Diphtheria toxin-interleukin-3 fusion protein (DT388IL3) prolongs disease-free survival of leukemic immunocompromised mice
Diphtheria toxin-interleukin-3 fusion protein (DT388IL3) prolongs disease-free survival of leukemic immunocompromised mice
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DOI:
10.1038/sj.leu.2402744
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发表时间:
2003-01-01
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11.4
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Frankel, AE
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作者:
Black, JH;McCubrey, JA;Frankel, AE
The novel fusion protein DT(388)IL3, composed of the catalytic and translocation domains of diphtheria toxin (DT388) fused with a Met-His linker to human interleukin 3 (IL-3), was tested for anti-leukemia efficacy in an in vivo model of differentiated human acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Six-week-old female SCID mice were irradiated with 350 cGy, inoculated 24 h later with 20 million (i.v., i.p., or s.c.) TF1 cells transfected with the v-SRC oncogene, and treated i.p., starting 24 h later, with up to five daily injections of saline, DT(388)IL3 (2 mug), DT(388)GMCSF (2 mug), DAB(389)IL2 (2 mug), or cytarabine (80 lAg) or two weekly injections of anti-CD33-calicheamicin conjugate (5 mug). Animals were monitored twice daily, and moribund animals killed and necropsied. Control animals had a median disease-free survival (DFS) of 37 days (i.v., n = 45), 35 days (i.p., n = 20), and 21 days (s.c., n = 20), respectively. Only 5/49 (10%) of the DT(388)IL3 treated i.v. inoculated animals died with leukemia. Median DFS with i.v., i.p. and s.c. tumor inoculated animals was prolonged by fusion protein treatment to >120 days, 66 days and 31 days (P < 0.001, = 0.0003, and = 0.0006), respectively. Median DFS with s.c. tumor inoculated animals was also prolonged by other active anti-leukemia agents (DT(388)GMCSF, cytarabine and anti-CD33-calicheamicin) relative to controls by 67%, 172% and 47% (P < 0.0001,