VCP-746 is a potent adenosine A2B receptor agonist that stimulates anti-fibrotic signalling. VCP746 reduces hypertrophy in a rat neonatal cardiac myocyte model. VCP746 is a hybrid molecule consisting of an adenosine moiety linked to an adenosine A1 receptor (A1AR) allosteric modulator moiety. At the A1AR, VCP746 mediated cardioprotection in the absence of haemodynamic side effects such as bradycardia.

aPKC-I is an inhibitor of atypical protein kinase C (aPKC ) which inhibits both PKCζ and PKCι with high specificity and prevents VEGF-induced endothelial permeability in cell culture and in vivo, thereby blocking ischemia-reperfusion (IR)-induced permeability.