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Rolipram

≥98% (HPLC), solid, cAMP-specific phosphodiesterase (PDE4) inhibitor

Synonym(s):

4-[3-(Cyclopentyloxy)-4-methoxyphenyl]-2-pyrrolidinone, ZK 62711

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C16H21NO3
CAS Number:
61413-54-5
Molecular Weight:
275.34
EC Number:
262-771-1
MDL number:
MFCD00270906
UNSPSC Code:
41106305
PubChem Substance ID:
24278196
NACRES:
NA.77

product name

Rolipram, solid, ≥98% (HPLC)

biological source

synthetic (organic)

Assay

≥98% (HPLC)

form

solid

color

white to off-white

solubility

H2O: 0.2 mg/mL
ethanol: 7 mg/mL
DMSO: 7.3 mg/mL

SMILES string

COc1ccc(cc1OC2CCCC2)C3CNC(=O)C3

InChI

1S/C16H21NO3/c1-19-14-7-6-11(12-9-16(18)17-10-12)8-15(14)20-13-4-2-3-5-13/h6-8,12-13H,2-5,9-10H2,1H3,(H,17,18)

InChI key

HJORMJIFDVBMOB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Gene Information

human ... LITAF(9516) , PDE3A(5139) , PDE4A(5141) , PDE4B(5142) , PDE4C(5143) , PDE4D(5144) , PDE5A(8654) , PDE7A(5150)
mouse ... Pde4a(18577)
rat ... Adora1(29290) , Pde1b(29691) , Pde2a(81743) , Pde3a(50678) , Pde4a(25638) , Pde4b(24626) , Pde4c(290646) , Pde5a(171115)

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General description

Rolipram enhances tissue protection, anatomical repair and functional recovery. It is used to treat asthma, arthritis, Huntington′s disease and multiple sclerosis. Rolipram inhibits injury-induced reductions in cyclic AMP, which is associated with acute central nervous system injury. It functions as an antidepressant, stimulates neurite outgrowth and axonal regeneration in the presence of myelin inhibitors.

Application

Rolipram has been used:
  • to investigate its effects on testicular torsion–detorsion injury(36)
  • to block the effects of phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4)(37)
  • as a component in chemically induced long-term potentiation (cLTP) induction media(38)

Biochem/physiol Actions

Selective cAMP-specific phosphodiesterase (PDE4) inhibitor.

Features and Benefits

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Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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CNS Regeneration: Basic Science and Clinical Advances (2011)
Luís M Costa et al.
Behavioural brain research, 243, 66-73 (2013-01-09)
Numerous animal model studies in the past decade have demonstrated that pharmacological elevation of cyclic AMP (cAMP) alone, or in combination with other treatments, can promote axonal regeneration after spinal cord injury. Elevation of cAMP via the phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4)
Raehannah J Jamshidi et al.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 359(2), 319-328 (2016-10-21)
A single administration of the κ opioid receptor (KOR) antagonist, norbinaltorphimine (norBNI), produces long-term reduction in KOR function in heterologous expression systems and brain that is mediated by activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK). In this study, we examined the
Dong Yan et al.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 366(1), 220-236 (2018-04-15)
The contribution of gene expression changes to the adverse and therapeutic effects of β2-adrenoceptor agonists in asthma was investigated using human airway epithelial cells as a therapeutically relevant target. Operational model-fitting established that the long-acting β2-adrenoceptor agonists (LABA) indacaterol, salmeterol
Hao Huang et al.
Acta pharmacologica Sinica, 37(12), 1543-1554 (2016-09-27)
Phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) isozymes are involved in different functions, depending on their patterns of distribution in the brain. The PDE4 subtypes are distributed in different inflammatory cells, and appear to be important regulators of inflammatory processes. In this study we
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