In vitro modulation of bcl-2 protein expression, drug-induced apoptosis and cytotoxicity by interleukin-10 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Haematologica. 1998 Nov;83(11):1046-8.

Abstract

Interleukin-10 failed to modify either the percentage of bcl-2+ cells or the number of bcl-2 molecules, or to reduce 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine- and fludarabine-induced apoptosis. The cytokine at 0.1 ng/mL induced an increase of cell survival both in the absence or in the presence of 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine, while no difference was appreciated with fludarabine.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / pharmacology
  • Apoptosis / drug effects*
  • Cladribine / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Cladribine / pharmacology
  • Drug Interactions
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic / drug effects*
  • Humans
  • Interleukin-10 / pharmacology*
  • Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / pathology*
  • Neoplasm Proteins / biosynthesis*
  • Neoplasm Proteins / genetics
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / biosynthesis*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / genetics
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured / drug effects
  • Vidarabine / analogs & derivatives
  • Vidarabine / pharmacology

Substances

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Neoplasm Proteins
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2
  • Interleukin-10
  • Cladribine
  • Vidarabine
  • fludarabine