Myo-inositol_trispyrophosphate

<i>myo</i>-Inositol trispyrophosphate

myo-Inositol trispyrophosphate

Chemical compound


myo-Inositol trispyrophosphate (ITPP) is an inositol phosphate, a pyrophosphate, a drug candidate, and a putative performance-enhancing substance, which exerts its biological effects by increasing tissue oxygenation.[1]

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Chemistry

ITPP is a pyrophosphate derivative of phytic acid with the molecular formula C6H12O21P6.[1]

Biological effects

ITPP is a membrane-permeant allosteric regulator of hemoglobin that mildly reduces its oxygen-binding affinity, which shifts the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve to the right and thereby increases oxygen release from the blood into tissue.[1] Phytic acid, in contrast, is not membrane-permeant due to its charge distribution.[1]

Rodent studies in vivo demonstrated increased tissue oxygenation and dose-dependent increases in endurance during physical exercise, in both healthy mice and transgenic mice expressing a heart failure phenotype.[1]

The substance is believed to have a high potential for use in athletic doping, and liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry tests have been developed to detect ITPP in urine tests.[2] Its use as a performance-enhancing substance in horse racing has also been suspected and similar tests have been developed for horses[3]

ITPP has been studied for potential adjuvant use in the treatment of cancer in conjunction with chemotherapy, due to its effects in reducing tissue hypoxia.[4] Human clinical trials were registered in 2014 under the compound number OXY111A.[5] The substance has also been examined in the context of other illnesses involving hypoxia, such as cardiovascular disease and dementia[2]

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References

  1. Biolo, A; Greferath, R; Siwik, DA; Qin, F; Valsky, E; Fylaktakidou, KC; Pothukanuri, S; Duarte, CD; Schwarz, RP; Lehn, JM; Nicolau, C; Colucci, WS (2009). "Enhanced exercise capacity in mice with severe heart failure treated with an allosteric effector of hemoglobin, myo-inositol trispyrophosphate". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 106 (6): 1926–1929. Bibcode:2009PNAS..106.1926B. doi:10.1073/pnas.0812381106. PMC 2644140. PMID 19204295.
  2. Lam, G; Zhao, S; Sandhu, J; Yi, R; Loganathan, D; Morrissey, B (2014). "Detection of myo-inositol tris pyrophosphate (ITPP) in equine following an administration of ITPP". Drug Test. Anal. 6 (3): 268–276. doi:10.1002/dta.1473. PMID 23733541.
  3. Limani, P; Linecker, M; Schneider, MA; Kron, P; Tschuor, C; Kachaylo, E; Ungethuem, U; Nicolau, C; Lehn, JM; Graf, R; Humar, B; Clavien, PA (2017). "The Allosteric Hemoglobin Effector ITPP Inhibits Metastatic Colon Cancer in Mice" (PDF). Ann. Surg. 266 (5): 746–753. doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000002431. PMID 28742687. S2CID 20565432.

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