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Nigericin . sodium salt [28643-80-3]

Research Use Only
AG-CN2-0020
AdipoGen Life Sciences
Estimated Purity>98%
Product group Chemicals
Molecular Weight724.0 . 23.0
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Overview

  • Supplier
    AdipoGen Life Sciences
  • Product Name
    Nigericin . sodium salt [28643-80-3]
  • Delivery Days Customer
    10
  • ADR Class
    6.1
  • Certification
    Research Use Only
  • Estimated Purity
    >98%
  • Hazard Information
    Danger,Excepted quantity
  • Molecular Formula
    C40H67O11 . Na
  • Molecular Weight
    724.0 . 23.0
  • Scientific Description
    Antibiotic [1]. High affinity ionophore for monovalent cations such as H+, K+, Na+, Pb2+ [2, 3, 4, 7, 10]. Shows antibacterial (Gram-positive), antifungal, antitumor and antiviral activity [3, 6]. Disrupts membrane potential of mitochondria [2]. NLRP3/NALP3 activator. Signals through pannexin-1 to induce caspase-1 maturation and IL-1beta processing and release [5, 8, 11, 12]. Autophagy modulator [13] - Chemical. CAS: 28643-80-3. Formula: C40H67O11 . Na. MW: 724.0 . 23.0. Isolated from Streptomyces hygroscopicus. Antibiotic. High affinity ionophore for monovalent cations such as H+, K+, Na+, Pb2+. Shows antibacterial (Gram-positive), antifungal, antitumor and antiviral activity. Disrupts membrane potential of mitochondria. NLRP3/NALP3 activator. Signals through pannexin-1 to induce caspase-1 maturation and IL-1beta processing and release. Autophagy modulator
  • SMILES
    [Na+].[H][C@@]1(C[C@H](C)[C@@]([H])(O1)[C@]1(C)CC[C@@]([H])(O1)[C@]1(C)C[C@@H](C)[C@]2(O1)O[C@H](C[C@@]1([H])CC[C@H](C)[C@@]([H])(O1)[C@@H](C)C([O-])=O)C[C@@H](OC)[C@H]2C)[C@@]1([H])O[C@@](O)(CO)[C@H](C)C[C@@H]1C
  • Storage Instruction
    2°C to 8°C,-20°C
  • UN Number
    UN 3462
  • UNSPSC
    12352200

References

  • Nigericin, a new crystalline antibiotic from an unidentified streptomyces: R. L. Harned, et al.; Antibiot. Chemother. 1, 594 (1951)
  • Potassium Ion-dependent hydrolysis of adenosine triphosphate induced by nigericin in mitochondria: S. Estrada-O, et al.; J. Biol. Chem. 242, 2925 (1967)
  • Teratogenic effects of nigericin, a carboxylic ionophore: G.C. Vedel-Macrander & R.D. Hood; Teratology 33, 47 (1986)
  • K+/H+-antiporter nigericin arrests DNA synthesis in Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cells: L.B. Margolis, et al.; PNAS 86, 6626 (1989)
  • IL-1 beta maturation: evidence that mature cytokine formation can be induced specifically by nigericin: D. Perregaux, et al.; J. Immunol. 149, 1294 (1992)
  • Antitumor effect of k+/h+-antiporter nigericin on human lung-carcinoma grown in in-vivo-like histocultures: B. Baibakov, et al.; Int. J. Oncol. 3, 1127 (1993)
  • Nigericin-induced Na+/H+ and K+/H+ exchange in synaptosomes: effect on [3H]GABA release: R. Rodríguez & M. Sitges; Neurochem. Res. 21, 889 (1996)
  • Activation of interleukin-1beta-converting enzyme by nigericin is independent of apoptosis: N. Watanabe, et al.; Cytokine 10, 645 (1998)
  • Nigericin inhibits insulin-stimulated glucose transport in 3T3-L1 adipocytes: C.Y. Chu, et al.; J. Cell Biochem. 85, 83 (2002)
  • The ionophore nigericin transports Pb2+ with high activity and selectivity: a comparison to monensin and ionomycin: S.A. Hamidinia, et al.; Biochemistry 43, 15956 (2004)