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δ-Opioid Receptor as a Molecular Target for Increasing Cardiac Resistance to Reperfusion in Drug Development.

Natalia V NaryzhnayaAlexander V MukhomedzyanovMaria SirotinaLeonid N MaslovBoris K KurbatovAlexander S GorbunovMikhail KilinArtur KanAndrey V KrylatovYuri K PodoksenovSergey V Logvinov
Published in: Biomedicines (2023)
An analysis of published data and the results of our own studies reveal that the activation of a peripheral δ 2 -opioid receptor (δ 2 -OR) increases the cardiac tolerance to reperfusion. It has been found that this δ 2 -OR is localized in cardiomyocytes. Endogenous opioids are not involved in the regulation of cardiac resistance to reperfusion. The infarct-limiting effect of the δ 2 -OR agonist deltorphin II depends on the activation of several protein kinases, including PKCδ, ERK1/2, PI3K, and PKG. Hypothetical end-effectors of the cardioprotective effect of deltorphin II are the sarcolemmal K ATP channels and the MPT pore.
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