Details
Stereochemistry | ACHIRAL |
Molecular Formula | C6H15N.C2H2Cl2O2 |
Molecular Weight | 230.132 |
Optical Activity | NONE |
Defined Stereocenters | 0 / 0 |
E/Z Centers | 0 |
Charge | 0 |
SHOW SMILES / InChI
SMILES
OC(=O)C(Cl)Cl.CC(C)NC(C)C
InChI
InChIKey=ILKBHIBYKSHTKQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI=1S/C6H15N.C2H2Cl2O2/c1-5(2)7-6(3)4;3-1(4)2(5)6/h5-7H,1-4H3;1H,(H,5,6)
Molecular Formula | C6H15N |
Molecular Weight | 101.19 |
Charge | 0 |
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Stereochemistry | ACHIRAL |
Additional Stereochemistry | No |
Defined Stereocenters | 0 / 0 |
E/Z Centers | 0 |
Optical Activity | NONE |
Molecular Formula | C2H2Cl2O2 |
Molecular Weight | 128.942 |
Charge | 0 |
Count |
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Stereochemistry | ACHIRAL |
Additional Stereochemistry | No |
Defined Stereocenters | 0 / 0 |
E/Z Centers | 0 |
Optical Activity | NONE |
Dichloroacetic acid, often abbreviated DCA (dichloroacetate), is an acid analog of acetic acid in which two of the three hydrogen atoms of the methyl group have been replaced by chlorine atoms. The salts and esters of dichloroacetic acid are called dichloroacetates. Salts of DCA are used as drugs since they inhibit the enzyme pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase. Early reports of its activity against brain cancer cells led patients to treat themselves with DCA, which is commercially available in non-pharmaceutical grade. A phase 1 study in 5 patients concluded that DCA was safe, but wasn't designed to establish effectiveness.
DCA was approved for use in Canada in 1989 (as a topical formulation for the treatment of warts and for cauterization and removal of a wide variety of skin and tissue lesions), but was cancelled post market. DCA is a noncompetitive inhibitor of the endoplasmic reticulum enzyme HMG CoA reductase, which catalyzes the rate limiting step in cholesterol biosynthesis. DCA has been researched in adults, children, animals, and cells as a monotherapy as well as in
combination with other therapies for the treatment of severe metabolic disorders including diabetes and hypercholesterolemia, lactic acidosis, certain heart conditions, and cancer. DCA has been prescribed to reduce tumour size and tumour markers, prevent angiogenesis, reduce
cancer related symptoms, manage pain, and aid in palliation.
CNS Activity
Sources: http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/patient-and-public-info-site/Documents/Headlines_2011_Winter.pdf
Curator's Comment: The drug easily crosses the blood-brain barrier when given in a pill form and there is no evidence that it is more effective when given intravenously.
Approval Year
Targets
Primary Target | Pharmacology | Condition | Potency |
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0.2 mM [Ki] | |||
Target ID: CHEMBL4766 Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17683942 |
1.0 mM [Ki] | ||
Target ID: CHEMBL3893 Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17683942 |
8.0 mM [Ki] |
Conditions
Condition | Modality | Targets | Highest Phase | Product |
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Primary | Unknown Approved UseUnknown |
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Primary | Unknown Approved UseUnknown |
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Primary | Unknown Approved UseUnknown |
PubMed
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trans-Activation of PPARalpha and PPARgamma by structurally diverse environmental chemicals. | 1999 Dec 1 |
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Effect of trichloroethylene and its metabolites, dichloroacetic acid and trichloroacetic acid, on the methylation and expression of c-Jun and c-Myc protooncogenes in mouse liver: prevention by methionine. | 2000 Apr |
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Gene transfer and metabolic modulators as new therapies for pulmonary hypertension. Increasing expression and activity of potassium channels in rat and human models. | 2001 |
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[Benign infantile mitochondrial myopathy]. | 2001 |
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The effect of dichloroacetic acid and trichloroacetic acid on DNA methylation and cell proliferation in B6C3F1 mice. | 2001 |
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Direct imaging of dehydrogenase activity within living cells using enzyme-dependent fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (ED-FRAP). | 2001 Apr |
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Dichloroacetate improves cardiac efficiency after ischemia independent of changes in mitochondrial proton leak. | 2001 Apr |
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Haloacetates in fog and rain. | 2001 Apr 1 |
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Detection of early gene expression changes by differential display in the livers of mice exposed to dichloroacetic acid. | 2001 Aug |
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Trichloroethylene oxidative metabolism in plants: the trichloroethanol pathway. | 2001 Dec |
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Diffusion-weighted image and MR spectroscopic analysis of a case of MELAS with repeated attacks. | 2001 Feb |
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Lactic acidosis update for critical care clinicians. | 2001 Feb |
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Effects of dichloroacetate (DCA) on serum insulin levels and insulin-controlled signaling proteins in livers of male B6C3F1 mice. | 2001 Jan |
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The fate and persistence of trifluoroacetic and chloroacetic acids in pond waters. | 2001 Jan |
