Polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid sodiumPolyinosinic-polycytidylic acid sodium
MedChemExpress (MCE)
HY-135748
42424-50-0
Poly(I:C) sodium
99.40%
-20°C, sealed storage, away from moisture *In solvent : -80°C, 6 months
-20°C, 1 month (sealed storage, away from moisture)
Room temperature in continental US
may vary elsewhere.
Polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (Poly(I:C)) sodium is a synthetic analog of double-stranded RNA and an agonist of toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) and retinoic acid inducible gene I (RIG-I)-like receptors (RIG-I and MDA5). Polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid sodium can be used as a vaccine adjuvant to enhance innate and adaptive immune responses, and to alter the tumor microenvironment. Polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid sodium can directly trigger cancer cells to undergo apoptosis.
Polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (20 ng/mL
24 hours
WM793, WM278, WM239A, WM9 and 1205Lu cells) treatment strongly reduces viability from 100% in controls to 20%–50% within 24 hours[1]. Polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (200 ng/mL
24 hours
1205Lu cells) treatment induces apoptosis in 1205Lu cells[1]. Polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (3 ng/mL
24 hours
1205Lu cells) treatment induces IFN-β expression in melanoma cells. Silencing of RIG-I and MDA-5 confirmed that induction of IFN-β by Polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid required RIG-I and MDA-5, respectively, and that required IPS-1[1]. Polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (5 ng/mL
24 hours
1205Lu cells) treatment reveals active subunits of caspase-9 and caspase-8 in melanoma cells[1]. Polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid sodium is prepared for injection by resuspending in sterile saline, heating to 50 °C at a concentration of 2 mg/mL to ensure complete solubilisation and then allowing to cool naturally to room temperature to ensure proper annealing of double-stranded RNA. Polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid is stored at -20 °C until use[3].
Polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid treatment inhibits tumor growth in NOD/SCID immunodeficient mice injected with 1205Lu cells. The level of human DNA is 50% lower in mice treated with Polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid[1].
TLR3
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[1]. Besch R, et al. Proapoptotic signaling induced by RIG-I and MDA-5 results in type I interferon-independent apoptosis in human melanoma cells. J Clin Invest. 2009 Aug
119(8):2399-411. [Content Brief]
[2]. Cheng YS, et al. Anticancer function of polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid. Cancer Biol Ther. 2010 Dec 15
10(12):1219-23. [Content Brief]
[3]. Robert Field, et al. Systemic challenge with the TLR3 agonist poly I:C induces amplified IFNalpha/beta and IL-1beta responses in the diseased brain and exacerbates chronic neurodegeneration. Brain Behav Immun. 2010 Aug
24(6):996-1007. [Content Brief]