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Norcantharidin

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C8H8O4
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
168.15
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352202
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.77

form

solid

SMILES string

O=C1OC(=O)C2C3CCC(O3)C12

InChI

1S/C8H8O4/c9-7-5-3-1-2-4(11-3)6(5)8(10)12-7/h3-6H,1-2H2

InChI key

JAABVEXCGCXWRR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Gene Information

human ... PPP2R5A(5525)

General description

Norcantharidin (NCTD) is a demethylated derivative of cantharidin (CTD).

Application

Norcantharidin has been used in primary cell culture and treatment. It has also been used to treat mice inoculated with Huh7 cells subcutaneously.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Norcantharidin is a potential antitumor agent. Norcantharidin helps to block SK-N-SH neuroblastoma cell growth by stimulating autophagy and apoptosis.

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Chao-Bin Yeh et al.
PloS one, 7(2), e31055-e31055 (2012-03-01)
The rate of morbidity and mortality of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Taiwan has not lessened because of difficulty in treating tumor metastasis. Norcantharidin (NCTD) is currently used as an anticancer drug for hepatoma, breast cancer, and colorectal adenocarcinoma. NCTD possesses
Norcantharidin modulates the miR-30a/Metadherin/AKT signaling axis to suppress proliferation and metastasis of stromal tumor cells in giant cell tumor of bone
Chen F, et al.
Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy, 103, 1092-1100 (2018)
C Y Hong et al.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 276(1), 278-285 (2000-09-28)
Norcantharidin (NCTD), a synthetic analogue of phosphatase type 2A inhibitors, cantharidin, was shown to have limited effects in treating human and animal tumors. The tumor cell killing mechanisms by norcantharidin, however, remain unclear. In this report, we wished to investigate
Norcantharidin inhibits SK-N-SH neuroblastoma cell growth by induction of autophagy and apoptosis
Han Z, et al.
Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment, 16(1), 33-44 (2017)
Rebekah E Wharton et al.
Toxins, 11(12) (2019-12-19)
Microcystins (MC) and nodularin (NOD) are toxins released by cyanobacteria during harmful algal blooms. They are potent inhibitors of protein phosphatases 1 and 2A (PP1 and PP2A) and cause a variety of adverse symptoms in humans and animals if ingested.

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