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Investigating the correlation between thallium flux and automated patch-clamp for ion channel activators

Ion channels play a key role in regulating resting membrane potential and cell excitability and are attractive targets for therapeutic intervention.

Thallium (Tl+) flux assays, which measure the flow of Tl+ through potassium channels, offer a high throughput method for the identification of potassium channel activators.

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Predicting cardiac proarrhythmic risk exclusively using automated patch-clamp data

Recent work by FDA and HESI CiPA working groups indicate that in vitro hERG, Nav1.5 and Cav1.2 potency data in addition to dynamic hERG kinetic data is required to accurately predict proarrhythmic risk.

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Development of an impedance based screening assay for cardiac safety and cardiotoxicity detection in stem cell derived cardiomyocytes

Cardiac toxicity remains the leading cause of new drug safety side-effects. Current preclinical cardiac safety assays rely on in vitro cell-based ion channel assays and ex vivo and in vivo animal models. These assays provide an indication of acute risk but they do not always predict the effect of chronic compound exposure, as recently seen with oncology drugs.

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Metrion Biosciences: High quality ion channel drug discovery service provider

Metrion Biosciences is a UK based CRO, located at Granta Park in Cambridge. Our team has substantial expertise in providing research services to deliver preclinical and clinical stage drug candidates, and has a proven track record of providing high quality drug discovery services to our customers for ion channel targets on a fee-for-service or collaboration basis. The Metrion team takes pride in providing a knowledgeable, collaborative and flexible service to all customers, whether for small stand alone projects or fully integrated drug discovery programmes.

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The development of a set of novel small molecule inhibitors of the Kv1.3 ion channel

Ion channels represent 15 – 20% of historic drug approvals and recent drug discovery projects. Many ion channel families (Nav, Cav, TRPx and GABA) are validated as therapeutic targets based on human genetics, animal models and selective pharmacology. However, ion channels are challenging targets requiring expert target class knowledge and specialised screening technology such as automated patch-clamp (APC) electrophysiology.

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Identification of novel ion-channel binders: TRPA1 antagonist case study (Collaboration with Domainex)

Domainex and Metrion Biosciences have formed an alliance to identify new chemical hits against ion-channel targets. Key to this collaboration are Domainex’s experience in hit identification and Metrion Bioscience’s expertise in ion channel screening and pharmacology.

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M-type K+ channels in nociceptive pathways: physiological roles and therapeutic potential

Presentation from Metrion Biosciences’ external speaker series, Professor Nikita Gamper, University of Leeds, 5th February 2019.

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Identification of novel scorpion venom peptide inhibitors of the Kv1.3 ion channel and their potential as drug discovery leads for human T-cell mediated disease

Activated effector memory T-cells (TEM) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases.1 Activated TEM cells express high levels of the voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1.3, which functions to control cell excitability.

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Assessment of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes for evaluating drug-induced arrhythmias with multi-electrode array

Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CM) are a promising tool for assessment of drug-induced arrhythmias during non-clinical drug development. This technology is under evaluation by the FDA’s Comprehensive in vitro Proarrhythmia Assay (CiPA) initiative and the Japanese iPS Cardiac Safety Assessment consortium (JiCSA) to develop new cardiac safety assessment measures to refine current S7B and E14 guidelines.

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New CiPA cardiac ion channel cell lines and assays for in vitro proarrhythmia risk assessment

New cardiac safety testing guidelines are being finalised, as part of the FDA’s Comprehensive in vitro Proarrhythmia Assay (CiPA) initiative, which aim to remove the over-reliance on screening against the hERG channel by expanding the panel to include hNav1.5, hCav1.2, hKv4.3/KChiP2.2, hKir2.1 and hKv7.1/KCNE1 human cardiac ion channels.

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