Dr Andy Kuo
Senior Research Officer & Centre Manager, CIPDD
School of Biomedical Sciences
+61 7 334 69365
Andy is part of the Centre for Integrated Preclinical Drug Development (CIPDD).
Researcher biography
Dr Andy Kuo is a Senior Research Officer and Centre Manager at the Centre for Integrated Preclinical Drug Development (CIPDD), a Tier 2 Infrastructure Centre located in the School of Biomedical Sciences at UQ. With expertise in preclinical translational research, in the last ten years Dr Kuo in the role of Study Director, has managed the conduct of numerous R&D contract-funded and collaborative research grant-funded studies that are/have been undertaken in accordance with the requirements of CIPDD's electronic Quality Management System (eQMS), which is rare in Australia.
To date he has successfully conducted/managed over 60 research projects, conducted in accordance with the requirements of CIPDD's eQMS framework. His extensive experience encompasses experimental procedures and the management of preclinical studies, particularly in the areas of animal model development/validation, pharmacodynamic readouts, pharmacokinetics, and toxicology.
Despite the demands of working in an NCRIS (National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy)-funded National Centre that is a key partner in Therapeutic Innovation Australia's (TIA) Small Molecule Therapeutics Capability focused on IP-sensitive research, he has sustained a robust publication record, with 32 publications and 2 book chapters. Additionally, he has submitted 46 commercial-in-confidence study reports to industry and academic collaborators contributing significantly to the field of novel therapeutics innovation.
Book Chapter
Imam, M. Z., Kuo, A. and Smith, M. T. (2022). Side effects of central analgesic drugs. Drug discovery and evaluation: safety and pharmacokinetic assays. (pp. 1-24) Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-73317-9_70-1
Journal Articles
Kuo, A., Imam, M. Z., Li, R., Lin, L., Raboczyj, A., Bohmer, A. E., Nicholson, J. R., Corradini, L. and Smith, M. T. (2024). J-2156, a small molecule somatostatin type 4 receptor agonist, alleviated hindpaw hypersensitivity in the streptozotocin-induced rat model of painful diabetic neuropathy but with a 2-fold decrease in potency at an advanced stage in the model, mimicking morphine. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 15 1346801. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1346801
Kong, Dehui, Fahrenhorst-Jones, Tyler, Kuo, Andy, Simmons, Jacinta L., Tan, Lendl, Burns, Jed M., Pierens, Gregory K., Li, Rui, West, Nicholas P., Boyle, Glen M., Smith, Maree T., Savage, G. Paul and Williams, Craig M. (2023). seco-1-Azacubane-2-carboxylic acid: derivative scope and comparative biological evaluation. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 89 (1), 798-803. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c02333
Imam, Mohammad Zafar, Ghassabian, Sussan, Kuo, Andy, Cai, Yunxin, Qin, Yajuan, Li, Tingyou and Smith, Maree T. (2023). In Vitro Assessment of the Metabolic Stability of Two Novel Endomorphin-2 Analogs, CYX-5 and CYX-6, in Rat Liver Microsomes. European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, 48 (4), 463-466. doi: 10.1007/s13318-023-00828-6
Smith, Maree T., Kong, Dehui, Kuo, Andy, Imam, Mohammad Z. and Williams, Craig M. (2023). Multitargeted opioid ligand discovery as a strategy to retain analgesia and reduce opioid-related adverse effects. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 66 (6), 3746-3784. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c01695
Imam, Mohammad Zafar, Kuo, Andy, Ghassabian, Sussan, Cai, Yunxin, Qin, Yajuan, Li, Tingyou and Smith, Maree T. (2023). CYX-5, a G-protein biassed MOP receptor agonist, DOP receptor antagonist and KOP receptor agonist, evokes constipation but not respiratory depression relative to morphine in rats. Pharmacological Reports, 75 (3), 634-646. doi: 10.1007/s43440-023-00446-8
