Ganciclovir
Catalog No.S1878 Synonyms: RS-21592, BW-759
Molecular Weight(MW): 255.23
Ganciclovir is an antiviral drug for feline herpesvirus type-1 with IC50 of 5.2 μM in a cell-free assay.
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| Description | Ganciclovir is an antiviral drug for feline herpesvirus type-1 with IC50 of 5.2 μM in a cell-free assay. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| In vitro |
Ganciclovir is metabolized to the triphosphate form by primarily three cellular enzymes: (1) a deoxyguanosine kinase induced by CMV-infected cells; (2) guanylate kinase; and (3) phosphoglycerate kinase. [1] Ganciclovir is sufficient to induce cell death in most bystander cells cocultured with HSV-tk-expressing cells. [2] Ganciclovir significantly reduces DNA synthesis in the transformed cells, whereas Ganciclovir has little effect on DNA synthesis in the nontransformed cells. Ganciclovir exhibits a concentration-dependent reduction in the rate of elongation into mature DNA. [3] Ganciclovir induces cell cycle arrests rather than direct chemical effect on HSVtk-transduced B16F10 melanoma cells. [4] Ganciclovir produces only weak inhibition of DNA synthesis. Ganciclovir-treated cells accumulate in early S-phase and remained there until cell death, suggesting that ganciclovir incorporation in the DNA template is important for cytotoxicity. [5] Ganciclovir-induced apoptosis is due to incorporation of the drug into DNA resulting in replication-dependent formation of DNA double-strand breaks and, at later stages, S and G2/M arrest. Ganciclovir-provoked DNA instability is likely to be responsible for the observed initial decline in Bcl-2 level and caspase-9/-3 activation. [6] |
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Protocol
Solubility (25°C)
| In vitro | DMSO | 27 mg/mL warmed (105.78 mM) |
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| Water | Insoluble | |
| Ethanol | Insoluble | |
| In vivo | Add solvents individually and in order: 4% DMSO+30% PEG 300+ddH2O |
2mg/mL |
* 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.
Chemical Information
| Molecular Weight | 255.23 |
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| Formula | C9H13N5O4 |
| CAS No. | 82410-32-0 |
| Storage | powder |
| Synonyms | RS-21592, BW-759 |
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Clinical Trial Information
| NCT Number | Recruitment | Conditions | Sponsor/Collaborators | Start Date | Phases |
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| NCT00034385 | Completed | Kidney Trasplant | National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) | April 24, 2002 | Phase 4 |
| NCT00001328 | Completed | Brain Neoplasm|Neoplasm Metastasis | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) | August 21, 1992 | Phase 1 |
| NCT02927067 | Not yet recruiting | Cytomegalovirus (CMV) | Shire | March 2017 | Phase 3 |
| NCT03004261 | Recruiting | Cytomegalovirus Infections|Hematological Disease | Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine | November 2016 | Phase 4 |
| NCT02606266 | Not yet recruiting | Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV) | Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris | October 2016 | Phase 2|Phase 3 |
| NCT02871401 | Not yet recruiting | Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis | Vanderbilt University|Genentech, Inc. | September 2016 | Phase 1 |
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