Nepafenac

Catalog No.S1255 Batch:S125501

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Technical Data

Formula

C15H14N2O2

Molecular Weight 254.28 CAS No. 78281-72-8
Solubility (25°C)* In vitro DMSO 51 mg/mL (200.56 mM)
Ethanol 4 mg/mL (15.73 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 Nepafenac (AHR 9434, AL 6515) is a prodrug of amfenac that acts as an inhibitor of COX-1 and COX-2 activity, used in the treatment of pain and inflammation associated with cataract surgery.
Targets
COX1 [1] COX2 [1]
In vivo Nepafenac shows significantly greater ocular bioavailability and amfenac demonstrated greater potency at COX-2 inhibition than ketorolac or bromfenac. [1] Nepafenac exhibits only weak COX-1 inhibitory activity with IC50 of 64.3 mM. Nepafenac inhibits prostaglandin synthesis in the iris/ciliary body (85-95%) and the retina/choroid (55%) in rabbits. [2] Nepafenac (0.5%) produces 65% reduction in retinal edema which is correlated with 62% inhibition of blood-retinal barrier breakdown. Nepafenac (0.5%) significantly inhibits (46%) blood-retinal barrier breakdown concomitant with near total suppression of PGE2 synthesis (96%). [3] Nepafenac significantly inhibits retinal prostaglandin E(2), superoxide, cyclooxygenase-2, and leukostasis within retinal microvessels in insulin-deficient diabetic rats, without affecting vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and nitric oxide (NO). Nepafenac significantly inhibits the number of transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling-positive capillary cells, acellular capillaries, and pericyte ghosts in diabetic rats. [4] Nepafenac results in significantly less choroidal neovascularization and significant less ischemia-induced retinal neovascularization in mice compare to control. Nepafenac also blunts the increase in VEGF mRNA in the retina induced by ischemia. [5] Nepafenac delays the progression of malignancy as well as reduces weight in an ocular and metastatic animal model of uveal melanoma. [6]

Protocol (from reference)

Selleck's Nepafenac has been cited by 1 publication

KEAP1 Mutations Drive Tumorigenesis by Suppressing SOX9 Ubiquitination and Degradation [ Adv Sci (Weinh), 2020, 7(21):2001018] PubMed: 33173725

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