4-Methylumbelliferone (4-MU)

Catalog No.S2256 Batch:S225602

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Technical Data

Formula

C10H8O3

Molecular Weight 176.17 CAS No. 90-33-5
Solubility (25°C)* In vitro DMSO 35 mg/mL (198.67 mM)
Ethanol 35 mg/mL (198.67 mM)
Water Insoluble
* <1 mg/ml means slightly soluble or insoluble.
* Please note that Selleck tests the solubility of all compounds in-house, and the actual solubility may differ slightly from published values. This is normal and is due to slight batch-to-batch variations.
* Room temperature shipping (Stability testing shows this product can be shipped without any cooling measures.)

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Biological Activity

Description 4-Methylumbelliferone is a hyaluronic acid (HA) synthesis inhibitor with an IC50 of 0.4 mM.

Protocol (from reference)

Selleck's 4-Methylumbelliferone (4-MU) has been cited by 6 publications

Super Enhancer Driven Hyaluronan Synthase 3 Promotes Malignant Progression of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma [ J Cancer, 2023, 14(10):1751-1762] PubMed: 37476195
Super Enhancer Driven Hyaluronan Synthase 3 Promotes Malignant Progression of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma [ J Cancer, 2023, 14(10):1751-1762] PubMed: 37476195
SARS-CoV-2 RNA elements share human sequence identity and upregulate hyaluronan via NamiRNA-enhancer network [ EBioMedicine, 2022, 76:103861] PubMed: 35124429
The Pro-fibrotic Response of Mesenchymal Leader Cells to Lens Wounding Involves Hyaluronic Acid, Its Receptor RHAMM, and Vimentin [ Front Cell Dev Biol, 2022, 10:862423] PubMed: 35386200
An antiviral drug screening system for enterovirus 71 based on an improved plaque assay: A potential high-throughput method [ J Med Virol, 2019, 91(8):1440-1447] PubMed: 30900754
Hyaluronan-CD44/RHAMM interaction-dependent cell proliferation and survival in lung cancer cells [ Mol Carcinog, 2019, 58(3):321-333] PubMed: 30365189

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