Orally Bioavailable Enzymatic Inhibitor of CD38, MK-0159, Protects against Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in the Murine Heart

Bharat Lagu, Xinyuan Wu, Santosh Kulkarni, Rakesh Paul, J. David Becherer, Lyndsay Olson, Stella Ravani, Athanasia Chatzianastasiou, Andreas Papapetropoulos, Sylvia Andrzejewski

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Abstract

CD38 is one of the major nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)- and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP+)-consuming enzymes in mammals. NAD+, NADP+, and their reduced counterparts are essential coenzymes for numerous enzymatic reactions, including the maintenance of cellular and mitochondrial redox balance. CD38 expression is upregulated in age-associated inflammation as well as numerous metabolic diseases, resulting in cellular and mitochondrial dysfunction. Recent literature studies demonstrate that CD38 is activated upon ischemia/reperfusion (I/R), leading to a depletion of NADP+, which results in endothelial damage and myocardial infarction in the heart. Despite increasing evidence of CD38 involvement in various disease states, relatively few CD38 enzymatic inhibitors have been reported to date. Herein, we describe a CD38 enzymatic inhibitor (MK-0159, IC50 = 3 nM against murine CD38) that inhibits CD38 in in vitro assay. Mice treated with MK-0159 show strong protection from myocardial damage upon cardiac I/R injury compared to those treated with NAD+ precursors (nicotinamide riboside) or the known CD38 inhibitor, 78c.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)9418-9446
Number of pages29
JournalJournal of medicinal chemistry
Volume65
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 14 2022

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Medicine
  • Drug Discovery

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