Acridine Orange

Acridine Orange

SCHEMBL22071

CN(C)c1ccc2cc3ccc(N(C)C)cc3nc2c1.Cl

nearest known ligand 0.95

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Known targets — ChEMBL curated mechanism

ABL1ACEACHEACVR1ADRA1AADRA1BADRA1DADRA2AADRA2BADRA2CADRB1ADRB2ADRB3AGTR1ALKAVPR1AAVPR2BCHEBCRCA2CACNA1ACACNA1BCACNA1CCACNA1DCACNA1ECACNA1FCACNA1GCACNA1HCACNA1ICACNA1SCACNA2D1CACNA2D2CACNA2D3CACNA2D4CACNB1CACNB2CACNB3CACNB4CACNG1CACNG2CACNG3CACNG4CACNG5CACNG6CACNG7CACNG8CALCRLCASRCCR5CDK4CDK6CFBCHRM1CHRM2CHRM3CHRM4CHRM5CHRNA1CHRNA3CHRNA7CHRNB1CHRNB4CHRNDCHRNECHRNGCOXFA4COXFA4L2CRBNCSF1RCUL4ACYP19A1DDB1DPP4DRD1DRD2DRD3DRD4EDNRAEGFREML4ERBB2ERBB4ESR1ESR2FGFR1FGFR3FLT1FLT3FLT4GAAGABRA1GABRA2GABRA3GABRA4GABRA5GABRA6GABRB1GABRB2GABRB3GABRDGABREGABRG1GABRG2GABRG3GABRPGABRQGHSRGLAGNRHRGPD2GRIN1GRIN2AGRIN2BGRIN2CGRIN2DGRIN3AGRIN3BGSTP1HCN4HCRTR1HCRTR2HDAC1HDAC10HDAC11HDAC2HDAC3HDAC4HDAC5HDAC6HDAC7HDAC8HDAC9HRH1HRH2HRH3HSD11B1HSP90AA1HSP90AB1HTR1AHTR1BHTR1DHTR1EHTR1FHTR2AHTR2BHTR2CHTR3AHTR3BHTR3CHTR3DHTR3EHTR4HTR5AHTR6HTR7IMPDH1IMPDH2ITGA2BITGB3ITKJAK1JAK2KCNA1KCNA10KCNA2KCNA3KCNA4KCNA5KCNA6KCNA7KCNB1KCNB2KCNC1KCNC2KCNC3KCNC4KCND1KCND2KCND3KCNF1KCNG1KCNG2KCNG3KCNG4KCNH1KCNH2KCNH3KCNH4KCNH5KCNH6KCNH7KCNH8KCNJ2KCNJ3KCNJ5KCNK3KCNK9KCNQ1KCNQ2KCNQ3KCNQ4KCNQ5KCNS1KCNS2KCNS3KCNV1KCNV2KDRKITKLKB1LCKMMAOAMAOBMAPK14METMMP1MMP13MMP7MMP8MT-ND1MT-ND2MT-ND3MT-ND4MT-ND4LMT-ND5MT-ND6NDUFA1NDUFA10NDUFA11NDUFA12NDUFA13NDUFA2NDUFA3NDUFA5NDUFA6NDUFA7NDUFA8NDUFA9NDUFAB1NDUFAF1NDUFAF2NDUFAF3NDUFAF4NDUFB1NDUFB10NDUFB11NDUFB2NDUFB3NDUFB4NDUFB5NDUFB6NDUFB7NDUFB8NDUFB9NDUFC1NDUFC2NDUFS1NDUFS2NDUFS3NDUFS4NDUFS5NDUFS6NDUFS7NDUFS8NDUFV1NDUFV2NDUFV3NR3C1NS5ANTRK1NTRK2NTRK3ODC1OPRD1OPRK1OPRM1P2RY12PAHPARP1PDE3APDE3BPDE4APDE4BPDE4CPDE4DPDE5APDE7APDE7BPDE8APDE8BPDGFRAPDGFRBPIK3CAPIK3CDPNPPOLA1POLA2POLD1POLD2POLD3POLD4POLEPOLE2POLE3PPARGPRIM1PRIM2PRKCAPRKCBPRKCDPRKCEPRKCGPRKCHPRKCIPRKCQPRKCZPRKD1PRKD3PTGS1PTGS2RBX1RENRETROCK1ROCK2RPE65RRM1RRM2RRM2BS1PR1S1PR2S1PR3S1PR4S1PR5SCN10ASCN11ASCN1ASCN2ASCN3ASCN4ASCN5ASCN7ASCN8ASCN9ASCNN1ASCNN1BSCNN1GSIGMAR1SLC18A2SLC6A1SLC6A2SLC6A3SLC6A4SLC9A3SRCTACR1TOP1TOP2ATOP2BTTRTYMPdacAdacBdacCembAfolAftsIgyrAgyrBmrcAmrcBmrdAparCparEpolrplArplBrplCrplDrplErplFrplIrplJrplKrplLrplMrplNrplOrplPrplQrplRrplSrplTrplUrplVrplWrplXrplYrpmArpmBrpmCrpmDrpmErpmE2rpmFrpmGrpmG1rpmG2rpmG3rpmHrpmIrpmJrpsArpsBrpsCrpsDrpsErpsFrpsGrpsHrpsIrpsJrpsKrpsLrpsMrpsNrpsOrpsPrpsQrpsRrpsSrpsTrpsUykgMykgO

