Methyl methanesulfonate

Catalog No.E0609 Batch:E060904

Technical Data

Formula	C₂H₆O₃S
Molecular Weight	110.13	CAS No.	66-27-3
Solubility (25°C)*	In vitro


* <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.)

Biological Activity

Description

Methyl methanesulfonate (MMS), a DNA alkylating agent, modifies both guanine (to 7-methylguanine) and adenine (to 3-methlyladenine) to cause base mispairing and replication blocks, respectively.

Targets

DNA alkylator ^[1]

In vitro

Methyl methanesulfonate(MMS) is used for DNA damaging agent to induce mutagenesis. The repair of MMS-induced heat-labile damage requires the base excision repair protein XRCC1, and is independent of Homologous recombination in both S.cerevisiae and mammalian cells. ^[2]

In vivo

Methyl methanesulfonate(MMS) , as a genotoxic compound, has DNA damage potential in multiple organs such as the liver, kidneys and bone marrow in mice, confirmed by the in vivo comet assay.^[3]

Protocol (from reference)

Cell Assay:^{^[2]}	Cell lines EM9 cells , irs1SF cell lines, V3-3 cell lines, AA8 cells Concentrations 1.5 μM Incubation Time 0.5 h Method Flasks are inoculated with 4 × 10⁶ cells for 4 h prior to a 24 h treatment with hydroxyurea or etoposide, or 28 h prior to a 0.5 h treatment with MMS or MNNG. After treatment, the cells are released from the flask by trypsinization and then used for pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
Animal Study:^{^[3]}	Animal Models Seven-week-old male Crli:CD1(ICR) mice Dosages 50mg/kg, 100mg/kg, 150 mg/kg Administration i.p.

Cell Assay:^{^[2]}

Cell lines
EM9 cells , irs1SF cell lines, V3-3 cell lines, AA8 cells
Concentrations
1.5 μM
Incubation Time
0.5 h
Method
Flasks are inoculated with 4 × 10⁶ cells for 4 h prior to a 24 h treatment with hydroxyurea or etoposide, or 28 h prior to a 0.5 h treatment with MMS or MNNG. After treatment, the cells are released from the flask by trypsinization and then used for pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.

Animal Study:^{^[3]}

Animal Models
Seven-week-old male Crli:CD1(ICR) mice
Dosages
50mg/kg, 100mg/kg, 150 mg/kg
Administration
i.p.

References

Selleck's Methyl methanesulfonate has been cited by 2 publications

The ARID1A-METTL3-m6A axis ensures effective RNase H1-mediated resolution of R-loops and genome stability [ Cell Rep, 2024, 43(2):113779]	PubMed: 38358891
APE1 promotes non-homologous end joining by initiating DNA double-strand break formation and decreasing ubiquitination of artemis following oxidative genotoxic stress [ J Transl Med, 2023, 21(1):183]	PubMed: 36894994

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