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Precocene 2     6,7-dimethoxy-2,2-dimethyl- chromene

Synonyms: Precocen 2, PRICOCENE II, Precocene II, Preconene II, Prococene II, ...
 
 
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Disease relevance of C09018

 

High impact information on C09018

  • Precocene II inhibits juvenile hormone biosynthesis by cockroach corpora allata in vitro [4].
  • In contrast, induction of a precocious adult molt by application of precocene II to third-stage nymphs caused a loss of br mRNA at the precocious adult molt [5].
  • Hybridization analysis of fat body JHBP mRNA in locusts that had been treated with precocene and a JH analog did not give clear evidence for regulation by JH [6].
  • In locusts deprived of JH with precocene, production of 21K protein and of lambda 21-hybridizing transcripts is induced by the JH analog, methoprene, in parallel with Vg and its mRNA [7].
  • Hepatotoxicity of precocene I in rats. Role of metabolic activation in vivo [8].
 

Chemical compound and disease context of C09018

  • The toxicities of coumarin, precocene I and precocene II to 24 hr hepatocyte cultures, determined as decreased survival, were also shown to be increased in serum-free medium [1].
  • In contrast, pretreatment of rats with DL-buthionine-SR-sulfoximine (BSO), an inhibitor of glutathione synthesis, potentiated the toxicity of an otherwise non-toxic dose of precocene II (100 mg/kg) [9].
  • In 24-h cultures from isoniazid-treated rats diethyldithiocarbamate inhibited high affinity MCOD activity by 55% and there was also a small but significant inhibition of precocene II toxicity [10].
 

Biological context of C09018

 

Anatomical context of C09018

  • Although phenobarbital treatment of rats increased the rate of liver microsomal metabolism of precocene I by approximately 50% (nmol products/nmol cytochrome P-450/min) compared to liver microsomes from control rats, hepatic damage caused by precocene I was not significantly affected [14].
  • To explore this, nutritive tube turnover has been investigated following the experimental inhibition of oocyte maturation both by the prevention of mating, and also the topical application of precocene II [15].
  • Effect of precocene on development of ovarian follicles in flesh fly, Sarcophaga ruficornis F [16].
  • Therefore, in addition to depletion of glutathione, precocene II appears to damage mitochondria and plasma membrane functions and can do so by more than one pathway [17].
  • Precocene treatment resulted into suppression of development of egg chamber, differentiation of follicular epithelium, degeneration of nurse cells, growth of oocyte and uptake of yolk granules by oocytes [16].
 

Associations of C09018 with other chemical compounds

 

Gene context of C09018

  • Antigonadotropic activities of Precocene 1 (P1), Precocene 2 (P2) and Ethoxyprecocene 2 (EP2) on the seed bug Oxycarenus lavaterae (F.) (Heteroptera, Lygaeidae), are reported [23].
  • Treatment of rats with a single i.p. dose of precocene I (300 mg/kg) resulted in extensive hepatic damage as evidenced by a marked increase of plasma glutamic pyruvic transaminase levels and histologic observation in liver sections of severe centrolobular necrosis [14].
 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of C09018

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