Flutimide
Flutimide is a novel endonuclease inhibitor of influenza virus. Flutimide selectively inhibits endonuclease with an IC50 value of 3 μM. Flutimide shows antiviral activity in cell culture. Flutimide can be used for the research of acute contagious respiratory disease, such as influenza.
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- CAS No.: 162666-34-4
- Formula: C12H18N2O3
- Molecular Weight:238.28
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Storage:
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Biological Activity
Description
In Vitro
Flutimide inhibits the cap-dependent endonuclease of influenza virus with an IC50 value of 3 μM[1].
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Chemical Information
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CAS No. 162666-34-4
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Molecular Weight 238.28
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Formula C12H18N2O3
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SMILES
CC(C)/C=C1N=C(C(N(C\1=O)O)=O)CC(C)C
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Initial Source
Delitschia confertaspora
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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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Research Protocol for Infectious Diseases
Infectious-disease experiments test how pathogens interact with host barriers, innate immune receptors, inflammatory signaling, pathogen replication, and tissue injury; pattern-recognition receptors such as TLRs, RIG-I-like receptors, NOD-like receptors, and inflammasomes detect microbial molecules and activate NF-κB, interferon, and cytokine responses. The central hypothesis is that infection severity reflects the balance between pathogen burden and host response: protective inflammation restricts pathogen growth, whereas excessive or mislocalized inflammation contributes to tissue damage and disease phenotype. Unresolved questions include which host pathways are protective versus pathogenic, why some infection models fail to translate to human disease, and which combined readouts best predict clinically relevant infection outcomes.
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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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Directly Induced Neuron Culture
Directly induced neuron culture converts somatic cells, most commonly fibroblasts, into induced neurons without passing through a pluripotent or neural progenitor stage; classic evidence shows that mouse fibroblasts can be converted by Ascl1, Brn2/Pou3f2, and Myt1l, human fibroblasts can be converted by defined neuronal transcription factors, and human fibroblasts can also be converted by miR-9/9-124 with neurogenic or subtype-specifying transcription factors. The readout is acquisition of neuronal identity and function, assessed by neuronal morphology, neuronal markers such as Tuj1/βIII-tubulin, MAP2, synapsin, and subtype markers when relevant, together with functional assays such as action-potential firing, synaptic activity, and electrophysiology.
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Calculators
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