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Etoposide

synthetic, 95.0-105.0%, powder

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Synonym(s):
4′-Demethylepipodophyllotoxin 9-(4,6-O-ethylidene-β-D-glucopyranoside), VP-16-213
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C29H32O13
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
588.56
EC Number:
MDL number:
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.77

biological source

synthetic

Quality Level

Assay

95.0-105.0%

form

powder

color

white to off-white

pKa 

9.8

mp

236-251 °C (lit.)

antibiotic activity spectrum

neoplastics

Mode of action

DNA synthesis | interferes
enzyme | inhibits

originator

Teva

SMILES string

COc1cc(cc(OC)c1O)[C@H]2[C@@H]3[C@H](COC3=O)[C@H](O[C@@H]4O[C@@H]5CO[C@@H](C)O[C@H]5[C@H](O)[C@H]4O)c6cc7OCOc7cc26

InChI

1S/C29H32O13/c1-11-36-9-20-27(40-11)24(31)25(32)29(41-20)42-26-14-7-17-16(38-10-39-17)6-13(14)21(22-15(26)8-37-28(22)33)12-4-18(34-2)23(30)19(5-12)35-3/h4-7,11,15,20-22,24-27,29-32H,8-10H2,1-3H3/t11-,15+,20-,21-,22+,24-,25-,26-,27-,29+/m1/s1

InChI key

VJJPUSNTGOMMGY-MRVIYFEKSA-N

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General description

Etoposide is synthesised from podophyllotoxins of plants.

Application

Etoposide has been used:
  • to prepare drug stock solution in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and also to profile and compare the sensitivity of DT40 mutant cells
  • to incubate cells for cell viability assay
  • to treat neuro-2A cells to induce programmed cell death

Biochem/physiol Actions

Etoposide is an antitumor agent that complexes with topoisomerase II and DNA to enhance double-strand and single-strand cleavage of DNA and reversibly inhibit religation. Blocks the cell cycle in in S-phase and G2-phase of the cell cycle; induces apoptosis in normal and tumor cell lines; inhibits synthesis of the oncoprotein Mdm2 and induces apoptosis in tumor lines that overexpress Mdm2.
Etoposide is used in treating advanced testicular cancer, Kaposi′s sarcoma, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), SCLC (small cell lung cancer) and lymphoma.

Features and Benefits

This compound is a featured product for ADME Tox and Apoptosis research. Discover more featured ADME Tox and Apoptosis products. Learn more about bioactive small molecules for other areas of research at sigma.com/discover-bsm.
This compound was developed by Teva. To browse the list of other pharma-developed compounds and Approved Drugs/Drug Candidates, click here.

Packaging

Bottomless glass bottle. Contents are inside inserted fused cone.

Pictograms

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Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Carc. 1B - Repr. 2

Storage Class Code

6.1C - Combustible, acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

WGK

WGK 3

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Loss of TBL1XR1 disrupts glucocorticoid receptor recruitment to chromatin and results in glucocorticoid resistance in a B-lymphoblastic leukemia model
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Differential and common DNA repair pathways for topoisomerase I-and II-targeted drugs in a genetic DT40 repair cell screen panel
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The latency-related gene of bovine herpesvirus 1 inhibits programmed cell death
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Apoptosis, or programmed cell death (PCD), is a selective process for the removal of unnecessary, infected or transformed cells in various biological systems. As it plays a role in the homeostasis of multicellular organisms, apoptosis is tightly regulated through two principal pathways by a number of regulatory and effector molecules.

Cell cycle phases (G1, S, G2, M) regulate cell growth, DNA replication, and division in proliferating cells.

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