Voreloxin

In vitro toxicity assays are performed on primary AML mononuclear cells over a 48 h period using a MTS cell proliferation assay. Lethal doses (LD₅₀) are calculated. Cells are treated with voreloxin (31.25 nM to 4 μM) and Ara-C (62.5 nM to 8 μM) by serial dilution and incubated for 48 h in a final volume of 90 μL. Following the incubation, 20 μL of MTS reagent are added and the reaction is incubated for a further 4 h. The absorbance of the reaction after this time is read by spectrophotometry at 490 nm and the percentage of viable cells calculated relative to untreated control cells in the same assay. IC₅₀ values are calculated using Calcusyn software^[3].

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Animals are weighed, randomized by body weight, and assigned to the study groups before initiation of treatment. Voreloxin is administered intravenously (IV) at 10 or 20 mg/kg once on day zero and once on day four (q4d ×2). Cytarabine is administered subcutaneously (SC) at 20 or 60 mg/kg every 8 h on day zero and day four (tid q4d ×2). Tissues and blood are sampled on days 6, 8, and 12 from at least three and not greater than ten animals per treatment group. Femurs are placed in Streck Tissue Fixative solution, or in 10% formalin solution for 24-48 h followed by a 70% dehydrant (ethanol, isopropanol, methanol). Femurs are decalcified, paraffin embedded, and sectioned at Biopathology Labs. The four micron sections are stained with hematoxylin-eosin (H&E). H&E stained femurs are examined and percent cellularity of the bone marrow is determined. Digital photographs of representative femur sections are taken on a Leica DM2000 microscope using Image-Pro Plus v6.1 software^[2].

MedChemExpress (MCE) has not independently confirmed the accuracy of these methods. They are for reference only.