Pimecrolimus

Catalog No.S5004 Batch:S500405

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Technical Data

Formula

C43H68ClNO11

Molecular Weight 810.45 CAS No. 137071-32-0
Solubility (25°C)* In vitro DMSO 100 mg/mL (123.38 mM)
Ethanol 25 mg/mL (30.84 mM)
Water Insoluble
* <1 mg/ml means slightly soluble or insoluble.
* Please note that Selleck tests the solubility of all compounds in-house, and the actual solubility may differ slightly from published values. This is normal and is due to slight batch-to-batch variations.
* Room temperature shipping (Stability testing shows this product can be shipped without any cooling measures.)

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Biological Activity

Description Pimecrolimus (Elidel,ASM 981,SDZ-ASM 981) is an immunophilin ligand, which binds specifically to the cytosolic receptor, immunophilin macrophilin-12 (FKBP-12); a calcineurin inhibitor.
In vitro

Pimecrolimus blocks T-lymphocyte activation pathway by inhibiting calcineurin function. [1] Pimecrolimus prevents the release of cytokines and pro-inflammatory mediators from mast cells. Pimecrolimus binds to macrophilin-12, the pimecrolimusmacrophilin complex then binds to the cytosolic enzyme calcineurin phosphatase. The pimecrolimus-macrophilin complex prevents the dephosphorylation of the cytoplasmic component of the nuclear factor of activated T cells by inhibiting the action of calcineurin. Pimecrolimus inhibits not only the transcription and synthesis of cytokines from mast cells, but also the release of preformed mediators serotonin and β-hexosaminidase by the inhibition of Fc∈-RI-mediated degranulation and secretion. Pimecrolimus treatment causes a strong down-regulation of the expression of mRNA for genes associated with the macrolactam target pathway and inflammation. [2]

In vivo

Pimecrolimus is found to be as effective as cyclosporine A following oral ingestion and slightly superior after subcutaneous administration in mice. Pimecrolimus contrasts cyclosporine A and tacrolimus by inhibiting ongoing secondary inflammatory response, but not impairing the primary immune response in allergic contact dermatitis in mice. [2] Pimecrolimus is as effective as the high-potency corticosteroid clobetasol-17-propionate in a pig model of allergic contact dermatitis (ACD). Pimecrolimus also effectively reduces skin inflammation and pruritus in hypomagnesemic hairless rats, a model that mimics acute signs of atopic dermatitis. Pimecrolimus shows only a low potential to impair systemic immune responses when compared with tacrolimus as shown in rats in (1) the localized graft-versus-host reaction, (2) the antibody formation to sheep red blood cells, and (3) kidney transplantation.[3]

Protocol (from reference)

Cell Assay:

[4]

  • Cell lines

    melanocytes

  • Concentrations

    1, 10, 100, 1,000 nM

  • Incubation Time

    3 days

  • Method

    The proliferation rate of melanocytes was determined using a colorimetric MTT assay. Melanocytes were plated in 96-well microplates, and each well was pretreated with 100 µl of different concentrations (1, 10, 100, 1,000 nM) of pimecrolimus for 3 days. Then, 50 µL of 5 mg/mL 3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) solution was added to each well. The resulting formazan was dissolved with 150 µL dimethylsulfoxide. The absorbance of the samples was measured at a wavelength of 490 nm.

Customer Product Validation

Data from [Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 2013, 305(11), H1646-57]

Selleck's Pimecrolimus has been cited by 14 publications

Establishment and Characterization of NCC-PMP1-C1: A Novel Patient-Derived Cell Line of Metastatic Pseudomyxoma Peritonei [ J Pers Med, 2022, 12(2)258] PubMed: 35207746
Establishment and characterization of NCC-UPS4-C1: a novel cell line of undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma from a patient with Li-Fraumeni syndrome [ Hum Cell, 2022, 10.1007/s13577-022-00671-y] PubMed: 35118583
Establishment and characterization of NCC-MFS4-C1: a novel patient-derived cell line of myxofibrosarcoma [ Hum Cell, 2021, 34(6):1911-1918] PubMed: 34383271
Establishment and characterization of the NCC-GCTB4-C1 cell line: a novel patient-derived cell line from giant cell tumor of bone [ Hum Cell, 2021, 10.1007/s13577-021-00639-4] PubMed: 34731453
Establishment and characterization of novel patient-derived cell lines from giant cell tumor of bone [ Hum Cell, 2021, 10.1007/s13577-021-00579-z] PubMed: 34304386
Calcineurin phosphatase activity regulates Varicella-Zoster Virus induced cell-cell fusion [ PLoS Pathog, 2020, 16(11):e1009022] PubMed: 33216797
Identification of amitriptyline HCl, flavin adenine dinucleotide, azacitidine and calcitriol as repurposing drugs for influenza A H5N1 virus-induced lung injury. [ PLoS Pathog, 2020, 16;16(3):e1008341] PubMed: 32176725
Establishment and characterization of patient-derived cancer models of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors. [ Cancer Cell Int, 2020, 19;20:58] PubMed: 32099531
Establishment and characterization of NCC-MFS2-C1: a novel patient-derived cancer cell line of myxofibrosarcoma [ Hum Cell, 2020, 10.1007/s13577-020-00420-z] PubMed: 32870449
Establishment and characterization of a novel cell line, NCC-TGCT1-C1, derived from a patient with tenosynovial giant cell tumor [ Hum Cell, 2020, 10.1007/s13577-020-00425-8] PubMed: 32886306

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