siRNA/lipopolymer nanoparticles to arrest growth of chronic myeloid leukemia cells in vitro and in vivo

2018 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. 66-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana Valencia-Serna ◽  
Hamidreza M. Aliabadi ◽  
Adam Manfrin ◽  
Mahsa Mohseni ◽  
Xiaoyan Jiang ◽  
...  
Blood ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 104 (11) ◽  
pp. 5257-5257
Author(s):  
Zhong Chao Han ◽  
Xiu Li Cong ◽  
Bin Li ◽  
Ren Chi Yang

Abstract The Philadephia chromosome (Ph1) translocation results in the formation of the BCR-ABL oncogene in over 95% patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). VEGF levels are elevated both in the plasma of CML patients and in conditioned media taken from CML cells. Therefore, simultaneous targeting of BCR-ABL and VEGF might be a rational strategy for attempting treatment of Philadephia1 leukemia. To test this hypothesis, we used an antisense strategy to downregulate BCR-ABL and VEGF expression in K562 cells, a human erythroleukemia cell line. In vitro, combination of bcr/abl and VEGF antisense oligodeoxyribonucleotides (AS-ODNs) exerted a specific synergistic antiproliferative effect on K562 cells and prominently sensitized K562 cells to apoptosis-inducing stimuli. In vivo, nude mice injected with K562 cells were treated systemically with BCR-ABL or VEGF AS-ODNs or with both ODNs in combination. In comparison with the mice treated with individual agents, the mice treated with both ODNs showed a slower growth of leukemia tumors, a reduction of microvessel density and an increased apoptosis in the tumors. These results demonstrate that targeting both BCR-ABL and VEGF may represent an excellent strategy to overcome the resistance to chemotherapeutic agents and ultimately to augment the efficacy of chemotherapy in CML.


2021 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ijaz ◽  
Muhammad Shahbaz ◽  
Wenjie Jiang ◽  
Yikang Shi ◽  
Xiuli Guo ◽  
...  

Aim: Being the common cause and major burden of deaths globally, timely management of cancer is crucial. Background: Thymic immunosuppressive pentapeptide (TIPP) is a novel pentapeptide originally obtained from calf thymic immunosuppressive extract. Previously, TIPP has been proved to suppress the allergic and inflammatory responses in allergic mice via blocking MAP kinases/NF-κB signaling pathways. Objective: In this study, in vitro anticancer activity of TIPP was tested on two different types of cancers using MCF-7 and K562 cell lines. Methods: Tumor xenograft models for breast cancer and chronic myeloid leukemia were designed. In vivo anticancer activity of TIPP was investigated on both cancer types. The liver and tumor tissues of the mice were preserved for immunohistochemistry analysis. Results: In vitro anticancer activity of TIPP showed significant inhibition on cell viability of both breast cancer and chronic myeloid leukemia. In vivo anticancer effect of TIPP in both types of cancer models further proved the potent anticancer nature of TIPP. Immunohistochemistry analysis assured that TIPP is a safe drug for normal organs such as the liver. Conclusion: Our present study revealed that TIPP is a potent anticancer drug and an important treatment option for various diseases. Further work is needed to test the flexible and proficient activity of the novel peptide.


Blood ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 76 (11) ◽  
pp. 2404-2410 ◽  
Author(s):  
AG Turhan ◽  
RK Humphries ◽  
CJ Eaves ◽  
MJ Barnett ◽  
GL Phillips ◽  
...  

