Etoposide (VP-16)

Alias: Demethyl Epipodophyllotoxin Ethylidine Glucoside; epipodophyllotoxin. US brand names: Toposar. VePesid. Foreign brand name: Lastet. Abbreviation: EPEG Code names: VP16; VP16213
Cat No.:V1390 Purity: ≥98%
Etoposide (formerly VP-16, VP-16213; Toposar; VePesid; Lastet; EPEG), a chemotherapeutic drug used for the treatments of various cancers, is a semisynthetic derivative of the naturally occuring podophyllotoxin which inhibits DNA synthesis via topoisomerase II inhibitory activity.
Etoposide (VP-16) Chemical Structure CAS No.: 33419-42-0
Product category: Topoisomerase
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Other Forms of Etoposide (VP-16):

  • Etoposide Phosphate (BMY-40481)
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Purity: ≥98%

Product Description

Etoposide (formerly VP-16, VP-16213; Toposar; VePesid; Lastet; EPEG), a chemotherapeutic drug used for the treatments of various cancers, is a semisynthetic derivative of the naturally occuring podophyllotoxin which inhibits DNA synthesis via topoisomerase II inhibitory activity. The mandrake root, Podophyllum peltatum, is used to extract etoposide. It binds to topoisomerase II and inhibits it, giving it strong anticancer properties. Etoposide inhibits DNA replication and transcription, causes apoptosis in cells, and accumulates single- or double-strand breaks in DNA molecules by ligating the broken DNA molecules. The G2 and S phases of the cell cycle are when etoposide primarily acts.

Biological Activity I Assay Protocols (From Reference)
Targets
Topoisomerase II
ln Vitro

Etoposide inhibits to DNA and forms a complex with topoisomerase II, which causes breaks in double-stranded DNA and stops topoisomerase II from binding to repair it. This inhibits DNA synthesis. Cell death results from cumulative DNA breaks that prohibit cells from entering the mitotic phase of division. The G2 and S phases of the cell cycle are when etoposide primarily acts.[1] With an IC50 of 0.25 μg/mL, Etoposide inhibits the growth of the ISOS-1 murine angiosarcoma cell line over a period of 5 days. Normal mouse microvascular endothelial cells (mECs) have an IC50 of 10 μg/mL, which indicates that they are less sensitive to etoposide.[2] At an IC50 of 0.6 μM, etoposide treatment for six hours inhibits the growth of tetraploid variant human leukemic lymphoblast line CCRF-CEM.[3] Two hours of Etoposide treatment inhibits the growth of human pancreatic cancer cell lines Y1, Y3, Y5, Y19, YM, YS, and YT, with IC50s of 300 μg/mL, 300 μg/mL, 300 μg/mL, 91 μg/mL, 0.68 μg/mL, 300 μg/mL, 300 μg/mL, and 260 μg/mL, respectively.[4] Human glioma cell lines CL5, G142, G152, G111, and G5 grow less when exposed to Etoposide for one hour. The IC50 values for these cell lines are 8, 9, 9.8, 10, and 15.8 μg/mL, respectively, and they last for 12 days. Cell lines CL5, G152, G142, and G111 reach the IC90 value at 26, 27, 32, and 33 μg/mL under the same conditions. Topoisomerase II is uniformly inhibited by etoposides in every cell. For 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 μg Etoposide, the average inhibition rates are 15%, 21.8%, 31.8%, 41.5%, and 49.5%, in that order.[5]

