Product Description: Mensacarcin, a highly complex polyketide, strongly inhibits cell growth universally in cancer cell lines and potently induces apoptosis in melanoma cells. Mensacarcin targets to mitochondria, affects energy metabolism in mitochondria, and activates caspase-dependent apoptotic pathways. Mensacarcin, an antibiotic, can be used as a cytotoxic component of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs)[1][2].
Applications: Cancer-programmed cell death
Formula: C21H24O9
References: [1]Birte Plitzko, et al. The natural product mensacarcin induces mitochondrial toxicity and apoptosis in melanoma cells. J Biol Chem. 2017 Dec 22;292(51):21102-21116./[2]Lutz F. Tietze, et al. Intramolecular Heck Reactions for the Synthesis of the Novel Antibiotic Mensacarcin: Investigation of Catalytic, Electronic and Conjugative Effects in the Preparation of the Hexahydroanthracene Core. Chemistry Europe. Volume2005, Issue9.
CAS Number: 808750-39-2
Molecular Weight: 420.41
Research Area: Cancer
Solubility: 10 mM in DMSO
Target: ADC Cytotoxin;Apoptosis;Mitochondrial Metabolism