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. 2021 May 12;13(10):2317. doi: 10.3390/cancers13102317

Table 8.

Natural substances decrease GBM cell migration and invasion by downregulating EMT modulators (Snail, Slug, and MMPs), Cofilin inhibitors (RhoA/ROCK/Limk and PKA), and actin polymerizers (STAT3/Fascin).

Effect Substance Cell Line Source
Reduces cell migration Eucalyptal A U87MG, LN229 [32]
Astaxanthin GL261, U251MG [35]
Adonixanthin GL261, U251MG [35]
Arctigenin U87MG, T98G [61]
Crocetin U87, U251 [34]
CP GAMG [36]
McC1 U251, GAMG [36]
Tannic Acid C6 [39]
TBMS1 U87, LN229 [41]
Curcumin U87 [52]
Paeoniflorin U251, T98G [53]
Diosgenin C6, T98G [54]
Rutin C6 [63]
Magnolol LN229, U87MG [71]
Gamabufotalin U87 [72]
Quercetin C6 [63]
Reduces cell invasion Eucalyptal A U87MG, LN229 [32]
Arctigenin U87MG, T98G [61]
McC1 GAMG, U251 [36]
CrataBL U87 [49]
Curcumin U87 [52]
Paeoniflorin U251, T98G [53]
Diosgenin C6, T98G [54]
Downregulates MMP-2 (protein) Astaxanthin GL261 [35]
Adonixanthin GL261 [35]
Arctigenin U87MG [61]
TBMS1 U87, LN229 [41]
Diosgenin T98G [54]
Downregulates MMP-7 (protein) TBMS1 U87, LN229 [41]
Downregulates MMP-9 (protein) Arctigenin U87MG [61]
Diosgenin C6 [54]
Downregulates p-PKA 1/2/3 (prot.) Eucalyptal A U87MG, LN229 [32]
Downregulates p-Cofilin (protein) Eucalyptal A U87MG, LN229 [32]
Downregulates fibronectin (protein) Adonixanthin GL261 [35]
Downregulates laminin (protein) CrataBL U87 [49]
Downregulates Snail (protein) TBMS1 U87, LN229 [41]
Galangin U87, U251 [70]
Downregulates Snail (mRNA) Galangin U87, U251 [70]
Downregulates Slug (protein) TBMS1 U87, LN229 [41]
Downregulates Fascin (protein) Curcumin U87 [52]
Reduces actin filament number Paeoniflorin T98G, U251 [53]
Downregulates GTP-RhoA (protein) Paeoniflorin T98G, U251 [53]
Downregulates ROCK (protein) Paeoniflorin T98G, U251 [53]
Downregulates (p-)Limk1 (protein) Paeoniflorin T98G, U251 [53]