Targeted Therapeutics Development with Efficiency and Confidence

Targeted Therapeutics Development

Solutions for breakthrough targeted therapeutics exploration

To keep your targeted therapeutics moving through the development process, you need to be able to make decisions with confidence, and without hesitation or costly delays. Whether you’re characterizing a signaling pathway or validating a therapeutic candidate, confident decisions begin with exceptional data.

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From academic discovery through preclinical validation

Get the answers you depend on to keep the development process moving forward. Odyssey® Imagers and Pearl® Trilogy Small Animal Imagers deliver superior data for robust, replicable results you can rely on.

IRDye® Reagents are optimized for use with Odyssey Imagers and the Pearl Trilogy Imagers to provide an additional layer of certainty.

Enhanced understanding for improved target selection

Characterize your cell signaling pathways with confidence using quantitative, near-infrared (NIR) Western blots performed on an Odyssey Imager and quantitative, NIR In-Cell Western™ or On-Cell Western assays performed on an Odyssey M or Odyssey DLx. Gain a fuller understanding of the details of your ligands, targets, pathways, and cellular effects.

Assess lead effects in organisms

Assess your therapeutic agent’s performance in vitro and ex vivo using the Odyssey M or Odyssey DLx Imager, or in vivo and ex vivo using the Pearl Trilogy Small Animal Imager. Decide which of your candidates appears most promising and move to the next step of validation.

Cell signaling assays

Understand more about your targets, pathways, and the effects your therapeutic has when you perform cell signaling assays on an Odyssey M or Odyssey DLx Imager.

Trust your quantitative Western blots, In-Cell Western assays, and On-Cell Western assays to give you the most reliable results when you use an Odyssey M or Odyssey DLx Imager and IRDye Reagents.

Characterize dose response with IC50 assays

Use the IC50 assay with the Odyssey M or Odyssey DLx and IRDye Reagents to find the concentration of an inhibitor required to reduce a response by half. Get the data you need to continue through discovery and development.

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Determining IC50 by In-Cell Western Assay imaged on an Odyssey Imager

PTK6 is abnormally expressed in breast cancers, and researchers have described kinase-dependent functions of PTK6 in driving tumor growth. As with any therapeutic approach, using small molecule inhibitors to target PTK6 activity requires validation of specificity and efficacy.

Example Study:Small molecule inhibitors reveal PTK6 kinase is not an oncogenic driver in breast cancers” Research conducted by Qiu, L., et al, Pfizer, PLoS One.1
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Inhibition of tumor cell growth by PTK6 inhibitors is independent of PTK6 kinase activity inhibition, providing evidence against using PTK6 kinase inhibition as a therapeutic strategy for breast cancer treatment. In-Cell Western Assays imaged on an Odyssey CLx Imager were used to assess cellular levels of PTK6 autophosphorylation normalized to cell number (measured by CellTag 700 Stain). Adapted from Qiu, L., et al.

Validation solutions

From advanced analysis of vetted therapeutic leads to small animal, tissue, and organ imaging, we offer solutions to help you understand the key characteristics of your therapeutic before moving to the clinic.

The Odyssey M or Odyssey DLx Imager and the Pearl Trilogy Small Animal Imager provide an ideal combination to assess therapeutic delivery with NIR fluorescence and for complete analysis of your therapeutic agent’s performance.

The therapeutic agents tagged with IRDye Reagents deliver a clear image for detection and quantification. Validate your therapeutics and probes in vitro and ex vivo with the Odyssey M or Odyssey DLx, or in vivo and ex vivo with the Pearl Trilogy Small Animal Imager.

Learn how to maximize your targeted therapeutics research and make groundbreaking scientific advancements with NIR detection and innovative probe development.

Pearl Trilogy Small Animal Imager

Assessing biodistribution of an siRNA delivery system for a promising cancer treatment using the Pearl Trilogy Imager

Ovarian and uterine cancers are often diagnosed at advanced stages, underscoring the need to identify therapeutic targets and means of delivering therapies to tumors. One promising therapeutic target is the AXL protein, which is involved in ovarian and uterine cancer metastasis. One potential treatment option is to silence AXL expression with siRNA, but a mechanism is needed to deliver the siRNA to the tumor.

Example Study:p5RHH nanoparticle-mediated delivery of AXL siRNA inhibits metastasis of ovarian and uterine cancer cells in mouse xenografts” Research conducted by Mills, K.A., et al, Washington University School of Medicine, Scientific Reports.2
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p5RHH-siRNA nanoparticles were found to localize to tumor cells in vivo.To determine localization of p5RHH nanoparticles and to identify the best delivery method, mice bearing either uterine or ovarian cancer tumors were injected either intraperitoneally (IP) or intravenously (IV) with p5RHH-siControl nanoparticles labeled with a fluorescent probe. Excised tumors from IP-injected mice showed more probe localization than those from IV-injected mice. Live mouse and whole organ images were acquired on a Pearl Trilogy Imager. Adapted from Mills, K.A., et al.
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In vitro analysis of plate-based assays

Characterize and validate the specificity, binding affinity, and other parameters of your therapeutic agents with the In-Cell Western or On-Cell Western assay performed on the Odyssey M or Odyssey DLx Imager. Get the confidence you need in your agents before moving forward with small animal and tissue section imaging.

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In vivo animal imaging with the Pearl Small Animal Imager

Capture a detailed representation of the in vivo molecular activity of your therapeutic agents in live animals. Assess uptake, clearance, and other key factors for development.

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Ex vivo tissue and organ analysis

Use an Odyssey M, Odyssey DLx, or Pearl Trilogy Imager to quantify the presence of dye-tagged probes in excised tissue or organ samples to assess the biodistribution, clearance, and other parameters of your therapeutic leads.

Consistency and speed without compromise

From academic discovery to pre-clinical validation, LI-COR has the products, tools, and services to let you make critical decisions with confidence.

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References

  1. Qiu, L., Levine, K., Gajiwala, K.S., Cronin, C.N., Nagata, A., Johnson, E., et al. (2018) Small molecule inhibitors reveal PTK6 kinase is not an oncogenic driver in breast cancers. PLoS ONE. 13(6). e0198374. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5991704/
  2. Mills, K.A., Quinn, J.M., Roach, S.T., Palisoul, M., Nguyen, M., Noia, H., Guo, L., Fazal, J., Mutch, D.G., Wickline, S.A., Pan, H., Fuh, K.C. (2019) p5RHH nanoparticle-mediated delivery of AXL siRNA inhibits metastasis of ovarian and uterine cancer cells in mouse xenografts. Sci Rep. 9. 4762. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6423014/