ln Vivo
Etoposide administered as a single agent has been shown to be ineffective in the growth of many xenografts, including human neuroblastoma xenograft[7], human gastrointestinal cancer xenograft [8], and heterotransplanted hepatoblastoma NMHB1, and NMHB 2[6]. However, the dose of 10 mg/kg i.p. Etoposide inhibits 36% of controls' murine angiosarcoma cell ISOS-1 tumors. Lewis lung cancer is treated with etoposide to induce tumor immunity. Lewis lung cancer cell (3LL) injections in C57B1/6 mice result in a 60% survival rate after a single 50 mg/kg intraperitoneal injection. This survival rate lasts for 60 days. While none of the control mice survive for more than 30 days, about 40% of these surviving mice reject a subsequent challenge with 3LL. Seventy-five percent of recipient mice are killed by 3LL cells that have withstood a 90% lethal concentration of etoposide in vitro; however, sixty percent of surviving mice reject challenge with 3LL. When naive mice are injected with 3LL, spleenocytes taken from tumor-rejecting mice provide protection.[9]
Enzyme Assay
Nuclei are isolated and nuclear extracts are prepared. The percentage of decatenation obtained is used to calculate the activity of topoisomerase II. The substrate is tritiated kinoplast DNA (KDNA 0.22 μg). After 30 minutes of incubation at 37 °C, etoposide and topoisomerase II are stopped with 100 μg/mL of proteinase K and 1% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). We obtain the percentages of topoisomerase II decatenation and inhibition by etoposide.
Cell Assay
Cells treated with etoposide are removed from the dish and diluted into culture dishes in an amount sufficient to produce 20–200 colonies. The phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) solution contains 0.03% trypsin and 0.27 mM ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA). Methanol-acetic acid is used to fix the cultures after 12 days, crystal violet is used for staining, and colonies with more than 50 cells are scored. Unless otherwise specified, standard errors are usually less than 15% of the mean value.
Animal Protocol
Murine angiosarcoma xenografts ISOS-1; 10 mg/kg; i.p. every day for 5 days from day 7
Murine angiosarcoma xenografts ISOS-1
References

[1]. J Natl Cancer Inst . 1988 Dec 7;80(19):1526-33.

[2]. J Dermatol Sci . 2000 Nov;24(2):126-33.

[3]. Cancer Res . 1983 Apr;43(4):1592-7.

[4]. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol . 2001 Oct;48(4):327-32.

[5]. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol . 1998;41(2):93-7.

[6]. Cancer . 1998 Dec 1;83(11):2400-7.

[7]. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho . 1991 Jun;18(7):1155-61.

[8]. J Surg Oncol . 1993 Dec;54(4):211-5.

[9]. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol . 2001 Oct;48(4):327-32.

These protocols are for reference only. InvivoChem does not independently validate these methods.
Physicochemical Properties
Molecular Formula
C29H32O13
Molecular Weight
588.56
Exact Mass
588.18
Elemental Analysis
C, 59.18; H, 5.48; O, 35.34
CAS #
33419-42-0
Related CAS #
117091-64-2
Appearance
White to off-white solid powder
SMILES
C[C@@H]1OC[C@@H]2[C@@H](O1)[C@@H]([C@H]([C@@H](O2)O[C@H]3[C@H]4COC(=O)[C@@H]4[C@@H](C5=CC6=C(C=C35)OCO6)C7=CC(=C(C(=C7)OC)O)OC)O)O
InChi Key
VJJPUSNTGOMMGY-MRVIYFEKSA-N
InChi Code
InChI=1S/C29H32O13/c1-11-36-9-20-27(40-11)24(31)25(32)29(41-20)42-26-14-7-17-16(38-10-39-17)6-13(14)21(22-15(26)8-37-28(22)33)12-4-18(34-2)23(30)19(5-12)35-3/h4-7,11,15,20-22,24-27,29-32H,8-10H2,1-3H3/t11-,15+,20-,21-,22+,24-,25-,26-,27-,29+/m1/s1
Chemical Name
(5S,5aR,8aR,9R)-5-[[(2R,4aR,6R,7R,8R,8aS)-7,8-dihydroxy-2-methyl-4,4a,6,7,8,8a-hexahydropyrano[3,2-d][1,3]dioxin-6-yl]oxy]-9-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-5a,6,8a,9-tetrahydro-5H-[2]benzofuro[6,5-f][1,3]benzodioxol-8-one
Synonyms
Demethyl Epipodophyllotoxin Ethylidine Glucoside; epipodophyllotoxin. US brand names: Toposar. VePesid. Foreign brand name: Lastet. Abbreviation: EPEG Code names: VP16; VP16213
HS Tariff Code
2934.99.9001
Storage

