Ascomycin(FK 520)

Short Summary : Macrolide immunosuppressant,FK-520 analog

Category : Microbiology & Virology|Antibiotic

Purity : 0.9821

CAS Number : 104987-12-4

Formula : C43H69NO12

Molecular Weight : 792.01

SMILE : CCC1C=C(CC(CC(C2C(CC(C(O2)(C(=O)C(=O)N3CCCCC3C(=O)OC(C(C(CC1=O)O)C)C(=CC4CCC(C(C4)OC)O)C)O)C)OC)OC)C)C

Solubility : >38.9mg/mL in DMSO

Storage : Store at -20°C

Description : Ascomycin (FK 520, FR900520) is a novel neutral macrolide immunosuppressant, isolated from the cultured broth of Streptomyces hygroscopicus subsp. yakushimaensis No. 7238.
In vitro: Ascomycin (FK 520, FR900520) suppressed lymphocyte reaction in a dose dependent fashion. Ascomycin was non-toxic at concentrations less than 3,200 nM, at which the percent inhibition was 18.9%. Ascomycin showed antifungal activity against Aspergillus fumigatus IFO 5840. Ascomycin had no inhibitory effect on bacteria or yeast at 100 g/ml [1].
In vivo: Ascomycin was dose-dependently effective and clearly prolonged skin allograft survival at 3.2 mg/kg or more, though all skin allografts were rejected within 7 days in rats treated intramuscularly with olive oil. Ascomycin, dissolved in olive oil, showed no adverse effect when administered intraperitoneally to ddY mice (male, 8 weeks old) at 100 mg/kg [1].
Clinical trial: Ascomycin macrolactam derivative, Pimecrolimus, had been tested in both adults and pediatric patients with Atopic Dermatitis in two seperate clinical trials.
Reference:[1] Hatanaka H, Kino T, Miyata S, Inamura N, Kuroda A, Goto T, Tanaka H, Okuhara M. FR-900520 and FR-900523, novel immunosuppressants isolated from a Streptomyces. II. Fermentation, isolation and physico-chemical and biological characteristics. J Antibiot (Tokyo). 1988;41(11):1592-601.

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