title: Effects of dipyridamole and R-verapamil on in vitro proliferation of blast cells from patients with acute myelogenous leukaemia.
abstract: Cytokine-dependent AML cell proliferation was investigated in 16 patients. Dipyridamole and R-verapamil caused a dose-dependent inhibition of AML cell proliferation, and for both drugs the degree of inhibition was similar when testing various haematopoietic growth factors or growth factor combinations (IL3, G-CSF, GM-CSF, G-CSF + GM-CSF, TNF-alpha + GM-CSF). TNF-alpha alone increased AML cell proliferation for five patients, whereas four patients showed unaltered or decreased proliferation. Independent of this TNF-alpha effect, R-verapamil inhibited proliferation for all AML patients in the presence of TNF-alpha, whereas dipyridamole caused only a weak inhibition.
authors.affiliation: Medical Department B, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bruserud
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pawelec
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001752:Blast Crisis / Q000473:pathology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000528:radiation effects; D004176:Dipyridamole / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016298:Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology; D014700:Verapamil / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances; D016298:Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors; D007377:Interleukin-3; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D004176:Dipyridamole; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D014700:Verapamil