The experimentally established mechanism targets of Acridine Orange. The predicted profile below is derived independently by chemical similarity — agreement is a validation signal, a miss is honest.

Predicted protein targets (top 20)

geneUniProtsupporting neighboursconfidence
EGFR known ✓ P00533 2/20 0.55
ACHE known ✓ P22303 2/20 0.44
CHRM2 known ✓ P08172 1/20 0.44
HTR1A known ✓ P08908 1/20 0.44
ADRA2A known ✓ P08913 1/20 0.44
MAOA known ✓ P21397 1/20 0.44
DRD1 known ✓ P21728 1/20 0.44
PTGS1 known ✓ P23219 1/20 0.44
SLC6A2 known ✓ P23975 1/20 0.44
SLC6A4 known ✓ P31645 1/20 0.44
OPRM1 known ✓ P35372 1/20 0.44
DRD3 known ✓ P35462 1/20 0.44
KDR known ✓ P35968 1/20 0.44
SLC6A3 known ✓ Q01959 1/20 0.44
KCNH2 known ✓ Q12809 1/20 0.44
HRH3 known ✓ Q9Y5N1 1/20 0.44
PDE3B known ✓ Q13370 1/20 0.41
PDE3A known ✓ Q14432 1/20 0.41
GLA known ✓ P06280 2/20 0.39
TERT O14746 2/20 0.95

Click a target to see other patent compounds predicted against it — the reverse direction, in place.

Similar compounds — the chemically nearest patent molecules

Nearest neighbours by Morgan-fingerprint cosine across the patent-compound collection, with each neighbour's top predicted target and the predicted targets it shares with this molecule.

Compoundsimilaritytop predictedshared targets
Acridine Orange SCHEMBL30153753 1.00 TERT (0.95) TERTAPPEGFRAPAF1ALDH1A1
Acridine Orange SCHEMBL5859399 0.98 TERT (0.91) TERTAPPEGFRAPAF1ALDH1A1
Acridine Orange SCHEMBL29361720 0.98 TERT (1.00) TERTAPPEGFRAPAF1ALDH1A1
Acridine Orange SCHEMBL297155 0.98 TERT (1.00) TERTAPPEGFRAPAF1ALDH1A1
Acridine Orange SCHEMBL29837411 0.96 TERT (0.87) TERTAPPEGFRAPAF1ALDH1A1
Acridine Orange SCHEMBL5859403 0.96 TERT (0.87) TERTAPPEGFRAPAF1ALDH1A1
Acridine Orange SCHEMBL9985168 0.96 TERT (0.87) TERTAPPEGFRAPAF1ALDH1A1
Acridine Orange SCHEMBL20816123 0.95 TERT (0.95) TERTAPPEGFRAPAF1ALDH1A1
Acridine Orange SCHEMBL29597528 0.95 TERT (0.95) TERTAPPEGFRAPAF1ALDH1A1
Acridine Orange SCHEMBL8408019 0.93 APP (0.91) TERTAPPEGFRAPAF1ALDH1A1

Similarity is cosine over the 2,048-bit Morgan fingerprint (≈ Tanimoto). Identical fingerprints score 1.00.

