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Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Molecular Formula C16H23NO6
Molecular Weight 325.3569
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters 5 / 5
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of MONOCROTALINE

SMILES

C[C@H]1C(=O)O[C@@H]2CCN3CC=C(COC(=O)[C@](C)(O)[C@]1(C)O)[C@H]23

InChI

InChIKey=QVCMHGGNRFRMAD-XFGHUUIASA-N
InChI=1S/C16H23NO6/c1-9-13(18)23-11-5-7-17-6-4-10(12(11)17)8-22-14(19)16(3,21)15(9,2)20/h4,9,11-12,20-21H,5-8H2,1-3H3/t9-,11+,12+,15+,16-/m0/s1

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C16H23NO6
Molecular Weight 325.3569
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 5 / 5
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED

Monocrotaline is an 11-membered macrocyclic pyrrolizidine alkaloid derived from the seeds of the Crotalaria spectabilis plant. Monocrotaline is activated to the reactive pyrrole metabolite dehydromonocrotaline in the liver, a reaction that is highly dependent on cytochrome P-450 (CYP3A4). Monocrotaline induces a syndrome characterized, among other manifestations, by pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary mononuclear vasculitis (acute necrotizing pulmonary arteritis in about one-third of the animals), and right ventricular hypertrophy. Monocrotaline is widely used to model pulmonary arterial hypertension in rodents. Monocrotaline aggregates on and activates the extracellular calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) of pulmonary artery endothelial cells to trigger endothelial damage and, ultimately, induces pulmonary hypertension.

Originator

Curator's Comment: reference retrieved from http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja01265a073

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TitleDatePubMed
Chronic sildenafil treatment inhibits monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension in rats.
2004-01-01
Beneficial effects of GH/IGF-1 on skeletal muscle atrophy and function in experimental heart failure.
2004-01
Activation of the right ventricular endothelin (ET) system in the monocrotaline model of pulmonary hypertension: response to chronic ETA receptor blockade.
2003-12
Experience influences gustatory responsiveness to pyrrolizidine alkaloids in the polyphagous caterpillar, Estigmene acrea.
2003-11
Rhythmical contractions in pulmonary arteries of monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertensive rats.
2003-11
Augmented pulmonary vascular and venous constrictions to N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester in rats with monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension.
2003-11
Basement membrane and matrix metalloproteinases in monocrotaline-induced liver injury.
2003-11
Decreased hepatic nitric oxide production contributes to the development of rat sinusoidal obstruction syndrome.
2003-10
Simvastatin rescues rats from fatal pulmonary hypertension by inducing apoptosis of neointimal smooth muscle cells.
2003-09-30
The activation pattern of the antioxidant enzymes in the right ventricle of rat in response to pressure overload is of heart failure type.
2003-09-25
Identification of DNA adducts derived from riddelliine, a carcinogenic pyrrolizidine alkaloid.
2003-09
Sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (veno-occlusive disease) in the rat is prevented by matrix metalloproteinase inhibition.
2003-09
Liver inflammation during monocrotaline hepatotoxicity.
2003-08-28
Hybrid cell-gene therapy for pulmonary hypertension based on phagocytosing action of endothelial progenitor cells.
2003-08-19
Mechanical load-dependent regulation of gene expression in monocrotaline-induced right ventricular hypertrophy in the rat.
2003-08-08
DA-8159, a potent cGMP phosphodiesterase inhibitor, attenuates monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension in rats.
2003-08
The coagulation system contributes to synergistic liver injury from exposure to monocrotaline and bacterial lipopolysaccharide.
2003-08
Comparative scoring of micronucleated reticulocytes in rat peripheral blood by flow cytometry and microscopy.
2003-08
Taste receptors for pyrrolizidine alkaloids in a monophagous caterpillar.
2003-07
Endothelial cell injury and coagulation system activation during synergistic hepatotoxicity from monocrotaline and bacterial lipopolysaccharide coexposure.
2003-07
Inhibition of matrix metalloproteinases by lung TIMP-1 gene transfer limits monocrotaline-induced pulmonary vascular remodeling in rats.
2003-06-10
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids as oviposition stimulants for the cinnabar moth, Tyria jacobaeae.
2003-06
Embolization by sinusoidal lining cells obstructs the microcirculation in rat sinusoidal obstruction syndrome.
2003-06
Protective role of angiopoietin-1 in experimental pulmonary hypertension.
2003-05-16
Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor enhances alpha-naphthylthiourea-induced pulmonary hypertension.
2003-05
Effect of a surgical aortocaval fistula on monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension.
2003-04
Tachykinin dysfunction attenuates monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension.
2003-03-15
Effects of monocrotaline pyrrole and thrombin on pulmonary endothelial cell junction and matrix adhesion proteins.
2003-03-03
Final height outcome and value of height prediction in boys with constitutional delay in growth and adolescence treated with intramuscular testosterone 125 mg per month for 3 months.
2003-03
Skeletal muscle abnormalities in rats with experimentally induced heart hypertrophy and failure.
2003-03
Cardiac beta-adrenoceptor changes in monocrotaline-treated rats: differences between membrane preparations from whole ventricles and isolated ventricular cardiomyocytes.
2003-03
Role of neutrophils in the synergistic liver injury from monocrotaline and bacterial lipopolysaccharide exposure.
2003-03
The role of Kupffer cells and TNF-alpha in monocrotaline and bacterial lipopolysaccharide-induced liver injury.
2003-01
Gender differences in pulmonary arterial reactivity to dilatory agonists in pulmonary hypertension.
2003
Cytostatic properties of some angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitors and of angiotensin II type I receptor antagonists.
2003
Pyrrolizidine alkaloid clivorine inhibits human normal liver L-02 cells growth and activates p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase in L-02 cells.
2002-12
Pulmonary effects of ultrafine and fine ammonium salts aerosols in healthy and monocrotaline-treated rats following short-term exposure.
2002-12
Ventricular hypertrophy plus neurohumoral activation is necessary to alter the cardiac beta-adrenoceptor system in experimental heart failure.
2002-11-29
Simvastatin attenuates smooth muscle neointimal proliferation and pulmonary hypertension in rats.
2002-11-15
Acute and chronic effects of T-1032, a novel selective phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor, on monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension in rats.
2002-11
Anti-monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 gene therapy attenuates pulmonary hypertension in rats.
2002-11
Dexfenfluramine protects against pulmonary hypertension in rats.
2002-11
Cardiac and thermoregulatory effects of instilled particulate matter-associated transition metals in healthy and cardiopulmonary-compromised rats.
2002-10-25
Calibrated histochemistry applied to oxygen supply and demand in hypertrophied rat myocardium.
2002-09-01
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids from Senecio jacobaea affect fungal growth.
2002-09
[The effect and mechanism of felodipine on monocrotaline induced pulmonary hypertension in rats].
2002-08
Reduction of monocrotaline-induced hepatic injury by deleted variant of hepatocyte growth factor (dHGF) in rats.
2002-08
Heme oxygenase-1 reduces murine monocrotaline-induced pulmonary inflammatory responses and resultant right ventricular overload.
2002-08
Myocardial force development and structural changes associated with monocrotaline induced cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure.
2002
Molecular mechanisms of cardiac hypertrophy induced by toxicants.
2001
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Sample Use Guides

