Inolitazone

Cell experiment:

DRO90-1 (DRO) and ARO81 (ARO) cells are plated in 12-well culture plates in triplicate for each condition at an initial concentration of 2×104 cells/well. After overnight incubation, cells are treated with either Inolitazone, Rosiglitazone, Troglitazone, GW9662, or Paclitaxel diluted in DMSO at concentrations indicated in figure legends. All cells receive identical volumes of DMSO and are exposed to each drug for 6 days with medium and drug changed every 48 h. After 6 days, cells are washed with PBS, trypsinized and counted by Beckman Coulter Counter[1].

Animal experiment:

Mice[1] Suspensions of 1×106/0.1 mL DRO or ARO cells in RPMI medium are injected subcutaneously in one flank of 3-4 week athymic female nude mice. Mice are changed to specialized diets either 1 week prior or 1 week after tumor implantation and randomly assigned to experimental or control groups with 10 mice per group. Diets consisted either placebo, 0.00025%, 0.0025%, or 0.025% Inolitazone formulated into the diet. Mice weighed between 20-25 g and consume on average 4 g of food per day. For combinatorial studies either placebo, 10 mg/kg or 15 mg/kg paclitaxel is injected i.p. twice weekly. Tumors are measured every 3-4 days for 35 days with calipers and tumor volumes are calculated by the formula: 0.5236(a×b×c), where a is the shortest diameter, b is the diameter perpendicular to a and c is the diameter height.

References:

[1]. Copland JA, et al. Novel high-affinity PPARgamma agonist alone and in combination with paclitaxel inhibits human anaplastic thyroid carcinoma tumor growth via p21WAF1/CIP1. Oncogene. 2006 Apr 13;25(16):2304-17.
[2]. Marlow LA, et al. Reactivation of suppressed RhoB is a critical step for the inhibition of anaplastic thyroid cancer growth. Cancer Res. 2009 Feb 15;69(4):1536-44.