Identified? Yes

  • Feasibility Start 2 year before clinical validation (Takano san, 20200415 call)

  • Feasibility Start with narrowed down to 2-3 compounds

  • 아래 그림으로는 PS 인데 이건 너무한듯

  • 아래 로는 PE 때 시작

Biomarker Types and Stage Gates — Alignment with Asset Milestones

(Takeda slide — transcribed labels, slide image not embedded)

Two parallel timelines, each annotated with stage-gate dots:

  • Asset: TE — PS — LGE — PE — CN — CS — EDE — IND — EPOC
  • Biomarker: BPS (at PS) — BFA (at PE) — BTV (at CN) — BCS TE, PD, DR (at CS) — BCS PS (at EDE/IND)

Four icon callouts (Target Engagement TE / Target itself, Pharmacodynamic PD / Target Pathway, Disease Related DR / Disease Pathway, Patient Segmentation PS / Diagnostic) feed into four gate boxes:

  • BPS – at Asset PS — Biomarker Platform Start: White paper rationale, Develop BM “one-pager”, BMax for novel PET tracer
  • BFA – at Asset PE — Biomarker Feasibility Assessment: Compatibility of reagents, assay format; Determine assay sensitivity in samples; internal vs external execution
  • BTV – at Asset CN — Biomarker Technical Validation: In vitro / in vivo evaluation of BM; Sensitivity, specificity; Reproducibility, linearity, etc.
  • BCS – at Asset CS — Biomarker Candidate Selection: In vivo Calibration (IVC); Preclinical PK-PD; Longitudinal response of BM in preclinical or human EM study

(Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited)

Biomarker type-specific definition of milestones

(Takeda slide table — transcribed text, slide image not embedded)

BPS – at Asset PS
Biomarker Platform Start
BFA – at Asset PE
Biomarker Feasibility Assessment
BTV – at Asset CN
Biomarker Technical Validation
BCS – at Asset CS
Biomarker Candidate Selection
Common• White paper rationale
• Develop BM "one-pager"
• Compatibility of reagents, assay format
• Determine assay sensitivity in samples
• internal vs external execution
• In vitro / in vivo evaluation of BM
• Sensitivity, specificity,
• Reproducibility, linearity, etc.
• In vivo Calibration (IVC)
• Longitudinal response of BM in preclinical or human EM study
Molecular BiomarkerPreclinical PK-PD
PET ligandBMax for novel PET tracerSpecific binding in rodentAll the work finished for NHP study
Neurocircuitry biomarkerAbility collect in rodent/NHP/humanDefine sensitivity and selectivity in rodent/HP/humanQuantitative validation in rodent/HP/human Change is observed I patients/disease model

(Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited)

Comparison: in vitro vs in vivo

PossibilitiesConsequence
In vitrohomogenatesthe brain membranes are trapped on glass fiberfilters and subsequently washed several times↓ free radiotracer, ↓ NSB (보통 ↑ SB)
radiotracer may bind to the glass-fiber filters
When homogenized, the cellular components wash away,
↑ SB (이겠네?)
↓ SB (이겠네)
(no-wash) autoradiography
(living) cell binding assays장점: i) no Homogenation-induced wash away of intracellular component (target) ii) maintained cell membrane, so can demonstrate the ability of tracer to pass the memb and accumulate in the cell (→ ↑ in vivo translatability)
In vivoWhatever signal one may obtain in vivo is solely determined by the affinity (In vivo imaging does not have a wash step!)

Preclinical study

Studies to establishMethodExamples
In vitro-In vitro selectivity profiles, while useful for screening, are insufficient to prove in vivo selectivity
Bmax -SB window (percentage specific binding)
-Bmax (, fmol/mg tissue)
-Brain bio-distribution: , (while not impacting PET doability), is required to inform subsequent PET imaging studies such as specific binding assessment. For example, if a target is only expressed or enriched in certain brain regions then a target-free brain region could be used as a "reference region" (e.g. cbll) to determine SB. On the other hand, if a target is expressed throughout the brain it would be necessary to carry out both baseline and blocking or equivalent (e.g. knock-out animal) studies to determine SB
In vitro autoradiography, [3H]-compound KO 사용해 (competition 해도 되지 않나?) SB window 확립 (1:1?), 이러고 나서야 Bmax 잴 수 있나? (nsb 것들은 target과 무관한 것들이니)

Bmax assessment in rats (figure, evidence-only — same WT vs HDAC6 KO Cbound/Cunbound saturation curve as `20240722_184809`, with Specific binding / off-target binding / Non-specific binding legend; equations
Cbound/Cunbound = Bmax_KO / (Kd_KO + Cunbound) + k_KO (HDAC6 KO)
Cbound/Cunbound = Bmax_SB / (Kd_SB + Cunbound) + Bmax_KO / (Kd_KO + Cunbound) + k_KO (WT)
Parameter table: Bmax_SB 3.1 nM (0.0–10.6); Kd_SB 1.2 nM (0.0–4.5); Bmax_KO 33.5 nM (0–133.8); Kd_KO 22.4 nM (0–84.5); k_KO — 2.7 (1.9–3.5))
Moreover, quantification allows for ① the pharmacological characterization of ligand affinity by means of dissociation constants (Kd), inhibition constants (Ki) ② the density of binding sites (Bmax) in selected tissues. Thus, the method provides information about both target localization and ligand selectivity (Au – Griem-Krey et al. 2019, PMID)
- tissue sample: (Ashley Knight) I usually request a larger block (1g when possible). Something with one dimension the size of my thumbnail at least (very scientific). When tissues are rare I try to get 1 cm cubed in size. It provides enough tissue for sectioning and several studies.
- Radioligand concentration (다양한 approach 존재): 1. a concentration of radioligand approximating the KD is used which would occupy 50% of the receptors present. 2. when the binding site is highly abundant in the examined tissue (& because radioligands can be costly) lower concentrations e.g. 10-20% of the KD concentration can be used. This has a potential advantage of increasing the signal-to-noise ratio by reducing NSB more than SB. 3. a concentration reflecting 5-6 times Kd is used to make sure that all binding sites are saturated.
MiceARG

