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20(S)-Hydroxycholesterol

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20(S)-Hydroxycholesterol | CAS No. 516-72-3 | Hedgehog Signaling Activators
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Description: Allosteric activator of Hedgehog (Hh) signaling; induces Smo accumulation

Chemical Name: (3β)-Cholest-5-ene-3,20-diol

Purity: ≥95%

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Biological Activity

20(S)-Hydroxycholesterol is an allosteric activator of the Hedgehog signaling pathway Smoothened (Smo) oncoprotein; binds at a site distinct from the canonical cyclopamine binding site. Activates Hedgehog (Hh) signaling (EC50 ~ 3μM for induction of Hh reporter gene transcription in in NIH 3T3 cells). Induces Smo accumulation in primary cilia; also exhibits osteogenic activity and activates the liver X receptor (LXR).

Technical Data

M.Wt:
402.65
Formula:
C27H46O2
Solubility:
Soluble to 100 mM in ethanol
Purity:
≥95%
Storage:
Store at -20°C
CAS No:
516-72-3

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Background References

  1. Oxysterols are allosteric activators of the oncoprotein Smoothened.
    Nachtergaele S, Mydock LK, Krishnan K et al.
    Nat Chem Biol
  2. Metabolic origins of spatial organization in the tumor microenvironment
    C Carmona-Fo, M Deforet, L Akkari, CB Thompson, JA Joyce, JB Xavier
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A, 2017;0(0):.
  3. Oxysterols are novel activators of the hedgehog signaling pathway in pluripotent mesenchymal cells
    Dwyer et al.
    J.Biol.Chem., 2007;282:8959
  4. Oxysterol binding to the extracellular domain of Smoothened in Hedgehog signaling.
    Nedelcu et al.
    Nat.Chem.Biol., 2013;9:557

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Citations for 20(S)-Hydroxycholesterol

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  1. HDL inhibits endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced apoptosis of pancreatic β-cells in vitro by activation of Smoothened.
    Authors: Lucia Et al.
    J Lipid Res  2020;61:492-504
  2. Metabolic origins of spatial organization in the tumor microenvironment.
    Authors: Craig B Et al.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A  2017;114:2934-2939

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