%0 Journal Article %A WEI-TING CHEN %A CHENG-HSIEN CHEN %A HUNG-TAI SU %A PO-FU YUEH %A FEI-TING HSU %A I-TSANG CHIANG %T Amentoflavone Induces Cell-cycle Arrest, Apoptosis, and Invasion Inhibition in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Cells %D 2021 %R 10.21873/anticanres.14893 %J Anticancer Research %P 1357-1364 %V 41 %N 3 %X Background/Aim: Amentoflavone, an effective compound derived from medicinal plants, has been shown to boost therapeutic efficacy of chemotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, anti-NSCLC effect of amentoflavone is ambiguous. The major purpose of the present study was to verify the inhibitory effects of amentoflavone in NSCLC cells. Materials and Methods: The effects of amentoflavone on growth and invasion of NSCLC CL-1-5-F4 cells were evaluated by cell viability assay, flow cytometry, colony formation assay, nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) reporter gene assay, immunofluorescence staining, transwell invasion, and western blot assay. Results: Amentoflavone effectively induced cell growth inhibition, G1 cell-cycle arrest, apoptosis, and suppression of invasion. Furthermore, amentoflavone not only triggered expression of p27, cleaved caspase-3, -8 also reduced NF-κB signaling, protein levels of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2, -9, Cyclin-D1, and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF).Conclusion: Cell-cycle arrest, apoptosis induction, NF-κB signaling inhibition are associated with amentoflavone-inhibited growth and invasion of NSCLC cells. %U https://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/anticanres/41/3/1357.full.pdf