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pimonidazole

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Description

Pimonidazole is a 2-nitroimidazole derivative that is used as a hypoxia marker in biological research. It is a small molecule that can diffuse across cell membranes and accumulate in hypoxic cells, where it is reduced by nitroreductase enzymes. The reduced form of pimonidazole is trapped in the cell and can be detected using immunofluorescence microscopy or other methods. Pimonidazole is widely used to study hypoxia in tumors, where it is a useful tool for identifying hypoxic cells and for monitoring the response of tumors to therapy. It has also been used to study hypoxia in other tissues, such as the brain, heart, and kidney. The synthesis of pimonidazole involves a multi-step process that starts with the reaction of 2-nitroimidazole with an appropriate alkylating agent. Pimonidazole is an important tool for studying hypoxia because it allows researchers to identify and quantify hypoxic cells in a variety of tissues. This information is important for understanding the role of hypoxia in disease, and for developing new therapies that target hypoxic cells.'

pimonidazole: structure given in first source [Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), National Library of Medicine, extracted Dec-2023]

Cross-References

ID SourceID
PubMed CID50981
CHEMBL ID58752
SCHEMBL ID51977
MeSH IDM0104665

Synonyms (48)

Synonym
NCI60_003602
ro-038799
1-(2-(hydroxy(oxido)amino)-1h-imidazol-1-yl)-3-(1-piperidinyl)-2-propanol
OPREA1_602493
ro 03-8799
70132-50-2
pimonidazole
NSC380540 ,
nsc-380540
ro-03-8799
pd-126675
CHEMBL58752
pd 126675
1-(2-nitroimidazol-1-yl)-3-piperidin-1-ylpropan-2-ol
pimonidazol
pimonidazole [inn:ban]
pimonidazol [spanish]
pimonidazolum [latin]
(+-)-alpha-((2-nitroimidazol-1-yl)methyl)-1-piperidineethanol
nsc 380540
46jo4d76r2 ,
pimonidazolum
unii-46jo4d76r2
S9919
1-piperidineethanol, .alpha.-((2-nitro-1h-imidazol-1-yl)methyl)-
(+/-)-.alpha.-((2-nitroimidazol-1-yl)methyl)-1-piperidineethanol
pimonidazole [inn]
pimonidazole [who-dd]
SCHEMBL51977
1-(2'-hydroxy-3'-piperidylpropyl)-2-nitroimidazole
2-nitro-alpha-(piperidino)methyl-1-imidazole-ethanol
.alpha.-[(2-nitro-1h-imidazol-1-yl)methyl]-1-piperidineethanol
sr-01000883979
SR-01000883979-1
pimonidazole, >=98% (hplc)
DB12485
1-(2-nitro-1h-imidazol-1-yl)-3-(piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-ol
?-[(2-nitro-1h-imidazol-1-yl)methyl]-1-piperidineethanol
AKOS034831608
BCP32117
ro038799; ro-038799; pd 126675; pd126675; pd-126675; ro 03-8799
HY-105129A
CS-0025086
Q27258937
F81795
DTXSID50867867
AS-83213
AKOS040742419

Research Excerpts

Overview

Pimonidazole is a widely used immunohistochemical marker of tissue hypoxia. It is a marker for hypoxic cells which are radioresistant and thereby important for the outcome of radiotherapy. The presented direct MALDI-MSI approach is also applicable to other tissues from pimonodazole-injected animals or humans.

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
"Pimonidazole is an immune detectable hypoxia marker widely used for detection of hypoxia in tumor samples."( PET imaging of tumor hypoxia using 18F-labeled pimonidazole.
Busk, M; Horsman, MR; Iversen, AB; Jakobsen, S; Ji, X; Lee, DY; Mortensen, LS; Nordsmark, M; Overgaard, J; Raleigh, JR, 2013
)
1.37
"As pimonidazole is a widely used immunohistochemical marker of tissue hypoxia, it is likely that the presented direct MALDI-MSI approach is also applicable to other tissues from pimonidazole-injected animals or humans."( Mass Spectrometry Imaging of the Hypoxia Marker Pimonidazole in a Breast Tumor Model.
Bhandari, DR; Cheng, M; Glunde, K; Heeren, RM; Jiang, L; Mascini, NE; Podmore, H; Rizwan, A; Römpp, A, 2016
)
1.2
"Pimonidazole is a marker for hypoxic cells which are radioresistant and thereby important for the outcome of radiotherapy. "( Does heterogeneity of pimonidazole labelling correspond to the heterogeneity of radiation-response of FaDu human squamous cell carcinoma?
Baumann, M; Eicheler, W; Hessel, F; Hölscher, T; Krause, M; Petersen, C; Rosner, A; Thames, HD; Yaromina, A; Zips, D, 2005
)
2.09

