AR7 - 25 mg

Activity: Activates chaperone mediated autophagy . Function/Pharmacology: Atypical retinoid which acts as an RARα antagonist and activates chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA) via an RAR-dependent pathway.1 Downstream signaling results in an increase of LAMP-2A expression.1 Cells pretreated with AR7 had markedly improved viability in a paraquat-induced oxidative stress model.1 AR7 stimulated CMA and attenuated accumulation of SNCA oligomers in prolonged cultures of mutant cortical neurons2 indicating that CMA activation may be a viable disease modifying strategy in Parkinson’s disease3. A targetome analysis of AR7-induced CMA in cancer cells has been performed.4 Chemical Name: 7-Chloro-3-(4-methylphenyl)-2H-1,4-benzoxazine