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Pirinixic acid

Pirinixic acid structure

Pirinixic acid 

structure
  • CAS No:

    50892-23-4

  • Formula:

    C14H14ClN3O2S

  • Chemical Name:

    Pirinixic acid

  • Synonyms:

    Acetic acid,2-[[4-chloro-6-[(2,3-dimethylphenyl)amino]-2-pyrimidinyl]thio]-;Acetic acid,[[4-chloro-6-[(2,3-dimethylphenyl)amino]-2-pyrimidinyl]thio]-;2-[[4-Chloro-6-[(2,3-dimethylphenyl)amino]-2-pyrimidinyl]thio]acetic acid;Wy 14643;[4-Chloro-6-(2,3-xylidino)-2-pyrimidinylthio]acetic acid;Pirinixic acid;Pirnixic acid;NSC 310038;2-[4-Chloro-6-(2,3-dimethylanilino)pyrimidin-2-yl]sulfanylacetic acid

  • Categories:

    Biochemical Engineering  >  Inhibitors

Description

Pirinixic acid (Wy-14643) is a potent agonist of PPARα, with EC50s of 0.63 μM, 32 μM for murine PPARα and PPARγ, and 5.0 μM, 60 μM, 35 μM for human PPARα, PPARγ and PPARδ, respectively.


Pirinixic acid is a member of pyrimidines, an organochlorine compound and an aryl sulfide. It derives from an acetic acid.|Pirinixic Acid is a synthetic thiacetic acid derivative used in biomedical research, carcinogenic Pirinixic acid is a peroxisome proliferator that activates specific peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPAR). PPARs play an important role in diverse cellular functions, including lipid metabolism, cell proliferation, differentiation, adipogenesis, and inflammatory signaling. (NCI04)

Pirinixic acid Basic Attributes

323.8

323.80

86C4MRT55A

310038

DTXSID4020290

C29866

2933599090

Characteristics

100

4.2

1.4±0.1 g/cm3

151-153 °C @ Solvent: Ethyl acetate

514.4°C at 760 mmHg

264.9±30.1 °C

1.658

In water, 47.42 mg/L at 25 deg C (est)

Store at RT

1.95X10-9 mm Hg at 25 deg C (est)

Henry's Law constant = 2.7X10-13 atm-cu m/mol at 25 °C (est)

pKa1 = 3.37 (carboxylic acid) (est)

Hydroxyl radical reaction rate constant = 2.06X10-10 cu cm/molec-sec at 25 °C (est)

Safety Information

NONH for all modes of transport

3

45-22-36/37/38

53-26-36/37/39-45

AG2915000

T

P201-P261-P305 + P351 + P338-P308 + P313

H302-H315-H319-H335-H350

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|Danger|H302 (100%): Harmful if swallowed [Warning Acute toxicity, oral]|P201, P202, P261, P264, P270, P271, P280, P281, P301+P312, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P308+P313, P312, P321, P330, P332+P313, P337+P313, P362, P403+P233, P405, and P501|Aggregated GHS information provided by 39 companies from 2 notifications to the ECHA C&L Inventory. Each notification may be associated with multiple companies.

Toxicity

Inflammatory mediators orchestrate the host immune and metabolic response to acute bacterial infections and mediate the events leading to septic shock. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) has long been identified as one of the proximal mediators of endotoxin action. Recent studies have implicated peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha) as a potential target to modulate regulation of the immune response. Since PPARalpha activators, which are hypolipidemic drugs, are being prescribed for a significant population of older patients, it is important to determine the impact of these drugs on the host response to acute inflammation. Therefore, we examined the role of PPARalpha activators on the regulation of TNF expression in a mouse model of endotoxemia. CD-1 mice treated with dietary fenofibrate or Wy-14,643 had fivefold-higher lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced TNF plasma levels than LPS-treated control-fed animals. Higher LPS-induced TNF levels in drug-fed animals were reflected physiologically in significantly lower glucose levels in plasma and a significantly lower 50% lethal dose than those in LPS-treated control-fed animals. Utilizing PPARalpha wild-type (WT) and knockout (KO) mice, we showed that the effect of fenofibrate on LPS-induced TNF expression was indeed mediated by PPARalpha. PPARalpha WT mice fed fenofibrate also had a fivefold increase in LPS-induced TNF levels in plasma compared to control-fed animals. However, LPS-induced TNF levels were significantly decreased and glucose levels in plasma were significantly increased in PPARalpha KO mice fed fenofibrate compared to those in control-fed animals. Data from peritoneal macrophage studies indicate that Wy-14,643 modestly decreased TNF expression in vitro. Similarly, overexpression of PPARalpha in 293T cells decreased activity of a human TNF promoter-luciferase construct. The results from these studies suggest that any anti-inflammatory activity of PPARalpha in vivo can be masked by other systemic effects of PPARalpha activators.

