Abstract
Preclinical drug testing in primary human cell models that recapitulate disease can significantly reduce animal experimentation and time-to-the-clinic. We used intestinal organoids to quantitatively study the potency of multivalent cholera toxin inhibitors. The method enabled the determination of IC50 values over a wide range of potencies (15 pM to 9 mM). The results indicate for the first time that an organoid-based swelling assay is a useful preclinical method to evaluate inhibitor potencies of drugs that target pathogen-derived toxins.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 6968-6972 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Medicinal Chemistry |
Volume | 59 |
Issue number | 14 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 28 Jul 2016 |