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U 18666A

≥98% (HPLC), cholesterol synthesis inhibitor, powder

Synonym(s):

(3β)-3-[2-(Diethylamino)ethoxy]androst-5-en-17-one hydrochloride

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Estimated to ship onSeptember 17, 2026fromMILWAUKEE

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C25H41NO2·HCl
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
424.06
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.77
MDL number:
Assay:
≥98% (HPLC)
Form:
powder

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Product Name

U 18666A, powder

assay

≥98% (HPLC)

Quality Segment

form

powder

color

white to off-white

mp

195-196.5 °C (lit.)

solubility

H2O: 10 mg/mL≥

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

Cl[H].[H][C@@]12CC=C3C[C@H](CC[C@]3(C)[C@@]1([H])CC[C@]4(C)C(=O)CC[C@@]24[H])OCCN(CC)CC

InChI

1S/C25H41NO2.ClH/c1-5-26(6-2)15-16-28-19-11-13-24(3)18(17-19)7-8-20-21-9-10-23(27)25(21,4)14-12-22(20)24;/h7,19-22H,5-6,8-17H2,1-4H3;1H/t19-,20-,21-,22-,24-,25-;/m0./s1

InChI key

GZFYZYBWLCYBMI-MYZJJQSMSA-N

General description

U18666A, a cationic amphiphile/sterol, has a diethylaminoethyl chain linked to the 3-hydroxyl. It is an androstenolone derivative.

Application

U 18666A has been used in fibroblast controls to study the mechanism of increase in autophagy in Niemann-Pick Disease Type C (NPC) cells.
U 18666A has been used:
  • as a competitive inhibitor of the Niemann-Pick disease, type C (NPC2) binding partner Niemann-Pick C1 (NPC1) to treat symbiotic and aposymbiotic adult Aiptasia to study the effect of global sterol transport inhibition
  • in treating seminiferous tubules to study its effects on the localization pattern of VPS35-positive vesicles
  • to study the U18666A treatment effects on early endosomes and late endosomes/multivesicular bodies (MVBs)
  • as an NPC1 inhibitor to test its in vivo efficacy and study its effects on filovirus entry and infection

Biochem/physiol Actions

Inhibitor of cholesterol synthesis (inhibits desmosterol Δ24-reductase). Weak inhibitor of hedgehog (hh) signaling.
U18666A, a Niemann-Pick phenotype inducer, can inhibit the lysosomal cholesterol export and Ebola infection.

Preparation Note

U 18666A is soluble in water at 10 mg/ml.

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assay

≥98% (HPLC)

assay

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assay

≥98%

assay

≥98% (HPLC)

form

powder

form

lyophilized solid

form

powder

form

solid

Quality Level

200

Quality Level

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Quality Level

200

Quality Level

100

storage temp.

2-8°C

storage temp.

2-8°C

storage temp.

2-8°C

storage temp.

10-30°C

solubility

H2O: 10 mg/mL≥

solubility

water: 10 mg/mL

solubility

-

solubility

anhydrous DMSO: 1 mg/mL, chloroform: 3 mg/mL, anhydrous ethanol: 500 μg/mL

color

white to off-white

color

white

color

-

color

off-white


Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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