Effects

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
"Pimonidazole has excellent chemical properties for hypoxia imaging, but labeling for non- invasive assay has not been attempted."( PET imaging of tumor hypoxia using 18F-labeled pimonidazole.
Busk, M; Horsman, MR; Iversen, AB; Jakobsen, S; Ji, X; Lee, DY; Mortensen, LS; Nordsmark, M; Overgaard, J; Raleigh, JR, 2013
)
1.37

Treatment

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
"Pre-treatment pimonidazole-positive cells were largely in G(0)/G(1). "( The fate of hypoxic (pimonidazole-labelled) cells in human cervix tumours undergoing chemo-radiotherapy.
Aquino-Parsons, C; Durand, RE, 2006
)
1.01

Toxicity

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" The enhanced lethality may be associated with the production of toxic intermediates of MISO."( Effects of local hyperthermia on the tissue levels and toxicity of three radiosensitizers in mice.
George, KC; Rücker, A; Streffer, C; Tamuelvicius, P,
)
0.13

Pharmacokinetics

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" The pharmacokinetic data were compared with those for the racemic mixture in the same individuals."( Lack of stereoselectivity in the pharmacokinetics and metabolism of the radiosensitizer Ro 03-8799 in man.
Bleehen, NM; Newman, HF; Smithen, CE; Ward, R; Workman, P, 1991
)
0.28
" Pharmacokinetic studies have shown the importance of area under the plasma drug concentration versus time curve (AUC) in predicting the risk of peripheral neuropathy."( Abnormal clinical pharmacokinetics of the developmental radiosensitizers pimonidazole (Ro 03-8799) and etanidazole (SR 2508).
Bleehen, NM; Maughan, TS; Newman, HF; Ward, R; Workman, P, 1990
)
0.51
" Plasma and urine pharmacokinetic studies showed that no drug interaction occurred."( A phase I study of the combination of two hypoxic cell radiosensitizers, Ro 03-8799 and SR-2508: toxicity and pharmacokinetics.
Bleehen, NM; Newman, HF; Workman, P, 1986
)
0.27
" There was no adverse pharmacokinetic interaction, or perturbation of plasma pharmacokinetics between initial and final infusions."( The multi-dose clinical tolerance and pharmacokinetics of the combined radiosensitizers, Ro 03-8799 (pimonidazole) and SR 2508 (etanidazole).
Bleehen, NM; Newman, HF; Ward, R; Workman, P, 1988
)
0.49
" Pharmacokinetic analysis was carried out in 31 patients."( A clinical phase I toxicity study of Ro 03-8799: plasma, urine, tumour and normal brain pharmacokinetics.
Bleehen, NM; Roberts, JT; Walton, MI; Workman, P, 1986
)
0.27
" One reason for this could be that diffusion to the site of action in the hypoxic cell is restricted by the short half-life in the mouse and the net positive charge carried by the drug at physiological pH."( Pharmacokinetic studies using multiple administration of RO 03-8799, a 2-nitroimidazole radiosensitizer.
Hill, SA; McNally, NJ; Minchinton, AI; Stratford, MR; Williams, MV,
)
0.13

Bioavailability

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" Thus, interventions on TGF-beta1 bioavailability and/or its cognate signaling may be of benefit in preventing hypoxia-related liver injuries."( Serum factors potentiate hypoxia-induced hepatotoxicity in vitro through increasing transforming growth factor-beta1 activation and release.
Chen, CL; Cheng, YF; Goto, S; Hsu, LW; Huang, CJ; Jawan, B; Kao, YH; Lin, YC; Nakano, T; Pan, MC; Sun, CK; Tai, MH; Wang, CS, 2009
)
0.35
"To study the effects of BAY-84-7296, a novel orally bioavailable inhibitor of mitochondrial complex I and hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) activity, on hypoxia, microenvironment, and radiation response of tumors."( Hypoxia-inducible factor pathway inhibition resolves tumor hypoxia and improves local tumor control after single-dose irradiation.
Baumann, M; Brüchner, K; Gurtner, K; Helbig, L; Hess-Stumpp, H; Koi, L; Pruschy, M; Unterschemmann, K; Yaromina, A; Zips, D, 2014
)
0.4