Powder      -20°C    3 years

                     4°C     2 years

In solvent   -80°C    6 months

                  -20°C    1 month

Shipping Condition
Room temperature (This product is stable at ambient temperature for a few days during ordinary shipping and time spent in Customs)
Solubility Data
Solubility (In Vitro)
DMSO: ~100 mg/mL (~169.9 mM)
Water: <1 mg/mL
Ethanol: <1 mg/mL
Solubility (In Vivo)
Solubility in Formulation 1: ≥ 2.5 mg/mL (4.25 mM) (saturation unknown) in 10% DMSO + 40% PEG300 + 5% Tween80 + 45% Saline (add these co-solvents sequentially from left to right, and one by one), clear solution.
For example, if 1 mL of working solution is to be prepared, you can add 100 μL of 25.0 mg/mL clear DMSO stock solution to 400 μL PEG300 and mix evenly; then add 50 μL Tween-80 to the above solution and mix evenly; then add 450 μL normal saline to adjust the volume to 1 mL.
Preparation of saline: Dissolve 0.9 g of sodium chloride in 100 mL ddH₂ O to obtain a clear solution.

Solubility in Formulation 2: ≥ 2.5 mg/mL (4.25 mM) (saturation unknown) in 10% DMSO + 90% Corn Oil (add these co-solvents sequentially from left to right, and one by one), clear solution.
For example, if 1 mL of working solution is to be prepared, you can add 100 μL of 25.0 mg/mL clear DMSO stock solution to 900 μL of corn oil and mix evenly.

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Solubility in Formulation 3: ≥ 2.5 mg/mL (4.25 mM) (saturation unknown) in 5% DMSO + 40% PEG300 + 5% Tween80 + 50% Saline (add these co-solvents sequentially from left to right, and one by one), clear solution.
Preparation of saline: Dissolve 0.9 g of sodium chloride in 100 mL ddH₂ O to obtain a clear solution.


Solubility in Formulation 4: ≥ 2.5 mg/mL (4.25 mM) (saturation unknown) in 5% DMSO + 95% (20% SBE-β-CD in Saline) (add these co-solvents sequentially from left to right, and one by one), clear solution.
Preparation of 20% SBE-β-CD in Saline (4°C,1 week): Dissolve 2 g SBE-β-CD in 10 mL saline to obtain a clear solution.

Solubility in Formulation 5: ≥ 0.5 mg/mL (0.85 mM) (saturation unknown) in 1% DMSO 99% Saline (add these co-solvents sequentially from left to right, and one by one), clear solution.
Preparation of saline: Dissolve 0.9 g of sodium chloride in 100 mL ddH₂ O to obtain a clear solution.

Solubility in Formulation 6: 30% Propylene glycol , 5% Tween 80 , 65% D5W: 30 mg/mL

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Preparing Stock Solutions 1 mg 5 mg 10 mg
1 mM 1.6991 mL 8.4953 mL 16.9906 mL
5 mM 0.3398 mL 1.6991 mL 3.3981 mL
10 mM 0.1699 mL 0.8495 mL 1.6991 mL

*Note: Please select an appropriate solvent for the preparation of stock solution based on your experiment needs. For most products, DMSO can be used for preparing stock solutions (e.g. 5 mM, 10 mM, or 20 mM concentration); some products with high aqueous solubility may be dissolved in water directly. Solubility information is available at the above Solubility Data section. Once the stock solution is prepared, aliquot it to routine usage volumes and store at -20°C or -80°C. Avoid repeated freeze and thaw cycles.

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Clinical Trial Information
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