title: Cyclosporin A potentiation of VP-16: production of long-term survival in murine acute lymphatic leukemia.
abstract: Our prior in vitro studies on the correction of multidrug resistance by cyclosporin A (CsA) prompted us to investigate the effect of CsA and VP-16 in vivo. CsA given simultaneously at 2 or 10 mg/kg with VP-16 to BDF/1 mice bearing parental drug-sensitive P388 or L1210 lymphatic leukemia produced a 100% increase in survival as compared with VP-16 treatment alone. CsA-containing regimens also promoted 60-day survival in a significant number of P388 or L1210 leukemia-bearing mice as compared with animals receiving VP-16 in the absence of CsA (P < 0.02 and P < 0.001, respectively). CsA enhancement of the survival of mice bearing these lymphatic leukemias is restricted to VP-16, since the addition of CsA to therapeutic agents such as vincristine, daunorubicin, methotrexate, or cisplatin had no effect on survival.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine 92717.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Slater
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wetzel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004357:Drug Synergism; D005047:Etoposide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D007939:Leukemia L1210 / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality; D007941:Leukemia P388 / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D005047:Etoposide; D016572:Cyclosporine