Nitrogen mustard alkylating agent and prodrug.
CAS：50-18-0
分子式：C7H15Cl2N2O2P
分子量：261.09
纯度：98%
存储：Store at -20°C

Background:

Cyclophosphamide is a synthetic alkylating agent chemically related to the nitrogen mustards with antineoplastic activity, a immunosuppressant.

Cyclophosphamide induces outer membrane blebbing, leads to DNA fragmentation, as revealed by TUNEL staining of free 3'-OH DNA ends, and induces cleavage of the caspase 3 and caspase 7 substrate PARP in 9L/P450 cells. Bcl-2 expression fully blocks the activation of both initiator caspases as well as the effector caspase 3 in cells treated with activated Cyclophosphamide. Bcl-2 inhibits the cytotoxic effects but not the cytostatic effects of activated Cyclophosphamide[1]. Cyclophosphamide inhibits the AChE reversibly with an IC50 of 511 μM[2]. Carbon tetrachloride does not affect the direct cytotoxicity of cyclophosphamide or 4-hydroxycyclophosphamide to cells in culture[3].

Cyclophosphamide (injected i.p.;2mg/mouse in 0.1 mL PBS, in C3H mice bearing SW1 tumors) increases the percentage of cells that stained for CD3, CD4 or CD8 in both spleens and tumors[4].

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[3]. Harris RN, et al. Carbon tetrachloride-induced increase in the antitumor activity of cyclophosphamide in mice: a pharmacokineticstudy. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 1984;12(3):167-72.
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