Elimination of clonogenic malignant human T cells using monoclonal antibodies in combination with 2'-deoxycoformycin.
Journal Article
2'Deoxycoformycin (dCF) specifically inhibits adenosine deaminase (ADA) and causes selective cytotoxicity of normal and malignant T cells. In clinical trials, dCF caused rapid lysis of malignant T lymphoblasts. Although dCF has been associated with dose-limiting nonhematopoietic toxicities, myelosuppression has not been observed. Since dCF is relatively nontoxic to hematopoietic stem cells, we tested dCF for utility in the ex vivo purging of malignant T lymphoblasts from remission leukemic bone marrow for autologous bone marrow transplantation. We found that T lymphoblast cell lines were sensitive to dCF (plus deoxyadenosine [dAdo]) under conditions that did not ablate human hematopoietic colony-forming cells. Moreover, combined pharmacologic (dCF plus dAdo) and immunologic (anti-T cell monoclonal antibodies [McAb] plus complement) purging resulted in additive reduction in clonogenic T lymphoblasts. These results provide the basis for a clinical trial of bone marrow transplantation using combined pharmacologic/immunologic purging of T lymphoblasts from patients' harvested autologous marrow.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Schwartz, CL; Minniti, CP; Harwood, P; Na, S; Banquerigo, ML; Strauss, LC; Kurtzberg, J; Smith, SD; Civin, CI
Published Date
- December 1987
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 5 / 12
Start / End Page
- 1900 - 1911
PubMed ID
- 3500279
Pubmed Central ID
- 3500279
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0732-183X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1200/JCO.1987.5.12.1900
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States