Application

Everolimus has been used as an mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) inhibitor to study its effect on MCF7 and MDA-MB-231 cell lines.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Everolimus, the 40-O-(2-hydroxyethyl) derivative of rapamycin (sirolimus), is a potent and selective inhibitor of mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR). Everolimus is selective for the mTORC1 protein complex. Everolimus exhibit potent immunosuppressive and anticancer activities.

Everolimus, a substrate for P-glycoprotein (P-gp) can be used to treat advanced neuroendocrine tumors (NETs).