Chemical Name:(3S,6R,7E,9R,10R,12R,14S,15E,17E,19E,21S,23S,26R,27R,34
aS)-9,10,12,13,14,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,32,33,34,34a-Hex
adecahydro-9,27-dihydroxy-3-[(1R)-2-[(1S,3R,4R)-4-hydro
xy-3-methoxycyclohexyl]-1-methylethyl]-10,21-dimethoxy-
6,8,12,14,20,26-hexamethyl-23,27-ep
Biological Activity:
Antifungal and immunosuppressant.
Specific inhibitor of mTOR (mammalian target of Rapamycin). Complexes with
FKBP-12 and binds mTOR inhibiting its activity. Inhibits interleukin-2-induced
phosphorylation and activation of p70 S6 kinase.
Merck Index 12 8288. Changet al (1991) FK506 and rapamycin: novel pharmacological probes of the
immune response. TiPS 12 218. Kuoet al (1992)
Rapamycin selectively inhibits interleukin-2 activation of p70 S6 kinase.
Nature 358 70. Kobayashiet al (2007) Rapamycin, a
specific inhibitor of the mammalian target of rapamycin, suppresses
lymphangiogenesis and lymphatic metastasis. Cancer Sci. 98 726.