Ganciclovir

Catalog No.S1878 Batch:S187806

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Technical Data

Formula

C9H13N5O4
Molecular Weight 255.23 CAS No. 82410-32-0
Solubility (25°C)* In vitro DMSO 51 mg/mL (199.81 mM)
Water Insoluble
Ethanol Insoluble
* <1 mg/ml means slightly soluble or insoluble.
* Please note that Selleck tests the solubility of all compounds in-house, and the actual solubility may differ slightly from published values. This is normal and is due to slight batch-to-batch variations.
* Room temperature shipping (Stability testing shows this product can be shipped without any cooling measures.)

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Biological Activity

Description Ganciclovir is an antiviral drug for feline herpesvirus type-1 with IC50 of 5.2 μM in a cell-free assay.
In vitro Ganciclovir is metabolized to the triphosphate form by primarily three cellular enzymes: (1) a deoxyguanosine kinase induced by CMV-infected cells; (2) guanylate kinase; and (3) phosphoglycerate kinase. [1] Ganciclovir is sufficient to induce cell death in most bystander cells cocultured with HSV-tk-expressing cells. [2] Ganciclovir significantly reduces DNA synthesis in the transformed cells, whereas Ganciclovir has little effect on DNA synthesis in the nontransformed cells. Ganciclovir exhibits a concentration-dependent reduction in the rate of elongation into mature DNA. [3] Ganciclovir induces cell cycle arrests rather than direct chemical effect on HSVtk-transduced B16F10 melanoma cells. [4] Ganciclovir produces only weak inhibition of DNA synthesis. Ganciclovir-treated cells accumulate in early S-phase and remained there until cell death, suggesting that ganciclovir incorporation in the DNA template is important for cytotoxicity. [5] Ganciclovir-induced apoptosis is due to incorporation of the drug into DNA resulting in replication-dependent formation of DNA double-strand breaks and, at later stages, S and G2/M arrest. Ganciclovir-provoked DNA instability is likely to be responsible for the observed initial decline in Bcl-2 level and caspase-9/-3 activation. [6]
In vivo Antiviral drug ganciclovir (GCV) inhibits the proliferation of microglia in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). GCV attenuates neuroinflammation and does not significantly restrain the peripheral immune response[7].

Protocol (from reference)

Cell Assay:

[7]
  • Cell lines

    BV-2 cells 

  • Concentrations

    --

  • Incubation Time

    24 h

  • Method

    To assess cell proliferation by thymidine incorporation, a total of 2 × 10<sup>4</sup> BV-2 cells were seeded in a 96-well plate for a maximum of 12 h in 10% FBS containing DMEM and then serum starved for an additional 12 h before the addition of varying concentrations of GCV for a total of 24 h. Cultures were pulsed for the final 8 h with 1 µCi/well [3H]thymidine before incorporated radioactivity was measured using a β plate scintillation counter.
Animal Study:

[7]
  • Animal Models

    C57BL/6 mice

  • Dosages

    100 mg/kg

  • Administration

    i.p.

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Data from [Data independently produced by , , Sci Rep, 2017, 7: 43349]

Selleck's Ganciclovir has been cited by 16 publications

Cellular senescence in malignant cells promotes tumor progression in mouse and patient Glioblastoma [ Nat Commun, 2023, 14(1):441] PubMed: 36707509
Effects of cancer-associated fibroblasts deletion using HSVtk suicide system in OSCC [ Oral Dis, 2023, 10.1111/odi.14612] PubMed: 37203377
Tumor perivascular cell-derived extracellular vesicles promote angiogenesis via the Gas6/Axl pathway [ Cancer Lett, 2022, 524:131-143] PubMed: 34678434
Senescent hepatic stellate cells promote liver regeneration through IL-6 and ligands of CXCR2 [ JCI Insight, 2022, 7(14)e158207] PubMed: 35708907
Dioscin potentiates the antitumor effect of suicide gene therapy in melanoma by gap junction intercellular communication-mediated antigen cross-presentation [ Biomed Pharmacother, 2022, 150:112973] PubMed: 35468581
Safety, efficacy and delivery of multiple nucleoside analogs via drug encapsulated carbon (DECON) based sustained drug release platform [ Eur J Pharm Biopharm, 2022, S0939-6411(22)00047-9] PubMed: 35314347
Pericytes augment glioblastoma cell resistance to temozolomide through CCL5-CCR5 paracrine signaling [ Cell Res, 2021, 10.1038/s41422-021-00528-3] PubMed: 34239070
NUDT15-mediated hydrolysis limits the efficacy of anti-HCMV drug ganciclovir [ Cell Chem Biol, 2021, S2451-9456(21)00268-3] PubMed: 34192523
TGF-β/Alk5 signaling prevents osteoarthritis initiation via regulating the senescence of articular cartilage stem cells [ J Cell Physiol, 2021, 10.1002/jcp.30231] PubMed: 33452687
6-Thioguanine Inhibits Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Infection of Eyes [ Microbiol Spectr, 2021, 9(3):e0064621] PubMed: 34730435

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