LD50 Rat oral 4150 mg/kg|LD50 Mouse oral 1600 mg/kg

Wyeth-14,643 is a chemical that was developed by the pharmaceutical industry to lower serum cholesterol. It is not used in clinical applications. We studied the effects of Wyeth-14,643 on rats, mice, and hamsters because it was known that this chemical promotes the production of peroxisomes, organelles that contain a variety of enzymes involved in metabolism of lipids and cholesterol. We gave groups of male rats, mice, and hamsters Wyeth-14,643 mixed in their food for three months. In each species, groups of 25 animals received either 5, 10, 50, 100, or 500 parts per million (ppm) of Wyeth-14,643 in feed. Other groups receiving undosed feed served as the control groups. Tissues from 35 sites were examined for each animal and measures of sperm motility were performed. All the animals survived until the end of the studies. All of the animal groups exposed to the chemical, except the groups receiving 5 ppm and the mice receiving 10 ppm, had lower body weights than their control groups although the feed consumption was generally similar in the various groups of each species. However, the liver weights of rats, mice, and hamsters fed Wyeth-14,643 were generally greater than those of the controls and liver foci were observed in three 100 ppm mice and one 500 ppm mouse. In all groups of animals exposed to Wyeth-14,643, there were significant increases in cytoplasmic alteration of the liver. In the examination of sperm motility, the weights of the cauda epididymis were decreased in all three species of rodents receiving 500 ppm, and in hamsters the testis weights and spermatid counts were decreased in all dosed groups. Exposure to Wyeth-14,643 caused several changes in the livers of male rats, mice, and hamsters, including increased liver weights, increases in cytoplasmic alteration of the liver, and some liver foci. Wyeth-14,643 also had effects on the testes of exposed male rodents, decreasing the spermatid counts and the weights of the cauda epididymis.|No increase in the frequency of micronucleated normochromatic erythrocytes was observed in the peripheral blood of male or female Tg.AC mice exposed to Wy-14,643 in feed or via dermal application for 6 months. In neither study was a significant alteration in the percent polychromatic erythrocytes induced by chemical treatment, indicating no toxic effects in the bone marrow of treated animals.

Drug Information

Chemical agents that increase the rate of genetic mutation by interfering with the function of nucleic acids. A clastogen is a specific mutagen that causes breaks in chromosomes. (See all compounds classified as Mutagens.)|Substances used to lower plasma cholesterol levels. (See all compounds classified as Anticholesteremic Agents.)|Substances that increase the risk of NEOPLASMS in humans or animals. Both genotoxic chemicals, which affect DNA directly, and nongenotoxic chemicals, which induce neoplasms by other mechanism, are included. (See all compounds classified as Carcinogens.)|A class of nongenotoxic CARCINOGENS that induce the production of hepatic PEROXISOMES and induce hepatic neoplasms after long-term administration. (See all compounds classified as Peroxisome Proliferators.)

