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Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Molecular Formula C6H8O4
Molecular Weight 144.1253
Optical Activity NONE
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 1
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of DIMETHYL FUMARATE

SMILES

COC(=O)\C=C\C(=O)OC

InChI

InChIKey=LDCRTTXIJACKKU-ONEGZZNKSA-N
InChI=1S/C6H8O4/c1-9-5(7)3-4-6(8)10-2/h3-4H,1-2H3/b4-3+

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C6H8O4
Molecular Weight 144.1253
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 1
Optical Activity NONE

Dimethyl fumarate (DMF) is the methyl ester of fumaric acid. DMF was initially recognized as a very effective hypoxic cell radiosensitizer. Later, DMF combined with three other fumaric acid esters (FAE) was licensed in Germany as oral therapy for psoriasis (trade name Fumaderm). Phase III clinical trials found that DMF (BG-12) successfully reduced relapse rate and increased time to progression of disability in multiple sclerosis (trade name Tecfidera). DMF is thought to have immunomodulatory properties without significant immunosuppression. The mechanism of action of dimethyl fumarate in multiple sclerosis is not well understood. It is thought to involve dimethyl fumarate degradation to its active metabolite monomethyl fumarate (MMF) then MMF up-regulates the Nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 (Nrf2) pathway that is activated in response to oxidative stress. Dimethyl fumarate is marketed under the brand name Tecfidera.

CNS Activity

Curator's Comment: Dimethyl fumarate is probably too hydrophilic to cross the blood-CNS barrier. DMF stabilized the BBB by preventing disruption of interendothelial tight junctions and gap formation, and decreased matrix metalloproteinase activity in brain tissue.

Originator

Curator's Comment: In September 2003, Biogen (now Biogen Idec) licensed exclusive worldwide rights (excluding Germany) from Fumapharm to develop and market BG 12.

Approval Year

Targets

Targets

Primary TargetPharmacologyConditionPotency
Target ID: Q96KS0
Gene ID: 112398.0
Gene Symbol: EGLN2
Target Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
120.0 µM [IC50]
Target ID: Q9H6Z9
Gene ID: 112399.0
Gene Symbol: EGLN3
Target Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
60.0 µM [IC50]
Target ID: Q9GZT9
Gene ID: 54583.0
Gene Symbol: EGLN1
Target Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)
80.0 µM [IC50]
Target ID: Glutathione S-transferase
Conditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Primary
Unknown

Approved Use

Unknown
Diagnostic
Unknown

Approved Use

Unknown
Secondary
TECFIDERA

Approved Use

Indicated for the treatment of patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis

Launch Date

1.36434234E12
Palliative
Unknown

Approved Use

Unknown
Primary
TECFIDERA

Approved Use

TECFIDERA, dimethyl fumarate undergoes rapid presystemic hydrolysis by esterases and is converted to its active metabolite, monomethyl fumarate (MMF). TECFIDERA is indicated for the treatment of patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis.

Launch Date

1.36425597E12
Preventing
Unknown

Approved Use

Unknown
Cmax

Cmax

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
1.87 mg/L
240 mg 2 times / day multiple, oral
dose: 240 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: MULTIPLE
co-administered:
MONOMETHYL FUMARATE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNHEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: FED
AUC

AUC

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
8.21 mg × h/L
240 mg 2 times / day multiple, oral
dose: 240 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: MULTIPLE
co-administered:
MONOMETHYL FUMARATE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNHEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: FED
T1/2

T1/2

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
1 h
240 mg 2 times / day multiple, oral
dose: 240 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: MULTIPLE
co-administered:
MONOMETHYL FUMARATE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNHEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: FED
Funbound

Funbound

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
64%
240 mg 2 times / day multiple, oral
dose: 240 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: MULTIPLE
co-administered:
MONOMETHYL FUMARATE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNHEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: FED
Doses

Doses

DosePopulationAdverse events​
190 mg 2 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 190 mg, 2 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 190 mg, 2 times / day
Sources: Page: 6.1
unhealthy, adult
n = 769
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: multiple sclerosis
Age Group: adult
Sex: unknown
Population Size: 769
Sources: Page: 6.1
190 mg 2 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 190 mg, 2 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 190 mg, 2 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, mean 37 years
n = 105
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: multiple sclerosis
Age Group: mean 37 years
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 105
Sources:
Other AEs: Gastrointestinal disturbance...
Other AEs:
Gastrointestinal disturbance (53%)
Sources:
AEs

