ASTRAZENECA: Octan-1-ol/water (pH7.4) distribution coefficent measured by a shake flask method described in J. Biomol. Screen. 2011, 16, 348-355. Experimental range -1.5 to 4.5
ASTRAZENECA: % bound to plasma by equilibrium dialysis. Compound is incubated with whole human plasma at 37C for >5hrs. Method described in B. Testa et al (Eds.), Pharmacokinetic Profiling in Drug Research: Biological, Physicochemical, and Computational Strategies, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2006, pp.119-141. Experimental range 10% to 99.95% bound.
Inhibition of SMO-mediated Hedgehog signaling pathway in mouse C3H10T1/2 cells assessed as reduction in sonic hedgehog-induced osteoblast differentiation by measuring alkaline phosphatase activity incubated for 72 hrs
Inhibition of GLI mRNA expression in mouse xenografted with human COLO205 cells at 40 mg/kg, po administered as single dose measured after 8 hrs by RT-PCR analysis relative to control