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ArticleJournal of nanobiotechnology2008

Enhanced A3 adenosine receptor selectivity of multivalent nucleoside-dendrimer conjugates.

Athena M Klutz, Zhan-Guo Gao, John Lloyd, Asher Shainberg, Kenneth A Jacobson

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Article in Journal of nanobiotechnology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Fluorescent ligands for adenosine receptors.Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters · 2013
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  7. GPCR ligand-dendrimer (GLiDe) conjugates: future smart drugs?Trends in pharmacological sciences · 2010
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  15. Introduction to adenosine receptors as therapeutic targets.Handbook of experimental pharmacology · 2009
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Athena M KlutzMolecular Recognition Section, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. kajacobs@helix.nih.gov.
Zhan-Guo Gao
John Lloyd
Asher Shainberg
Kenneth A Jacobson
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · USNational Institutes of Health · USBar-Ilan University · IL

Funding

Functionalized Congeners Of Bioactive CompoundsZIADK031115 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI JACOBSON, KENNETH ALAN · 2009 to 2025
$5.3M
FUNCTIONALIZED CONGENERS OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDSZ01DK031115 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI JACOBSON, KENNETH ALAN · 1991 to 2008
$577k
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAn approach to use multivalent dendrimer carriers for delivery of nucleoside signaling molecules to their cell surface G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) was recently introduced.

resultsA known adenosine receptor (AR) agonist was conjugated to polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimer carriers for delivery of the intact covalent conjugate to on the cell surface. Depending on the linking moiety, multivalent conjugates of the N6-chain elongated functionalized congener ADAC (N6-[4-[[[4-[[[(2-aminoethyl)amino]carbonyl]methyl]anilino]carbonyl]methyl]phenyl]-adenosine) achieved unanticipated high selectivity in binding to the cytoprotective human A3 AR, a class A GPCR. The key to this selectivity of > 100-fold in both radioreceptor binding (Ki app = 2.4 nM) and functional assays (EC50 = 1.6 nM in inhibition of adenylate cyclase) was maintaining a free amino group (secondary) in an amide-linked chain. Attachment of neutral amide-linked chains or thiourea-containing chains preserved the moderate affinity and efficacy at the A1 AR subtype, but there was no selectivity for the A3 AR. Since residual amino groups on dendrimers are associated with cytotoxicity, the unreacted terminal positions of this A3 AR-selective G2.5 dendrimer were present as carboxylate groups, which had the further benefit of increasing water-solubility. The A3 AR selective G2.5 dendrimer was also visualized binding the membrane of cells expressing the A3 receptor but did not bind cells that did not express the receptor.

conclusionThis is the first example showing that it is feasible to modulate and even enhance the pharmacological profile of a ligand of a GPCR based on conjugation to a nanocarrier and the precise structure of the linking group, which was designed to interact with distal extracellular regions of the 7 transmembrane-spanning receptor. This ligand tool can now be used in pharmacological models of tissue rescue from ischemia and to probe the existence of A3 AR dimers.

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PMCPMC2582240
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