AEs

AESignificanceDosePopulation
Gastrointestinal disturbance 53%
190 mg 2 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 190 mg, 2 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 190 mg, 2 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, mean 37 years
n = 105
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: multiple sclerosis
Age Group: mean 37 years
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 105
Sources:
Overview

Overview

CYP3A4CYP2C9CYP2D6hERG

OverviewOther

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Drug as perpetrator​Drug as victim

Drug as victim

TargetModalityActivityMetaboliteClinical evidence
no
Sourcing

Sourcing

Vendor/AggregatorIDURL
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Antifungal properties of 2-bromo-3-fluorosuccinic acid esters and related compounds.
1977 Apr
The influence of long-term treatment with timolol on human tear lysozyme albumin content.
1982
Urinary loss of glucose, phosphate, and protein by diffusion into proximal straight tubules injured by D-serine and maleic acid.
1985 Jun
Microperfusion study of proximal tubule bicarbonate transport in maleic acid-induced renal tubular acidosis.
1986 Mar
Do contrast media aggravate Fanconi's syndrome in rats? A comparison of diatrizoate, iohexol, and ioxilan.
1988 Sep
Menstrual migraine and intermittent ergonovine therapy.
1989 Jun
Antifungal activity of fumaric acid in mice infected with Candida albicans.
1991 Nov
Ocular surface alteration after long-term treatment with an antiglaucomatous drug.
1992 Jul
Physiology and pathophysiology of organic acids in cerebrospinal fluid.
1993
Disposition of [14C]velnacrine maleate in rats, dogs, and humans.
1993 Nov-Dec
Age-related reference values for urinary organic acids in a healthy Turkish pediatric population.
1994 Jun
[Studies on the mechanisms of renal damages induced by nephrotoxic compounds].
1995 Dec
Efficacy of 101 antimicrobials and other agents on the development of Cryptosporidium parvum in vitro.
1996 Dec
Glycine attenuates Fanconi syndrome induced by maleate or ifosfamide in rats.
1996 Mar
Morphological effect of the type, concentration and etching time of acid solutions on enamel and dentin surfaces.
1998
A synthetic polycation, a copolymer of 1-vinyl-3-methylimidazole iodide with maleic acid diethyl ester, increases passive ionic permeability in erythrocyte membranes modified by fatty acids.
1998
In vitro shear bond strength of adhesive to normal and fluoridated enamel under various contaminated conditions.
1999 Aug
Experience with intraarterial infusion of styrene maleic acid neocarzinostatin (SMANCS)-lipiodol in pancreatic cancer.
1999 Jul-Aug
Determination of trimebutine and desmethyl-trimebutine in human plasma by HPLC.
2000 Jul
Subcritical mineralization of sodium salt of dodecyl benzene sulfonate using sonication-wet oxidation (SONIWO) technique.
2001 Jun
Molecular mechanism for the regulation of human mitochondrial NAD(P)+-dependent malic enzyme by ATP and fumarate.
2002 Jul
An in vitro study on restoring bond strength of a GIC to saliva contaminated enamel under unrinse condition.
2002 Jul-Aug
