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Last Updated: March 28, 2024

Claims for Patent: 7,886,697


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Summary for Patent: 7,886,697
Title:Optimized oral glucose tolerance test
Abstract: Described herein is a method of enhancing the reliability and reproducibility of animal experiments. As described herein, the method relates to an improved oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in animals, wherein the set up of the test has been optimized in comparison to the standard procedure for OGTT.
Inventor(s): Inufusa; Haruhiko (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: TIMA Foundation (Balzers, LI)
Application Number:11/951,788
Patent Claims:1. A method for enhancing the accuracy, reliability, or reproducibility of an animal experiment, the method comprising: a.) exposing an animal to the environment of the experiment, the medical or veterinary staff of the experiment, or the settings of the experiment; b.) repeating step a.) for a period of time until the animal is acclimatized to the environment of the experiment, the medical or veterinary staff of the experiment, or the settings of the experiment; c.) conducting the experiment with the acclimatized animal, wherein exposing the animal to the settings of the experiment comprises mock conducting the steps of the experiment with the animal, the mock conducting the steps of the experiment comprises taking the animal out of its cage for at least the same period of time as the experiment will take and fixing the animal in the same manner as the animal would be fixed in the experiment.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein exposing the animal to the environment of the experiment comprises bringing the animal to the same location where the experiment will be conducted in step c.).

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the animal is taken out of its cage for 10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, one hour, one and a half hours, two hours, three hours, four hours, five hours, six hours, or longer.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein mock conducting the experiment further comprises: a.) inserting oral tubing into the animal, or b.) taking a blood sample from the animal.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the period of time in step b.) is at least 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 days, one week, two weeks, three weeks, or longer.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein step a.) is conducted on a daily basis during the time period.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one stress factor in the blood of the animal is monitored during step b.).

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the stress factor is blood glucose.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein acclimatization is achieved when the blood glucose level of the animal does not rise above a range of 50 to 85 mg/dl glucose.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the blood glucose level of the animal does not rise above 50 to 75 mg/dl.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the blood glucose level of the animal does not rise above 50 to 65 mg/dl.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the blood glucose level of the animal does not rise above 53-57 mg/dl.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the experiment is an OGTT.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein the animal is a vertebrate.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the vertebrate is a mouse, a rat, a dog, a cat, or a monkey.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the vertebrate is a rat.

17. The method according to claim 15, wherein the vertebrate is a monkey.

18. The method according to claim 13, wherein the OGTT comprises fixing a monkey in a neck holding chair or fixing a rat in a cloth covered heating tube.

19. The method as in claims 13 or 14, wherein mock conducting the steps of the experiment further comprises: a.) inserting oral tubing into the animal, or b.) taking a blood sample from the animal.

20. The method according to claim 1, wherein the animal is administered sterile water, a drug suspension, or a food suspension through an oral tube during step a.).

21. The method according to claim 1, wherein the animal is only allowed access to water during the twelve hours preceding step c.).

22. The method according to claim 1, wherein only acclimatized animals are selected for step c.).

23. A method for enhancing the accuracy, reliability, or reproducibility of an animal experiment, the method comprising: a.) exposing an animal to the environment of the experiment, the medical or veterinary staff of the experiment, or the settings of the experiment; b.) repeating step a.) for a period of time until the animal is acclimatized to the environment of the experiment, the medical or veterinary staff of the experiment, or the settings of the experiment; c.) conducting the experiment with the acclimatized animal, wherein exposing the animal to the medical or veterinary staff comprises exposing the animal to the same staff that will conduct the experiment in step c.) and touching or playing of the animal by the same staff that will conduct the experiment in step c.).

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