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The cytotoxicity of anti-CD22 immunotoxin is enhanced by bryostatin 1 in B-cell lymphomas through CD22 upregulation and PKC-βII depletion.

AbstractBACKGROUND:
In spite of potent first-line therapies for chronic lymphocytic leukemia, treatment remains palliative and all patients frequently relapse. Treatment options for these patients are more limited. BL22 is a recombinant protein composed of the variable region of a monoclonal antibody that binds to CD22 and of PE38, a truncated Pseudomonas exotoxin. BL22 is a very potent drug already used in patients with hairy cell leukemia, whereas in chronic lymphocytic leukemia its cytotoxicity is limited by a lower expression of CD22. Here we demonstrate that this limitation can be overcome by pre-activation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells with bryostatin 1.
DESIGN AND METHODS:
Primary malignant B cells from chronic lymphocytic leukemia and mantle cell lymphoma patients were used in vitro to assess the therapeutic impact of drug combinations using BL22 and bryostatin 1.
RESULTS:
We demonstrate that bryostatin 1 sensitizes chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells for the cytotoxic effects of BL22 through activation of protein kinase C and subsequently increased CD22 surface expression. Dose and time response analysis reveals that activation of protein kinase C further activates an autocrine feedback loop degrading protein kinase C-βII protein. Depletion of protein kinase C-βII and upregulation of CD22 persist for several days following pre-stimulation with bryostatin 1. Therefore, our data provide a rationale for the sequential administration of BL22 following bryostatin 1 treatment. In addition to primary chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells, bryostatin 1 also sensitizes diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and mantle cell lymphoma cells to BL22 induced apoptosis.
CONCLUSIONS:
Our data suggest that the combination of bryostatin 1 with antibodies directed against CD22 is a potent drug combination for the treatment of low- and high-grade B-cell lymphoma.
AuthorsViola Biberacher, Thomas Decker, Madlen Oelsner, Michaela Wagner, Christian Bogner, Burkhard Schmidt, Robert J Kreitman, Christian Peschel, Ira Pastan, Christian Meyer Zum Büschenfelde, Ingo Ringshausen
JournalHaematologica (Haematologica) Vol. 97 Issue 5 Pg. 771-9 (May 2012) ISSN: 1592-8721 [Electronic] Italy
PMID22180432 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Antibodies
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Bryostatins
  • Enterotoxins
  • Immunotoxins
  • RFB4(dsFv)-PE38 recombinant immunotoxin
  • Sialic Acid Binding Ig-like Lectin 2
  • bryostatin 1
  • Protein Kinase C
  • Protein Kinase C beta
Topics
  • Antibodies (pharmacology)
  • Antineoplastic Agents (pharmacology)
  • Apoptosis
  • Bryostatins (pharmacology)
  • Enterotoxins (pharmacology)
  • Humans
  • Immunotoxins (pharmacology)
  • Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell (metabolism, pathology, therapy)
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell (metabolism, pathology, therapy)
  • Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell (metabolism, pathology, therapy)
  • Protein Kinase C (metabolism)
  • Protein Kinase C beta
  • Sialic Acid Binding Ig-like Lectin 2 (immunology, metabolism)
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured
  • Up-Regulation

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