microtubules

Naphthazarin (5,8-Dihydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone) is effective by various cellular mechanisms including oxidative stress, activation of mitochondrial apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF), depolymerization of microtubules, interference with lysosomal function and p53-dependent p21 activation. It triggers apoptosis and has anti-tumor effects

Vincristine sulfate is an alkaloidal natural product that binds to microtubule proteins and inhibits the formation of microtubules, thereby inhibiting mitosis in tumor cells. Vincristine sulfate is used as a microtubule destabilizing agent in research studies for the treatment of hematologic neoplasms such as leukemias and lymphomas, as well as in studies related to sarcomas in children.

Maytansine (NSC-153858), an ansamycin antibiotic originally isolated from the Ethiopian shrub Maytenus serrata, inhibits the assembly of microtubules by binding to tubulin at the rhizoxin binding site.

Disermolide is a polyketide natural product found to stabilize microtubules. Disermolide was found to be a potent inhibitor of tumor cell growth in several MDR cancer cell lines.

Vincristine binds to tubulin and inhibits the formation of microtubules, thereby inhibiting mitosis of the cancer cell. Vincristine can be used as a microtubule-destabilizing agent for research on the treatment of hematologic cancers, such as leukemia and

Taxezopidines K and taxezopidine L can markedly inhibit Ca2+-induced depolymerization of microtubules.