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TPEN

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TPEN | CAS No. 16858-02-9 | Buffers, Chelators and Reagents
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Description: Cell-permeable Zn2+ chelator; also inhibits RNA binding protein Lin28

Chemical Name: N,N,N',N'-Tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)ethylenediamine

Purity: ≥97%

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Biological Activity

TPEN is a heavy metal chelator. Reacts with both Zn-proteome and Zn-metallothionein (MT) in LLC-PK1 cells; acts as an intracellular chelator of proteomic Zn2+. Activity decreases intracellular zinc levels, and induces apoptosis in HeLa and cultured human retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells. Also inhibits RNA binding protein Lin28 (IC50 = 2.5 μM). Cell permeable.

Technical Data

M.Wt:
424.54
Formula:
C26H28N6
Solubility:
Soluble to 25 mM in DMSO and to 100 mM in ethanol
Purity:
≥97%
Storage:
Store at +4°C
CAS No:
16858-02-9

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Background References

  1. Role of cellular zinc in programmed cell death: temporal relationship between zinc depletion, activation of caspases, and cleavage of Sp family transcription factors.
    Chimienti et al.
    Biochem.Pharmacol., 2001;62:51
  2. Zinc binding ligands and cellular zinc trafficking: apo-metallothionein, glutathione, TPEN, proteomic zinc, and Zn-Sp1.
    Rana et al.
    J.Inorg.Biochem., 2008;102:489
  3. Validation of TPEN as a zinc chelator in fluorescence probing of calcium in cells with the indicator Fura-2.
    Matias et al.
    J.Fluoresc., 2010;20:377
  4. Depletion of intracellular zinc and copper with TPEN results in apoptosis of cultured human retinal pigment epithelial cells.
    Hyun et al.
    Invest.Opthalmol.Vis.Sci., 2001;42:460
  5. Small-molecule inhibitors disrupt let-7 oligouridylation and release the selective blockade of let-7 processing by LIN28.
    Wang et al.
    Cell Rep., 2018;23:3091

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  1. Zinc ion flux during mammalian sperm capacitation.
    Authors: Kerns
    Nat Commun  2018;9(1):2061

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