Chelerythrine

Chelerythrine is a natural alkaloid, acts as a potent and selective Ca2+/phospholopid-dependent PKC antagonist, with an IC50 of 0.7 μM[1]. Chelerythrine has antitumor, antidiabetic and anti-inflammatory activity[2]. Chelerythrine inhibits the BclXL-Bak BH3 peptide binding with IC50 of 1.5 μM and displaces Bax from BclXL. Chelerythrine triggers apoptosis and autophagy[3][4].

Product Specifications

CAS Number

[34316-15-9]

UNSPSC

12352005

Hazard Statement

H300-H315-H319-H335

Target

Apoptosis; Autophagy; Bcl-2 Family; Beta-lactamase; PKC

Type

Natural Products

Related Pathways

Anti-infection; Apoptosis; Autophagy; Epigenetics; TGF-beta/Smad

Applications

Cancer-Kinase/protease

Field of Research

Cancer; Metabolic Disease; Inflammation/Immunology

Assay Protocol

https://www.medchemexpress.com/chelerythrine.html

Solubility

10 mM in DMSO

Smiles

C[N+]1=CC2=C(OC)C(OC)=CC=C2C(C=CC3=C4)=C1C3=CC5=C4OCO5

Molecular Formula

C21H18NO4

Molecular Weight

348.37

Precautions

P261-P264-P270-P271-P280-P302+P352-P304+P340-P305+P351+P338-P330-P362+P364-P403+P233-P405-P501

References & Citations

[1]Herbert JM, et al. Chelerythrine is a potent and specific inhibitor of protein kinase C. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1990 Nov 15;172 (3) :993-9.|[2]Shi B, et al. Protein kinase C inhibitor chelerythrine attenuates partial unilateral ureteral obstruction induced kidney injury in neonatal rats. Life Sci. 2019 Jan 1;216:85-91.|[3]Chan SL, et al.Identification of chelerythrine as an inhibitor of BclXL function.J Biol Chem. 2003 Jun 6;278 (23) :20453-6.|[4]Tang ZH, et al.Induction of reactive oxygen species-stimulated distinctive autophagy by chelerythrine in non-small cell lung cancer cells.Redox Biol. 2017 Aug;12:367-376.|[5]Li W, et al. Effect of chelerythrine against endotoxic shock in mice and its modulation of inflammatory mediators in peritoneal macrophages through the modulation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway. Inflammation. 2012 Dec;35 (6) :1814-24. |[6]He N, et al. Antibacterial mechanism of chelerythrine isolated from root of Toddalia asiatica (Linn) Lam. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2018 Sep 26;18 (1) :261.