Smith, Maree T., Kong, Dehui, Kuo, Andy, Imam, Mohammad Z. and Williams, Craig M. (2022). Analgesic opioid ligand discovery based on nonmorphinan scaffolds derived from natural sources. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 65 (3) acs.jmedchem.0c01915, 1612-1661. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01915
Kuo, Andy, Corradini, Laura, Nicholson, Janet R. and Smith, Maree T. (2021). Assessment of the anti-allodynic and anti-hyperalgesic efficacy of a glycine transporter 2 inhibitor relative to pregabalin, duloxetine and indomethacin in a rat model of cisplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy. Biomolecules, 11 (7) 940, 1-17. doi: 10.3390/biom11070940
Park, Thomas S.W., Khan, Nemat, Kuo, Andy, Nicholson, Janet R., Corradini, Laura and Smith, Maree T. (2021). Characterisation of a rat model of mechanical low back pain at an advanced stage using immunohistochemical methods. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 48 (1) 1440-1681.13402, 96-106. doi: 10.1111/1440-1681.13402
Agnew-Francis, Kylie A., Tang, Yu Cheng, Lin, Xin, Low, Yu Shang, Wun, Shun Jie, Kuo, Andy, Elias, S. M. A. Sayeed Ibn, Lonhienne, Thierry G., Condon, Nicholas, Pimentel, Bruna Natalia Alves da Silva, Vergani, Carlos, Smith, Maree T., Fraser, James A., Williams, Craig M. and Guddat, Luke W (2020). Herbicides that target acetohydroxyacid synthase are potent inhibitors of the growth of drug resistant Candida auris. ACS infectious diseases, 6 (11) acsinfecdis.0c00229, 2901-2912. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00229
Imam, Mohammad Zafar, Kuo, Andy, Nicholson, Janet R., Corradini, Laura and Smith, Maree T. (2020). Assessment of the anti-allodynic efficacy of a glycine transporter 2 inhibitor relative to pregabalin and duloxetine in a rat model of prostate cancer-induced bone pain. Pharmacological Reports, 72 (5), 1418-1425. doi: 10.1007/s43440-020-00145-8
Kuo, Andy, Lourdesamy, Jacintha, Nicholson, Janet R., Corradini, Laura and Maree, Smith T. (2020). Assessment of the anti‐hyperalgesic efficacy of J‐2156, relative to clinically available analgesic/adjuvant agents in a rat model of mild to moderate chronic mechanical low back pain (LBP). Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 47 (12) 1440-1681.13383, 1912-1922. doi: 10.1111/1440-1681.13383
Kuo, Andy, Magiera, Julia, Rethwan, Nursyazwani, Andersson, Åsa, Leen Lam, Ai, Wyse, Bruce, Meutermans, Wim, Lewis, Richard and Smith, Maree (2020). In vitro profiling of opioid ligands using the cAMP formation inhibition assay and the β-arrestin2 recruitment assay: No two ligands have the same profile. European Journal of Pharmacology, 872 172947, 172947. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2020.172947
Imam, Mohammad Zafar, Kuo, Andy, Ghassabian, Sussan, Cai, Yunxin, Qin, Yajuan, Li, Tingyou and Smith, Maree T. (2020). Intracerebroventricular administration of CYX-6, a potent μ-opioid receptor agonist, a δ- and κ-opioid receptor antagonist and a biased ligand at μ, δ & κ-opioid receptors, evokes antinociception with minimal constipation and respiratory depression in rats in contrast to morphine. European Journal of Pharmacology, 871 172918, 172918. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2020.172918
Imam, Mohammad Zafar, Kuo, Andy and Smith, Maree T. (2020). Countering opioid-induced respiratory depression by non-opioids that are respiratory stimulants. F1000Research, 9 91, 91. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.21738.1
Shenoy, Priyank A., Kuo, Andy, Leparc, German, Hildebrandt, Tobias, Rust, Werner, Nicholson, Janet R., Corradini, Laura, Vetter, Irina and Smith, Maree T. (2019). Transcriptomic characterisation of the optimised rat model of Walker 256 breast cancer cell-induced bone pain. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 46 (12) 1440-1681.13165, 1201-1215. doi: 10.1111/1440-1681.13165
Park, Thomas S.W., Khan, Nemat, Kuo, Andy, Nicholson, Janet R., Corradini, Laura and Smith, Maree T. (2019). J-2156, a somatostatin receptor type 4 agonist, alleviates mechanical hyperalgesia in a rat model of chronic low back pain. Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy, 117 109056, 109056. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2019.109056