Effects of several classes of peroxisomal proliferators on peroxisomal functions, hepatomegaly, hepatocarcinogenesis and lipid metabolism have been extensively investigated in rodents. Less is known about influences of these agents, some used as hypolipidemic drugs, on various metabolic parameters in humans. We examined effects of clofibrate, di(2-ethyl-hexyl)phthalate (DEHP) and pirinixic acid (WY-14,643) on phospholipid metabolism in human fibroblasts in culture. Clofibrate inhibited incorporation of [1-(14)C]hexadecanol and [1-(14)C]linolenic acid into ethanolamine phosphoglycerides in a time- and concentration-dependent manner; labeling of plasmalogens and non-plasmalogen ethanolamine phosphoglycerides was reduced by 40-80% compared to a generalized 10-30% inhibition of labeling of other phospholipids, including phosphatidylcholine. In pulse and pulse-chase experiments, selective inhibition of incorporation of [1,2-(14)C]ethanolamine, compared to [methyl-(3)H]choline, confirmed relative specificity of inhibition of ethanolamine phosphoglycerides. Similar concentration dependence and specificity for inhibition of phospholipid turnover was observed for DEHP and WY-14,643, in both control and mutant (Zellweger and adrenoleukodystrophy) fibroblasts, in the absence of major effects on peroxisomal markers. These observations that peroxisomal proliferators specifically inhibit ethanolamine phosphoglyceride turnover in human fibroblasts should be considered when assessing the efficacy and safety of such agents as hypolipidemic drugs or when evaluating mechanisms of proliferator action at the cellular level.|Pirinixic acid (Wy-14,643) is an agonist of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) subtype alpha exhibiting beneficial effects in various inflammation-related processes in a slow, long-termed fashion. We recently showed that alpha-substituted pirinixic acid derivatives are agonists of PPAR alpha and act as dual inhibitors of 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO, EC 1.13.11.34) and the microsomal prostaglandin E(2) synthase-1 (EC 5.3.99.3). Here, we explored short-term effects of alpha-substituted pirinixic acid derivatives on typical neutrophil functions evoked by the agonist N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP) including leukotriene formation, generation of reactive oxygen species, and release of human leukocyte elastase (EC 3.4.21.37), and we investigated the modulation of related signalling pathways. Pirinixic acid derivatives that are substituted with alkyl residues in alpha-position of the carboxylic group and with a 6-aminoquinoline residue at the pyrimidine moiety cause inhibition of leukotriene formation, reactive oxygen species formation, and leukocyte elastase release in response to fMLP. In parallel, Ca(2+) mobilisation and the phosphorylation (activation) of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase was significantly reduced, whereas phosphorylation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase-2 was unaffected. Pirinixic acid itself was not or only marginally active in all these assays. Conclusively, targeted structural modification of pirinixic acid leads to bioactive compounds that display immediate anti-inflammatory properties in human neutrophils with potential therapeutic value.|Normal function of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha) is crucial for the regulation of hepatic fatty acid metabolism. Fatty acids serve as ligands for PPARalpha, and when fatty acid levels increase, activation of PPARalpha induces a battery of fatty acid-metabolizing enzymes to restore fatty acid levels to normal. Hepatic fatty acid levels are increased during ethanol consumption. However, results of in vitro work showed that ethanol metabolism inhibited the ability of PPARalpha to bind DNA and activate reporter genes. This observation has been further studied in mice. Four weeks of ethanol feeding of C57BL/6J mice also impairs fatty acid catabolism in liver by blocking PPARalpha-mediated responses. Ethanol feeding decreased the level of retinoid X receptor alpha (RXRalpha) as well as the ability of PPARalpha/RXR in liver nuclear extracts to bind its consensus sequence, and the levels of mRNAs for several PPARalpha-regulated genes were reduced [long-chain acyl coenzyme A (acyl-CoA) dehydrogenase and medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase] or failed to be induced (acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, liver carnitine palmitoyl-CoA transferase I, very long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase, very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase) in livers of the ethanol-fed animals. Consistent with this finding, ethanol feeding did not induce the rate of fatty acid beta-oxidation, as assayed in liver homogenates. Inclusion of WY14,643, a PPARalpha agonist, in the diet restored the DNA-binding activity of PPARalpha/RXR, induced mRNA levels of several PPARalpha target genes, stimulated the rate of fatty acid beta-oxidation in liver homogenates, and prevented fatty liver in ethanol-fed animals. Blockade of PPARalpha function during ethanol consumption contributes to the development of alcoholic fatty liver, which can be overcome by WY14,643.|Endothelium injury is a primary event in atherogenesis, which is followed by monocyte infiltration, macrophage differentiation, and smooth muscle cell migration. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are transcription factors now recognized as important mediators in the inflammatory response. The aim of this study was to develop a human endothelial model to evaluate anti-inflammatory properties of PPAR activators. PPAR proteins (alpha, delta and gamma) are expressed in EAhy926 endothelial cells (ECs). Pirinixic acid (Wy-14643), fenofibrate, fenofibric acid, the Merck ligand PPARdelta activator L-165041, 15-deoxy-Delta(12,14)-prostaglandin J2, but not rosiglitazone (BRL-49653) inhibited the induced expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1), as measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and monocyte binding to activated-EAhy926 cells. The PPARdelta activator L-165041 had the greatest potency to reduce cytokine-induced monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) secretion. All PPAR activators tested which impaired VCAM-1 expression reduced significantly nuclear p65 amount. These results show that EAhy926 endothelial cells are an adequate tool to substantiate and characterize inflammatory impacts of PPAR activators.|For more Mechanism of Action (Complete) data for Pirinixic acid (10 total), please visit the HSDB record page.

