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Bicalutamide (CDX)

≥98% (HPLC), powder

Synonym(s):

Casodex, Cosudex, N-[4-Cyano-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-3-[(4-fluorophenyl)sulfonyl]-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropanamide

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C18H14F4N2O4S
CAS Number:
90357-06-5
Molecular Weight:
430.37
MDL number:
MFCD00869971
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
PubChem Substance ID:
329773312
NACRES:
NA.77

Assay

≥98% (HPLC)

form

powder

storage condition

desiccated
protect from light

solubility

DMSO: >5 mg/mL
H2O: insoluble

originator

AstraZeneca

SMILES string

CC(O)(CS(=O)(=O)c1ccc(F)cc1)C(=O)Nc2ccc(C#N)c(c2)C(F)(F)F

InChI

1S/C18H14F4N2O4S/c1-17(26,10-29(27,28)14-6-3-12(19)4-7-14)16(25)24-13-5-2-11(9-23)15(8-13)18(20,21)22/h2-8,26H,10H2,1H3,(H,24,25)

InChI key

LKJPYSCBVHEWIU-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Gene Information

human ... AR(367)

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Application

Bicalutamide (CDX) has been used as an androgen receptor (AR) antagonist in prostate, bladder cancer cell lines and human fetal skeletal muscle cells. It has also been used as a supplement in RPMI 1640 for culturing androgen-independent LNCaP (LNCaP-AI) cell line.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Bicalutamide (CDX) is a non-steriodal Androgen Receptor (AR) antagonist and a pure antiandrogen. It acts via balancing histone acetylation/deacetylation and recruitment of coregulators. Bicalutamide (CDX) abolishes androgen-mediated expression. For example, MMP13 upregulation in prostate cancer, PLZF (promyelocytic leukemia zinc finger protein), and GADD45γ (growth arrest and DNA damage inducible, gamma). Bicalutamide (CDX) is inhibited by non-genomic, transcription-independent stimulation of PI3K/AKT phosphorylation by androgens.

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Pictograms

Health hazardEnvironment
GHS08,GHS09

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H351,H360FD,H410

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Chronic 1 - Carc. 2 - Repr. 1B

Storage Class Code

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

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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Päivi Östling et al.
Cancer research, 71(5), 1956-1967 (2011-02-24)
Androgen receptor (AR) is expressed in all stages of prostate cancer progression, including in castration-resistant tumors. Eliminating AR function continues to represent a focus of therapeutic investigation, but AR regulatory mechanisms remain poorly understood. To systematically characterize mechanisms involving microRNAs
Benoît Boutin et al.
The Prostate, 73(10), 1090-1102 (2013-03-28)
Treatment of advanced prostate cancer (PCa) relies on pharmacological or surgical androgen deprivation. However, it is only temporarily efficient. After a few months or years, the tumor relapses despite the absence of androgenic stimulation: a state referred to as hormone-refractory
Reactive stroma component COL6A1 is upregulated in castration-resistant prostate cancer and promotes tumor growth
Zhu YP, et al.
Testing, 6(16), 14488-14488 (2015)
Testosterone insulin-like effects: an in vitro study on the short-term metabolic effects of testosterone in human skeletal muscle cells
Antinozzi C, et al.
Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, 40(10), 1133-1143 (2017)
Maha Hussain et al.
The New England journal of medicine, 368(14), 1314-1325 (2013-04-05)
Castration resistance occurs in most patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer who are receiving androgen-deprivation therapy. Replacing androgens before progression of the disease is hypothesized to prolong androgen dependence. Men with newly diagnosed, metastatic, hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, a performance status
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