title: Humanized anti-interleukin-6 receptor monoclonal antibody induced apoptosis of fresh and cloned human myeloma cells in vitro.
abstract: We investigated the effect of anti-IL-6 receptor monoclonal antibody (hPM1) on the in vitro proliferation of cloned and freshly isolated myeloma cells from 20 patients with advanced stage multiple myeloma (MM). Humanized PM1 significantly inhibited the growth of a myeloma cell line in a dose-dependent manner and inhibited more than 30% of the proliferation of fresh myeloma cells in 10 of the 19 cases. Flow cytometric analysis using annexin V and 7AAD showed that hPM1 induced apoptosis of myeloma cells. These observations suggest the possibility of using hPM1 for treating some patients with MM whose growth depends on IL-6.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyoku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: Chihiro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shimazaki
authors.forename: Toshiya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sumikuma
authors.forename: Eishi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ashihara
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inaba
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Koishihara
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002999:Clone Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D009336:Necrosis; D019947:Receptors, Interleukin-6 / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D019947:Receptors, Interleukin-6