Tolbutamide (HLS 831)

Catalog No.S2443 Batch:S244301

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Technical Data

Formula

C12H18N2O3S
Molecular Weight 270.35 CAS No. 64-77-7
Solubility (25°C)* In vitro DMSO 54 mg/mL (199.74 mM)
Ethanol 54 mg/mL (199.74 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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Description Tolbutamide (HLS 831) is an inhibitor of potassium channel, used for type II diabetes.
Targets
Potassium channel [3]
In vitro Tolbutamide belongs to a class of medications called sulfonylureas. Tolbutamide lowers blood sugar by causing the pancreas to produce insulin (a natural substance that is needed to break down sugar in the body) and helping the body use insulin efficiently. This medication will only help lower blood sugar in people whose bodies produce insulin naturally. Tolbutamide is not used to treat type 1 diabetes (condition in which the body does not produce insulin and, therefore, cannot control the amount of sugar in the blood) or diabetic ketoacidosis (a serious condition that may occur if high blood sugar is not treated). Tolbutamide inhibits both the basal and the cyclic AMP-stimulated protein kinase activities and the IC50 of Tolbutamide is 4 mM. Similar Tolbutamide concentrations are required for half maximal inhibition of in vitro lipolysis induced by hormones (norepinephrine and ACTH) or by dibutyryl cyclic AMP plus theophylline. Tolbutamide also inhibits both soluble and membrane-bound protein kinase from canine heart. The Tolbutamide inhibition of adipose tissue cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase is one possible explanation for the antilipolytic effects of this drug. [1] Tolbutamide inhibits C6-glioma cell proliferation by increasing Cx43, which correlates with a reduction in pRb phosphorylation due to the up-regulation of the Cdk inhibitors p21 and p27. [2] Cytosolic nucelotides enhance the Tolbutamide sensitivity of the ATP-dependent K+ channel in mouse pancreatic B cells by their combined actions at inhibitory and stimulatory receptors. [3] Tolbutamide inhibits glucagon-induced phosphorylation of the bifunctional enzyme protein in a dose-dependent manner. By adding 2 mM Tolbutamide, reduces activity of 6PF-2-K and increased activity of Fru-2,6-P2ase in the presence of 10(-9) M glucagon are partially restored. The present results suggest the possibility that Tolbutamide modulates the activity of hepatic 6PF-2-K/Fru-2,6-P2ase through inhibiting a phosphorylation of the enzyme protein. [4]
In vivo 450 mg Tolbutamide/kg/day given for 7 days significantly increases the binding of insulin to isolated adipocytes. The binding curves reflect an increase in the number of receptor sites rather than in the affinity. The effect is associated with an enhanced response to insulin of the adipose tissue, since the fat cells obtained from animals treated with Tolbutamide convert significantly more glucose to lipids in the presence of insulin than those obtained from the control group. However, the augmentation of insulin binding sites is observed only at a large tolbutamide dosage, which reduces the pancreatic insulin content, the secretory response of the isolated pancreas, and the serum insulin levels. Smaller doses, sufficient to produce metabolic effects via a stimulation of insulin secretion, do not provide additional insulin binding sites. [5]

Protocol (from reference)

Kinase Assay:[1]
  • cAMP kinase assay

    Diced epididymal fat pads from fed Wistar rats (175-225 gm) are obtained after decapitation and incubated at 37 °C for two hours in Krebs-bicarbonate buffer containing 1.27 mM CaCl2. When added, Tolbutamide is present only during the incubation. After incubation fat pads are rinsed and sonicated in cold Krebs-bicarbonate buffer. The aqueous supematants from centrifugation at 50,000 × g for 30 minutes at 4 °C contained 0.75 to 1.25 mg protein per mL and are assayed for cyclic AMP-stimulated protein kinase activity. The assay is performed in 0.2 mL with these additions, 10 μmoles sodium glycerofiosphate pH 7.0, 2 μmoles sodium fluoride, 0.4 μmoles theophylline, 0.1 μmoles ethylene glyool bis (β-aminoethyl ether)-N, N'-tetraaoetic acid, 3 μmoles magnesium chloride, 0.3 mg mixed histone, 2 nmoles (γ- 32P) ATP, 1 nmoles cyclic AMP when indicated, and 0.05 ml of supernatant.
Cell Assay:[2]
  • Cell lines

    C6 glioma cells

  • Concentrations

    400 μM

  • Incubation Time

    24 hours

  • Method

    C6 glioma cells are incubated in serum-free DMEM at 37 °C for at least 24 hours before each experiment. Tolbutamide (400 μM) is incubated for 24 hours in serum-free medium. Incubations are performed at 37 °C in an atmosphere of 95% air/5% CO2 with 90–95% humidity.

Animal Study:[5]
  • Animal Models

    Male albino Wistar rats (200-300 g)

  • Dosages

    450 mg/kg

  • Administration

    Tolbutamide is administered orally for 7 days.

Selleck's Tolbutamide (HLS 831) has been cited by 9 publications

Pump-Less, Recirculating Organ-On-Chip (rOoC) Platform To Model The Metabolic Crosstalk Between Islets and Liver [ Adv Healthc Mater, 2024, e2303785.] PubMed: 38221504
Establishment and Characterization of NCC-PMP1-C1: A Novel Patient-Derived Cell Line of Metastatic Pseudomyxoma Peritonei [ J Pers Med, 2022, 12(2)258] PubMed: 35207746
Establishment and characterization of NCC-UPS4-C1: a novel cell line of undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma from a patient with Li-Fraumeni syndrome [ Hum Cell, 2022, 10.1007/s13577-022-00671-y] PubMed: 35118583
Establishment and characterization of NCC-MFS4-C1: a novel patient-derived cell line of myxofibrosarcoma [ Hum Cell, 2021, 34(6):1911-1918] PubMed: 34383271
Establishment and characterization of the NCC-GCTB4-C1 cell line: a novel patient-derived cell line from giant cell tumor of bone [ Hum Cell, 2021, 10.1007/s13577-021-00639-4] PubMed: 34731453
Establishment and characterization of novel patient-derived cell lines from giant cell tumor of bone [ Hum Cell, 2021, 10.1007/s13577-021-00579-z] PubMed: 34304386
Establishment and characterization of patient-derived cancer models of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors. [ Cancer Cell Int, 2020, 19;20:58] PubMed: 32099531
Establishment and characterization of NCC-MFS2-C1: a novel patient-derived cancer cell line of myxofibrosarcoma [ Hum Cell, 2020, 10.1007/s13577-020-00420-z] PubMed: 32870449
Establishment and characterization of a novel cell line, NCC-TGCT1-C1, derived from a patient with tenosynovial giant cell tumor [ Hum Cell, 2020, 10.1007/s13577-020-00425-8] PubMed: 32886306

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