Abstract Philadelphia (Ph1) chromosome-positive clonogenic progenitors usually disappear within 4 to 6 weeks in long-term cultures established from the marrow of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). In contrast, coexisting chromosomally normal hematopoietic cells are relatively well maintained. Thus, even though normal cells are initially undetectable, they may become the predominant population. Recently, we have begun to explore the potential of such cultures as a strategy for preparing CML marrow for autografting, and based on cytogenetic studies of the differential kinetics of Ph1-positive and Ph1-negative clonogenic cells, have chosen a 10-day period in culture to obtain maximal numbers of selectively enriched normal stem cells. Here we present the results of molecular analyses of the cells regenerated in vivo for the initial three CML patients to be treated using this approach by comparison with the differentiated cells generated by continued maintenance of an aliquot of the autograft in vitro (using a slightly modified culture feeding procedure to enhance the production and release of cells into the nonadherent fraction after 4 weeks) for the one patient whose genotype made molecular analysis of clonality status also possible. These analyses showed that cells with a rearranged breakpoint cluster region (BCR) gene were not detectable by Southern blotting in either in vitro or in vivo populations of mature cells that might be assumed to represent the progeny of primitive cells present at the end of the initial 10 days in culture. Production of BCR- negative cells was also shown to be temporally correlated with the appearance of nonclonal hematopoietic cells both in culture and in vivo. These findings provide support for the view that prolonged maintenance of CML marrow cells in long-term culture may allow molecular characterization of both the BCR-genotype and clonality status of cells with in vivo regenerative potential.


1986 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
pp. 507-510
Author(s):  
Seema G. Pradhan ◽  
Manik P. Chitnis ◽  
Vathsala S. Basrur ◽  
K. Satyamoorthy ◽  
Suresh H. Advani

The in vitro effect of sintamil, as a modulator alone and in combination with hydroxyurea (HU), on cytotoxicity was studied in 16 cases of human chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). We investigated the cytotoxicity of the drugs as a function of the exposure dose (HU, 10−4 M; sintamil, 10 μg/ml) and the exposure time (1 h) to the agent. Cytotoxicity was evaluated as the inhibition of incorporation of [3H-methyl]thymidine in the nucleic acids of CML cells. Cytotoxicity of HU was greatly enhanced (P < 0.001) by 1 h exposure of the CML cells to sintamil. The present data indicate that sintamil potentiates the cytotoxic activity of HU in CML cells.


Blood ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 99 (2) ◽  
pp. 713-715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather G. Jørgensen ◽  
Moira A. Elliott ◽  
Elaine K. Allan ◽  
Christine E. Carr ◽  
Tessa L. Holyoake ◽  
...  

Abstract Despite the efficacy of STI571 (Glivec, Novartis, Basle, Switzerland) in treating chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), drug resistance has already been noted both in vitro and in vivo. As plasma proteins, including alpha-1-acid glycoprotein (AGP), may reduce drug efficacy through binding, AGP was investigated for its ability to interact with STI571.  At all stages of CML, AGP plasma level was significantly higher than in normal controls (P &lt; .05). The glycoprotein was purified from normal plasma and individual chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients' plasma by low-pressure chromatography. The influence of α1-acid glycoprotein (AGP), in the presence of STI571, on the proliferation of Philadelphia chromosome–positive (Ph+) cells was examined. Normal AGP, even at supraphysiological concentrations, did not block the effect of STI571 on K562-cell proliferation in vitro. Moreover, CML-derived AGP failed to block the effect of STI571 on Ph+ cells in vitro. Thus, these in vitro findings suggest that AGP will not abrogate the antileukemic activity of STI571.


Blood ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 95 (7) ◽  
pp. 2198-2203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liquan Gao ◽  
Ilaria Bellantuono ◽  
Annika Elsässer ◽  
Stephen B. Marley ◽  
Myrtle Y. Gordon ◽  
...  

Abstract Hematologic malignancies such as acute and chronic myeloid leukemia are characterized by the malignant transformation of immature CD34+ progenitor cells. Transformation is associated with elevated expression of the Wilm's tumor gene encoded transcription factor (WT1). Here we demonstrate that WT1 can serve as a target for cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) with exquisite specificity for leukemic progenitor cells. HLA-A0201– restricted CTL specific for WT1 kill leukemia cell lines and inhibit colony formation by transformed CD34+ progenitor cells isolated from patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), whereas colony formation by normal CD34+ progenitor cells is unaffected. Thus, the tissue-specific transcription factor WT1 is an ideal target for CTL-mediated purging of leukemic progenitor cells in vitro and for antigen-specific therapy of leukemia and other WT1-expressing malignancies in vivo.


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