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ArticleACS medicinal chemistry letters2026

High-Throughput Cardiac Hypertrophy Phenotyping Supports Lead Optimization of GRK5 Inhibitors.

Pia Steinkuhl, Anca Kliesow Remes, Carmen Carrillo García, Amol Sonawane, Ranjith Kumar Gadi, Arun K Ghosh, John J G Tesmer, Oliver J Müller, Dennis Schade

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Pia SteinkuhlDepartment of Pharmaceutical & Medicinal Chemistry, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel 24118, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8745-2688
Anca Kliesow RemesDepartment of Internal Medicine V, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel 24105, Germany.
Carmen Carrillo GarcíaDepartment of Pharmaceutical & Medicinal Chemistry, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel 24118, Germany.
Amol SonawaneDepartment of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.
Ranjith Kumar GadiDepartment of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.
Arun K GhoshDepartment of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2472-1841
John J G TesmerDepartment of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1125-3727
Oliver J MüllerDepartment of Internal Medicine V, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel 24105, Germany.
Dennis SchadeDepartment of Pharmaceutical & Medicinal Chemistry, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel 24118, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5515-1821

Funding

Transgenic Mouse Core Facility Shared Resource (TMCF-SR)P30CA023168 · NCI · PURDUE UNIVERSITY WEST LAFAYETTE · PI ANDREW D MESECAR · 1985 to 2026
$43.4M
Structure, function, and inhibition of G protein-coupled receptor kinasesR01HL071818 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN · PI TESMER, JOHN · 2004 to 2023
$7.1M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA023168NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL071818
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiac hypertrophy poses a clinical challenge in heart failure progression with limited therapeutic options to reverse the process of pathological remodeling. We present a high-throughput phenotypic screening assay designed to support lead optimization from novel approaches. A mixed cell culture from neonatal rat hearts was established, allowing simultaneous assessment of cardiomyocytes and noncardiomyocytes within a shared physiologically relevant microenvironment. Customized CellProfiler-based image analysis extracted multiparametric morphological data that was merged in a "Hypertrophy Score" metric for quantitative analyses. The assay was applied to investigate G protein-coupled receptor kinase 5 (GRK5) as a promising target in cardiac hypertrophy. Structure-activity and -property relationships from a focused GRK5 inhibitor collection revealed a negative influence on cellular efficacy by lipophilic and covalently reactive compounds. Correlating biochemical with cellular data eliminated GRK6 as a common off-target concern and underlined the value of potent GRK5 versus GRK2 inhibition. Diastereomers

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coculture assaydisease modelingdrug developmentGPCR signalinghigh-content imagingMorphological profilingstructure−activity relationship

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PMID41531972
PMCPMC12794055

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