Importazole

Catalog No.S8446 Batch:S844601

Technical Data

Formula	C₂₀H₂₂N₄
Molecular Weight	318.42	CAS No.	662163-81-7
Solubility (25°C)*	In vitro	DMSO	63 mg/mL (197.85 mM)
		Water	Insoluble
		Ethanol	Insoluble
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Biological Activity

Description

Importazole is a small molecule inhibitor of the transport receptor importin-β (Karyopherin beta) specifically blocking importin-β-mediated nuclear import. Importazole induces apoptosis and inhibits tumor growth.

Targets

importin-β ^[1]

In vitro

Importazole is an effective inhibitor of the Ran/importin-β interaction in vitro. Importazole specifically blocks importin-β-mediated nuclear import both in Xenopus egg extracts and cultured cells, without disrupting transportin-mediated nuclear import or CRM1-mediated nuclear export. When added during mitosis, importazole impairs the release of an importin-β cargo FRET probe and causes both predicted and novel defects in spindle assembly^[1]. It also inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis of multiple myeloma cells by blocking the NF-κB signal pathway in vitro^[2].

Protocol (from reference)

Cell Assay:^{^[1]}	Cell lines HEK 293 cells Concentrations 40 μM Incubation Time 1 h Method For all import and export experiments, HEK 293 cells stably expressing NFAT-GFP are grown on glass coverslips to approximately 50% confluency prior to drug treatment. In all cases, importazole is used at 40 μM and leptomycin B is used at 10 ng/ml. For controls, DMSO is used at a concentration of 0.4%. Ionomycin is added at 1.25 μM. Importazole and leptomycin B treatments are all for 1 hour. In all experiments cells are fixed with 4% formaldehyde prior to fluorescence microscopy. DNA is visualized with 1 μg/ml Hoechst dye. For quantification, 100 cells from each condition are analyzed and the percentage that shows nuclear accumulation of NFAT-GFP calculated.

Cell Assay:^{^[1]}

Cell lines
HEK 293 cells
Concentrations
40 μM
Incubation Time
1 h
Method
For all import and export experiments, HEK 293 cells stably expressing NFAT-GFP are grown on glass coverslips to approximately 50% confluency prior to drug treatment. In all cases, importazole is used at 40 μM and leptomycin B is used at 10 ng/ml. For controls, DMSO is used at a concentration of 0.4%. Ionomycin is added at 1.25 μM. Importazole and leptomycin B treatments are all for 1 hour. In all experiments cells are fixed with 4% formaldehyde prior to fluorescence microscopy. DNA is visualized with 1 μg/ml Hoechst dye. For quantification, 100 cells from each condition are analyzed and the percentage that shows nuclear accumulation of NFAT-GFP calculated.

References

Customer Product Validation

: Data from [Data independently produced by , , Cell, 2018, 174(5):1200-1215]

Selleck's Importazole has been cited by 12 publications

Ibetazol, a novel inhibitor of importin β1-mediated nuclear import [ Commun Biol, 2024, 7(1):1560]	PubMed: 39580542
Nuclear translocation of cGAS orchestrates VEGF-A-mediated angiogenesis [ Cell Reports, 2023, 112328]	PubMed: None
Nuclear translocation of cGAS orchestrates VEGF-A-mediated angiogenesis [ Cell Rep, 2023, 42(4):112328]	PubMed: 37027305
Nucleocytoplasmic transport rates are regulated by cellular processes that modulate GTP availability [ bioRxiv, 2023, 2023.12.29.573651]	PubMed: 38234722
The transcriptional coactivator RUVBL2 regulates Pol II clustering with diverse transcription factors [ Nat Commun, 2022, 13(1):5703]	PubMed: 36171202
ORAI1-Regulated Gene Expression in Breast Cancer Cells: Roles for STIM1 Binding, Calcium Influx and Transcription Factor Translocation [ Int J Mol Sci, 2022, 23(11)5867]	PubMed: 35682546
Effects of Ran-GTP/importin β inhibition on the meiotic division of porcine oocytes [ Histochem Cell Biol, 2022, 10.1007/s00418-022-02134-9]	PubMed: 35930054
Nucleocytoplasmic Shuttling of Porcine Parvovirus NS1 Protein Mediated by the CRM1 Nuclear Export Pathway and the Importin α/β Nuclear Import Pathway [ J Virol, 2021, JVI0148121]	PubMed: 34643426
Inhibition of Karyopherin beta 1 suppresses prostate cancer growth [ Oncogene, 2019, 38(24):4700-4714]	PubMed: 30742095
C9orf72-generated poly-GR and poly-PR do not directly interfere with nucleocytoplasmic transport [ Sci Rep, 2019, 9(1):15728]	PubMed: 31673013

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