GCN2iB

Animal experiment:

Mice[1]A suspension of CCRF-CEM, HPB-ALL, MV-4-11, or SU.86.86 cells (1×107 cells/site) is subcutaneously injected into the right flanks of 6-week-old female SCID mice. Tumor volume is calculated as volume =L×l2×1/2, where L represents the longest diameter across the tumor and l represents the corresponding perpendicular distance. Body weight is also measured. To assess the anti-tumor activity, mice with tumor mass ~200 mm3 are sorted into treatment groups (N=5/group). The tumors are monitored and mice are euthanized when an endpoint is reached, or at the end of the study, whichever comes first. From the next day of randomization, GCN2 inhibitors (e.g., GCN2iB, 10 mpk, twice a day) or ASNase is orally or intraperitoneally administered to mice bearing the xenografts for 7 to 10 days, respectively. T/C (%), an index of anti-tumor activity, is calculated by comparing the mean change in tumor volume during the treatment period in the control and treated groups[1].

References:

[1]. Nakamura A, et al. Inhibition of GCN2 sensitizes ASNS-low cancer cells to asparaginase by disrupting the amino acid response. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Aug 14;115(33):E7776-E7785.