| Bioactivity | PMSF is an irreversible serine/cysteine protease inhibitor commonly used in the preparation of cell lysates. | ||||||||||||
| Invitro | PMSF (2 mM) inhibits carbachol-stimulated inositol phosphate accumulation in the presence of Li+ by only 15%-19%. PMSF inhibition of phosphoinositide turnover is due to one or more steps following phosphoinositide breakdown[1]. PMSF inhibits the acylation of the inositol residue of GPI intermediates in bloodstream form T. brucei. PMSF inhihits the formntion of glycolipid C but does not inhibit fatty acid remodeling in vitro. PMSF inhihits GPI acylation and ethanolamine phosphatp addition in procyclic trypanosomes but not in Hela cells[2]. | ||||||||||||
| In Vivo | PMSF (0.1 mL/10 g b.wt, i.p.) produces antinociception as indicated by the dose-responsive increase in % MPE in the tail-flick latency evaluation, but fails to produce a clear dose-responsive inhibition of locomotion. Mice receiving i.p. injections of PMSF exhibit cannabinoid effects that includes antinociception, hypothermia and immobility with ED50 values of 86, 224 and 206 mg/kg, respectively. PMSF (30 mg/kg) pretreatment potentiates the effects of anandamide on tail-flick response (antinociception), spontaneous activity and mobility by 5-, 10- and 8-fold, respectively[3]. | ||||||||||||
| Name | PMSF | ||||||||||||
| CAS | 329-98-6 | ||||||||||||
| Formula | C7H7FO2S | ||||||||||||
| Molar Mass | 174.19 | ||||||||||||
| Appearance | Solid | ||||||||||||
| Transport | Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere. | ||||||||||||
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| Reference | [1]. Sekar, M.C. and B.D. Roufogalis, Differential effects of phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) on carbachol and potassium stimulated phosphoinositide turnover and contraction in longitudinal smooth muscle of guinea pig ileum. Cell Calcium, 1984. 5(3): p. [2]. Guther, M.L., W.J. Masterson, and M.A. Ferguson, The effects of phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride on inositol-acylation and fatty acid remodeling in African trypanosomes. J Biol Chem, 1994. 269(28): p. 18694-701. [3]. Compton, D.R. and B.R. Martin, The effect of the enzyme inhibitor phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride on the pharmacological effect of anandamide in the mouse model of cannabimimetic activity. J Pharmacol Exp Ther, 1997. 283(3): p. 1138-43. |