title: Comparison of the sensitivity of normal and leukaemic myeloid progenitors to in-vitro incubation with cytotoxic drugs: a study of pharmacological purging.
abstract: The sensitivity of myeloid leukaemic colony forming cells (AML-CFC), to five cytotoxic drugs has been compared in two culture systems with the sensitivity of normal myeloid progenitor cells (GM-CFC). No increased sensitivity was found for AML-CFC to any of the chemotherapeutic agents studied. AML-CFC were significantly less sensitive than normal GM-CFC to mafosfamide at the doses commonly used to purge bone marrow autografts. It is suggested that AML cells probably display similar sensitivity to cytotoxic agents as normal myelopoietic cells at a similar stage of differentiation. Hence complete elimination of the leukemic clone by pharmacological purging may be incompatible with bone marrow re-engraftment. We conclude that purging AML autografts with any of the agents examined has little scientific basis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Haematology, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, University College London, U.K.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Linch
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002999:Clone Cells / Q000187:drug effects; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005047:Etoposide / Q000494:pharmacology; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000187:drug effects; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008558:Melphalan / Q000494:pharmacology; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D003561:Cytarabine; C048341:mafosfamide; D005047:Etoposide; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D008558:Melphalan; C011272:perfosfamide