Chemical Properties
White crystal
Uses
Puromycin aminonucleoside is a semi-synthetic derivative of puromycin which lacks the methoxyphenylalanyl moiety. Puromycin aminonucleoside is the key intermediate in the synthesis of semi-synthetic analogues of puromycin. It does not inhibit protein synthesis or induce apoptosis, but exhibits antitumor properties. Puromycin aminonucleoside-induced nephrosis is a well-described model of human idiopathic nephrotic syndrome, suppressing integrin expression in cultured glomerular epithelial cells.
Uses
Puromycin aminonucleoside is a semi-synthetic derivative of puromycin which lacks the methoxyphenylalanyl moiety. Puromycin aminonucleoside is the key intermediate in the synthesis of semi-synthetic analogues of puromycin. It does not inhibit protein synthesis or induce apoptosis, but exhibits antitumour properties. Puromycin aminonucleoside-induced nephrosis is a well-described model of human idiopathic nephrotic syndrome, suppressing integrin expression in cultured glomerular epithelial cells.
Definition
ChEBI: Puromycin derivative that lacks the methoxyphenylalanyl group on the amine of the sugar ring.
Description
Puromycin aminonucleoside (58-60-6) is the nucleoside moiety of puromycin (Cat.# 10-2100) which does not inhibit protein synthesis or induce apoptosis.1?It acts as a glomerular epithelial cell toxin2 and as such is a useful tool for producing animal models of nephropathy3,4, or puromycin aminonucleoside nephrosis (1-2.5 mg/100g rat body weight)5. Active in vivo.
References
1) Chow et al. (1995), Reevaluation of the role of de novo protein synthesis in rat thymocyte apoptosis; Exp. Cell Res., 216 149
2) Krishnamurti et al. (2001), Puromycin aminonucleoside suppresses integrin expression in cultured glomerular epithelial cells; J. Am. Soc. Nephrol., 12 758
3) Egashira et al. (2006), Tryptophan-niacin metabolism in rat with puromycin aminonucleoside-induced nephrosis; Int. J. Vitam. Nutr. Res., 76 28
4) Hagiwara et al. (2006), Mitochondrial dysfunction in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis of puromycin aminonucleoside nephrosis; Kidney Int., 69 1146
5) Lowenborg et al. (2000), Glomerular function and morphology in puromycin aminonucleoside nephropathy in rats; Nephrol. Dial. Transplant, 15 1547
