Losartan
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Catalog No.S5067
13 publications
CAS No. 114798-26-4
Losartan is a selective, orally administered, nonpeptide blocker of angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor used to treat high blood pressure, diabetic kidney disease, heart failure, and left ventricular enlargement.
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| Description | Losartan is a selective, orally administered, nonpeptide blocker of angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor used to treat high blood pressure, diabetic kidney disease, heart failure, and left ventricular enlargement. | ||
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In vitro, losartan competes with the binding of angiotensin II to AT1 receptors; the concentration that inhibits 50% of the binding of angiotensin II (IC50) is 20 nmol/L[1]. Losartan increases AMPK phosphorylation in a time- and dose-dependent manner in VSMCs. It also increases ACC phosphorylation, a major downstream target protein in the AMPK signaling cascade, and LKB1 phosphorylation, which is an upstream kinase of AMPK. Losartan increases p53 and p21 expression in a time-dependent manner, whereas the levels of p27 are not changed. Losartan suppresses Ang II-induced Rb phosphorylation, as well as cyclin D and cyclin E expression which are required for cell cycle progression. The mechanism of growth suppression by losartan is therefore G0/G1 cell cycle arrest which is reversed by AMPK inhibition, such as compound C or AMPK siRNA, but not by apoptosis[2]. |
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| In vivo | Losartan has a major active metabolite, EXP 3174. Administered intravenously, EXP3174 is 10 to 20 times more potent than losartan and has a longer duration of action than losartan. However, the oral bioavailability of EXP 3174 is very low. Losartan has a bioavailability of about 33%, the half-life averages 2 h (6-9 hours), and the rate of protein binding is 98.7% when dosed at 50-100 mg/d[1]. Treatment with losartan ameliorates the loss in the number and function of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) in hypertensive rats[3]. |
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Solubility (25°C)
| In vitro | DMSO | 84 mg/mL (198.62 mM) |
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Chemical Information
| Molecular Weight | 422.91 |
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| Formula | C22H23ClN6O |
| CAS No. | 114798-26-4 |
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| Synonyms | N/A |
| Smiles | CCCCC1=NC(=C(N1CC2=CC=C(C=C2)C3=CC=CC=C3C4=NNN=N4)CO)Cl |
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Clinical Trial Information
| NCT Number | Recruitment | interventions | Conditions | Sponsor/Collaborators | Start Date | Phases |
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| NCT04604756 | Recruiting | Drug: Losartan|Drug: Placebo Oral Tablet | Healthy | University of Electronic Science and Technology of China | October 10 2020 | Not Applicable |
| NCT04335123 | Completed | Drug: Losartan | COVID-19 | University of Kansas Medical Center | April 4 2020 | Phase 1 |
| NCT03900793 | Recruiting | Drug: Losartan|Drug: Sunitinib | Osteosarcoma | University of Colorado Denver|National Cancer Institute (NCI) | August 22 2019 | Phase 1 |
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