Leucovorin (Folinic acid) Calcium Pentahydrate

Catalog No.S1236 Batch:S123605

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Technical Data

Formula

C20H31CaN7O12

Molecular Weight 601.58 CAS No. 6035-45-6
Solubility (25°C)* In vitro Water 100 mg/mL (166.22 mM)
DMSO Insoluble
Ethanol 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 Leucovorin (Folinic acid) Calcium Pentahydrate is a derivative of folic acid, which can be used to increase levels of folic acid under conditions favoring folic acid inhibition.Solutions are unstable and should be fresh-prepared.
Targets
thymidylate synthase [1]
In vitro

Leucovorin administration increases the level of reduced folates in tissues, which promotes the inhibition of thymidylate synthase in two murine colon tumors. [1] Leucovorin, Gemcitabine, Oxaliplatin, and 5-fluorouracil is a powerful antitumor and immunomodulating regimen that can make the tumor cells a suitable means to induce an Ag-specific CTL response. [2] Leucovorin (20 mM) increases the cytotoxicity in all three replicate experiments in 10 of the 11 human colorectal carcinoma cell lines. [3] Leucovorin enhances cytotoxicity of trimetrexate/fluorouracil, but not methotrexate/fluorouracil, in CCRF-CEM cells. [4] Leucovorin (LV) is a reduced folate cofactor that competes with RTX for transport and polyglutamation in both tumor and normal tissues and thus has potential as a rescue agent. Leucovorin reverses the growth-inhibitory, and potentially cytotoxic, effects of RTX on populations of viable cells. [5]

In vivo

Leucovorin (200 mg/kg), which is given after the onset of severe weight loss and diarrhea (twice daily, days 5-7) in mice, prevents further weight loss and induces earlier recovery. Leucovorin (100 or 200 mg/kg; twice daily on days 4-6) reduces the RTX concentration in the liver 2-4-fold on days 7, 9, and 11 compared with controls. [5] Leucovorin/5-FU and Gastrimmune (200 mg/mL) combinations (12.5 and 20 mg/kg) increase the therapeutic effects on the in vivo growth of DHDK12 tumors when compared to the agents given singly. [6]

Protocol (from reference)

Selleck's Leucovorin (Folinic acid) Calcium Pentahydrate has been cited by 10 publications

Signaling-induced systematic repression of miRNAs uncovers cancer vulnerabilities and targeted therapy sensitivity [ Cell Rep Med, 2023, 4(10):101200] PubMed: 37734378
Signaling-induced systematic repression of miRNAs uncovers cancer vulnerabilities and targeted therapy sensitivity [ Cell Rep Med, 2023, S2666-3791(23)00367-1] PubMed: 37734378
Synergistic Effect of Lenvatinib and Chemotherapy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using Preclinical Models [ J Hepatocell Carcinoma, 2023, 10:483-495] PubMed: 37007211
3D imaging analysis on an organoid-based platform guides personalized treatment in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [ J Clin Invest, 2022, 132(24)e151604] PubMed: 36282600
Multifocal Organoid Capturing of Colon Cancer Reveals Pervasive Intratumoral Heterogenous Drug Responses [ Adv Sci (Weinh), 2021, e2103360] PubMed: 34918496
Zinc finger protein 91 accelerates tumour progression by activating β-catenin signalling in pancreatic cancer [ Cell Prolif, 2021, e13031] PubMed: 33755268
The folate antagonist methotrexate diminishes replication of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and enhances the antiviral efficacy of remdesivir in cell culture models [ Virus Res, 2021, 302:198469] PubMed: 34090962
Maintenance Therapy for ATM-Deficient Pancreatic Cancer by Multiple DNA Damage Response Interferences after Platinum-Based Chemotherapy [ Cells, 2020, 9(9)E2110] PubMed: 32948057
FOLFIRINOX Versus Gemcitabine-based Therapy for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Lessons from Patient-derived Cell Lines [ Anticancer Res, 2020, 40(7):3659-3667] PubMed: 32620605
Repurposing FDA-approved drugs for anti-aging therapies. [ Biogerontology, 2016, 17(5-6):907-920] PubMed: 27484416

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