Daily oral AMD070 at 2 mg/kg reduced experimental lung colonization by B88-SDF-1 cells in nude mice. Histology detected lung metastases in 2/10 treated mice and 5/9 saline controls at day 49. [2]
In bleomycin-injured mice, oral AMD070 improved survival but did not reduce endpoint lung fibrosis or inflammation among survivors. In a separate CCl4 liver-injury experiment, intraperitoneal AMD070 did not reduce hepatic fibrosis. These results limit a general antifibrotic interpretation. [3]
Experimental lung metastasis in nude mice
Animal study · Eight-week-old BALB/c nude mice bearing intravenously introduced B88-SDF-1 cells [2]
The AMD070 group had fewer mice with lung metastases and fewer tumor nests than saline controls at day 49.
Conditions shared by the study groups
- Route
- Oral
- Frequency
- Daily
- Treatment course
- 49-day observation; exact initial dose day unspecified
- Vehicle
- 0.2 mL; saline comparator
- AMD070 versus saline
- Model: BALB/c nude mice; B88-SDF-1 lung colonization
- Reported limits: Dose retained as reported; no inference of per-mouse mean from nest totals. Sex not specified.
Methods and source locations
Compound reported in the paper: Mavorixafor (AMD070); Compound label in the paper: AMD070
Experimental lung colonization model; no spontaneous metastasis or human efficacy inference.
Mice and the in vivo study; Results: lung metastasis; Fig. 4A
Mice with histologically detected lung metastases: Lung H&E histology — Results: lung metastasis; Fig. 4A
Reported lung tumor nest counts: Histology; source reports one-way ANOVA — Fig. 4A and caption
AMD070 versus saline · Mice and the in vivo study; Fig. 4A
Survival benefit without reduced pulmonary fibrosis
Animal study · Female six-week-old CD-1 mice with bleomycin-induced lung injury; initially n=10/group [3]
AMD070 improved endpoint survival, while surviving treated mice had no reduction in lung inflammation or fibrosis. Histology comparisons are conditional on survival and include unequal final group sizes.
Conditions shared by the study groups
- Route
- Oral gavage
- Frequency
- Daily
- Treatment course
- Day 1 through day 21; endpoint day 22
- Vehicle
- 30 mM acetate buffer, pH 5
- AMD070 in bleomycin lung injury
- Model: Female CD-1 mice; initially n=10/group
- Reported limits: Final n labels in Fig. 6 refer to survivors, not initial group size.
Methods and source locations
Compound reported in the paper: Mavorixafor (AMD070); Compound label in the paper: AMD070
Model-specific survival and histology; no general antifibrotic efficacy or free-base lot validation.
Murine model of pulmonary fibrosis; Histology methods; Results and Figs. 4–6
Survival through day 22: Kaplan–Meier observation; humane-endpoint euthanasia counted in mortality — Results: pulmonary efficacy; Fig. 6
Fibrotic surface area in surviving mice: Masson’s Trichrome; blinded image analysis; final n=4 and n=9, respectively — Results: pulmonary efficacy; Fig. 5A
Inflammatory surface area in surviving mice: H&E histology; blinded image analysis; final n=4 and n=9, respectively — Results: pulmonary efficacy; Fig. 4A
AMD070 in bleomycin lung injury · Pulmonary model methods; Figs. 4–6
No reduction of hepatic fibrosis in the CCl4 model
Animal study · Female eleven-week-old C57BL/6 mice with carbon-tetrachloride-induced hepatic fibrosis [3]
AMD070 did not reduce the fibrotic liver area compared with injured PBS controls. Final group sizes were 9, 6 and 7 for oil control, CCl4 control and CCl4 plus AMD070.
Conditions shared by the study groups
- Route
- Intraperitoneal
- Frequency
- 5 days/week; withheld on the two CCl4 dosing days
- Treatment course
- 4 weeks; beginning one day before first CCl4; endpoint one day after last AMD070
- Vehicle
- PBS
- AMD070 in CCl4 hepatic fibrosis
- Model: Female C57BL/6 mice
- Reported limits: Reported final analyzed group sizes, not initial randomized sample sizes.
Methods and source locations
Compound reported in the paper: Mavorixafor (AMD070); Compound label in the paper: AMD070
Negative finding confined to this regimen and model.
Murine model of hepatic fibrosis; Histology methods; Fig. 9 and associated Results
Mean Picrosirius Red-positive liver area: Blinded histological area scoring; three liver sections per animal — Results: hepatic efficacy; Fig. 9A
AMD070 in CCl4 hepatic fibrosis · Hepatic model methods; Fig. 9 and Results