Dosage Studied

ExcerptRelevanceReference
" There remains the possibility that, on the basis of the combined drug dosage achieved, an increased therapeutic efficacy can be reached with either drug alone."( The combination of multiple doses of etanidazole and pimonidazole in 48 patients: a toxicity and pharmacokinetic study.
Bleehen, NM; Maughan, TS; Newman, HF; Stenning, S; Ward, R; Workman, P, 1991
)
0.53
" The SER at each concentration was determined from radiobiological dose-response curves."( Comparative studies of hypoxic-cell radiosensitization using artificially hypoxic skin in vivo.
Denekamp, J; Michael, BD; Minchinton, AI; Smithen, CE; Stewart, FA; Stratford, MR; Terry, NH, 1982
)
0.26
" Rats were orally dosed with almokalant or tap water on GD 11 (150 micromol/kg), 13 (50 micromol/kg), or 16 (800 micromol/kg), followed by PIM intravenously 30 min later."( Teratogenicity by the hERG potassium channel blocking drug almokalant: use of hypoxia marker gives evidence for a hypoxia-related mechanism mediated via embryonic arrhythmia.
Blomgren, B; Danielsson, BR; Dillner, B; Johansson, A; Sköld, AC, 2003
)
0.32
" Complete dose-response curves for local tumour control were generated and the slope, a measure of heterogeneity of radiation response, was determined."( Does heterogeneity of pimonidazole labelling correspond to the heterogeneity of radiation-response of FaDu human squamous cell carcinoma?
Baumann, M; Eicheler, W; Hessel, F; Hölscher, T; Krause, M; Petersen, C; Rosner, A; Thames, HD; Yaromina, A; Zips, D, 2005
)
0.64
" Model calculations based on the variability in pHF resulted in similar slopes of the dose-response curve for local tumour control in comparison with the observed slope when the heterogeneity in an unknown and arbitrarily chosen additional radiobiologically relevant parameter, in this example clonogen density, was taken into account."( Does heterogeneity of pimonidazole labelling correspond to the heterogeneity of radiation-response of FaDu human squamous cell carcinoma?
Baumann, M; Eicheler, W; Hessel, F; Hölscher, T; Krause, M; Petersen, C; Rosner, A; Thames, HD; Yaromina, A; Zips, D, 2005
)
0.64
" However, this activity may be missed in conventional teratology studies because repeat dosing may cause resorptions."( Improved methodology for identifying the teratogenic potential in early drug development of hERG channel blocking drugs.
Bengtsson, E; Blomgren, B; Danielsson, BR; Danielsson, C; Johansson, A; Khan, KM; Kultima, K; Nilsson, MF; Sköld, AC; Webster, WS; Wilson, J, 2010
)
0.36
" In a separate experiment, dofetilide treatment of GD 13 rats was followed 2, 4, 12, or 24 hr with iv dosing with the hypoxia marker, pimonidazole (60 mg/kg)."( The teratogenic effect of dofetilide during rat limb development and association with drug-induced bradycardia and hypoxia in the embryo.
Ababneh, DH; Oakes, DJ; Power, CA; Ritchie, HE; Webster, WS, 2013
)
0.59
" U87 tumors showed an absence of blood flow over large areas of treated tumors after dosing with RRx-001."( RRx-001, an epigenetic-based radio- and chemosensitizer, has vascular normalizing effects on SCCVII and U87 tumors.
Cabrales, P; Minchinton, A; Oronsky, B; Scicinski, J, 2016
)
0.43
" In this pre-clinical study, the slope of the dose-response curve was evaluated for its predictive relevance in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma xenografts (HNSCC)."( Residual gammaH2AX foci in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas as predictors for tumour radiosensitivity: Evaluation in pre-clinical xenograft models and clinical specimens.
Baumann, M; Bütof, R; Gudziol, V; Hering, S; Krause, M; Löck, S; Meneceur, S; Rehm, M; von Neubeck, C, 2019
)
0.51
"These results further support the promise of the slope of the residual γH2AX foci dose-response as a biomarker for radiosensitivity."( Residual gammaH2AX foci in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas as predictors for tumour radiosensitivity: Evaluation in pre-clinical xenograft models and clinical specimens.
Baumann, M; Bütof, R; Gudziol, V; Hering, S; Krause, M; Löck, S; Meneceur, S; Rehm, M; von Neubeck, C, 2019
)
0.51
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Bioassays (9)

