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D5817

DMXAA

≥98% (HPLC), solid, apoptosis inducer

Synonym(s):

5,6-Dimethylxanthenone-4-acetic Acid, ASA404, Vadimezan

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C17H14O4
CAS Number:
117570-53-3
Molecular Weight:
282.29
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
PubChem Substance ID:
24724464
NACRES:
NA.77
MDL number:
MFCD00870555
Assay:
≥98% (HPLC)
Form:
solid
Quality level:
100

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Product Name

DMXAA, ≥98% (HPLC), solid

SMILES string

Cc1ccc2C(=O)c3cccc(CC(O)=O)c3Oc2c1C

InChI key

XGOYIMQSIKSOBS-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C17H14O4/c1-9-6-7-13-15(20)12-5-3-4-11(8-14(18)19)17(12)21-16(13)10(9)2/h3-7H,8H2,1-2H3,(H,18,19)

assay

≥98% (HPLC)

form

solid

color

light brown

solubility

DMSO: soluble >10 mg/mL

storage temp.

2-8°C

Quality Level

100

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Application

5,6-dimethylxanthenone-4-acetic acid (DMXAA) has been used to induce type-I IFN signaling in a stimulator of interferon genes (STING) dependent manner. It has also been used to study STING-dependent signaling in the absence of infection.

Biochem/physiol Actions

DMXAA is an apoptosis inducer; anti-vascular.

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General description

5,6-dimethylxanthenone-4-acetic acid (DMXAA) is a flavone acetic acid derivative. It acts as a vascular disrupting agent (VDA), which damages tumor vasculature and stimulates an anti-tumor immune response. It stimulates hemorrhagic necrosis.

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GHS07,GHS09

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hcodes

H302,H400

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves

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J Guerra et al.
Science advances, 6(21), eaax3333-eaax3333 (2020-06-05)
Inflammation is an essential part of immunity against pathogens and tumors but can promote disease if not tightly regulated. Self and non-self-nucleic acids can trigger inflammation, through recognition by the cyclic GMP-AMP (cGAMP) synthetase (cGAS) and subsequent activation of the
Gary R Martin et al.
Scientific reports, 9(1), 14281-14281 (2019-10-05)
Detection of cytoplasmic DNA by the host's innate immune system is essential for microbial and endogenous pathogen recognition. In mammalian cells, an important sensor is the stimulator of interferon genes (STING) protein, which upon activation by bacterially-derived cyclic dinucleotides (cDNs)
Bruce C Baguley
The Lancet. Oncology, 4(3), 141-148 (2003-03-08)
The vascular endothelium of tumour tissue, which differs in several ways from that of normal tissues, is a potential target for selective anticancer therapy. By contrast with antiangiogenic agents, antivascular agents target the endothelial cells of existing tumour blood vessels
Christina M Buchanan et al.
Clinical science (London, England : 1979), 122(10), 449-457 (2011-12-07)
The flavone acetic acid derivative DMXAA [5,6-dimethylXAA (xanthenone-4-acetic acid), Vadimezan, ASA404] is a drug that displayed vascular-disrupting activity and induced haemorrhagic necrosis and tumour regression in pre-clinical animal models. Both immune-mediated and non-immune-mediated effects contributed to the tumour regression. The
Non-canonical NF-κB Antagonizes STING Sensor-Mediated DNA Sensing in Radiotherapy
Hou Y, et al.
Immunity, 49(3), 490-503 (2018)
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