Preclinical Drug Development Miss Sirikan Nawapan
Objectives To evaluate the anticancer properties of this modified drug by studying cell proliferation tumor volumetric apoptosis DNA fragment To provide the evidence for supporting the safety of use in patient treatment
Components of Preclinical Drug Development 1. In vitro study : Cytotoxicity assay 2. In vivo study : Pharmacokinetic study : Animal testing : Toxicity test
In vitro study Objectives To study the effectiveness of the drug on the growth of HepG2 cells and to provide the appropriate concentration using in vivo study.
of in vitro study Components of in vitro study 1.Preparation of HepG2 cells 2.Cytotoxicity test 2.1 Dose dependent inhibition 2.2 Time dependent inhibition 3.Determination of cell cycle and apoptosis
Preparation of HepG2 cells line cDNAs contain the full-length ER and ER5 pcDNA3 Transfect in to HepG2 cells line Introduce cDNA into pcDNA3
HepG2 + ER 5 HepG2 + ER α MTT assay stock solution con c1 con c4 con c3 con c2 con c5 con trol Cytotoxicity test
IC 50 Dose dependent inhibition of HepG2 cells by modified megestrol
Time dependent inhibition of HepG2 cells by modified megestrol
Cell suspensions and Propidium Iodide Staining Determination of Cell Cycle and Apoptosis HepG2 cell lines Analyzed by Flow cytometry ApopAlert LM-PCR Ladder Assay kit +
In vivo study Objective To study the efficacy and toxicity of the modified drug in nude mice. Components of in vivo study 1. Pharmacokinetic study 2. Animal testing 3. Toxicity test
Pharmacokinetic study Control Male Female Blood, Urine, Feces samples High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) 14 C-Radiolabeled Modified Megestrol
Qualitative Distribution Study MaleFemalePregnant Sacrificed and Sagittal Section (30 m) Whole Body Autoradiography
Animal testing HepG2 + vER Modified Megestrol male female control Vehicle
Animal Testing Endpoints Week Tumor Vol (% Orig Vol) Body Weight (g) % of survivors body weight (g) = total weight (g) – tumor volume(cm 3 )
Toxicity Test Test 1:The LD 50 determination 5 doses and 6 mices/sex/dose Test 2:The LD50 determination (finely tune) 5 doses and 6 mices/sex/dose Test 3:Acute toxicity test 3 dose of test 2 and 6 mices/sex/dose Test 4:Subchronic toxicity test 1/20 dose of test 2,10 mices/sex/dose Test 5: Chronic toxicity test No-effect dose in test 4,10 mices/sex/dose
Summary Tested drugIn vitroIn vivoClinical trials IC 50 Phase I staring dose -Anticancer properties of drug -Toxicity testing
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