Bioactivity | MitoPBN is a mitochondria-targeted antioxidant. It accumulates in the mitochondria following the generation of a mitochondrial membrane potential by succinate, an effect that is blocked by addition of the mitochondrial membrane potential uncoupler FCCP. MitoPBN inhibits superoxide activation of mitochondrial uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1), UCP2, and UCP3 when used at a concentration of 250 nM in vitro but does not react with superoxide. It traps hydroxyl (IC50=~77 μM) and carbon-centered radicals and inhibits the initiation of lipid peroxidation in isolated bovine heart mitochondria. |
CAS | 652968-37-1 |
Formula | C33H37BrNO2P |
Molar Mass | 590.53 |
Transport | Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere. |
Storage | Please store the product under the recommended conditions in the Certificate of Analysis. |
Reference | [1]. Murphy, et al. Superoxide activates uncoupling proteins by generating carbon-centered radicals and initiating lipid peroxidation: Studies using a mitochondria-targeted spin trap derived from α-phenyl-N-tert-butylnitrone. J. Biol. Chem. 278(49), 48534-48545 (2003). |