The comparison of plasma deproteinization methods for the detection of low-molecular-weight metabolites by (1)H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
2002 May 15
Neocortical neurons cultured from mice with expanded CAG repeats in the huntingtin gene: unaltered vulnerability to excitotoxins and other insults.
2003
Aqueous humour flow after a single oral dose of isosorbide-5-mononitrate in healthy volunteers.
2003 Aug
Molecular machinery for non-vesicular trafficking of ceramide.
2003 Dec 18
Identification of anti-inflammatory drugs according to their capacity to suppress type-1 and type-2 T cell profiles.
2004 Dec
Dynamic alterations of fibronectin layers on copolymer substrates with graded physicochemical characteristics.
2004 Mar 30
Effect of inducers of DT-diaphorase on the haemolytic activity and nephrotoxicity of 2-amino-1,4-naphthoquinone in rats.
2005 Aug 15
Enhanced cytotoxicity of bioreductive antitumor agents with dimethyl fumarate in human glioblastoma cells.
2005 Feb
Determination of ergometrine maleate by fluorescence detection.
2005 May-Jun
Tumor-necrosis-factor-related apoptosis-inducing-ligand (TRAIL)-mediated death of neurons in living human brain tissue is inhibited by flupirtine-maleate.
2005 Oct
Protein adsorption from flowing solutions on pure and maleic acid copolymer modified glass particles.
2006 Aug 1
Effects of antiglaucoma drugs on collagen gel contraction mediated by human corneal fibroblasts.
2006 Jun
The psoriasis drug monomethylfumarate is a potent nicotinic acid receptor agonist.
2008 Oct 31
Molecular mechanisms of Nrf2-mediated antioxidant response.
2009 Feb
Quantitative morphometry of respiratory tract epithelial cells as a tool for testing chemopreventive agent efficacy.
2010 Mar
Integration of metabolomics and transcriptomics data to aid biomarker discovery in type 2 diabetes.
2010 May
DMF inhibits PDGF-BB induced airway smooth muscle cell proliferation through induction of heme-oxygenase-1.
2010 Oct 20
Structure-activity comparison of the cytotoxic properties of diethyl maleate and related molecules: identification of diethyl acetylenedicarboxylate as a thiol cross-linking agent.
2011 Jan 14
Fumaric acid attenuates the eotaxin-1 expression in TNF-α-stimulated fibroblasts by suppressing p38 MAPK-dependent NF-κB signaling.
2013 Aug
Evaluation of aggregating brain cell cultures for the detection of acute organ-specific toxicity.
2013 Jun
Small molecule activators of the Nrf2-HO-1 antioxidant axis modulate heme metabolism and inflammation in BV2 microglia cells.
2013 Oct
Curcumin prevents maleate-induced nephrotoxicity: relation to hemodynamic alterations, oxidative stress, mitochondrial oxygen consumption and activity of respiratory complex I.
2014 Nov
Recent advances in understanding NRF2 as a druggable target: development of pro-electrophilic and non-covalent NRF2 activators to overcome systemic side effects of electrophilic drugs like dimethyl fumarate.
2017
Dual action by fumaric acid esters synergistically reduces adhesion to human endothelium.
2018 Dec
Multiple mechanisms of dimethyl fumarate in amyloid β-induced neurotoxicity in human neuronal cells.
2018 Feb
Monomethyl fumarate treatment impairs maturation of human myeloid dendritic cells and their ability to activate T cells.
2019 Jan
Patents

