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C3915

Colchicine

suitable for plant cell culture, BioReagent, ≥95% (HPLC)

Synonym(s):

(S)-N-(5,6,7,9-Tetrahydro-1,2,3,10-tetramethoxy-9-oxobenzo[a]heptalen-7-yl)acetamide

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C22H25NO6
CAS Number:
64-86-8
Molecular Weight:
399.44
UNSPSC Code:
10171502
NACRES:
NA.72
PubChem Substance ID:
24892656
EC Number:
200-598-5
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
2228813
MDL number:
MFCD00078484

Product Name

Colchicine, suitable for plant cell culture, BioReagent, ≥95% (HPLC)

InChI key

IAKHMKGGTNLKSZ-INIZCTEOSA-N

InChI

1S/C22H25NO6/c1-12(24)23-16-8-6-13-10-19(27-3)21(28-4)22(29-5)20(13)14-7-9-18(26-2)17(25)11-15(14)16/h7,9-11,16H,6,8H2,1-5H3,(H,23,24)/t16-/m0/s1

SMILES string

COC1=CC=C2C(=CC1=O)[C@H](CCc3cc(OC)c(OC)c(OC)c23)NC(C)=O

product line

BioReagent

assay

≥95% (HPLC)

form

powder

technique(s)

cell culture | plant: suitable

mp

150-160 °C (dec.) (lit.)

application(s)

agriculture

Quality Level

200

Gene Information

human ... ABCB1(5243), CYP3A4(1576), TUBA1A(7846), TUBA1B(10376), TUBA1C(84790), TUBA3C(7278), TUBA3E(112714), TUBA4A(7277), TUBB(203068), TUBB1(81027), TUBB2A(7280), TUBB2B(347733), TUBB3(10381), TUBB4A(10382), TUBB4B(10383), TUBB6(84617), TUBB8(347688)
mouse ... Abcb1a(18671), Abcb1b(18669)

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Application

Colchicine has been used:
  • as an inhibitor of tubulin polymerization in bone-marrow-derived macrophages
  • for the inhibition of in vitro neurite outgrowth in human neuronal cells
  • as microtubule destabilizer to induce peripheral neuropathy in induced pluripotent stem cell derived neurons (iPSC-Neurons)

Biochem/physiol Actions

Colchicine interacts with albumin and binds to tubulin. Its association with tubulin impacts autophagic vacuole fusion with lysosomes. It inhibits tyrosine kinases and phospholipases. Colchicine may be useful for treating acute coronary syndromes. It is prescribed for treating rheumatologic conditions including familial mediterranean fever (FMF) and acute gouty arthritis.
Colchicine is an inhibitor of microtubule polymerization which blocks chromosome segregation during meiosis. Consequently, Colchicine is used to induce polyploidy (tetraploid) in plant cells.

General description

Colchicine is a tricyclic alkaloid that can stay in circulation for 20 to 40 hours post intake. Leucocytes harbour maximum colchicine. It contains three hexameric rings termed A, B and C.

Preparation Note

Preparation and Use

pictograms

Skull and crossbonesHealth hazard
GHS06,GHS08

signalword

Danger

hcodes

H300,H340

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 2 Oral - Muta. 1B

Storage Class

6.1A - Combustible acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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0000489121
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Colchicine: old and new
Slobodnick A, et al.
The American Journal of Medicine, 128(5), 461-470 (2015)
NEK7 is an essential mediator of NLRP3 activation downstream of potassium efflux
He Y, et al.
Nature, 530(7590), 354-354 (2016)
The effects of colchicine and hydroxychloroquine on the cyclo-oxygenases COX-1 and COX-2
Ben-Chetrit E, et al.
Rheumatology International, 25(5), 332-335 (2005)
Mechanism of the anti-inflammatory effect of colchicine in rheumatic diseases: a possible new outlook through microarray analysis
Ben-Chetrit E, et al.
Rheumatology (Basel), 45(3), 274-282 (2005)
Comparative Sensitivity of Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Neuronal Subtypes to Chemically Induced Neurodegeneration
Cohen JD and Tanaka Y
Applied In Vitro Toxicology, 4(4), 347-364 (2018)
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