Betamethasone

Catalog No.S1500 Batch:S150003

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Technical Data

Formula

C22H29FO5
Molecular Weight 392.46 CAS No. 378-44-9
Solubility (25°C)* In vitro DMSO 78 mg/mL (198.74 mM)
Ethanol 25 mg/mL (63.7 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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Biological Activity

Description Betamethasone (NSC-39470, SCH-4831) is a glucocorticoid steroid with anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive properties.
Targets
Glucocorticoid receptor [1]
In vitro Betamethasone has a specific affinity for type II glucocorticoid receptors which are present in most brain regions. [1]
In vivo Betamethasone has direct vasoconstrictor effects on peripheral femoral resistance vessels in late gestation fetal sheep. Betamethasone exposure decreases cerebral blood flow (CBF) in all brain regions measured except the hippocampus after 24 hours of infusion in sheep. [1] Betamethasone reduces the activation of NF-kappaB and elevation of TNFalpha and IL-1beta, and induces the expression of IL-10 in the brain, all of which correlate with the changes of pain thresholds in rats. [2] Betamethasone exposure reduces synaptophysin-LI in the frontal neocortex, caudate putamen and hippocampus by 46.9%, 41.0% and 55.4%, respectively, that is not accompanied by irreversible neuronal damage in the fetal sheep brain. [3] Betamethasone modestly increases cytidylyltransferase (CT) mRNA, but does not alter the levels of immunoreactive enzyme in adult rat lung. Betamethasone decreases the activities of the sphingomyelin hydrolases: acid sphingomyelinase by 33% and of alkaline ceramidase by 21%. [4] Betamethasone injected at the time of nerve injury partially inhibits the development of neuropathic hyperalgesia and reduces the subsequent elevated levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the brain of rats, while stimulating the expression of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10. [5]

Protocol (from reference)

Selleck's Betamethasone has been cited by 3 publications

Immuno-oncological effects of standard anticancer agents and commonly used concomitant drugs: an in vitro assessment [ BMC Pharmacol Toxicol, 2024, 25(1):25] PubMed: 38444002
Immuno-oncological effects of standard anticancer agents and commonly used concomitant drugs: an in vitro assessment [ BMC Pharmacol Toxicol, 2024, 25(1):25] PubMed: 38444002
Assessment in vitro of interactions between anti-cancer drugs and noncancer drugs commonly used by cancer patients [ Anticancer Drugs, 2022, 10.1097/CAD.0000000000001344] PubMed: 36066384

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