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Anti-inflammatory activity of superoxide dismutase mimics functionalized with cell-penetrating peptides

  • Emilie Mathieu
  • , Anne Sophie Bernard
  • , H. Y.Vincent Ching
  • , Andrea Somogyi
  • , Kadda Medjoubi
  • , Jennifer Rodon Fores
  • , Hélène C. Bertrand
  • , Amandine Vincent
  • , Sylvain Trépout
  • , Jean Luc Guerquin-Kern
  • , Andreas Scheitler
  • , Ivana Ivanović-Burmazović
  • , Philippe Seksik
  • , Nicolas Delsuc
  • , Clotilde Policar

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Abstract

A superoxide dismutase mimic (Mn1) was functionalized with three positively charged-peptides: RRRRRRRRR (Mn1-R9), RRWWWRRWRR (Mn1-RW9) or Fx-r-Fx-K (Mn1-MPP). Characterization of the physico-chemical properties of the complexes show that they share similar binding affinity for Mn2+, apparent reduction potential and intrinsic superoxide dismutase activity. However, their accumulation in cells is different (Mn1-R9 < Mn1-MPP < Mn1-RW9 < Mn1), as well as their subcellular distribution. In addition, the three functionalized-complexes display a better anti-inflammatory activity than Mn1 when assayed at 10 μM. This improvement is due to a combination of an anti-inflammatory effect of the peptidyl moiety itself, and of the SOD mimic for Mn1-RW9 and Mn1-MPP. In contrast, the enhanced anti-inflammatory activity of Mn1-R9 is solely due to the SOD mimic.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2323-2330
Number of pages8
JournalDalton Transactions
Volume49
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Feb 2020
Externally publishedYes

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