ArticleMolecular therapy oncolytics2021
Involvement of actin cytoskeletal modifications in the inhibition of triple-negative breast cancer growth and metastasis by nimbolide.
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- Molecular and Clinicopathological Biomarkers Predicting Brain Metastasis in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Pooled it
- Cytoskeletal dynamics in breast cancer: mechanistic insights and therapeutic opportunities.Journal of the National Cancer Center · 2026Review
- Comprehensive insight into nimbolide response against breast cancer treatment: present evidence, emerging strategy and future direction.Molecular biology reports · 2026Review
- Targeting Netrin-1 Mediates the Suppression of Osteolytic Bone Metastasis in Breast Cancer by Ugonin L.International journal of biological sciences · 2026Article
- Gedunin Impacts Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells Through the Sonic Hedgehog Signaling Pathway.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A Validated Proteomic Signature of Basal-like Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Subtypes Obtained from Publicly Available Data.Cancers · 2025Article
- Role of WAVE3 as an actin binding protein in the pathology of triple negative breast cancer.Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Review
- Nimbolide: A Potential Phytochemical Agent in Multimodal Pancreatic Cancer Therapies.Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry · 2025Review
- Nimbolide: promising agent for prevention and treatment of chronic diseases (recent update).Food & nutrition research · 2024Article
- Nimbolide-based nanomedicine inhibits breast cancer stem-like cells by epigenetic reprogramming of DNMTs-SFRP1-Wnt/β-catenin signaling axis.Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids · 2023Article
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- Targeting Breast Cancer: An Overlook on Current Strategies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Glucosidase inhibitor, Nimbidiol ameliorates renal fibrosis and dysfunction in type-1 diabetes.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- PAK-dependent regulation of actin dynamics in breast cancer cells.The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology · 2022Review
- Biological Activity of Selected Natural and Synthetic Terpenoid Lactones.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
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Abstract
Triple-negative breast cancers (TNBCs) are aggressive cancers, which currently do not have effective treatment options. Migration and establishment of metastatic colonies require dynamic cytoskeletal modifications characterized by polymerization and depolymerization of actin. Studies have demonstrated a direct molecular link between the integrin-focal adhesion kinase (FAK) pathway and cytoskeletal modifications. Nimbolide, a major bioactive compound present in neem leaves, shows promising anti-cancer effect on various cancers. In this study, we have demonstrated the growth and metastasis inhibitory potential of nimbolide on TNBC cells. Nimbolide inhibited cell proliferation, migratory, and invasive abilities of TNBC cells and also changed the shape of MDA-MB-231 cells, which is correlated with cytoskeletal changes including actin depolymerization. Furthermore, analysis revealed that integrins αV and β3, ILK, FAK, and PAK levels were downregulated by nimbolide. Even in cells where Rac1/Cdc42 was constitutively activated, nimbolide inhibited the formation of filopodial structures. Immunofluorescence analysis of phosphorylated p21 activated kinase (pPAK) showed reduced expression in nimbolide-treated cells. Nimbolide significantly reduced the metastatic colony formation in lung, liver, and brain of athymic nude mice. In conclusion, our data demonstrate that nimbolide inhibits TNBC by altering the integrin and FAK signaling pathway.
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