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A9809

Sigma-Aldrich

Amsacrine hydrochloride

≥98% (TLC), powder

Synonym(s):

4-(9-Acridinylamino)-N-(methanesulfonyl)-m-anisidine hydrochloride, m-AMSA

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C21H19N3O3S · HCl
CAS Number:
54301-15-4
Molecular Weight:
429.92
MDL number:
MFCD07799963
UNSPSC Code:
51111800
PubChem Substance ID:
24278248
NACRES:
NA.77

Quality Level

200

Assay

≥98% (TLC)

form

powder

color

red to brown

mp

197-199 °C (lit.)

solubility

DMSO: 10 mg/mL (with heat and sonication)
30% ethanol: 4 mg/mL

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

Cl.COc1cc(NS(C)(=O)=O)ccc1Nc2c3ccccc3nc4ccccc24

InChI

1S/C21H19N3O3S.ClH/c1-27-20-13-14(24-28(2,25)26)11-12-19(20)23-21-15-7-3-5-9-17(15)22-18-10-6-4-8-16(18)21;/h3-13,24H,1-2H3,(H,22,23);1H

InChI key

WDISRLXRMMTXEV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Gene Information

human ... TOP2A(7153) , TOP2B(7155)

Application

Amsacrine hydrochloride has been used:
  • as a topoisomerase poison in bacteriophage T4 topoisomerase assay
  • as a topoisomerase inhibitor in Drosophila cell line, Kc167
  • as an antileukemia drug to test its effect on p53 transcriptional activity in tumor xenografts
  • as a topoisomerase II poison in dose-response assays in C elegans

Biochem/physiol Actions

Amsacrine (m-AMSA) is a derivative of acridine and an antileukemia drug. It is an anticancer drug with antineoplastic activity that targets topoisomerase II. AMSA is an apoptosis inducer and favors the accumulation of double-stranded breaks (DSBs). It also inhibits the expression of matrix metallopeptidase 2 (MMP-2) and MMP-9 expression in leukemia cells by generating reactive oxygen species (ROS). AMSA serves as an adjuvant in trabeculectomy surgery.
Amsacrine hydrochloride is a DNA topoisomerase II inhibitor.

Pictograms

Skull and crossbonesHealth hazard
GHS06,GHS08

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H301,H317,H341,H351,H361d

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Carc. 2 - Muta. 2 - Repr. 2 - Skin Sens. 1

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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Kotaro Yamamoto et al.
Scientific reports, 9(1), 19288-19288 (2019-12-19)
Treatments for refractory glaucoma include trabeculectomy, in which a filtering bleb is created to reduce aqueous pressure. Mitomycin C (MMC) is often used as an adjuvant to reduce post-trabeculectomy bleb scarring and consequent failure. However, scarring sometimes still occurs. Thus
Adrien Marchand et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140(39), 12553-12565 (2018-09-06)
Designing ligands targeting G-quadruplex nucleic acid structures and affecting cellular processes is complicated because there are multiple target sequences and some are polymorphic. Further, structure alone does not reveal the driving forces for ligand binding. To know why a ligand
R A Davey et al.
Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology, 39(5), 424-430 (1997-01-01)
The effectiveness of N-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]acridine-4-carboxamide (DACA) relative to that of amsacrine, idarubicin, daunorubicin and paclitaxel against three different forms of multidrug resistance (MDR) was determined using two sublines of the CCRF-CEM human leukaemia cell line, the P-glyco-protein-expressing CEM/VLB100 subline and the
C Negri et al.
Biochimie, 77(11), 893-899 (1995-01-01)
We have analyzed the interference of antitumoral drugs acting through the inhibition of DNA topoisomerase II on the human HeLa cell metabolism. Different compounds characterized by a diverse mechanism of action have been used, namely m-amsacrine, an intercalative drug, etoposide
E M Nelson et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 81(5), 1361-1365 (1984-03-01)
The intercalative acridine derivative 4'-(9-acridinylamino)methanesulfon-m-anisidide (m-AMSA), but not its isomer o-AMSA, is a potent antitumor drug that in mammalian cells stimulates the formation of DNA strand breaks that are characterized by tightly bound proteins. Using purified mammalian DNA topoisomerases, we
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