Rapamycin (Sirolimus)

Cas No.:	53123-88-9
Chemical Name:	(3S,6R,7E,9R,10R,12R,14S,15E,17E,19E,21S,23S,26R,27R,34aS)-9,10,12,13,14,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,32,33,34,34a-Hexadecahydro-9,27-dihydroxy-3-[(1R)-2-[(1S,3R,4R)-4-hydroxy-3-methoxycyclohexyl]-1-methylethyl]-10,21-dimethoxy-6,8,12,14,20,26-hexamethyl-23,27-ep
Synonyms:	Rapamycin, Sirolimus
SMILES:	C[C@@H]1CC[C@H]2C[C@@H](/C(=C/C=C/C=C/[C@H](C[C@H](C(=O)[C@@H]([C@@H](/C(=C/[C@H](C(=O)C[C@H](OC(=O)[C@@H]3CCCCN3C(=O)C(=O)[C@@]1(O2)O)[C@H](C)C[C@@H]4CC[C@H]([C@@H](C4)OC)O)C)/C)O)OC)C)C)/C)OC
Formula:	C51H79NO13
M.Wt:	914.18
Sotrage:	2 years -20°C Powder, 2 weeks 4°C in DMSO, 6 months -80°C in DMSO

Description:	Rapamycin (Sirolimus) is a potent and specific mTOR inhibitor with an IC50 of 0.1 nM.
In Vivo:	Treatment with Rapamycin (i.p, 1.5 mg/kg) almost completely prevents the hypertrophic increases in plantaris muscle weight and fibre size at 7 and 14 days[4]. WT or LS/+ mice are treated daily Rapamycin (2 mg/kg body weight i.p.) for 4 weeks, follows by an additional 4 weeks of weekly injections of the same dose. There is significant reversal of the abnormal fetal gene expression profile of hearts from Rapamycin-treated LS/+ mice[5].
In Vitro:	Rapamycin inhibits endogenous mTOR activity in HEK293 cells with IC50 of 0.1 nM, more potently than iRap and AP21967 with IC50 of 5 nM and 10 nM, respectively[1]. Rapamycin exerts its antitumor effect on malignant glioma cells by inducing autophagy and suggest that in malignant glioma cells a disruption of the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway could greatly enhance the effectiveness of mTOR inhibitors. Rapamycin inhibits cell viability in all three cell lines in a dose-dependent manner, but their sensitivities varied. The IC50 levels of T98G, U87-MG, and U373-MG cells are 2 nM, 1 μM, and >25 μM, respectively[3].