title: Increased therapeutic efficacy induced by tumor necrosis factor alpha combined with platinum complexes and whole-body hyperthermia in rats.
abstract: This study examined the effect of a trimodality therapy of the combination of recombinant human tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF), whole-body hypertheria (WBH), and cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II) (CDDP) or cis-diammine-1,1-cyclobutane dicarboxylate platinum(II) (CBDCA) on a fibrosarcoma and normal tissue in F344 rats. TNF (1 x 10(5) units/kg) increased the antitumor effect of both CDDP (1.5 mg/kg) + WBH (2 h at 41.5 degrees C) and CBDCA (30 mg/kg) + WBH. Tumor growth delay, which was 1.9 days for CDDP + WBH and 2.7 days for CBDCA + WBH (P less than 0.01 compared to control), was significantly increased to 2.9 days with TNF + CDDP + WBH and 5.4 days with TNF + CBDCA + WBH (P less than 0.05). WBH, TNF, CDDP or CBDCA alone, TNF + CDDP, TNF + CBDCA, or TNF + WBH had no significant effect on tumor growth. In contrast, administration of TNF did not enhance the CDDP- or CBDCA-mediated dose limiting normal tissue toxicity. CDDP + WBH-mediated acute renal injury and CBDCA + WBH-mediated acute myelosuppression, as determined by blood urea nitrogen and peripheral blood cell counts, respectively, were not increased with the addition of TNF to either dual modality therapy. Histopathologically, addition of TNF produced no significant alterations in the kidney and the bone marrow as compared to CDDP + WBH or CBDCA + WBH. These data show that TNF enhanced the platinum + WBH-mediated antitumor effect without increasing normal tissue toxicity, suggesting that TNF may increase the therapeutic efficacy of CDDP or CBDCA combined with WBH.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical School, Houston.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Strebel
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Stephens
authors.forename: Z H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Siddik
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klostergaard
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Tomasovic
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Khokhar
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bull
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use* / Q000633:toxicity; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced / Q000009:adverse effects; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000627:therapeutic use* / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D002945:Cisplatin