20210120 Paul: $150K for any rodent work
• A suitable radioligand
Generating 3H-labelled ligand(low non-selective binding, sufficient selective binding commonly demonstrated using KO mice)Example: Usually 3H or 11C (대개 18F안 쓴다)cost for tritiation with CRO is Tomimatsu 200 mil yen (20억원, 이렇게 비쌀리 없음?)
Sample preparationmicrotome cryostat for tissue sectioning(12 µm recommended for [3H] labelled ligands for mice brains)1. Kunugi-san's team 2. 미야 라는 사람
Price: $150/slide (TNTecnos, Tomimatsu)
ARG experiment (per se)Incubation with radioligand
Exposure of the film to the matrix (containing the radiolabeled sample)
Tomimatsu: just using ImageJ
Image development
analysis
- Cf) microARG: radiolabeled substrate taken up by individual prokaryotic cells → visualized by means of a radiation-sensitive silver halide emulsion covering the radiolabeled organisms → subsequently processed by standard photographic procedures.

Examples

ExampleMethodReadout
Ashley's AD postmortem: [11C]NCGG401 {Ogata, 2022 #2023} -tracer 농도는 변화 [3H]MCC950 10-100 nM,
-blocker 농도는 고정 (MCC950 10 µM)
Tracer 와 blocker (10 µM NCGG401) 모두 농도 고정
{Au – Griem-Krey, 2019 #1506}Jove protocol. mouse 포함. Fig4) total binding: as fmol/mg tissue equivalents (TE) for the radioligands [3H]GHB (30 nM) Non-specific binding was not detected in the presence of 1 mM GHB Data is presented as mean ± SD of four biological replicates each performed in three technical replicates.
AC Immune's aSyn PETHuman brain section (p14, 조각인듯), showing n of 2한번은 radio-labelled 처리 & 다른 한번은 self-blocking 해놓고 (with ACI-3710 5 µM), Self-blockingKi
SPALMouse (good의 p9 fig3-2중 맨 아래) & human Patient (good의 p9 fig3-2중 위로부터 세개, 조각인듯) (n=1?)non-radioactive test compounds were used in excess (10 µM, 이렇게 완전히 막아놓고 나오는 signal 보는 것이니 'non-specific binding') and mixed with the 18F-labeled tracer (0.8–2.4 kBq/Ml,Tracer 의 affinity (specific binding)를 보려는 목적이니 labeled tracer 를 여러 dose 씀. quantification 없는 듯
(Kroth et al. 2019, PMID 31264169)Human brain section (frozen 18 µm): fig4 (Brakk I, III, V 당 n=1 인듯). Entorhinal cortex hippocampus, frontal cortex 의 각 조각에서 본 듯, fig5: only amygdala (n=1 인듯)
Micro-ARG (Frozen tissue from entorhinal cortex brain region of an AD donor)-
위 Bmax 에 (Hostetler, 2016 #889)NHP Brain (n=4), human (n=3) 은 region별 (cortex, thal, Hippo etc)-
(Hall, 1998 #1259)Human brain section (whole hemisphere)-DA & HT receptor subtypes as well as of their transporters
(Pan, 2016 #1260)Human postmortem AD brain hippocampus sections (7 µm), 확실히 AD 2명, Control 2명- Chunks of frozen tissue were dissected
(Martín-Cora, 2004 #1488)Human postmortem frontal cortex (a, b), hippocampus (c, d), mesencephalum (e, f), and thalamus: fig 4 (coronal sections)상세한 정량화 table 3!, By caudate nucleu, putamen, GP, SN 등 Region별로 다 했음 human)(small saturation-binding figure shown — `Bmax (fM/M) – 0XX dpm` annotations on a single tracer concentration curve, evidence-only)

Uncertain Spans

locationtranscriptionuncertainty
Asset–Biomarker timeline, Asset stage labelsTE — PS — LGE — PE — CN — CS — EDE — IND — EPOCThe stage abbreviations on the Takeda slide are small; the label LGE between PS and PE in particular is tiny and could be IGE or similar.
Biomarker timeline, BCS gatesBCS TE, PD, DR (at CS) and BCS PS (at EDE/IND)The two BCS gate labels share the same letters but are color-coded with different annotations; the exact category mapping is small print.
Preclinical study, Mice ARG row, Generating 3H-labelled ligand cost cellTomimatsu 200 mil yen (20억원, 이렇게 비쌀리 없음?)The numeric 200 mil yen token and the parenthetical 이렇게 비쌀리 없음? Korean comment are at the small-print right edge of the slide-style table — preserved but the exact mil/billion conversion remark has minor character ambiguity.
Examples row for SPAL(good의 p9 fig3-2중 맨 아래) and (n=1?)The figure references are written in shorthand Korean+number tokens; transcribed verbatim but small print obscures the trailing punctuation.
Examples row for Martín-Cora 2004small inset binding curve labelsThe inset y-axis label Bmax (fM/M) – 0XX dpm is partly obscured; transcribed as visible.