Relationship between elevated levels of the alpha 1 acid glycoprotein in chronic myelogenous leukemia in blast crisis and pharmacological resistance to imatinib (Gleevec) in vitro and in vivo |
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Authors: | Larghero Jérôme Leguay Thibaut Mourah Samia Madelaine-Chambrin Isabelle Taksin Anne Laure Raffoux Emmanuel Bastie Jean Noel Degos Laurent Berthaud Patrice Marolleau Jean Pierre Calvo Fabien Chomienne Christine Mahon François Xavier Rousselot Philippe |
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Affiliation: | Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire Hématopo?étique, EMI 00-03, H?pital Saint-Louis, 75010 Paris, France. |
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Abstract: | The Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitor imatinb is becoming a standard for the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). However, Bcr-Abl gene mutations have been reported mainly in relapsing or resistant patients. In primary resistant patients, only few mutations have been documented so far, suggesting alternative mechanisms. We aimed to investigate if alpha 1 acid glycoprotein (AGP), an acute phase drug binding protein, could be a biological marker for pharmacological resistance to imatinib in nine patients in acute phase CML. All patients (3/3) with high AGP dosages (2.31+/-0.17 mg/mL; normal values, 0.5-1.3mg/mL) were primary resistant to imatinib whereas an early clinical response was observed for the six patients with normal AGP levels (1.13+/-0.2mg/mL). No mutation in the adenosine triphosphate domain of Abl were detected before the initiation of imatinib therapy. By using in vitro tests combining various imatinib concentrations (1-10 microM) with purified human AGP (1 and 3 mg/mL), we demonstrate that imatinib-induced apoptosis of K562 or fresh leukemic CML cells is abrogated or reduced. The same effect was observed using sera from donors with high AGP levels (1.9-3.28 mg/mL). In patients with CML in blastic phase, AGP levels could reflect pharmacological resistance to imatinib, suggesting that increased dosage of imatinib or the use of a competitor to drug binding should be recommended to optimize the therapeutic effect of the drug. |
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Keywords: | AGP, alpha 1 acid glycoprotein CML, chronic myelogenous leukemia CP, chronic phase BC, blast crisis |
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