[46]
6/20 (μM)
100 (μM)
Histone H2B
Pokemon
Glioma [63,64]
25/50 (μM) SIRT1 Gastric cancer [65]
50 (μM) Rictor/RhoA-GTPase Nonmelanoma skin cancer [66]
Pterostilbene 2.5/5/50 (μM) hTERT/DDR Lung cancer [67,68]
Pauciflorol B 10 (μM) p16/Rb Lung cancer [69]
3,3’,4,4’-tetrahydroxy-trans-stilbene 10/50/100 (μM) ROS DDR Ovarian cancer [70]
Flavonoids Quercetin 50/100/200 (μM) RAS/MAPK/ERK
PI3K/AKT
Glioma [71]
Beta-naphthoflavone 10 (μM) PI3K/AKT/cyclinD1/D3
MAPK/ERK
Breast cancer [72]
Baicalin 10/20/40 (μM) DEPP/RAS/Raf/MEK/ERK
DEPP/p16/Rb
Colon cancer [73]
IdB 1016 63.2/126.5 (μg/mL) HER-2/neu
p53
Breast cancer [74]
Diosmin 5/10 (μM) ROS
DDR
Breast cancer [27]
Apigenin Above 25 (μM) ROS/RNS
p16/cyclin D1/p-Rb
p21/cyclin E/p-Rb
Colorectal cancer [75]
Coumestrol 50 (μM) CKII/ROS/p53/p21 Breast cancer
Colon cancer
[76]
Rotenone 0.4 (μM) Ca2+/ROS Neuroblastoma [77]
Epigallocatechin gallate 10 (μM) DDR Colon cancer [78]
Oroxin A 5/10/15/20 (μM) p38/ER stress Breast cancer [79]
Cristacarpin 1 (μM) p38/ER stress/ROS/p21 Pancreatic
Breast cancer
[80]
Flavokawain B 3 (μg/mL) ATF4/DDIT3/TRIB3/AkT/mTOR Glioblastoma multiforme [81]
Phenolic acids Penta-1,2,3,4,6-Ogalloyl-β-d-glucose 25 (μM) UPR Liver cancer
Breast cancer
Lung cancer
[82]
Gallotannin 40 (μM) AMPK/SIRT1 Hepatocellular carcinoma [83]

CXCR2: C-X-C motif chemokine receptor 2; DDR: DNA damage response; ROS: reactive oxygen species; DLC1: deleted in liver cancer1; SASP: senescence-associated secretory phenotype; Pokemon: POK erythroid myeloid ontogenic factor; SIRT1: silent information regulator 1; Rictor: rapamycin-insensitive companion of mammalian target of rapamycin; hTERT: human telomerase reverse transcriptase; Rb: retinoblastoma protein; MAPK: mitogen-activated protein kinase; ERK: extracellular signal-regulated kinase; PI3K: phosphoinositide 3-kinase; AKT: protein kinase B; DEPP: decidual protein induced by progesterone; HER-2/neu: human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; RNS: reactive nitrogen species; ER stress: endoplasmic reticulum stress; ATF4: activating transcription factor 4; DDIT3: DNA damage inducible transcript 3; TRIB3: tribbles pseudokinase 3; mTOR: mammalian target of rapamycin; UPR: unfolded protein response; AMPK: AMP-activated protein kinase.