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Apicidin

≥98% (HPLC), from microbial

Synonym(s):

Cyclo[(2S)-2-amino-8-oxodecanoyl-1-methoxy-L-tryptophyl-L-isoleucyl-(2R)-2-piperidinexcarbonyl]

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C34H49N5O6
CAS Number:
183506-66-3
Molecular Weight:
623.78
MDL number:
MFCD03452661
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
PubChem Substance ID:
329771019
NACRES:
NA.77

biological source

microbial

Quality Level

200

sterility

non-sterile

Assay

≥98% (HPLC)

form

solid

solubility

DMSO: ~1 mg/mL

antibiotic activity spectrum

parasites

Mode of action

enzyme | inhibits

shipped in

wet ice

storage temp.

−20°C

SMILES string

[H][C@]12CCCCN1C(=O)[C@@H](NC(=O)[C@H](Cc3cn(OC)c4ccccc34)NC(=O)[C@H](CCCCCC(=O)CC)NC2=O)C(C)CC

InChI

1S/C34H49N5O6/c1-5-22(3)30-34(44)38-19-13-12-18-29(38)33(43)35-26(16-9-7-8-14-24(40)6-2)31(41)36-27(32(42)37-30)20-23-21-39(45-4)28-17-11-10-15-25(23)28/h10-11,15,17,21-22,26-27,29-30H,5-9,12-14,16,18-20H2,1-4H3,(H,35,43)(H,36,41)(H,37,42)/t22?,26-,27-,29+,30?/m0/s1

InChI key

JWOGUUIOCYMBPV-PYAAAQPJSA-N

General description

Apicidin is a cyclic tetrapeptide fungal metabolite.

Application

Apicidin has been used as a histone deacetylase 2 (HDAC2) inhibitor to study its effects on 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) mRNA expression in cell lines of Mono Mac6. It has also been used to study the effects of toll-like receptor 8 (TLR-8) stimulation and histone modification on the expression of an activator protein 1 [AP-1] family member(Fra-2) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 (TIMP-1) in monocytes.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Apicidin is a potent inhibitor of histone deacetylase (HDAC). It particularlyinhibits histone deacetylase 1 and 3 (HDAC1 and HDAC3). Apicidin exhibits anti-protozoal activity against apicomplexan metabolite produced by parasites. It also possesses anti-proliferative activity against several cancer cell lines. Apicidin shows anti-cancer activity against human acute promyelocytic leukemia cell.

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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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Kwon, S.H., et al.
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 18, 2073-2073 (2002)
J S Kim et al.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 281(4), 866-871 (2001-03-10)
Apicidin [cyclo(N-O-methyl-L-tryptophanyl-L-isoleucinyl-D-pipecolinyl-l-2-amino-8-oxodecanoyl)], a novel histone deacetylase inhibitor, has been identified as an antiprotozoal and antiproliferative agent. In this study, we show apicidin induces transcriptional activation of p21(WAF1/CIP1) (p21) in human prostate carcinoma cells. Apicidin induces expression of p21 protein and
Beatrix Meltzer et al.
Virology, 518, 241-252 (2018-03-20)
In HIV infected macrophages, a large population of viral genomes persists as the unintegrated form (uDNA) that is transcriptionally active. However, how this transcriptional activity is controlled remains unclear. In this report, we investigated whether Tat, the viral transactivator of
J W Han et al.
Cancer research, 60(21), 6068-6074 (2000-11-21)
Apicidin [cyclo(N-O-methyl-L-tryptophanyl-L-isoleucinyl-D-pipecolinyl -L-2-amino-8-oxodecanoyl)] is a fungal metabolite shown to exhibit antiparasitic activity by the inhibition of histone deacetylase (HDAC). In this study, we evaluated apicidin as a potential antiproliferative agent. Apicidin showed a broad spectrum of antiproliferative activity against various
Jeong Gu Kang et al.
Scientific reports, 9(1), 11960-11960 (2019-08-21)
Despite the increased interest in epigenetic research, its progress has been hampered by a lack of satisfactory tools to control epigenetic factors in specific genomic regions. Until now, many attempts to manipulate DNA methylation have been made using drugs but
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