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Cyclopamine

Cyclopamine

Catalog No.

A8340

Hedgehog (Hh) signaling Inhibitor

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Size	Price	Stock
10mM (in 1mL DMSO)	$55.00	In stock
Evaluation Sample	$30.00	In stock
5mg	$50.00	In stock
10mg	$65.00	In stock
25mg	$100.00	In stock

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Background
Product Citation
Chemical Properties
Protocol
Biological Activity
Quality Control

Background

Cyclopamine is a naturally occurring Hedgehog (Hh)?specific small?molecule signaling steroidal alkaloid inhibitor, causes a profound inhibition of tumor growth, has significant anti?invasive, anti?proliferative and anti?estrogenic potency in human breast cancer cells [2] [1]. The EC50 of cyclopamine is 10.57 μM, it was identified by an FXR-bla (farnesoid X receptor- b-lactamase) assay [3].

Hh signaling pathway plays a critical role in embryonic development and tumorigenesis [4]. Hh signaling pathway shows saliency in regulating cellular proliferation and differentiation in a wide array of human tissues. It is related to aberrant cell survival in numerous human malignancies, ranging from BCCs and medulloblastomas to small cell lung, gastrointestinal, breast and prostate tumors [1].

Treated with cyclopamine (10 or 20 μM) only and incubated for time periods ranging from 0 to10 days, MCF-7 cells and MDA?MB?231 cells displayed a significant reduction in proliferation rate compared with the control cells on days 3 and 6 (P

Embryoes exposed to cyclopamine resulted in visible external defects, including cyclopia, proboscis formation, microphthalmia, thoracic lordosis, amelia and decreased body size. Examination of gastrointestinal organs revealed severe deficits, including less length of the gut tube and mesenchymal cell numbers in foregut-derived organs. Ectopic structures in duodenum, stomach, and dorsal pancreas were also found [5].

References:
[1]. Marc J. Meth and Jeffrey M. Weinberg. Cyclopamine: Inhibiting Hedgehog in the Treatment of Psoriasis. Continuing Medical Education, 2006, 78: 185-188.
[2]. Jun Che, Fu-Zheng Zhang, Chao-Qian Zhao, et al. Cyclopamine is a novel Hedgehog signaling inhibitor with significant anti?proliferative, anti?invasive and anti?estrogenic potency in human breast cancer cells. Oncology Letters, 2013, 5: 1417-1421.
[3]. Chia-Wen Hsu, Jinghua Zhao, Ruili Huang, et al. Quantitative High-Throughput Profiling of Environmental Chemicals and Drugs that Modulate Farnesoid X Receptor. Scientific Reports, 2014, 4: 6437.
[4]. Robert J. Lipinski, Paul R. Hutson, Paul W. Hannam, et al. Dose- and Route-Dependent Teratogenicity, Toxicity, and Pharmacokinetic Profiles of the Hedgehog Signaling Antagonist Cyclopamine in the Mouse. Toxicological Sciences, 2008, 104(1):189-197.
[5]. Seung K. Kim and Douglas A. Melton. Pancreas development is promoted by cyclopamine, a Hedgehog signaling inhibitor. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 1998, 95: 13036-13041.

Product Citation

1. Fan SM, Chang YT, et al. "External light activates hair follicle stem cells through eyes via an ipRGC-SCN-sympathetic neural pathway." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Jul 17;115(29):E6880-E6889. PMID:29959210

Chemical Properties

Physical Appearance	A solid
Storage	Store at -20°C
M.Wt	411.62
Cas No.	4449-51-8
Formula	C₂₇H₄₁NO₂
Synonyms	11-Deoxojervine
Solubility	insoluble in EtOH; insoluble in H2O; ≥6.86 mg/mL in DMSO
Chemical Name	(3S,3'R,3'aS,6'S,6aS,6bS,7'aR,9R,11aS,11bR)-3',6',10,11b-tetramethylspiro[2,3,4,6,6a,6b,7,8,11,11a-decahydro-1H-benzo[a]fluorene-9,2'-3a,4,5,6,7,7a-hexahydro-3H-furo[3,2-b]pyridine]-3-ol
SDF	Download SDF
Canonical SMILES	CC1CC2C(C(C3(O2)CCC4C5CC=C6CC(CCC6(C5CC4=C3C)C)O)C)NC1
Shipping Condition	Small Molecules with Blue Ice, Modified Nucleotides with Dry Ice.
General tips	We do not recommend long-term storage for the solution, please use it up soon.

Protocol

Cell experiment: [1]
Cell lines	AA/C1, RG/C2, CaCo2, HT29 and SW480 cells
Preparation method	The solubility of this compound in DMSO is
Reaction Conditions	20 μM, 48 hours for cell yield inhibition 10 μM, 48 hours for apoptosis induction (measured by PARP expression)
Applications	Treatment of cyclopamine significantly reduced cell yield in all the tested human colorectal tumour cell lines with a dose-dependent manner. Cyclopamine also remarkably induced apoptosis in each of the cell lines. The CaCo2 cell line showed particular sensitivity to cyclopamine-induced apoptosis.
Animal experiment: [2]
Animal models	C57BL/6J mice
Dosage form	Intraperitoneal injection, 160 mg/kg/day for 31 hours.
Applications	Cyclopamine showed teratogenic potential in the tested animals. Affected embryos were slightly smaller than normal littermates and exhibited mild blunting of the snout as well as cleft lip and palate. Embryos exhibited unilateral and bilateral complete cleft lip with clefts extending into the primary and secondary palate. Facial clefts were often accompanied by open eyelid defects and in one embryo by forelimb syndactyly.
Other notes	Please test the solubility of all compounds indoor, and the actual solubility may slightly differ with the theoretical value. This is caused by an experimental system error and it is normal.
References: [1] Qualtrough D, Buda A, Gaffield W, et al. Hedgehog signalling in colorectal tumour cells: induction of apoptosis with cyclopamine treatment. International journal of cancer, 2004, 110(6): 831-837. [2] Lipinski R J, Hutson P R, Hannam P W, et al. Dose-and route-dependent teratogenicity, toxicity, and pharmacokinetic profiles of the hedgehog signaling antagonist cyclopamine in the mouse. Toxicological sciences, 2008, 104(1): 189-197.

Biological Activity

Description	Purmorphamine is a blocker of BODIPY-cyclopamine binding to Smo with IC50 of ~ 1.5 μM and also is an inducer of osteoblast differentiation with EC50 of 1 μM.
Targets	Smoothened (Smo)
IC50	46 nM