Assay IDTitleYearJournalArticle
AID1224817Assays to identify small molecules inhibitory for eIF4E expression2015Chemistry & biology, Jul-23, Volume: 22, Issue:7
Internal Ribosome Entry Site-Based Bicistronic In Situ Reporter Assays for Discovery of Transcription-Targeted Lead Compounds.
AID67619Hypersensitivity (HF) factor in murine mammary carcinoma EMT6 cells [HF= ratio (IC50 in AA8 cells)/(IC50 in EMT6)]1995Journal of medicinal chemistry, May-26, Volume: 38, Issue:11
Hypoxia-selective antitumor agents. 10. bis(nitroimidazoles) and related Bis(nitroheterocycles): development of derivatives with higher rates of metabolic activation under hypoxia and improved aqueous solubility.
AID231703Ratio between aerobic CT10 and hypoxic CT101995Journal of medicinal chemistry, May-26, Volume: 38, Issue:11
Hypoxia-selective antitumor agents. 10. bis(nitroimidazoles) and related Bis(nitroheterocycles): development of derivatives with higher rates of metabolic activation under hypoxia and improved aqueous solubility.
AID9482Concentration x time (uM h) to reduce cell survival to 10% of control values under hypoxic conditions by clonogenic assay1995Journal of medicinal chemistry, May-26, Volume: 38, Issue:11
Hypoxia-selective antitumor agents. 10. bis(nitroimidazoles) and related Bis(nitroheterocycles): development of derivatives with higher rates of metabolic activation under hypoxia and improved aqueous solubility.
AID215300Hypersensitivity (HF) factor in chinese hamster cell line UV4 [HF= ratio (IC50 in AA8 cells)/(IC50 in UV4 cells)]1995Journal of medicinal chemistry, May-26, Volume: 38, Issue:11
Hypoxia-selective antitumor agents. 10. bis(nitroimidazoles) and related Bis(nitroheterocycles): development of derivatives with higher rates of metabolic activation under hypoxia and improved aqueous solubility.
AID72160Hypersensitivity (HF) factor in human melanoma FME cells [HF= ratio (IC50 in AA8 cells)/(IC50 in FME cells)]1995Journal of medicinal chemistry, May-26, Volume: 38, Issue:11
Hypoxia-selective antitumor agents. 10. bis(nitroimidazoles) and related Bis(nitroheterocycles): development of derivatives with higher rates of metabolic activation under hypoxia and improved aqueous solubility.
AID21241Partition coefficient was measured in n-octanol at the PH 7.4 buffer1991Journal of medicinal chemistry, Oct, Volume: 34, Issue:10
Synthesis and evaluation of some nitrobenzenesulfonamides containing nitroisopropyl and (ureidooxy)methyl groups as novel hypoxic cell selective cytotoxic agents.
AID9487Aerobic growth inhibition in Chinese hamster cell line AA81995Journal of medicinal chemistry, May-26, Volume: 38, Issue:11
Hypoxia-selective antitumor agents. 10. bis(nitroimidazoles) and related Bis(nitroheterocycles): development of derivatives with higher rates of metabolic activation under hypoxia and improved aqueous solubility.
AID67764pKa value was measured in the cultures of EMT6 mouse mammary tumor cells under aerobic and hypoxic conditions1991Journal of medicinal chemistry, Oct, Volume: 34, Issue:10
Synthesis and evaluation of some nitrobenzenesulfonamides containing nitroisopropyl and (ureidooxy)methyl groups as novel hypoxic cell selective cytotoxic agents.
[information is prepared from bioassay data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Research

Studies (370)

TimeframeStudies, This Drug (%)All Drugs %
pre-199058 (15.68)18.7374
1990's33 (8.92)18.2507
2000's140 (37.84)29.6817
2010's127 (34.32)24.3611
2020's12 (3.24)2.80
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Market Indicators

Research Demand Index: 38.96

According to the monthly volume, diversity, and competition of internet searches for this compound, as well the volume and growth of publications, there is estimated to be strong demand-to-supply ratio for research on this compound.

MetricThis Compound (vs All)
Research Demand Index38.96 (24.57)
Research Supply Index6.00 (2.92)
Research Growth Index4.77 (4.65)
Search Engine Demand Index59.93 (26.88)
Search Engine Supply Index2.05 (0.95)

This Compound (38.96)

All Compounds (24.57)

Study Types

Publication TypeThis drug (%)All Drugs (%)
Trials22 (5.76%)5.53%
Reviews8 (2.09%)6.00%
Case Studies0 (0.00%)4.05%
Observational0 (0.00%)0.25%
Other352 (92.15%)84.16%
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]