Kuo, Andy, Nicholson, Janet R., Corradini, Laura and Smith, Maree T. (2019). Establishment and characterisation of a stavudine (d4T)-induced rat model of antiretroviral toxic neuropathy (ATN) using behavioural and pharmacological methods. Inflammopharmacology, 27 (2), 387-396. doi: 10.1007/s10787-018-00551-8
Xing, Hui, Houston, Sevan D., Chen, Xuejie, Ghassabian, Sussan, Fahrenhorst-Jones, Tyler, Kuo, Andy, Murray, Cody-Ellen P., Conn, Kyna-Anne, Jaeschke, Kara N., Jin, Da-Yun, Pasay, Cielo, Bernhardt, Paul V., Burns, Jed M., Tsanaktsidis, John, Savage, G. Paul, Boyle, Glen M., De Voss, James J., McCarthy, James, Walter, Gimme H., Burne, Thomas H. J., Smith, Maree T., Tie, Jian-Ke and Williams, Craig M. (2019). Cyclooctatetraene: a bioactive cubane paradigm complement. Chemistry: A European Journal, 25 (11), 2729-2734. doi: 10.1002/chem.201806277
Han, Felicity Y., Kuo, Andy, Nicholson, Janet R., Corradinni, Laura and Smith, Maree T. (2018). Comparative analgesic efficacy of pregabalin administered according to either a prevention protocol or an intervention protocol in rats with cisplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 45 (10), 1067-1075. doi: 10.1111/1440-1681.12971
Kuo, Andy and Smith, Maree T. (2018). In vivo profiling of four centrally administered opioids for antinociception, constipation and respiratory depression: between colony differences in Sprague Dawley rats. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology & Physiology, 45 (10), 1056-1066. doi: 10.1111/1440-1681.12972
Chalmers, Benjamin A., Xing, Hui, Houston, Sevan, Clark, Charlotte, Ghassabian, Sussan, Kuo, Andy, Cao, Benjamin, Reitsma, Andrea, Murray, Cody-Ellen P., Stok, Jeanette E., Boyle, Glen M., Pierce, Carly J., Littler, Stuart W., Winkler, David A., Bernhardt, Paul V., Pasay, Cielo, De Voss, James J., McCarthy, James, Parsons, Peter G., Walter, Gimme H., Smith, Maree T., Cooper, Helen M., Nilsson, Susan K., Tsanaktsidis, John, Savage, G. Paul and Williams, Craig M. (2018). Corrigendum to: Validating Eaton's Hypothesis: Cubane as a Benzene Bioisostere (Angewandte Chemie International Edition, (2016), 55, 11, (3580-3585), 10.1002/anie.201510675). Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 57 (28), 8359-8359. doi: 10.1002/anie.201711161
Park, Thomas S. W., Kuo, Andy and Smith, Maree T. (2018). Chronic low back pain: a mini-review on pharmacological management and pathophysiological insights from clinical and pre-clinical data. Inflammopharmacology, 26 (4), 1-18. doi: 10.1007/s10787-018-0493-x
Shenoy, Priyank A., Kuo, Andy, Khan, Nemat, Gorham, Louise, Nicholson, Janet, Corradini, Laura, Vetter, Irina and Smith, Maree T. (2018). The somatostatin receptor-4 agonist J-2156 alleviates mechanical hypersensitivity in a rat model of breast cancer induced bone pain. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 9 (MAY) 495, 495. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2018.00495
Qin, Yajuan, Ni, Luofan, Shi, Jiawei, Zhu, Zhiying, Shi, Saijian, Lam, Ai-Leen, Magiera, Julia, Sekar, Sunderajhan, Kuo, Andy, Smith, Maree T. and Li, Tingyou (2018). Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Fentanyl Analogues Modified at Phenyl Groups with Alkyls. ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 10 (1) acschemneuro.8b00363, 201-208. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00363
Imam, Mohammad Zafar, Kuo, Andy, Ghassabian, Sussan and Smith, Maree T. (2017). Progress in understanding mechanisms of opioid-induced gastrointestinal adverse effects and respiratory depression. Neuropharmacology, 131, 238-255. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.12.032
Khan, Nemat, Kuo, Andy, Brockman, David A, Cooper, Matthew A and Smith, Maree T (2017). Pharmacological inhibition of the NLRP3 inflammasome as a potential target for multiple sclerosis induced central neuropathic pain. Inflammopharmacology, 26 (1), 77-86. doi: 10.1007/s10787-017-0401-9
Shenoy, Priyank, Kuo, Andy, Vetter, Irina and Smith, Maree T. (2017). Optimization and in vivo profiling of a refined rat model of Walker 256 breast cancer cell-induced bone pain using behavioral, radiological, histological, immunohistochemical and pharmacological methods. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 8 (JUL) 442, 442. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00442
