Acitretin

Catalog No.S1368 Batch:S136802

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Technical Data

Formula

C21H26O3
Molecular Weight 326.43 CAS No. 55079-83-9
Solubility (25°C)* In vitro DMSO 20 mg/mL (61.26 mM)
Water Insoluble
Ethanol 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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Biological Activity

Description Acitretin (Etretin, RO 10-1670) is a second generation retinoid used for psoriasis.
In vitro Acitretin stimulates ADAM10 promoter activity with an EC(50) of 1.5 mM and leads to an increase of mature ADAM10 protein that results in a two- to three-fold increase of the ratio between alpha- and beta-secretase activity in neuroblastoma cells. [1] Acitretin (5-20 μM) impairs mitochondrial phosphorylation efficiency as demonstrated by the decrease in the state 3 respiration and ATP levels, and by the increase in the lag phase of ADP phosphorylation cycle, without affecting the membrane potential. Acitretin induces Ca(2+)-mediated mitochondrial permeability transition (MPT) and decreased the adenine nucleotide translocase (ANT) content. [2] Acitretin preferentially inhibits the growth of SCL-1 cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner, but not of non-malignant keratinocyte HaCaT cells. Acitretin increases the levels of CD95 (Fas), CD95-ligand and Fas-associated death domain. Acitretin is able to induce apoptosis in skin cancer cells possibly via death receptor CD95 apoptosis pathway without affecting the viability of normal keratinocyte. [3]
In vivo Acitretin undergoes alpha-oxidation, chain shortening O-demethylation, and glucuronidation in the perfused rat liver. [4] Acitretin rapidly appears in liver and muscle of rats, where it undergoes redistribution into skin and adipose tissue. [5]

Protocol (from reference)

Customer Product Validation

Data from [Data independently produced by , , Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 2016, 61(11). pii: e01368-17]

Data from [Data independently produced by , , Saudi Pharm J, 2017, 25(4):620-624]

Selleck's Acitretin has been cited by 3 publications

Isolation of Reporter Cells That Respond to Vitamin A and/or D Using a piggyBac Transposon Promoter-Trapping Vector System [ Int J Mol Sci, 2022, 23(16)9366] PubMed: 36012634
Evaluation of the Innate Immune Modulator Acitretin as a Strategy To Clear the HIV Reservoir. [Garcia-Vidal E, et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 2017, 61(11). pii: e01368-17] PubMed: 28874382
Acitretin modulates HaCaT cells proliferation through STAT1- and STAT3-dependent signaling. [Qin X, et al. Saudi Pharm J, 2017, 25(4):620-624] PubMed: 28579901

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