| Bioactivity | OAC2 is an Oct4-activating compound which activates expression through the Oct4 gene promoter. | ||||||||||||
| Invitro | Octamer-binding transcription factor 4 (Oct4) is a master regulator of the induction and maintenance of cellular pluripotency, and has crucial roles in early stages of differentiation. It is the only factor that cannot be substituted by other members of the same protein family to induce pluripotency[1]. Oct4 has been shown to be an essential regulator of embryonic stem cell (ESC) pluripotency and key to the reprogramming process. OAC2 is a structural analog of OAC1. OAC2 activates both Oct4 and Nanog reporters to a similar extent as OAC1. OAC1 and its two structural analogs OAC2 and OAC3 enhances reprogramming efficiency fourfold, up to as high as 2.75%, and accelerates the appearance of iPSC colonies 3 to 4 d when used in combination with the four reprogramming factors, Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, and c-Myc[2]. | ||||||||||||
| Name | OAC2 | ||||||||||||
| CAS | 6019-39-2 | ||||||||||||
| Formula | C15H12N2O | ||||||||||||
| Molar Mass | 236.27 | ||||||||||||
| Appearance | Solid | ||||||||||||
| Transport | Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere. | ||||||||||||
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| Reference | [1]. Okuyama T, et al. Structural and mechanistic insights into nuclear transport and delivery of the critical pluripotency factor Oct4 to DNA. J Biomol Struct Dyn. 2017 Feb 6:1-50 [2]. Li W, et al. Identification of Oct4-activating compounds that enhance reprogramming efficiency. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Dec 18;109(51):20853-8. |