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Sigma-Aldrich

DL-2-Aminoadipic acid

≥99% (TLC), powder, gliotoxic

Synonym(s):

DL-α-Aminoadipic acid

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Linear Formula:
HO2C(CH2)3CH(NH2)CO2H
CAS Number:
542-32-5
Molecular Weight:
161.16
EC Number:
208-809-2
MDL number:
MFCD00063119
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
PubChem Substance ID:
24890441
NACRES:
NA.32

product name

DL-2-Aminoadipic acid, ≥99%

Quality Level

200

Assay

≥99%

form

powder

mp

196-198 °C (lit.)

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

NC(CCCC(O)=O)C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C6H11NO4/c7-4(6(10)11)2-1-3-5(8)9/h4H,1-3,7H2,(H,8,9)(H,10,11)

InChI key

OYIFNHCXNCRBQI-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Gene Information

rat ... Grin2b(24410)

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Application

DL-2-Aminoadipic acid (AAA) has been used as an astrotoxin to kill astrocytes that prevent efficient integration of transplanted cells into the retina. It has also been used as a gliotoxin to study the effect of astrocytic swelling on the tortuosity.

Biochem/physiol Actions

DL-2-Aminoadipic acid (AAA) is a six-carbon homolog of glutamate and a gliotoxic compound. It is generally used to considerably reduce the number of astroglia in cerebellar cultures that acts as a model to study the mechanisms of a-aminoadipic acid induced glial toxicity.

Pictograms

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GHS07

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

H317

Hazard Classifications

Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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H Bräuner-Osborne et al.
Journal of medicinal chemistry, 39(16), 3188-3194 (1996-08-02)
The homologous series of acidic amino acids, ranging from aspartic acid (1) to 2-aminosuberic acid (5), and the corresponding series of 3-isoxazolol bioisosteres of these amino acids, ranging from (RS)-2-amino-2-(3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazol-4-yl)acetic acid (AMAA, 6) to (RS)-2-amino-6-(3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazol-4-yl)hexanoic acid (10), were tested as
Saadet Mercimek-Mahmutoglu et al.
Pediatrics, 129(5), e1368-e1372 (2012-04-25)
Pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy (PDE) was first described in 1954. The ALDH7A1 gene mutations resulting in α-aminoadipic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency as a cause of PDE was identified only in 2005. Neonatal epileptic encephalopathy is the presenting feature in >50% of patients with
Bhagyalaxmi S Ganesh et al.
PloS one, 6(3), e18305-e18305 (2011-04-13)
Reactive gliosis is a hallmark of many retinal neurodegenerative conditions, including glaucoma. Although a majority of studies to date have concentrated on reactive gliosis in the optic nerve head, very few studies have been initiated to investigate the role of
Gliotoxic effects of $\alpha$-aminoadipic acid on monolayer cultures of dissociated postnatal mouse cerebellum
Huck S, et al.
Neuroscience, 12(3), 783-791 (1984)
The toxic effect of sodium glutamate and DL-$\alpha$-aminoadipic acid on rat retina: Changes in high affinity uptake of putative transmitters
Karlsen RL, et al.
Journal of Neurochemistry, 31(4), 1055-1061 (1978)
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