BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: MP4 (Hemospan) is a Hb-based oxygen therapeutic agent, based on polyethylene-glycol (PEG) conjugation to Hb, undergoing clinical trials as an oxygen carrier. This study describes the functional interaction between MP4 and carbon monoxide (CO), as a CO delivery agent, and the effects of CO-MP4 on myocardial infarct size following ischaemia and reperfusion in rats. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: Kinetic measurements of CO-MP4 binding were used to evaluate the effects of PEG modification on Hb subunit structure/function and to calculate CO-MP4 equilibrium constants. CO transport by CO-MP4 was shown by ligand (O2/CO) partitioning between MP4 and red blood cell (RBC)-Hb. Pharmacological effects of CO-MP4 were studied on myocardial infarction in rats. KEY RESULTS: CO binding kinetics show primary structural/functional effects on beta chains in MP4, with alpha chains maintaining the ability to undergo tertiary conformational transition. CO confers long-term, room-temperature stability and is able to rapidly re-equilibrate between MP4 and RBCs. In a rat model of myocardial infarct, in contrast to oxy-MP4, CO-MP4 reduced infarct size when administered prior to the induction of ischaemia. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: MP4 PEGylation chemistry modifies the individual function of Hb subunits, but results in an overall CO equilibrium constant similar to that for unmodified Hb. CO-MP4 is able to deliver CO to the circulation and reduces ischaemia/reperfusion injury in rats, providing the first evidence for this drug as a CO therapeutic agent.

CO-MP4, a polyethylene glycol-conjugated haemoglobin derivative and carbon monoxide carrier that reduces myocardial infarct size in rats / Vandegriff, Kd; Young, Ma; Lohman, J; Bellelli, Andrea; Samaja, M; Malavalli, A; Winslow, Rm. - In: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY. - ISSN 0007-1188. - STAMPA. - 154:(2008), pp. 1649-1661. [10.1038/bjp.2008.219]

CO-MP4, a polyethylene glycol-conjugated haemoglobin derivative and carbon monoxide carrier that reduces myocardial infarct size in rats.

BELLELLI, Andrea;
2008

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: MP4 (Hemospan) is a Hb-based oxygen therapeutic agent, based on polyethylene-glycol (PEG) conjugation to Hb, undergoing clinical trials as an oxygen carrier. This study describes the functional interaction between MP4 and carbon monoxide (CO), as a CO delivery agent, and the effects of CO-MP4 on myocardial infarct size following ischaemia and reperfusion in rats. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: Kinetic measurements of CO-MP4 binding were used to evaluate the effects of PEG modification on Hb subunit structure/function and to calculate CO-MP4 equilibrium constants. CO transport by CO-MP4 was shown by ligand (O2/CO) partitioning between MP4 and red blood cell (RBC)-Hb. Pharmacological effects of CO-MP4 were studied on myocardial infarction in rats. KEY RESULTS: CO binding kinetics show primary structural/functional effects on beta chains in MP4, with alpha chains maintaining the ability to undergo tertiary conformational transition. CO confers long-term, room-temperature stability and is able to rapidly re-equilibrate between MP4 and RBCs. In a rat model of myocardial infarct, in contrast to oxy-MP4, CO-MP4 reduced infarct size when administered prior to the induction of ischaemia. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: MP4 PEGylation chemistry modifies the individual function of Hb subunits, but results in an overall CO equilibrium constant similar to that for unmodified Hb. CO-MP4 is able to deliver CO to the circulation and reduces ischaemia/reperfusion injury in rats, providing the first evidence for this drug as a CO therapeutic agent.
2008
hemoglobin; blood replacement; carbon monoxide
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CO-MP4, a polyethylene glycol-conjugated haemoglobin derivative and carbon monoxide carrier that reduces myocardial infarct size in rats / Vandegriff, Kd; Young, Ma; Lohman, J; Bellelli, Andrea; Samaja, M; Malavalli, A; Winslow, Rm. - In: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY. - ISSN 0007-1188. - STAMPA. - 154:(2008), pp. 1649-1661. [10.1038/bjp.2008.219]
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