Conicasterol
Conicasterol is a 4-mercaptosteroid with significant cytotoxic activity. Conicasterol showed an IC50 value of 6.23 μg/mL in a test on a human breast adenocarcinoma cell line (MCF-7). Conicasterol's antitumor activity makes it a potential bioactive lead molecule.
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- CAS No.: 76758-18-4
- Formula: C29H48O
- Molecular Weight:412.69
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Biological Activity
Description
Cellular Effect
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Cell Line
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Type | Value | Description | References |
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| MCF7 | IC50 |
0.015 μM
Compound: 104
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Anticancer activity against human MCF7 cells assessed as inhibition of cell growth incubated for 48 hrs by SRB assay
Anticancer activity against human MCF7 cells assessed as inhibition of cell growth incubated for 48 hrs by SRB assay
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[PMID: 33940466] |
Chemical Information
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CAS No. 76758-18-4
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Molecular Weight 412.69
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Formula C29H48O
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SMILES
C[C@@]12[C@]3([H])C(CC[C@@]1([H])C([C@H](CC2)O)=C)=C4[C@](CC3)([C@@](CC4)([H])[C@H](C)CC[C@@H](C)C(C)C)C
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Structure Classification
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Initial Source
Red Sea sponges
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Shipping
Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere.
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Storage
Please store the product under the recommended conditions in the Certificate of Analysis.
Protocols
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Cell Cytotoxicity Assay
Cytotoxicity assays are usually based on the assessment of cell membrane damage, which can also be indirectly detected by measuring cell viability. Detection methods include MTT assay, CKK-8 assay, LDH assay and ATP assay, etc.
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Subcutaneous Cell-Line-Derived Xenograft
Subcutaneous cell-line-derived xenograft (CDX) models are established by implanting cultured human cancer cell lines into immunodeficient mice, where the injected cells form localized tumors that can be monitored in vivo as a measure of tumorigenic potential, growth kinetics, and treatment response. These models are widely used in oncology research because they allow reproducible tumor formation and enable comparative assessment of tumor growth between different cell lines or genetic manipulations in a controlled in vivo microenvironment. Subcutaneous implantation of cancer cells in immunodeficient mice is a standard approach for evaluating tumor growth behavior and therapeutic response across multiple cancer types, including prostate, esophageal, pancreatic, and colon cancer models.
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Cell Viability Determination by MTT Colorimetric Assay
The following protocol uses the MTT colorimetric assay as a classic literature-established method for assessing cell viability/metabolic activity in cultured mammalian cells. MTT[3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide] is reduced by metabolically active cells to a colored formazan product; the amount of formazan is quantified spectrophotometrically and provides an indirect measure of metabolically active viable cells. Importantly, MTT reduction reflects cellular oxidoreductase/metabolic activity rather than an absolute direct count of living cells, so changes in cellular metabolism can alter the signal independently of cell number.
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Concentration (start) × Volume (start) = Concentration (final) × Volume (final)
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