Background: This is the first report on the targeted delivery of fullerene-based low toxic nanocationite particles (porphyrin adducts of cyclohexyl fullerene-C(60)) to treat hypoxia-induced mitochondrial dysfunction in mammalian heart muscle.
Methods: The magnetic isotope effect generated by the release of paramagnetic (25)Mg(2+) from these nanoparticles selectively stimulates the ATP overproduction in the oxygen-depleted cell.
Results: Because nanoparticles are membranotropic cationites, they will only release the overactivating paramagnetic cations in response to hypoxia-induced acidic shift. The resulting changes in the heart cell energy metabolism result in approximately 80% recovery of the affected myocardium in <24 h after a single injection (0.03-0.1 LD(50)).
Conclusions: Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the nanoparticles suggest their suitability for safe and efficient administration in either single or multi-injection (acute or chronic) therapeutic schemes for the prevention and treatment of clinical conditions involving myocardial hypoxia.
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