Anti-ischemic effects of multivalent dendrimeric A 3 adenosine receptor agonists in cultured cardiomyocytes and in the isolated rat heart

Bella Chanyshev, Asher Shainberg, Ahuva Isak, Alexandra Litinsky, Yelena Chepurko, Dilip K. Tosh, Khai Phan, Zhan Guo Gao, Edith Hochhauser, Kenneth A. Jacobson

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Abstract

Adenosine released during myocardial ischemia mediates cardioprotective preconditioning. Multivalent drugs covalently bound to nanocarriers may differ greatly in chemical and biological properties from the corresponding monomeric agents. Here, we conjugated chemically functionalized nucleosides to poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimeric polymers and investigated their effects in rat primary cardiac cell cultures and in the isolated heart. Three conjugates of A 3 adenosine receptor (AR) agonists, chain-functionalized at the C2 or N 6 position, were cardioprotective, with greater potency than monomeric agonist Cl-IB-MECA. Multivalent amide-linked MRS5216 was selective for A 1 and A 3ARs, and triazole-linked MRS5246 and MRS5539 (optionally containing fluorescent label) were A 3AR-selective. The conjugates protected ischemic rat cardiomyocytes, an effect blocked by an A 3AR antagonist MRS1523, and isolated hearts with significantly improved infarct size, rate of pressure product, and rate of contraction and relaxation. Thus, strategically derivatized nucleosides tethered to biocompatible polymeric carriers display enhanced cardioprotective potency via activation of A 3AR on the cardiomyocyte surface.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)338-346
Number of pages9
JournalPharmacological Research
Volume65
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2012

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Intramural Research Program of the NIH, NIDDK . This work was also in part supported by The Adar Program for the Advancement of Research in Heart Function and the Horowitz Foundation at Bar-Ilan University.

Funding

This research was supported by the Intramural Research Program of the NIH, NIDDK . This work was also in part supported by The Adar Program for the Advancement of Research in Heart Function and the Horowitz Foundation at Bar-Ilan University.

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Horowitz Foundation at Bar-Ilan University
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney DiseasesZIADK031115

    Keywords

    • Adenosine receptor
    • Cardiomyocyte
    • Dendrimer
    • Ischemia
    • Isolated heart
    • Rat

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