title: The tetrapeptide AcSDKP reduces the sensitivity of murine CFU-MK and CFU-GM progenitors to aracytine in vitro and in vivo.
abstract: The tetrapeptide Acetyl-Ser-Asp-Lys-Pro (AcSDKP) has been described as an inhibitor of CFU-S entry into DNA synthesis; as a result, its administration can protect mice against lethal doses of cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C). In the present study, we tested the protective effect of AcSDKP on CFU-MK and CFU-GM progenitor cells in mice treated at lower doses of Ara-C more relevant to human clinical situations. Firstly, we report for the first time that in vitro pre-incubation of murine BM MNC with AcSDKP at concentrations of 10(-10) and 10(-9) M for 48 h decreased CFU-MK, in parallel to CFU-GM, progenitor growth. This resulted in an increase of recovery of these progenitors after exposure to Ara-C. Secondly, we tested the effect of AcSDKP on progenitor cells in vivo in different conditions in Ara-C treated mice. We show that the administration of AcSDKP before starting Ara-C treatment resulted in a significant increase in progenitor CFU-GM, CFU-MK and mature MK numbers, 6 and 8 days after the first Ara-C injection. Interestingly, no difference was observed whether AcSDKP was started 24 or 48 h before Ara-C. In a protocol in which AcSDKP was administered for 8 days starting 48 h before Ara-C treatment, the dose did not appear to be critical at least within the range tested (4 vs. 40 micrograms/injection). In addition, the administration of AcSDKP at 64 micrograms/kg per injection for 5 days and stopping it 3 days before the end of Ara-C treatment, i.e. five instead of eight applications, further increased its protective effect. Thus our results demonstrate protective effect of AcSDKP for progenitors during a fractionated protocol of Ara-C treatment and indicates an importance of the dose and the schedule of administration of AcSDKP in designing future clinical trials.
authors.affiliation: Institut des Vaisseaux et du Sang, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aidoudi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guigon
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Drouet
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Caen
authors.forename: Z C
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002452:Cell Count / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006131:Growth Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D006131:Growth Inhibitors; D009842:Oligopeptides; D003561:Cytarabine; C058504:goralatide