Different combinations of retinoids and vitamin D3 analogs efficiently promote growth inhibition and differentiation of myelomonocytic leukemia cell lines.

The efficacy of all-trans retinoic acid (RA) in the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia results from the ability of RA to differentiate these peculiar leukemic cells. The efficacy of differentiation therapy could be improved and extended to other forms of leukemia by associating retinoids with other differentiating agents. Here we have compared the effects of different combinations of retinoids with 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (VD3) analogs on myelomonocytic cell lines HL-60, U937 and THP-1. All-trans RA, its natural isomer 9-cis RA and the arotinoid TTNPB, which differ by their respective specificities for the RA receptor families (retinoic acid receptor and retinoid X receptor), were found to cooperate with VD3 in inhibiting cell growth of the leukemic cell lines. Although the three cell lines displayed different susceptibilities to retinoids, each molecule was able to cooperate with VD3 in inducing U937 cell differentiation. Because the effects of VD3 on calcium metabolism limit its therapeutic use, we studied the effects of two synthetic analogs, MC903 and KH1060. Both agents cooperate with RA, acting more efficiently than the natural molecule in inhibiting cell growth and inducing some parameters of U937 cell differentiation. These results extend our previous data demonstrating that RA and VD3 exert synergistic effects on the differentiation of the myelomonocytic cell line U937. They demonstrate that combinations of agents able to inhibit leukemia cell growth with limited side effects may be found among a wide array of retinoids and vitamin D3 analogs.

• Publication year

  1994

• Venue

  Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

• Publication date

  1994-10-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/s0022-3565(25)22750-1PMID 7965714
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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