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H7779

Retinoic acid p-hydroxyanilide

≥95%

Synonym(s):

4-HPR, Fenretinide, N-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)retinamide

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C26H33NO2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
391.55
NACRES:
NA.77
PubChem Substance ID:
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
MDL number:
Assay:
≥95%
Form:
powder
Quality level:
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InChI

1S/C26H33NO2/c1-19(11-16-24-21(3)10-7-17-26(24,4)5)8-6-9-20(2)18-25(29)27-22-12-14-23(28)15-13-22/h6,8-9,11-16,18,28H,7,10,17H2,1-5H3,(H,27,29)/b9-6+,16-11+,19-8+,20-18+

SMILES string

CC1=C(\C=C\C(C)=C\C=C\C(C)=C\C(=O)Nc2ccc(O)cc2)C(C)(C)CCC1

InChI key

AKJHMTWEGVYYSE-FXILSDISSA-N

biological source

synthetic (organic)

assay

≥95%

form

powder

color

yellow to yellow-orange

storage temp.

−20°C

Quality Level

General description

Retinoic acid p-hydroxyanilide is a synthetic analog of retinoid.

Application

Retinoic acid p-hydroxyanilide has been used:
  • as a synthetic retinoid to induce apoptosis in SEB-1 sebocytes
  • as a medium supplement for C2C12 myoblasts to test its effect on ceramide formation
  • to test in cytotoxicity in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL)

Biochem/physiol Actions

Retinoic acid p-hydroxyanilide, also called fenretinide, increases reactive oxygen species, activates caspases and induces apoptosis. It also inhibits dihydroceramide desaturase, leading to a decrease in ceramide biosynthesis. Fenretinide may elicit anticancer activity in cultured human breast cancer cells. It acts as an insulin antagonist and may be useful in treating insulin resistance. Fenretinide or 4-HPR has chemotherapeutic potential and is cytotoxic to retinoic acid-resistant cancers.
Vitamin A acid analogue with antiproliferative activity; induces apoptosis in malignant hemopoietic cell lines.

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Repr. 1B - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type P3 (EN 143) respirator cartridges


Regulatory Listings

Regulatory Listings are mainly provided for chemical products. Only limited information can be provided here for non-chemical products. No entry means none of the components are listed. It is the user’s obligation to ensure the safe and legal use of the product.

H7779-BULK: + H7779-5MG: + H7779-VAR:

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Dušan Garić et al.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany), 95(10), 1053-1064 (2017-07-12)
Cystic fibrosis is the most common genetic disease, in which symptoms may be alleviated but not fully eliminated. Ceramides have long been implicated in the inflammatory etiology of cystic fibrosis, with contradicting reports with regards to their role. Recently, significant
Adriana Albini et al.
Nature reviews. Clinical oncology, 9(9), 498-509 (2012-08-02)
Healthy individuals can harbour microscopic tumours and dysplastic foci in different organs in an undetectable and asymptomatic state for many years. These lesions do not progress in the absence of angiogenesis or inflammation. Targeting both processes before clinical manifestation can
Hui Zhang et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(14), 5606-5611 (2013-03-21)
Leukemia stem cells (LSCs) play important roles in leukemia initiation, progression, and relapse, and thus represent a critical target for therapeutic intervention. However, relatively few agents have been shown to target LSCs, slowing progress in the treatment of acute myelogenous
Claude Lachance et al.
Infection and immunity, 82(5), 1778-1785 (2014-02-20)
Streptococcus suis is an important swine pathogen and an emergent zoonotic pathogen. Excessive inflammation caused by S. suis is responsible for early high mortality in septic shock-like syndrome cases. Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) may contribute to regulating inflammatory processes. This
C Marth et al.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 75(5), 871-875 (1985-11-01)
The synthetic retinoid 4-hydroxyphenylretinamide (HPR) showed antiproliferative effect on cultured human breast cancer cells, which were sensitive to retinoic acid (RA) too. Investigation of the cell cycle by flow cytophotometry showed a significant increase of cells in the S-phase of

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