Piclidenoson

Piclidenoson (IB-MECA) is a first-in-class, orally active and selective A3 adenosine receptor (A3AR) agonist. Piclidenoson exhibits antiproliferative effect and induces apoptosis in different cancer cell types like melanoma, leukemia. Piclidenoson can be used for the research of autoimmune inflammatory diseases and COVID-19[1][2][3][4].

[1]Hofer M, et al. Agonist of the adenosine A3 receptor, IB-MECA, and inhibitor of cyclooxygenase-2, meloxicam, given alone or in a combination early after total body irradiation enhance survival of γ-irradiated mice. Radiat Environ Biophys. 2014 Mar;53(1):211-215.|[2]Abedi H, et al. Mitochondrial and caspase pathways are involved in the induction of apoptosis by IB-MECA in ovarian cancer cell lines. Tumour Biol. 2014 Nov;35(11):11027-11039.|[3]Shin Y, et al. Activation of Phosphoinositide Breakdown and Elevation of Intracellular Calcium in a Rat RBL-2H3 Mast Cell Line by Adenosine Analogs: Involvement of A(3)-Adenosine Receptors? Drug Dev Res. 1996 Sep 1;39(1):36-46.|[4]Chandan Sarkar, et al. Potential Therapeutic Options for COVID-19: Current Status, Challenges, and Future Perspectives. Front Pharmacol. 2020; 11: 572870.