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/GENOTOXICITY/ The ability of peroxisome proliferators to induce hepatocellular carcinomas in rodents has been known since the mid 1970's, but the mechanism of tumor formation is still poorly understood. In this study, we have used primary cultures of both rat and human hepatocytes to address the question of whether the peroxisome proliferator, [4-chloro-6-(2,3-xylidino)-2-pyrimidinylthio] acetic acid (Wy-14,643), causes genotoxic damage in hepatocytes as measured by sister chromatid exchange (SCE), micronuclei formation, and chromosomal aberrations. We have found that in rat hepatocytes the number of SCEs per chromosome increased in a dose-dependent manner from a background level of 0.7 to a maximum of 1.1 in cells exposed for 48 hr to 100 microM of Wy-14,643. In contrast, no increase in SCE frequency was observed in rat hepatocytes exposed to Wy-14,643 for 3 hr. A dose-dependent increase in micronuclei formation was also seen in the 48 hr but not in the 3 hr cultures. The maximum frequency of micronuclei formation after a 48 hr exposure occurred at 20 microM Wy-14,643 and was 2.3 times that for control cells. At this concentration of Wy-14,643, the frequency of chromosomal aberrations was increased by more than 10-fold. A 48 hr exposure to Wy-14,643 also significantly increased micronuclei formation in human hepatocytes, but it was less effective than in rat hepatocytes. To investigate the potential role of peroxisome proliferation in these genotoxic responses, we measured the activities of palmitoyl-CoA beta-oxidase in hepatocytes exposed for 48 hr to Wy-14,643. A dose-dependent increase in palmitoyl-CoA beta-oxidase activity was observed in rat hepatocytes, but not in human hepatocytes. The SCE frequency in rat hepatocytes correlated well with the degree of peroxisome proliferation, however, the increased formation of micronuclei in both rat and human hepatocytes occurred by a mechanism that appeared to be independent of peroxisome induction. In summary, these results demonstrate that the peroxisome proliferator, Wy-14,643, causes genotoxic damage in primary cultures of both rat and human hepatocytes.|/ALTERNATIVE and IN VITRO TESTS/ Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha) agonism in ocular inflammation has not been thoroughly investigated. The objective of this investigation was to determine the effect of WY-14 643, a selective PPARalpha agonist, on inflammatory cytokine release in human ocular cells. Stimulation of primary human corneal epithelial cells, keratocytes, and retinal endothelial cells with 1 to 10 ng/mL interleukin 1beta (IL-1beta) resulted in a significant increase in numerous inflammatory cytokines, including IL-6, IL-8, and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha); and dexamethasone was able to significantly inhibit these effects. However, WY-14 643 did not effectively block IL-1beta-induced cytokine release in ocular cells; rather, significant increases in IL-1beta-induced inflammatory cytokines were observed in these cells but not in aortic smooth muscle cells. WY-14 643 also significantly upregulated vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in corneal epithelial cells and keratocytes. These studies demonstrate for the first time that PPARalpha agonism may be proinflammatory and proangiogenic in a variety of ocular cells and suggest that therapeutic applications of such agents in ophthalmology may be limited.

(4-chloro-6-(2,3-xylidino)-2-pyrimidinylthio)acetic acid

Pirinixic acid Use and Manufacturing

A highly potent PPARα agonist

Computed Properties

Molecular Weight:323.8
XLogP3:4.2
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count:2
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count:6
Rotatable Bond Count:5
Exact Mass:323.0495256
Monoisotopic Mass:323.0495256
Topological Polar Surface Area:100
Heavy Atom Count:21
Complexity:361
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count:1
Compound Is Canonicalized:Yes

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