Rodents: 45-300 mg/kg
Route of Administration: Parenteral
In Vitro Use Guide
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MONOCROTALINE
HSDB   MI  
Common Name English
NCI-C56462
Preferred Name English
CROTALINE
Common Name English
(-)-MONOCROTALINE
Common Name English
2H-(1,6)DIOXACYCLOUNDECINO(2,3,4-GH)PYRROLIZINE-2,6(3H)-DIONE, 4,5,8,10,12,13,13A,13B-OCTAHYDRO-4,5-DIHYDROXY-3,4,5-TRIMETHYL-, (3R,4R,5R,13AR,13BR)-
Common Name English
20-NORCROTALANAN-11,15-DIONE, 14,19-DIHYDRO-12,13-DIHYDROXY-, (13.ALPHA.,14.ALPHA.)-
Common Name English
MONOCROTALINE [MI]
Common Name English
2H-(1,6)DIOXACYCLOUNDECINO(2,3,4-GH)PYRROLIZINE-2,6(3H)-DIONE, 4,5,8,10,12,13,13A,13B-OCTAHYDRO-4,5-DIHYDROXY-3,4,5-TRIMETHYL-, (3R-(3R*,4R*,5R*,13AR*,13BR*))-
Common Name English
MONOCROTALINE [HSDB]
Common Name English
MONOCROTALINE [IARC]
Common Name English
NSC-28693
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID9020902
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MESH
D016686
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PUBCHEM
9415
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FDA UNII
73077K8HYV
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NSC
28693
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HSDB
3513
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CHEBI
6980
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CAS
315-22-0
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m7606
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