General description

A synthetic Combretum caffrum-derived cell-permeable stilbenoid phenol that competes with colchicine (Cat No. 234115) tubulin binding (by 96.4% at equal molar concentration; Ki = 1.1 µM) and interferes with tubulin polymerization (IC₅₀ = 2-3 µM) as well as cellular microtubule assembly. In addition to its antimitotic and in vitro cancer growth inhibition activity (IC₅₀ = 7 nM in L1210 cultures), CA4 also acts as an antivascular agent and effectively induces tumor cell necrosis in vivo by targeting endothelial cytoskeleton.

A synthetic Combretum caffrum-derived cell-permeable stilbenoid phenol that competes with colchicine (Cat. No. 234115) tubulin binding (by 96.4% at equal molar concentration; Ki = 1.1 µM) and interferes with tubulin polymerization (IC₅₀ = 2-3 µM) as well as cellular microtubule assembly. In addition to its antimitotic and in vitro cancer growth inhibition activity (IC₅₀ = 7 nM in L1210 cultures), CA4 also acts as an antivascular agent and effectively induces tumor cell necrosis in vivo by targeting endothelial cytoskeleton.

Legal Information

CALBIOCHEM is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Other Notes

Tron, G.C., et al. 2006. J. Med. Chem.49, 3033.Griggs, J., et al. 2001. Lancet Oncol.2, 82.Pettit, G.R., et al. 1989. Experientia45, 209.Lin, C.M., et al. 1988. Mol. Pharmacol.34, 200.

Packaging

Packaged under inert gas

Reconstitution

Following reconstitution, aliquot and freeze (-20°C). Stock solutions are stable for up to 3 months at -20°C.

Warning

Toxicity: Standard Handling (A)