title: Interferon-alpha potentiates priming-dependent FMLP-induced neutrophil superoxide generation in a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia.
abstract: A 13 year old girl diagnosed as having chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) was treated with interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) alone and 4 months later hematological remission was obtained. In the course of the IFN-alpha treatment there was neither infectious sign nor side effects. In this study we have examined the effect of IFN-alpha on superoxide O2- generation by polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN). The PMN of the patient generated less O2- than PMN from normal controls. When patient PMN were cultured in the presence of 1000 U/mL IFN-alpha, enhancement of the formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine induced O2- generation following priming with tissue necrosis factor-alpha was observed. Over the course of the IFN-alpha therapy, such O2- generation was gradually restored. It is suggested that CML PMN are in the resting condition in terms of their ability to generate O2- and that IFN-alpha is effective in inducing O2- generation by CML PMN.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Kochi Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tomoda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hisakawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wakiguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurashige
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004357:Drug Synergism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000097:blood* / Q000628:therapy; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D013481:Superoxides / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D016898:Interferon-alpha; D013481:Superoxides; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine