VUT-MK142 : a new cardiomyogenic small molecule promoting the differentiation of pre-cardiac mesoderm into cardiomyocytes
作者:Moumita Koley、Agnes K. Mike、Philipp Heher、Xaver Koenig、Michael Schön、Michael Schnürch、Karlheinz Hilber、Georg Weitzer、Marko D. Mihovilovic
DOI:10.1039/c3md00101f
日期:——
Intra-cardiac cell transplantation is a new therapy after myocardial infarction. Its success, however, is impeded by the limited capacity of donor cells to differentiate into functional cardiomyocytes in the heart. A strategy to overcome this problem is the induction of cardiomyogenic function in cells prior to transplantation. Among other approaches, recently, synthetic small molecules were identified, which promote differentiation of stem cells of various origins into cardiac-like cells or cardiomyocytes. The aim of this study was to develop and characterise new promising cardiomyogenic synthetic low-molecular weight compounds. Therefore, the structure of the known cardiomyogenic molecule cardiogenol C was selectively modified, and the effects of the resulting compounds were tested on various cell types. From this study, VUT-MK142 was identified as the most promising candidate with respect to cardiomyogenic activity. Treatment using this novel agent induced the strongest up-regulation of expression of the cardiac marker ANF in both P19 embryonic carcinoma cells and C2C12 skeletal myoblasts. The activity of VUT-MK142 on this marker superseded CgC; moreover, the novel compound significantly up-regulated the expression of other cardiac markers, and promoted the development of beating cardiomyocytes from cardiovascular progenitor cells. We conclude that VUT-MK142 is a potent new cardiomyogenic synthetic agent promoting the differentiation of pre-cardiac mesoderm into cardiomyocytes, which may be useful to differentiate stem cells into cardiomyocytes for cardiac repair. Additionally, an efficient synthesis of VUT-MK142 is reported taking advantage of continuous flow techniques superior to classical batch reactions both in yield and reaction time.
心内细胞移植是一种心肌梗死后的新疗法。然而,由于供体细胞在心脏中分化为功能性心肌细胞的能力有限,其成功受到阻碍。克服这一问题的一种策略是在移植前诱导细胞的心肌功能。最近,研究者们发现了一些合成小分子,可以促进不同来源的干细胞向心脏样细胞或心肌细胞的分化。本研究的目的是开发并表征新的有前景的心肌合成低分子化合物。因此,选择性地修改了已知心肌合成分子心肌生素C的结构,并对所得化合物在各种细胞类型上的影响进行了测试。研究中,VUT-MK142被确定为在心肌活性方面最有前途的候选者。使用这种新型药剂的处理在P19胚胎癌细胞和C2C12骨骼肌前体细胞中诱导了心脏标志物ANF表达的最强上调。VUT-MK142对该标志物的活性超越了CgC;此外,这种新化合物显著上调了其他心脏标志物的表达,并促进了心血管祖细胞向节律性心肌细胞的发展。我们得出结论,VUT-MK142是一种有效的新型心肌合成合成剂,促进前心中胚层向心肌细胞的分化,这可能对将干细胞分化为心肌细胞以进行心脏修复是有用的。此外,报告了VUT-MK142的高效合成,利用连续流动技术,相对于经典的批量反应在产量和反应时间上具有优势。