cytoskeleton

Azadirachtin has antifungal activity, used as an insecticide.

2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (Hedonal) is a synthetic auxin used as a plant growth regulator and also used as a supplement in plant cell culture media. It is an active ingredient in herbicides used to disrupts the actin cytoskeleton for the control of root elongation and cell production.

Swinholide A is a polyketone compound that can be extracted from sponges and binds to actin to dimerize actin with Kd of about 50 nM. Swinholide A is a cytotoxin that stabilizes actin dimers and severs actin filaments. Swinholide A has antifungal activity and can damage the actin cytoskeleton of cells.

1. Cucurbitacin IIA (Dihydrocucurbitacin Q1) can induce apoptosis and enhance autophagy , contributes to the anti-inflammatory activity of Cucurbitacin IIA against inflammation-related diseases. 2. Cucurbitacin IIA is a novel class of anti-cancer drug in suppression of cancer cell expansion by disrupting the actin cytoskeleton and directing the cell to undergo PARP-mediated apoptosis through the inhibition of survivin downstream of JAK2 STAT3.

1. alpha-Cyperone (α-Cyperone) is a promising inhibitor of Hla production by S. aureus and protects lung cells from this bacterium. 2. alpha-Cyperone significantly inhibited PGE2 production by suppressing the LPS-induced expression of inducible COX-2 at both the mRNA and the protein levels , downregulated the production and mRNA expression of the inflammatory cytokine IL-6. 3. alpha-Cyperone inhibited actin cytoskeleton polymerization induced by APEC-O78 through down regulating the expression of Nck-2, Cdc42 and Rac1.

Vulpinic and gyrophoric acids are known as ultraviolet filters for natural lichen populations, they can effectively prevent cytotoxic, apoptotic and cytoskeleton alterative activities of 2.5 J cm(2) UVB in a dose-dependent manner, suggest that vulpinic and gyrophoric acids can be promising cosmetic ingredients to photo-protect human skin cells. Gyrophoric acid also has anti-proliferative cytotoxic effect.