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A23187isamobile-carrierCa2+ionophore(allowsCa2+ionstocrosscellmembranes)originallyisolatedasanantibioticfromStreptomyceschartreusensis.ItisusedtoincreaseintracellularCa2+levelsandforinvitrostudiesrelatedtointracellularCa2+-mediatedevents.A23187cancausecellactivation,differentiation,orproliferationandthusmimicscellularprocessesobservedinresponsetocytokinesandgrowthfactors.1,2
Furthermore,A23187induces,inaconcentration-andtime-dependentmanner,Ca2+-triggeredcellapoptosis.3,4Thispropertywasexploitedtoclarifyapoptoticeventsindifferentcelllinessuchasmouselymphomacellline(S49),5,6histiocyticlymphomaU937,7humanmyeloidleukemiacells(HL-60),8culturedstriatalneurons,9renaltubularcells,10andC6gliomacells.11
A23187(#A-600) isahighlypure,natural,andbiologicallyactivecompound.