Patents

Sample Use Guides

In Vivo Use Guide
Curator's Comment: In group of dogs experimental Fanconi syndrome (generalized proximal tubular dysfunction) was induced with maleic acid (25 mg/kg iv, pH 7.3). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1858895
in cow: The aim of this study was to determine the influence of fumaric acid (FA) on ruminal fermentation and its effects on the acid-base balance of seven ruminally and duodenally fistulated multiparous German Holstein cows. The experiment was conducted in a change-over design with three periods in which the animals were randomly arranged in one of three treatments: Control (C; without FA), 300 or 600 g FA per day. The diets consisted of 7.4 kg DM grass silage, 4.2 kg concentrate mixture and 0, 300 or 600 g FA or wheat starch as isocaloric compensation per day and cow. FA supplementation decreased the rumen pH, acetic acid and butyric acid and increased propionic acid in rumen fluid. The results of the single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis (SSCP) did not show an influence of FA on the microbial population in the rumen
Route of Administration: Oral
In Vitro Use Guide
Curator's Comment: Maleic acid-induced inhibition of sugar and amino acid transport in the rat renal tubule was studied.
It was evaluated the effects of fumaric acid (FA) on tyrosinase activity and structure via enzyme kinetics and computational simulations. FA was found to be a reversible inhibitor of tyrosinase and its induced mechanism was the parabolic non-competitive inhibition type with IC50=13.7±0.25mM and Kislope=12.64±0.75mM. Kinetic measurements and spectrofluorimetry studies showed that FA induced regional changes in the active site of tyrosinase. One possible binding site for FA was identified under the condition without L-DOPA. The computational docking simulations further revealed that FA can interact with HIS263 and HIS85 at the active site. Furthermore, four important hydrogen bonds were found to be involved with the docking of FA on tyrosinase. By inhibiting tyrosinase and its central role in pigment production, FA is a potential natural antipigmentation agent.
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Name Type Language
DIMETHYL FUMARATE
DASH   HSDB   ORANGE BOOK   USAN   VANDF   WHO-DD  
USAN  
Official Name English
FAG-201
Code English
NSC-167432
Code English
BG-00012
Code English
BG 12
Code English
2-BUTENEDIOIC ACID, (2E)-, DIMETHYL ESTER
Common Name English
FP187
Code English
DIMETHYL FUMARATE [JAN]
Common Name English
BG00012
Code English
DIMETHYL FUMARATE [MI]
Common Name English
LAS-41008
Code English
DIMETHYL FUMARATE [ORANGE BOOK]
Common Name English
AZL-O-211089
Code English
LAS41008
Code English
BG 00012
Code English
DIMETHYL FUMARATE [HSDB]
Common Name English
DIMETHYL FUMARATE [USAN]
Common Name English
FUMARIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER
MI  
Systematic Name English
NSC-25942
Code English
TECFIDERA
Brand Name English
FP-187
Code English
AZL O 211089
Code English
BG-12
Code English
PANACLAR
Brand Name English
DIMETHYL FUMARATE [VANDF]
Common Name English
Dimethyl (2E)-but-2-enedioate
Systematic Name English
AZL-0211089
Code English
Dimethyl fumarate [WHO-DD]
Common Name English
Classification Tree Code System Code
NCI_THESAURUS C29708
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WHO-ATC N07XX09
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NCI_THESAURUS C798
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EU-Orphan Drug EU/3/18/1990
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FDA ORPHAN DRUG 406713
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WHO-ATC L04AX07
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FDA ORPHAN DRUG 607917
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WHO-VATC QN07XX09
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EMA ASSESSMENT REPORTS TECFIDERA (AUTHORIZED: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS)
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Code System Code Type Description
NCI_THESAURUS
C63670
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IUPHAR
7045
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NSC
25942
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RXCUI
1373478
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MESH
C056020
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USAN
QQ-86
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HSDB
7725
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PUBCHEM
637568
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MERCK INDEX
M11738
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CHEBI
76004
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DRUG BANK
DB08908
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID4060787
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ECHA (EC/EINECS)
210-849-0
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EVMPD
SUB13608MIG
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DRUG CENTRAL
4757
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ChEMBL
CHEMBL2107333
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WIKIPEDIA
DIMETHYL FUMARATE
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LACTMED
Dimethyl fumarate
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FDA UNII
FO2303MNI2
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CAS
624-49-7
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DAILYMED
FO2303MNI2
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NSC
167432
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METABOLITE INACTIVE -> PARENT
Unit: percent of dose
IN-VIVO
URINE
METABOLITE ACTIVE -> PARENT
METABOLITE INACTIVE -> PARENT
Unit: percent of dose; Amount combined with other cysteine conjugates
IN-VIVO
URINE
METABOLITE INACTIVE -> PARENT
Unit: percent of dose; Amount combined with "Fumaric Acid"
IN-VIVO
PLASMA
METABOLITE INACTIVE -> PARENT
Unit: percent of total dose excreted (into Expired Air; 39.7% to 58.6%)
IN-VIVO
METABOLITE INACTIVE -> PARENT
Unit: percent of dose; Amount combined with other N-acetylcysteine conjugates
IN-VIVO
URINE
METABOLITE INACTIVE -> PARENT
Unit: percent of dose; Amount combined with other N-acetylcysteine conjugates
IN-VIVO
URINE
METABOLITE INACTIVE -> PARENT
Unit: percent of total dose excreted; Combined amount with "citric acid"
IN-VIVO
PLASMA
METABOLITE INACTIVE -> PARENT
Unit: percent of dose; Amount combined with other cysteine conjugates
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ACTIVE MOIETY
Dimethyl fumarate is highly reactive: when administered orally, it does not survive long enough to be absorbed into blood without being attacked by GSH (detoxifying agent). However, part of it is hydrolyzed by esterases to produce monomethylfumarate, which is more resistant