AZD2171: a highly potent, orally bioavailable, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 tyrosine kinase inhibitor for the treatment of cancer.

Inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF) signaling is a promising therapeutic approach that aims to stabilize the progression of solid malignancies by abrogating tumor-induced angiogenesis. This may be accomplished by inhibiting the kinase activity of VEGF receptor-2 (KDR), which has a key role in mediating VEGF-induced responses. The novel indole-ether quinazoline AZD2171 is a highly potent (IC50 < 1 nmol/L) ATP-competitive inhibitor of recombinant KDR tyrosine kinase in vitro.

ZD6474 inhibits vascular endothelial growth factor signaling, angiogenesis, and tumor growth following oral administration.

ZD6474 [N-(4-bromo-2-fluorophenyl)-6-methoxy-7-[(1-methylpiperidin-4-yl)methoxy]quinazolin-4-amine]is a potent, p.o. active, low molecular weight inhibitor of kinase insert domain-containing receptor [KDR/vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) 2] tyrosine kinase activity (IC(50) = 40 nM).

Plasmid DNA isolation by the cleared lysate method.

The cleared lysate method of plasmid isolation is commonly used to extract relatively small plasmids (up to about 20 kb) from gram-negative bacteria such as Escherichia coll. It relies on a very gentle lysis of the bacteria to release small molecules, including very compact, supercoiled plasmid, into solution, while trapping larger molecules, such as chromosomal DNA fragments, in the remains of the cells. A high-speed centrifugation pellets cell debris and trapped chromosomal DNA, to produce a 'cleared lysate' highly enriched for plasmid.

Agarose gel electrophoresis of DNA.

This book contains many chapters describing methods for isolating and modifying DNA molecules. The most usual way of checking the success of such procedures is by looking at the products using electrophoresis in agarose gels. This process separates DNA molecules by size, and the molecules are made visible using the fluorescent dye ethidium bromide.

Chloroplast DNA levels and the control of chloroplast division in light-grown wheat leaves.

Plastids at different stages of development were isolated from light-grown wheat (Triticum aestivum, var. Maris Dove) seedling leaves, and the average chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) per plastid at each developmental stage was measured directly. In the earliest stages of development, the number of plastids per cell and the amount of cpDNA per cell increased with cell age, but cpDNA per plastid remained constant at between 800 and 1,000 genome copies per plastid.