Fluorobexarotene
Chemical Name: 2-Fluoro-4-[1-(5-,6,7,8-tetrahydro-3,5,5,8,8-pentamethyl-2-naphthalenyl)ethenyl]benzoic acid
Purity: ≥97%
Biological Activity
Fluorobexarotene is a RXR agonist (Ki = 12 nM; EC50 = 43 nM at RXRα receptors). Displays similar RAR agonist activity to bexarotene; exhibits an apparent RXR binding affinity 75% greater than bexarotene.Technical Data
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Background References
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Liver X receptor-dependent inhibition of microglial nitric oxide synthase 2.
Secor McVoy J, Oughli H, Oh U
J Neuroinflammation, 2015;12(0):27. -
Modeling, synthesis and biological evaluation of potential retinoid X receptor (RXR) selective agonists: novel analogues of 4-[1-(3,5,5,8,8-Pentamethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2-naphthyl)ethynyl]benzoic acid (bexarotene).
Wagner et al.
J.Med.Chem., 2009;52:5950
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