In vivo, in vitro toxicity and in vitro angiogenic inhibition of sunitinib malate

Current Eye Research
Eduardo DibMichel Eid Farah

Abstract

To evaluate the in vivo and in vitro toxicity of sunitinib malate, a multikinase inhibitor molecule. Experimental, Prospective, Controlled. Human retinal pigment epithelial (ARPE-19) and human umbilical vein endothelialcells (HUVECS) were used in a culture toxicity test and exposed to different concentrations of sunitinib malate for 18 hours. The HUVECs also were cultured to evaluate the angiogenesis inhibitory effect of sunitinib malate. Fundus photography and angiographic, electrophysiologic, and histopathologic evaluations with light and electron microscopy were performed in two groups of five rabbits each that received different intravitreal concentrations of the drug. Each rabbit received 0.1 ml of sunitinib malate in the right eye (one group with 12.5 mg/ml, the other group with 25 mg/ml); all animals received 0.1 ml of physiologic saline solution in the left eye. After sacrifice, the eyes were enucleated and fixed with modified Karnovsky solution. No toxicity related to sunitinib malate was observed using an in vitro model with the 12.5 and 25 mg/ml solutions in HUVEC and ARPE cell cultures. No toxicity was observed in the in vivo model with 12.5 mg/ml, but light microscopy showed that the 25 mg/ml solution damaged the p...Continue Reading

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