title: In vitro activity on myeloid progenitors of a combination of 2-chloro-2'-deoxyadenosine and interferon alpha: the effects of IL-1 and GM-CSF.
abstract: The toxic effects of a combination of 2-chloro-2'-deoxyadenosine (CDA) and interferon alpha (IFN-alpha), with and without addition of interleukin 1 (IL-1) and/or granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), on the in vitro growth of peripheral blood granulocyte macrophage committed progenitors (CFU-GM) from 10 normal subjects were investigated. CDA concentration ranged from 15.6 nmol/l to 1 mumol/l, IFN-alpha sole concentration was 10 IU/ml. IL-1 and/or GM-CSF were added at concentrations of 2000 pg/ml and 10 ng/ml, respectively. CDA induced a dose dependent inhibitory effect on CFU-GM growth. Addition of IFN-alpha increased CFU-GM inhibition induced by CDA only at lower concentrations of the latter. IL-1 and GM-CSF, separately or in combination, did not counteract the inhibitory activity of the CDA-IFN-alpha combination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ballarino
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Castello
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lerza
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cerruti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bogliolo
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pannacciulli
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017338:Cladribine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004357:Drug Synergism; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D016898:Interferon-alpha; D007375:Interleukin-1; D017338:Cladribine; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor