PMID: 2510579Jul 1, 1989Paper

New combination of 5-fluorouracil and interferon-gamma effective against human myeloid leukemia in vitro

Anticancer Research
M KafkaA Dvilansky

Abstract

The therapeutic potential of recombinant interferon gamma (IFN gamma) alone or in combination with two cytotoxic drugs - 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C) - was studied in vitro on two myeloid leukemia systems: HL60 promyelocytic cell line and chronic granulocytic leukemia (CGL) progenitor cells. When applied individually, IFN gamma and the drugs inhibited in a dose-dependent manner HL60 cell colony formation in semisolid culture. Moreover, IFN gamma or the cytotoxic drugs dose-dependently reduced the colony formation of CGL progenitor cell in agar. When added in combination, IFN gamma potentiated synergistically the inhibitory action of 5-FU in both systems. The most pronounced potentiation was detected at concentrations of 0.5 microgram/ml 5-FU and 50 U/ml IFN gamma. On the contrary, the antiproliferative effect of Ara-C was enhanced only subadditively when combined with IFN gamma. In view of the present findings, which are supported by new evidence from the literature, the use of 5-FU in leukemia should be reconsidered. The results further imply the potential value of combined treatment of 5-FU and IFN gamma in leukemia.

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