Finasteride

Catalog No.S1197 Batch:S119704

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Technical Data

Formula

C23H36N2O2

Molecular Weight 372.54 CAS No. 98319-26-7
Solubility (25°C)* In vitro DMSO 75 mg/mL (201.32 mM)
Ethanol 75 mg/mL (201.32 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 Finasteride (MK-906) is a potent, reversible inhibitor of the rat type 1 5 alpha-reductase with Ki of 10.2 nM, used in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and male pattern baldness (MPB).
Targets
5-α reductase [1]
10.2 nM(Ki)
In vitro Finasteride binds to the type 2 isozyme-NADPH complex to form a ternary complex with Ki of 1.19 nM, which then rearranges to a high affinity complex (E:I) with a pseudo first order rate constant of 1.62 ms. [1] Finasteride dose-dependently inhibits the growth rate of the LnCap cell line. [2] Finasteride markedly inhibits prostate-specific antigen (PSA) secretion and expression in LNCaP cells. [3]
In vivo Finasteride induces dosage-related incidences of hypospadias (penischisis) in male offspring with a threshold dosage level near 0.1 mg/kg/day and a 100% effect level of 100 mg/kg/day in male rats. Finasteride also causes decreased anogenital distance in male offspring in male rats. [4] Finasteride and castration decreases prostate weight at day 21 by 65% and 93%, respectively, in rats. Finasteride has no significant effect on DNA content after 4 days and decreases DNA content by a maximum of 52% at 14 days in rats. Finasteride causes a less intense increase in staining in which 16% of epithelial cells stained for tissue transglutaminase on day 9 with a return to baseline by day 14 in rats. Finasteride-induced staining is less intense with peak staining at day 4 (0.7% of epithelial cells) and a return to control values by day 9 in rats. [5]

Protocol (from reference)

Selleck's Finasteride has been cited by 7 publications

Ellagic acid inhibits dihydrotestosterone-induced ferroptosis and promotes hair regeneration by activating the wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway [ J Ethnopharmacol, 2024, 330:118227] PubMed: 38685364
Rate of castration-induced prostate stroma regression is reduced in a mouse model of benign prostatic hyperplasia [ Am J Clin Exp Urol, 2023, 11(1):12-26] PubMed: 36923722
Androgen Signaling Regulates SARS-CoV-2 Receptor Levels and Is Associated with Severe COVID-19 Symptoms in Men [ Cell Stem Cell, 2020, 27(6):876-889.e12] PubMed: 33232663
Mechanical stretch enhances sex steroidogenesis in C2C12 skeletal muscle cells. [ Steroids, 2019, 150:108434] PubMed: 31278919
[ Cell Death Dis, 2018, ] PubMed: 29568063
Imaging prostate cancer (PCa) with [99m Tc(CO)3 ]finasteride dithiocarbamate [Shah SQ, et al. J Labelled Comp Radiopharm, 2018, 61(7):550-556] PubMed: 29532957
Finasteride Enhances the Generation of Human Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells by Up-Regulating the COX2/PGE2 Pathway. [ PLoS One, 2016, 11(6):e0156549] PubMed: 27253400

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