Tolcapone

Catalog No.S4021 Batch:S402101

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Technical Data

Formula

 

C14H11NO5
Molecular Weight 273.24 CAS No. 134308-13-7
Solubility (25°C)* In vitro DMSO 55 mg/mL (201.28 mM)
Ethanol 55 mg/mL (201.28 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 Tolcapone (Ro 40-7592) is a selective, potent and reversible of catechol-O-methyl transferase (COMT) inhibitor with Ki of 30 nM.
Targets
COMT [4]
30 nM(Ki)
In vitro Tolcapone functions as a selective peripheral and central COMT inhibitor, exerting no effect on adrenergic, serotonergic, or cholinergic receptors or other enzymes involved in synthesis or catabolism of catecholamines. [1] Tolcapone produces a concentration-dependent decrease in COMT activity in liver homogenates of developing (3 days-old) and adult (60 days-old) rats with Vmax, Km and IC50 of 5.3 nM/mg/h, 3.3 μM, 41 nM, and 2.9 nM/mg/h, 13.1 μM, 720 nM, respectively. Tolcapone produces a concentration-dependent decrease in COMT activity in kidney of developing (3 days-old) and adult (60 days-old) rats with Vmax, Km and IC50 of 2.6 nM/mg/h, 2.7 μM, 8 nM, and 3.5 nM/mg/h, 24 μM, 177 nM, respectively. [2]
In vivo Tolcapone orally administrated is able to crosses the blood-brain barrier. Acute administration of Tolcapone increases basal levels of L-DOPA and dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) and decreases basal homovanillic acid (HVA) levels, but does not affect basal dopamine levels. [3] Tolcapone (30 mg/kg p.o.) combined with benserazide (15 mg/kg p.o.) and a low dose of L-dopa (10 mg/kg p.o.) almost completely blockes (for about 6 h) the formation of 3-O-methyldopa (3-OMD) in brain and plasma, producing a long-lasting increase of L-DOPA in plasma and a parallel marked increase of L-DOPA and dopamine in the brain. [4] Tolcapone displays behavioural and neurochemical benefits on animals. Tolcapone (30 mg/kg p.o.) increases the effect of L-DOPA (plus benserazide) on locomotor activity, reserpine-induced hypothermia, and catalepsy induced by pimozide, haloperidol and fluphenazine. Tolcapone also increases locomotor hyperactivity induced by amphetamine or nomifensine, as well as stereotypy induced by amphetamine (but not apomorphine). [5]

Protocol (from reference)

Selleck's Tolcapone has been cited by 3 publications

Entacapone alleviates acute kidney injury by inhibiting ferroptosis [ FASEB J, 2022, 36(7):e22399] PubMed: 35691001
Inhibitors of Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Identified Based on Host Interaction Partners of Viral Non-Structural Protein 3 [ Viruses, 2021, 13(8)1533] PubMed: 34452398
Differential Interactome Based Drug Repositioning Unraveled Abacavir, Exemestane, Nortriptyline Hydrochloride, and Tolcapone as Potential Therapeutics for Colorectal Cancers [ Front Bioinform, 2021, 1:710591] PubMed: 36303724

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