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  • Title: The comparison of 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine (2-Cd A) in combination with interferon alpha (IFN alpha) or interferon gamma (IFN gamma) on granulocyte-macrophage progenitor cells (CFU-GM) and clonogenic blasts in (CFU-L) in vitro cultures.
    Author: Robak T, Korycka A.
    Journal: Leuk Lymphoma; 1996 Mar; 21(1-2):161-8. PubMed ID: 8907284.
    Abstract:
    In the present in vitro study we investigated the influence of 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine (2-CdA) and interferon gamma (IFNgamma) on the clonal growth of granulocyte macrophage progenitor (CFU-GM) cells from 10 normal individuals and from 10 patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and on CFU-L blasts from 10 patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). 2-CdA was added to the culture medium at 20nM/l, 40nM/l and 80nM/l concentrations and IFNgamma at concentrations of 10(2)U/ml, 10(3)U/ml and 10(4)U/ml. Both agents were used alone and in combination with these different concentrations. We observed a decrease in the number of colonies formed by CML CFU-GM as well as by AML CFU-L in a dose-dependent manner. The drugs used alone inhibited to a higher degree the growth of CML than of normal CFU-GM progenitors. 2-CdA and IFN gamma showed the greatest additive effect on the growth of CFU-L blasts at the concentrations of 80nM/l and 10(4)U/ml, respectively. We compared our results with previous in vitro studies in which we have demonstrated the synergistic inhibitory effect of 2-CdA and IFN alpha on both normal and leukemic hematopoiesis. We suggest that the greatest inhibitory effect is observed when 2-CdA and IFN alpha at the highest concentration are added together to the culture of AML CFU-L blasts.
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