Structurally Simple, Readily Available Peptidomimetic 1-Benzyl-5-methyl-4-(n-octylamino)pyrimidin-2(1H)-one Exhibited Efficient Cardioprotection in a Myocardial Ischemia (MI) Mouse Model

Autor: Michal Weitman, Lena Trifonov, Bruria Schmerling, Arie Gruzman, Michal Afri, Hanoch Senderowitz, Guy Cohen, Edward E. Korshin, Vadim Nudelman, Erez Matsree, Michael Zhenin, Asher Shainberg, Edith Hochhauser, Krzysztof Jozwiak
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 61:11309-11326
ISSN: 1520-4804
0022-2623
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b01471
Popis: TLR4, a member of the Toll-like receptor (TLR) family, serves as a pattern recognition receptor in the innate immune response to microbial pathogens. TLR4 also regulates the inflammatory reaction to ischemic injury in the heart. The TRIF-related adaptor molecule (TRAM) is an adapter that recruits the Toll/interleukin 1 receptor (TIR) domain, which contains adapter-inducing IFN-β (TRIF), to activate TLR4, following TRIF-dependent cytokine gene transcription. On the basis of a known TRAM-derived decoy peptide, 10 of its peptidomimetics were synthesized. One of them, 1-benzyl-5-methyl-4-( n-octylamino)pyrimidin-2(1 H)-one (21), exhibited high potency and efficacy in vitro. In vitro results and in silico analysis provided evidence for the possible direct interaction of 21 with the TLR4 complex. Administered in mice, 21 was able to block the pathophysiological manifestation of MI, restoring the concomitant tissue damage, with a 100% survival rate. Thus, inhibition of TLR4-mediated inflammation in postischemic myocardium could be used as an approach for developing cardioprotective drugs.
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