Comparing the Effects of Myristic Acid- and TAT-conjugated Peptides to Their Native Counterparts Targeting Intracellular Pathways Mediating Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury and Neutrophil Superoxide Release

Authors

Lindon H. Young, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineFollow
Robert J. Barsotti, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineFollow
Israel Benjamin, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineFollow
H. Patel, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineFollow
Tejash T. Patel, Department of Developmental Therapeutics, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineFollow
Qian Chen, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2016

Abstract

Two commonly used modifications of native peptides to increase peptide permeability through the cell membrane to target intracellular substrates are myristic acid conjugated peptides (MYR) and transactivating conjugated peptides (TAT). However, there is limited literature comparing the effects of these two types of modified peptides in the same bioassay. The objective of this mini-review is to compare the effects of MYR- and TAT-conjugated peptides in two bioassays: 1) Myocardial ischemiareperfusion injury (I/R) in isolated perfused rat hearts using a mitochondrial fission peptide inhibitor, P110; 2) N-Formyl-L-Methionyl-L-Leucyl-LPhenylalanine (fMLP)-induced superoxide (SO) release from isolated rat neutrophils using a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase peptide assembly inhibitor, Nox2ds. MYR-conjugated P110 (1 μM) exerted sustained improvement in post-reperfused cardiac function combined with reduced infarct size compared to TAT-conjugated P110 (1 μM) or native P110 peptide (1 μM) in hearts subjected to I(30 min)/ R(90 min). Nox2ds data suggested that MYRconjugated Nox2ds peptide exerted more potent effects and better permeability through the cell membrane to attenuate fMLP-induced SO release from rat neutrophils when compared to TAT-conjugated Nox2ds peptide. However, further metabolism studies are needed to determine peptide half-life between the MYR- and TAT-conjugated peptides to corroborate the pharmacodynamics studies.

Publication Title

Current Topics in Peptide and Protein Research

Volume

17

First Page

83

Last Page

90

Comments

This article was published in Current Topics in Peptide and Protein Research, Volume 17, Pages 83-90.

The published version is available at http://www.researchtrends.net/tia/abstract.asp?in=0&vn=17&tid=26&aid=5935&pub=2016&type=.

Copyright © 2016.

Recommended Citation

Young, Lindon H.; Barsotti, Robert J.; Benjamin, Israel; Patel, H.; Patel, Tejash T.; and Chen, Qian, "Comparing the Effects of Myristic Acid- and TAT-conjugated Peptides to Their Native Counterparts Targeting Intracellular Pathways Mediating Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury and Neutrophil Superoxide Release" (2016). PCOM Scholarly Papers. 1863.
https://digitalcommons.pcom.edu/scholarly_papers/1863