title: Interleukin-1 alpha and soluble interleukin-2 receptor during small cell lung cancer chemotherapy: comparison of high chemotherapy dose with rhGM-CSF and standard chemotherapy dose without rhGM-CSF.
abstract: This study was designed to analyze the possible immunomodulation induced in vivo by haematopoietic growth factors following anti-cancer chemotherapy. Haematologic and cytokine kinetics (IL-1, IL-6, TNF alpha and soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R)) were studied in patients with SCLC receiving high dose regimens of chemotherapy and recombinant human GM-CSF (group A), or standard doses of chemotherapy without rhGM-CSF (group B). Six patients were prospectively enrolled and randomized in each group. The kinetics of haematopoiesis following chemotherapy did not significantly differ between the two groups. In group A, the plasma sIL-2R level increased regularly during rhGM-CSF treatment reaching a 2.5-fold elevation at day 12 whereas it remained stable in group B. Conversely, IL-1 alpha decreased to an undetectable level in group A whereas it increased slightly from day 14 to day 18 in group B. As sIL-2R could compete with lymphocyte surface receptors and as IL-I is an important cytokine involved in acute phase response, our results might be regarded as reflecting a transient decrease in the cell-mediated immune response in small cell lung cancer patients receiving high dose chemotherapy combined with rhGM-CSF.
authors.affiliation: CHR Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve Service des Maladies Respiratoires, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gautier
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pujol
authors.forename: F B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Michel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000097:blood*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor