Jendiroba DB, Klostergaard J, Keyhani A, Pagliaro L, Freireich EJ. Effective cytotoxicity against human leukemias and chemotherapy-resistant leukemia cell lines by N-N-dimethylsphingosine.
Leuk Res 2002;
26:301-10. [PMID:
11792420 DOI:
10.1016/s0145-2126(01)00129-1]
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Abstract
We evaluated the cytotoxicity of dimethylsphingosine (DMS) against four human leukemia cell lines: two acute (HL60 and a multi-drug resistance MDR-positive derivative HL60-dox) and two blast crisis chronic myelogenous leukemias (JFP1, from a treatment refractory patient and K562), and against blasts isolated from 11 leukemia patients. Cell line viability decreased proportionally to DMS concentration and treatment time (P<0.001). HL60-dox and JFP1 were the most sensitive, indicating DMS efficacy against human leukemia MDR. Importantly, leukemia samples showed a similar sensitivity to DMS as that of the cell lines, firstly demonstrating PKC-independent sphingolipid activity against fresh human tumor specimens. DMS-based chemotherapy may improve leukemia treatment.
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