PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Xiang-Ying Jiao AU - Erhe Gao AU - Yuexin Yuan AU - Yajing Wang AU - Wayne Bond Lau AU - Walter Koch AU - Xin-Liang Ma AU - Ling Tao TI - INO-4885 [5,10,15,20-Tetra[<em>N</em>-(benzyl-4′-carboxylate)-2-pyridinium]-21<em>H</em>,23<em>H</em>-porphine Iron(III) Chloride], a Peroxynitrite Decomposition Catalyst, Protects the Heart against Reperfusion Injury in Mice AID - 10.1124/jpet.108.144352 DP - 2009 Mar 01 TA - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics PG - 777--784 VI - 328 IP - 3 4099 - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/328/3/777.short 4100 - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/328/3/777.full SO - J Pharmacol Exp Ther2009 Mar 01; 328 AB - Oxidative/nitrative stress caused by peroxynitrite, the reaction product of superoxide (\batchmode \documentclass[fleqn,10pt,legalpaper]{article} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amsmath} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \(\mathrm{O}_{2}^{\overline{.}}\) \end{document}) and nitric oxide (NO), is the primary cause of myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury. The present study determined whether INO-4885 [5,10,15,20-tetra[N-(benzyl-4′-carboxylate)-2-pyridinium]-21H,23H-porphine iron(III) chloride], a new peroxynitrite decomposition catalyst, may provide cellular protection and protect heart from myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury. Adult male mice were subjected to 30 min of ischemia and 3 or 24 h of reperfusion. Mice were randomized to receive vehicle, INO-4885 without catalytic moiety, or INO-4885 (3-300 μg/kg i.p.) 10 min before reperfusion. Infarct size, apoptosis, nitrotyrosine content, NO/\batchmode \documentclass[fleqn,10pt,legalpaper]{article} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amsmath} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \(\mathrm{O}_{2}^{\overline{.}}\) \end{document} production, and inducible nitric-oxide synthase (iNOS)/NADPH oxidase expression were determined. INO-4885 treatment reduced ischemia/reperfusion-induced protein nitration and caspase 3 activation in a dose-dependent fashion in the range of 3 to 100 μg/kg. However, doses exceeding 100 μg/kg produced nonspecific effects and attenuated its protective ability. At the optimal dose (30 μg/kg), INO-4885 significantly reduced infarct size (p &lt; 0.01), decreased apoptosis (p &lt; 0.01), and reduced tissue nitrotyrosine content (p &lt; 0.01). As expected, INO-4885 had no effect on ischemia/reperfusion-induced iNOS expression and NO overproduction. To our surprise, this compound significantly reduced superoxide production and partially blocked NADPH oxidase overexpression in the ischemic/reperfused cardiac tissue. Additional experiments demonstrated that INO-4885 provided better cardioprotection than N-(3-(aminomethyl)benzyl)acetamidine (1400W, a selective iNOS inhibitor), apocynin (an NADPH oxidase inhibitor), or Tiron (a cell-permeable superoxide scavenger). Taken together, our data demonstrated that INO-4885 is a cardioprotective molecule that attenuates myocardial reperfusion injury by facilitating peroxynitrite decomposition and inhibiting NADPH oxidase-derived \batchmode \documentclass[fleqn,10pt,legalpaper]{article} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amsmath} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \(\mathrm{O}_{2}^{\overline{.}}\) \end{document} production. The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics