T cells from patients who had received chemotherapy for B-lineage acute lymphocytic Leukemia were studied to determine whether genetic instability, a principal characteristic of cancer cells, can also occur in nonmali...
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T cells from patients who had received chemotherapy for B-lineage acute lymphocytic Leukemia were studied to determine whether genetic instability, a principal characteristic of cancer cells, can also occur in nonmalignant cells. Consistent with expectations for a genetic instability phenotype, multiple mutations were detected in the hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) reporter gene in independently isolated mutant T cells expressing identical rearranged T cell receptor beta (TCR beta) gene hypervariable regions. These results indicate that cancer treatment can lead to genetic instability in nonmalignant cells in some individuals. They also suggest a mechanistic paradigm for the induction of second malignancies and drug resistance.
A series of cysteine diazomethyl- and chloromethyl ketone derivatives has been synthesized and evaluated against human B-lineage (Nalm-6) and T-lineage (Molt-3) acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell lines. The chloromethy...
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A series of cysteine diazomethyl- and chloromethyl ketone derivatives has been synthesized and evaluated against human B-lineage (Nalm-6) and T-lineage (Molt-3) acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell lines. The chloromethyl ketone compounds showed potent cytotoxicity against these cell lines, with IC50 values in the low micromolar range. The best compounds were N-acetyl-S-dodecyl-Cys chloromethyl ketone (IC50 = 2.0 mu M against Nalm-6, 2.3 mu M against Molt-3) and N-acetyl-S-trans,trans-farnesyl-Cys chloromethyl ketone (IC50 = 3.0 mu M against Nalm-6 and 1.4 mu M against Molt-3). (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
A series of cysteine chloromethyl ketone compounds with a systematic variation of the S-alkyl chain length have been synthesized in order to gauge the effect of the alkyl chain length on the cytotoxicity of these comp...
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A series of cysteine chloromethyl ketone compounds with a systematic variation of the S-alkyl chain length have been synthesized in order to gauge the effect of the alkyl chain length on the cytotoxicity of these compounds against human acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells. Comparable activities were observed for compounds with S-alkyl chains ranging from pentyl to dodecyl, with the best being undecyl (IC50 = 1.7 mu M) and dodecyl (IC50 = 2.0 mu M) against B-lineage leukemia cells and hexyl (IC50 = 0.7 mu M) against T-lineage leukemia cells. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
We describe a case of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) with trisomy 5 as a sole cytogenetic abnormality,. A comparison is made with the two cases of adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia with trisomy 5 in the...
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We describe a case of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) with trisomy 5 as a sole cytogenetic abnormality,. A comparison is made with the two cases of adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia with trisomy 5 in the literature. This rare cytogenetic abnormality may por tend an especially poor prognosis in patients with ALL. (C) Elsevier Science Inc., 2000. AII rights reserved.
A 15-year-old boy with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) (FAB L1), diagnosed in 1995, received combination chemotherapy consisting of 6 weeks of induction (vincristine, epirubicin, L-asparaginase, prednisolone...
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A 15-year-old boy with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) (FAB L1), diagnosed in 1995, received combination chemotherapy consisting of 6 weeks of induction (vincristine, epirubicin, L-asparaginase, prednisolone) and 2 weeks of consolidation (cytosine arabinosides, etoposide). After achieving remission, for further maintenance of remission, he was treated with 14 cycles of intensive chemotherapy consisting of 6-MP, 10 mg/kg orally on the first 4 days, and cyclophosphamide, 1200 mg/m(2), vincristine, 1.5 mg/m(2), epirubicin, 15 mg/m(2), and cytosine arabinoside, 40 mg/m(2), intravenously on days 4, 11, 39, and 40, respectively. On day 18 of each cycle, he received intravenous methotrexate (MTX) infusion in a total dose of 150 mg/m(2) plus oral leucovorin (30 mg/m(2)) rescue 36 h after starting MTX therapy. In addition, oral trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole was given regularly to prevent Pneumocystis carinii infection. The patient achieved remission during the first course of treatment, but 8 months later the disease relapsed. He then received four doses of MTX (800 mg intravenously) plus leucovorin rescue in the following 4 months. During the last MTX therapy, small hemorrhagic bullae were found on the lateral side of the right ankle, but subsided after a few days. Due to partial remission of the disease, he was admitted again in January 1999 for high-dose MTX therapy. An initial hemogram on admission revealed hemoglobin 7.2 g/dl, white cell count 15,200/mm(3), platelet count 153/mm(3), blood creatinine 0.5 mg/dL, and alanine leucine aminotransferase (ALT) 20 U/L. He received 8500 mg of MTX (5000 mg/m(2)) as a continuous intravenous infusion for 24 h. Thirty-six hours after the start of MTX infusion, leucovorin (30 mg, intravenous) rescue was initiated every 6 h for 3 days. Another preventive measure to cover MTX toxicity included aggressive intravenous fluid replacement (4 L/m(2)/day) and the addition of 25 meq/L sodium bicarbonate to the intravenous fluid to alk
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