title: Effects of retinoic acid, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, cytosine arabinoside and alpha-interferon on bone marrow cells from patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.
abstract: Bone marrow cells from 15 patients with myelodysplastic syndromes and 2 with acute myeloid leukemia were incubated in vitro with all-trans-retinoic acid (RA), 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3 (D3), cytosine arabinoside (ara-C) and alpha-interferon (IFN). 3H-thymidine incorporation (3H-TdR), differentiation and clonal growth were studied. D3 was found to be the most effective inducer of differentiation and differentiation was correlated with a decreased 3H-TdR. Differentiation with one of the inducers was significantly correlated to differentiation with any of the other inducers. Patterns of differentiation and spontaneous and D3-induced 3H-TdR were used to divide the patients into 3 different groups. In the first group, 5 patients with extremely low spontaneous 3H-TdR and differentiation in combination with a slightly increased 3H-TdR after induction differed from all other patients by a higher percentage of bone marrow blast and a more pronounced pancytopenia. The two other groups had a high spontaneous 3H-TdR but differed with respect to the D3-induced differentiation which was absent in one group (n = 6) and present in the other (n = 5). The two groups showed no difference in the clinical features.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hellström
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Robèrt
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Soppi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ost
authors.forename: P O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Putkonen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gahrton
mesh_terms: D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects*; D002117:Calcitriol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007370:Interferon Type I / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D007370:Interferon Type I; D003561:Cytarabine; D014212:Tretinoin; D004247:DNA; D002117:Calcitriol