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Lack of IL-6 production during exercise in patients with mitochondrial myopathy. | 2001 Jan-Feb |
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Nerve conduction changes in patients with mitochondrial diseases treated with dichloroacetate. | 2001 Jul |
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Study on the cytochrome P-450- and glutathione-dependent biotransformation of trichloroethylene in humans. | 2001 Mar |
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Differential effects of dihalogenated and trihalogenated acetates in the liver of B6C3F1 mice. | 2001 Mar-Apr |
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GSTZ1d: a new allele of glutathione transferase zeta and maleylacetoacetate isomerase. | 2001 Nov |
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Trichloroethylene, trichloroacetic acid, and dichloroacetic acid: do they affect fetal rat heart development? | 2001 Sep-Oct |
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Genetic polymorphisms in assessing interindividual variability in delivered dose. | 2002 Apr |
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[Drug therapy for mitochondrial diseases]. | 2002 Apr |
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Low-dose pharmacokinetics and oral bioavailability of dichloroacetate in naive and GST-zeta-depleted rats. | 2002 Aug |
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Dichloroacetate stimulates glycogen accumulation in primary hepatocytes through an insulin-independent mechanism. | 2002 Aug |
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Monochloramine loss in the presence of humic acid. | 2002 Feb |
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Enhanced pyruvate dehydrogenase activity does not affect muscle O2 uptake at onset of intense exercise in humans. | 2002 Jan |
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Dichloroacetate, a metabolic modulator, prevents and reverses chronic hypoxic pulmonary hypertension in rats: role of increased expression and activity of voltage-gated potassium channels. | 2002 Jan 15 |
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Skeletal muscle metabolism is unaffected by DCA infusion and hyperoxia after onset of intense aerobic exercise. | 2002 Jul |
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Distribution of haloacetic acids in the water columns of the Laurentian Great Lakes and Lake Malawi. | 2002 May 1 |
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The use of partial fatty acid oxidation inhibitors for metabolic therapy of angina pectoris and heart failure. | 2002 Nov |
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Brief increase in carbohydrate oxidation after reperfusion reverses myocardial stunning in conscious pigs. | 2002 Nov 26 |
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[Acute complications due to diabetes mellitus: Lactic acidosis]. | 2002 Oct |
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Chloroacetic acids in European soils and vegetation. | 2003 Apr |
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Measurement of 13C/12C of chloroacetic acids by gas chromatography/combustion/isotope ratio mass spectrometry. | 2003 Feb |
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Differential modulation of glucose, lactate, and pyruvate oxidation by insulin and dichloroacetate in the rat heart. | 2003 Jul |
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Perturbation of maleylacetoacetic acid metabolism in rats with dichloroacetic Acid-induced glutathione transferase zeta deficiency. | 2003 Jul |
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Regulation of transforming growth factor-beta, type III collagen, and fibronectin by dichloroacetic acid in human fibroblasts from normal peritoneum and adhesions. | 2003 May |
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Dichloroacetate increases skeletal muscle pyruvate dehydrogenase activity during acute limb ischemia. | 2003 May-Jun |
Patents
Sample Use Guides
In Vivo Use Guide
Sources: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00540176
Curator's Comment: Patients are typically started at a lower dose and slowly increased until the benefit is observed or
adverse effects become apparent. Doses are based upon weight, and optimal therapeutic dosing is
typically achieved at a range of 50 mg/kg to 80 mg/kg. In order to avoid adverse effects such as
peripheral neuropathy, intravenous DCA is administered twice weekly and oral DCA is given in a
cyclical nature with two weeks of administration being followed by a week-long break from
treatment. http://www.oicc.ca/uploads/dca-health-professional.pdf
Brain Cancer treatment: Oral DCA given twice daily for the 24 week period of the study.
Route of Administration:
Oral
In Vitro Use Guide
Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26063767
Cells were treated with 25 and 50 mmol/L dichloroacetate
for 24 hours, and cell-cycle profiles were analyzed using
flow cytometry. Dichloroacetate treatment induced changes in the
cell-cycle profiles of all tested glioblastoma cells.
Specifically, after 24 hours of treatment with 25 mmol/L dichloroacetate, there was a slight increase (not significant) in the
cells in G2–M phase in U87 and U251 cells and a 1.2-fold increase
(P < 0.001) in RN1 cells. Significant increase in the mean
percentage of all 3 tested cell lines in G2–M phase was observed
when dichloroacetate dose was increased to 50 mmol/L.
When compared with untreated control (U251, 8.8%; U87,
15.2%; RN1, 14.1%), dichloroacetate treatment increased the
proportion of cells at G2–M phase to 35.5%, 34.7%, and
45.5%, respectively
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