Bioactivity | Ecopladib is a sub-micromolar inhibitor of cytosolic phospholipase A2α (cPLA2α), with IC50s of 0.15 μM and 0.11 μM in the GLU micelle and rat whole blood assays, respectively. | ||||||||||||
Target | IC50: 0.15 μM (cPLA2α, in GLU micelle), 0.11 μM (cPLA2α, rat blood) | ||||||||||||
Invitro | Ecopladib inhibits cPLA2α in the PAPE liposome assay at 73% at a concentration of 37 nM, while it inhibits sPLA2 at 16% at 1 μM. Ecopladib inhibits the production of prostaglandins (PGF2α) and leukotrienes (LTB4 and LTC4/D4/E4) with comparable IC50s of 20−30 nM. Ecopladib is inactive against COX-1 and COX-2 at 20 μM, which is nearly 100 times the IC50 in the MC-9 cells. Ecopladib inhibit 12- and 15-HETE, which are derived from arachidonic acid via the 12- and 15-lipoxygenase pathways and the IC50s are ∼0.3 μM[1]. | ||||||||||||
In Vivo | Ecopladib is orally efficacious in this model and displays an ED50 of 8 mg/kg, demonstrating that it can inhibit COX-2 derived PGE2 formation in vivo. Ecopladib is orally efficacious at reducing carrageenan-induced paw swelling: from dose−response studies, it is determined that the ED50 is 40 mg/kg[1]. | ||||||||||||
Name | Ecopladib | ||||||||||||
CAS | 381683-92-7 | ||||||||||||
Formula | C39H33Cl3N2O5S | ||||||||||||
Molar Mass | 748.11 | ||||||||||||
Appearance | Solid | ||||||||||||
Transport | Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere. | ||||||||||||
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Reference | [1]. Lee KL, et al. Discovery of Ecopladib, an indole inhibitor of cytosolic phospholipase A2alpha. J Med Chem. 2007 Mar 22;50(6):1380-400. Epub 2007 Feb 17. |