title: Modulatory in vitro effects of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) or antisense oligonucleotide to interleukin-1 beta converting enzyme (ICE) on acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) cell growth.
abstract: We investigated the effects of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) on the spontaneous proliferation and AML colony forming unit (CFU-AML) formation of bone marrow and peripheral blood cells in 50 acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) patients. Exposure to IL-1Ra (10 micrograms/ml) caused either decreased, unaltered or increased AML cell proliferation, as well as of CFU-AML colony formation, depending on the individual patient, but the inhibitory effects were dominant. To evaluate the involvement of IL-1 beta converting enzyme (ICE) in the autonomous AML cell growth, the effects of an antisense oligonucleotide on ICE were examined in 19 of these patients. In a majority of patients, antisense ICE suppressed both AML cell proliferation and CFU-AML although a stimulatory effect was sometimes evident. The proportion of AML patients with suppression obtained by antisense ICE was higher than with IL-1Ra, suggesting the involvement of additional ICE-dependent cytokine(s) in AML cell growth besides IL-1. The presence of IL-1Ra or antisense ICE also suppressed the endogenous IL-1 beta production of AML cells, at both the level of pro-IL-1 beta and mature IL-1 beta. Although inhibition by IL-1Ra or antisense ICE on growth parameters of AML cells in vitro prevailed, indicating the importance of IL-1 activity in autonomous AML cell growth, stimulatory effects on the cells of some patients suggest that AML is a heterogenous disorder regarding IL-1 beta regulation.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Biological Research Sinisa Stanković, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stosić-Grujicić
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Basara
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Dinarello
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020170:Caspase 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D053590:Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents; C507763:IL1RN protein, human; D053590:Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins; D020170:Caspase 1