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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Pharmacol. 2016 Feb 16;27:50–55. doi: 10.1016/j.coph.2016.01.006

Table 2.

Mitochondrial targeted drugs in consideration for cardiovascular diseases (CVD)

Number Mito Target Drug Name Relevance in CVD References
1 Mitochondrial fission/fusion drugs DRP1, Opa1 targets- mdivi-1, Dynasore, P110, I/R injury, inhibits proliferation [13,21]
Mfn targets- S3 (15-oxospiramilactone) [34]
2 Sirtuins SRT2104 and SRT2379, SRT1720, SRT2379 Metabolic diseases, atherosclerosis [35]
3 Respiratory chain inhibitors Complex I-Amobarbital, Metformin, Rotenone I/R, TIA, ischemic stroke [36]
Complex III- Antimycin A, Myxothiazole I/R [37]
Complex IV-H2S (Complex IV) MI, arrhythmia, hypertrophy, fibrosis, IR and Heart failure [38]
4 F1F0-ATPase inhibitors/Proton channel blockers Aurovertin, Resveratrol Ischemia, I/R, cardiomyopathy [39]
PK1119, Bz-423, Diindolyl methane, Apoptolidin, Oligomycin Cardiac fibrosis [40]
5 PT pore inhibitors 4′-chlorodiazepam (ro5-4684) Arrhythmia, I/R [41]
Cyclosporin (CsA), Sanglifehrin A, Debio 025, NIM811 Reperfusion injury, Post-MI injury [42]
TRO40303 I/R [43]
6 NO analogs MitoSNO1, Nitrolipids, Nitrite, SNO-MPG I/R, CHF [44]
7 Potassium channel openers Atpenin A5, BMS-191095, Cromakalim, Diazoxide, Malonate, Minoxidil, NS11021, NS1619, Pinacidil I/R, MI, infarct size-limiting effect of ischemic preconditioning, myocardial reperfusion hyperoxygenation, improved cardiac contractile activity [45]
8 RISK pathway modulators Lithium, SB216763 Ischemic stroke, I/R [46]
Statins prevent acute life-threatening coronary events [47]
9 Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 alpha-lipoic acid Hypertension, I/R, [48]
Alda1 ventricular functioning/HF [49]
10 Metabolic modulators A-769662, Acadesine (AICAR), DCA, Etomoxir, GIK, Idebenone, L-arginine, Oxfenicine, perhexiline, ranolazine, trimetazidine Hypertension, Ischemia, heart remodeling, [50]