Unit EXPERIMENTAL PHARMACOLOGY
- Course
- Chemistry and technology of drugs
- Study-unit Code
- 65982006
- Location
- PERUGIA
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Ciriana Orabona
- Teachers
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- Ciriana Orabona
- Giada Mondanelli (Codocenza)
- Hours
- 89 ore - Ciriana Orabona
- 25 ore (Codocenza) - Giada Mondanelli
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2018
- Offered
- 2021/22
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline biologiche e farmacologiche
- Academic discipline
- BIO/14
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Experimental pharmacological basis for the development of new drugs.
Principles of evaluation of drug efficacy and toxicity; preclinical and
clinical experimentation. Cloning and validation of a drug target. - Reference texts
- Paoletti R., Nicosia S., Clementi F., Fumagalli G. Trattato di farmacologia e
terapia - vol. Farmacologia clinica. UTET
Clementi F., Fumagalli G. Farmacologia generale e molecolare. UTET
Jeremy W. Dale e Malcolm von Schantz ‘Dai geni ai genomi' EDISES
Crommelin D., Sindelar R., Biotecnologie Farmaceutiche. ZANICHELLI - Educational objectives
- Knowledge of the experimental pharmacological methods.
- Prerequisites
- In order to be able to understand and apply the experimental procedures
described within the Course, you must have successfully passed
'Farmacologia, Farmacognosia e Tossicologia Generale' exam. The same
examination is a prerequisite for attending the practical course. Moreover,
a good knowledge of molecular biology and a good training in math
should be useful for following with profit this course. - Teaching methods
- Theoretical lessons and practical training
- Other information
- Mandatory attendance
- Learning verification modality
- The exam consists of oral and written test and the presentation of a
technical composition individually realized during the practical course.
The written test consists of a multiple choice test; the oral test is an
interview of about 20 minutes for evaluating the knowledge level and the
ability of the student to manage the acquired experimental knowledge in
a pharmacologic context. - Extended program
- Theoretical lessons: Introduction to the research of innovative drug
targets and molecules as lead compounds for the development of new
drug.IDO1 enzyme as an example of drug target in autoimmune and
cancer diseases. End-point, real-time and digital PCR as tools for the
evaluation of the drug effect on gene transcription. Microarray and gene
chips for the evaluation of the drug effect on the transcriptome. High
throughput screening (HTS): a method for selecting ‘lead’ compounds. In
vitro and ex vivo preclinical methods of drug study: cell cultures and
isolated organs. Methods of study of the signal transduction for the
identification of potential drug targets. In vivo preclinical study: the 3R principle; alternative methods to the animal experimentation; animals
used in research and their maintenance in animal facility; the Irwin’s test;
experimental models of disease. Mice genetically modified: transgenic,
knock-out, knoch-in and conditional transgenic/knock-out mice. Clinical
trial design: scientific and statistical hypothesis, principles of biostatistics;
endpoints; bias and variability; randomization. Phases of Clinical Trials.
Genetically modified organisms (OGM) for the production of oral vaccines.
MicroRNAs (miRNA) as new drug targets. Virtual training: Mouse watch,
virtual observational study of the in vivo drug effect. Langerdorf’s hearth:
virtual experimentation on isolated organ. Practical training: Cloning,
expression and validation of the enzyme IDO as a drug target. Purification
and activation of murine spleen cells; RNA extraction, RT-PCR for the
amplification of the drug target gene; cloning of the drug target gene in a
plasmid. Transfection and expression of the drug target gene in a cell
line. Validation of the drug target by analysis of the protein expression
and the catalytic activity. Building of dose-response curves using the
cloned drug target and evaluation of the IC50 of different molecules.