Cinnamamide is an amide of trans-cinnamic acid and a metabolite of Streptomyces. It also reduced tumor weight in a mouse model of C26 murine coloncarcinoma, in vivo.
Monoacylglycerols (MAGs) of ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids have diverse physiological and health effects. In particular, MAGs containing docosahexaenoic acid or eicosapentaenoic acid have anti-proliferative properties against colon and lung cancer cell lines. Eicosapentaenoyl 1-propanol-2-amide is an EPA-containing MAG amide analog that inhibits the growth of human lung carcinoma A549 cells, producing 98.4% growth inhibition when applied at 3 μM. It is an analog of eicosapentaenoyl ethanolamide , a natural N-acylethanolamide that impacts aging and inflammation.
1-Arachidonoyl lysophosphatidic acid is a phospholipid containing arachidonic acid at the sn-1 position. It has been found in rat brain as 37% of the arachidonic acid-containing lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) species and is a precursor to 1-arachidonoyl glycerol . 1-Arachidonoyl lysophosphatidic acid binds to the LPA2 EDG4 receptor with an EC50 value of approximately 10 nM. It prevents TNF-α and IL-6 secretion in wild-type but not Lpa2- - dendritic cells stimulated by LPS. It also decreases differentiation of HT-29 human coloncarcinoma cells to goblet cells in the presence of sodium butyrate.
Lysine-specific demethylase inhibitor (1C) (LSD inhibitor (1C)) is an inhibitor of LSD1, a repressive demethylase selective for histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4).1,2LSD inhibitor (1C) inhibits LSD1 activity by 85.9% when used at a concentration of 10 μM.1It increases the level of H3K4 methylation, including H3K4me1 and H3K4me2 but not H3K9me2 levels, in HCT116 human coloncarcinoma cells.2LSD inhibitor (1C) also induces re-expression of the Wnt signaling pathway proteins secreted frizzle-related protein 1 (SFRP1), SFRP4, and SFRP5, as well as the transcription factor GATA5, which are aberrantly silenced in HCT116 cells.
Chromomycin A2 is an aureolic acid that has been found in several marine actinomycetes and has antibacterial and anticancer activities. Chromomycin A2 inhibits the growth of B. subtilis in an agar diffusion assay. It also inhibits the growth of human SGC7901 gastric cancer, HepG2 hepatocellular carcinoma, A549 lung epithelial adenocarcinoma, HCT116 colon cancer, and COC1 ovarian cancer cells, as well as human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs; IC50s = 4, 0.5, 3, 5, 5, and 8 nM, respectively). Chromomycin A2 (30 nM) halts the cell cycle in the G0/G1 phase and increases the protein levels of LC3A and LC3B in MALME-3M melanoma cells, indicating that it induces autophagy. It also increases the levels and promoter activity of the autophagic proteins ATG7 and ATG10 and reduces cell viability to 50% in human SCC-11 squamous cell carcinoma cells when used at a concentration of 30 nM.
Neoanhydropodophyllol, a cyclolignan derivative, exhibits potent antineoplastic activity by exerting cytotoxic effects on various cancer cell lines including leukemia, lung carcinoma, and coloncarcinoma.