Muralidharan, Arjun, Park, Thomas S. W., Mackie, John T., Gimenez, Luiz G. S., Kuo, Andy, Nicholson, Janet R., Corradini, Laura and Smith, Maree T. (2017). Establishment and characterization of a novel rat model of mechanical low back pain using behavioral, pharmacologic and histologic methods. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 8 493, 493.1-493.12. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00493
Shenoy, Priyank A., Kuo, Andy, Vetter, Irina and Smith, Maree T. (2016). The Walker 256 breast cancer cell-induced bone pain model in rats. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 7 (AUG) 286, 286. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2016.00286
Muralidharan, Arjun, Kuo, Andy, Jacob, Meera, Lourdesamy, Jacintha S., Melo Sores Pinho De Carvalho, Lara, Nicholson, Janet R., Corradini, Laura and Smith, Maree T. (2016). Comparison of burrowing and stimuli-evoked pain behaviors as end-points in rat models of inflammatory pain and peripheral neuropathic pain. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 10 (88) 88, 88. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00088
Chalmers, Benjamin A., Xing, Hui, Houston, Sevan, Clark, Charlotte, Ghassabian, Sussan, Kuo, Andy, Cao, Benjamin, Reitsma, Andrea, Murray, Cody-Ellen P., Stok, Jeanette E., Boyle, Glen M., Pierce, Carly J., Littler, Stuart W., Winkler, David A., Bernhardt, Paul V., Pasay, Cielo, De Voss, James J., McCarthy, James, Parsons, Peter G., Walter, Gimme H., Smith, Maree T., Cooper, Helen M., Nilsson, Susan K., Tsanaktsidis, John, Savage, G. Paul and Williams, Craig M. (2016). Frontispiece: Validating Eaton's Hypothesis: Cubane as a Benzene Bioisostere. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55 (11), 8359-8359. doi: 10.1002/anie.201681161
Chalmers, Benjamin A., Xing, Hui, Houston, Sevan, Clark, Charlotte, Ghassabian, Sussan, Kuo, Andy, Cao, Benjamin, Reitsma, Andrea, Murray, Cody-Ellen P., Stok, Jeanette E., Boyle, Glen M., Pierce, Carly J., Littler, Stuart W., Winkler, David A., Bernhardt, Paul V., Pasay, Cielo, De Voss, James J., McCarthy, James, Parsons, Peter G., Walter, Gimme H., Smith, Maree T., Cooper, Helen M., Nilsson, Susan K., Tsanaktsidis, John, Savage, G. Paul and Williams, Craig M. (2016). Validating Eaton's hypothesis: cubane as a benzene bioisostere. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 55 (11), 3580-3585. doi: 10.1002/anie.201510675
Kuo, Andy and Smith, Maree T. (2014). Theoretical and practical applications of the intracerebroventricular route for CSF sampling and drug administration in CNS drug discovery research: a mini review. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 233, 166-171. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2014.06.006
Kuo, A., Wyse, B. D., Meutermans, W. and Smith, M. T. (2014). In vivo profiling of seven common opioids for antinociception, constipation and respiratory depression: no two opioids have the same profile. British Journal of Pharmacology, Accepted Article (2), 1-48. doi: 10.1111/bph.12696
Conference Papers
Hemstapat, K., Kuo, A., Smith, M.T. and Wyse, B.D. (2008). Comparative profiles of the antinociceptive and constipating effects of single intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) bolus doses of morphine, morphine-6-glucuronide and fentanyl in rats Kuo A, Hemstapat K, Wyse BD, Smith MT. 4th Scientific Meeting of the Australian Health and Medical Research Congress, Brisbane, Australia, 16 - 21 November, 2008.
Kuo, A., Hemstapat, K., Wyse, B. D., South, S. M. and Smith, M. T. (2008). Comparative profiles of the antinociceptive and constipating effects of single intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) bolus doses of morphine and oxycodone in rats. 12th World Congress on Pain, Glasgow, UK, 17-22 August 2008.
Thesis
Kuo, Andy (2012). Systematic evaluation of in vitro and in vivo opioid profiling. PhD Thesis, School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland.