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Pioglitazone hydrochloride

≥98% (HPLC), powder, hepatic gluconeogenesis blocker

Synonym(s):

5-[[4-[2-(5-Ethyl-2-pyridinyl)ethoxy]phenyl]methyl]-2,4-thiazolidinedione monohydrochloride

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C19H20N2O3S · HCl
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
392.90
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
41106305
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.77

product name

Pioglitazone hydrochloride, ≥98% (HPLC)

Assay

≥98% (HPLC)

form

powder

color

white to off-white

solubility

DMSO: ≥10 mg/mL

originator

Takeda

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

Cl.CCc1ccc(CCOc2ccc(CC3SC(=O)NC3=O)cc2)nc1

InChI

1S/C19H20N2O3S.ClH/c1-2-13-3-6-15(20-12-13)9-10-24-16-7-4-14(5-8-16)11-17-18(22)21-19(23)25-17;/h3-8,12,17H,2,9-11H2,1H3,(H,21,22,23);1H

InChI key

GHUUBYQTCDQWRA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Gene Information

human ... PPARG(5468)

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General description

Pioglitazone hydrochloride consists of poly-morphs, form I and form II. It is an oral antidiabetic agent, that is a member of the thiazolidinedione group.

Application

Pioglitazone hydrochloride has been used:
  • to administer to mice model and treated the hepatoma cell line to study its effect on regulating insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE) in diet-induced obese (DIO) C57BL/6 mice
  • in drug preparation to analyze its effects on shortening and calcium transport in ventricular myocytes from the Goto-Kakizaki (GK) type 2 diabetic rat
  • to treat HepG2 cells with peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) agonists to examine its effect on TOMM40-, APOE- and APOC1-mRNA levels

Biochem/physiol Actions

Pioglitazone hydrochloride is a PPARγ agonist and thiazolidinedione (TZD) anti-diabetic. Pioglitazone is a selective agonist of the nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPAR-γ) and to a lesser extent PPAR-α.
Pioglitazone hydrochloride is usually used to treat type-II diabetes. It has the ability to block hepatic gluconeogenesis.

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Signal Word

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Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Carc. 2

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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J R Colca et al.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics, 93(4), 352-359 (2013-03-07)
It may be possible to achieve insulin sensitivity through the recently identified mitochondrial target of thiazolidinediones (mTOT), thereby avoiding peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPAR-γ)-dependent side effects. In this phase IIb clinical trial, 258 patients with type 2 diabetes completed a 12-week
Peter Ochodnicky et al.
European journal of pharmacology, 730, 51-60 (2014-03-04)
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) agonists have been shown to ameliorate diabetic nephropathy, but much less are known about their effects in non-diabetic nephropathies. In the present study, metabolic parameters, blood pressure, aortic endothelial function along with molecular and structural
Preferential solvation of pioglitazone hydrochloride in some binary co-solvent mixtures according to the inverse Kirkwood-Buff integrals method
Li X, et al.
The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 110, 218-226 (2017)
Regulation of insulin-degrading enzyme activity by obesity-associated factors and pioglitazone in liver of diet-induced obese mice
Wei X, et al.
PLoS ONE, 9(4), e95399-e95399 (2014)
Chin-Hsiao Tseng
Gynecologic oncology, 131(1), 135-139 (2013-07-24)
The association between pioglitazone and ovarian cancer has not been studied. The reimbursement databases of all Taiwanese patients with a diagnosis of diabetes and under oral anti-diabetic agents or insulin from 1996 to 2009 were retrieved from the National Health

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