Systemic delivery of BH4 anti-apoptotic peptide using CPPs prevents cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injuries in vivo |
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Authors: | Prisca Boisguerin,Christelle Redt-Clouet,Alicia Franck-MicloSana Licheheb,Joë l NargeotSté phanie Barrè re-Lemaire,Bernard Lebleu |
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Affiliation: | a UMR 5235 CNRS, Universités Montpellier 1 et 2, Place Eugene Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, Franceb Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, UMR-5203 CNRS; INSERM U661; Universités de Montpellier 1 et 2, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34000 Montpellier, Francec Institut für Medizinische Immunologie, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Hessische Strasse 3-4, 10115 Berlin, Germany |
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Abstract: | There is an obvious need to develop pharmacological strategies to protect the heart in patients suffering from acute myocardial infarction. Apoptosis was evidenced as a main contributor of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury. Our cardioprotective strategy was based on the use of four cell penetrating peptides (CPP: Tat, (RXR)4, Bpep and Pip2b) which were conjugated to the BH4-peptide, derived from the BH4 domain of the Bcl-xL anti-apoptotic protein. These CPP-BH4 conjugates were able to reduce staurosporine-induced apoptosis in primary cardiomyocytes in vitro. Although Pip2b-BH4 was more efficient in terms of cellular uptake, it was as efficient as Tat-BH4 for its anti-apoptotic activity. As required for potential therapeutic application their cardioprotective effects were evaluated in an in vivo mouse model of myocardial IR injury.Our results clearly show that a single low dose (1 mg/kg) injection of Tat-BH4 and Pip2b-BH4 administered intravenously 5 min before reperfusion was able to drastically reduce infarct size (~ 47%) and to inhibit apoptosis (~ 60%) in the left ventricle of treated mice. Importantly, these effects are not observed following the injection of CPP alone or scrambled version of BH4. This study evidences that the Pip2b CPP, designed for oligonucleotides translocation, as well as the widely used natural Tat CPP exhibit similar efficacy in vivo to deliver BH4 anti-apoptotic peptide to the reperfused myocardium and may thus become useful therapeutic tools to treat acute myocardial infarction in the clinical setting. |
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Keywords: | ANTS, 8-aminonaphthalene-1,3,6-trisulfonic acid, disodium salt AMI, acute myocardial infarction Bcl-xL, B-cell lymphoma-extra large CPP, cell penetrating peptide DPX, p-xylene-bispyridinium bromide IR, ischemia/reperfusion MTS, 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5-(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium TTC, 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride |
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