Patent provenance — the patents this molecule appears in, and who filed them

Appears in 37402 patents — a generic fragment claimed broadly, so it's down-weighted as IP noise. Top by claim status then date:

PatentTitleAssigneePublishedPriorityFilingCountryStatus
EP-4100715-B1 PARTICLE ANALYSIS METHOD AND PARTICLE ANALYZER NIHON KOHDEN CORP (JP) 2026-05-27 EP claimed
CN-117447989-B Supermolecule fluorescent sensing array and detection application thereof to tyrosine kinase inhibitor GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY (CN) 2026-05-26 CN claimed
EP-4744677-A1 DRY EYE DISEASE TREATMENT THROUGH PHOTOSENSITIZER Universitatea de Medicina, Farmacie, Stiinte si Tehnologie "George Emil Palade" din Targu Mures (RO) 2026-05-20 EP claimed
CN-122070479-A Ultrasonic indicating device and method for monitoring ultrasonic treatment JP实验室股份有限公司 2026-05-19 CN claimed
WO-2026102332-A1 NERVE AND TUMOR HOMING AGENTS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Blaze Bioscience, Inc. (US) 2026-05-15 WO claimed
US-20260131004-A1 METHOD OF TREATMENT OR INHIBITION QUEENSLAND EYE INST FOUNDATION (AU) 2026-05-14 US claimed
US-20260131002-A1 METHOD OF TREATMENT QUEENSLAND EYE INST FOUNDATION (AU) 2026-05-14 US claimed
EP-4737898-A2 SEPARATION AND ISOLATION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS USING AFFINITY LIGANDS BOUND TO A SOLID SURFACE EMP Biotech GmbH (DE) 2026-05-06 EP claimed
US-12618776-B2 Multi-fluorescence image acquisition system and method, and application SHANGHAI RUIYU BIOTECH CO., LTD. (CN) 2026-05-05 US claimed
US-20260108619-A1 CONJUGATION LINKERS, CELL BINDING MOLECULE-DRUG CONJUGATES CONTAINING THE LINKERS, METHODS OF MAKING AND USES SUCH CONJUGATES WITH THE LINKERS HANGZHOU DAC BIOTECH CO., LTD. (CN) 2026-04-23 US claimed
US-4232552-A THERMOCHROMISM, DISPOSABLE THERMOMETERS AKZONA INCORPORATED (US) 1980-11-11 US claimed
US-4215102-A Cytochemical agents and methods for the detection of steroid hormone receptors in human tissues LEE SIN H 1980-07-29 US claimed
US-4207554-A Method and apparatus for automated classification and analysis of cells MED-EL INC. (US) 1980-06-10 US claimed
EP-0008826-A2 Method and apparatus for counting bacteria in a bacteria-containing suspension, method for fluorescence staining of bacteria, and method for separating bacteria from a sample Metrofoss K/S (DK) 1980-03-19 EP claimed
EP-0003583-A1 Compositions for cytochemical investigation, their use and method for the detection of steroid hormone receptors in human tissues Lee, Sin Hang (US) 1979-08-22 EP claimed
US-4146454-A EXCITATION, MOBILIZERS, INITIATORS HABER INSTRUMENTS, INC. (US) 1979-03-27 US claimed
US-4126516-A LIPHOPHILIC FLUORESCENT MATERIAL CORNING GLASS WORKS (US) 1978-11-21 US claimed
US-4085006-A Automatic cell analyzer method ISOMEDICS, INCORPORATED (US) 1978-04-18 US claimed
US-4075015-A Light sensitive mass and process for its production SWISS ALUMINIUM LTD. (CH) 1978-02-21 US claimed
US-4026705-A EPOXY RESIN, ARYL IODONIUM SALT, CATIONIC DYE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (US) 1977-05-31 US claimed