C8 CERAMIDE Property

Melting point:

68-70°C

Boiling point:

541.37°C (rough estimate)

Density 

0.9974 (rough estimate)

refractive index 

1.6000 (estimate)

storage temp. 

−20°C

solubility 

DMSO or ethanol: soluble

form 

waxy solid

color 

White

Stability:

Temperature Sensitive

CAS DataBase Reference

74713-59-0(CAS DataBase Reference)

Safety

Safety Statements 

24/25

WGK Germany 

3

HS Code 

29225000

Hazard and Precautionary Statements (GHS)

Symbol(GHS)

Signal word

Warning

Hazard statements

H302Harmful if swallowed

H315Causes skin irritation

H319Causes serious eye irritation

H332Harmful if inhaled

H335May cause respiratory irritation

Precautionary statements

P261Avoid breathing dust/fume/gas/mist/vapours/spray.

P280Wear protective gloves/protective clothing/eye protection/face protection.

P305+P351+P338IF IN EYES: Rinse cautiously with water for several minutes. Remove contact lenses, if present and easy to do. Continuerinsing.

C8 CERAMIDE Chemical Properties,Usage,Production

Description

C8-ceramide (74713-59-0) is a cell permeable ceramide analog. Stimulates ceramide-activated protein kinase.1?Induces apoptosis.2?Reported to inhibit apoptosis and gap junction intercellular communication (GJIC) in rat liver epithelial cells.3?C8-ceramide induces the secretion of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) from microglia?in vitro.4

Chemical Properties

Off White Powder

Uses

A biologically active, cell permeable, but nonphysiologic ceramide analog. It induces phosphorylation on Thr-669 in A-431 cells by stimulation of ceramide-activated protein kinase. It stimulates IL-2 secretion and induces apoptosis

Uses

C-8 Ceramide is a ceramide analog.

Definition

ChEBI: N-octanoylsphingosine is an N-acylsphingosine in which the ceramide N-acyl group is specified as octanoyl. It is functionally related to an octanoic acid.

References

1) Mathias?et al. (1991) Characterization of a ceramide-activated protein kinase: stimulation by tumor necrosis factor alpha; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA,?88?109 2) Jarvis?et al. (1993)?Induction of apoptotic DNA damage and cell death by activation of the sphingomyelin pathway; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA?91?73 3) Upham?et al. (2003),?Differential roles of 2,6 and 8 carbon ceramides on the modulation of gap junctional communication and apoptosis during carcinogenesis; Cancer Lett.,?191?27 4) Nakajima?et al. (2002),?Ceramide activates microglia to enhance the production/secretion of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) without induction of deleterious factors in vitro; J. Neurochem.,?80?697