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Publication date: November 2015 Source:European Journal of Cancer Supplements, Volume 13, Issue 1 Author(s): R. Fadeev, M. Solovieva, S. Zakharov, I. Fadeeva, A. Senotov, A. Golenkov, V. Akatov Acute myelomonocytic leukemia (FAB M4) is one of the most common forms of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). This AML form is characterized by rapid accumulation transformed myeloblasts and monoblasts in bone marrow, with the rapid suppression of normal hematopoiesis. Bone marrow microenvironment is one of the main factors determining drug resistance of leukemic cells. It is known that the adhesion of leukemic cells to mesenchymal stem cell and bone marrow extracellular matrix (laminin, collagen) enhances their drug resistance. However, it remains unknown whether the emergence of drug resistance when cell–cell contacts are formed only between leukemia cells, without the involvement of bone marrow stromal elements. We studied the role of cell aggregation in drug resistance of leukemic cells. We used the bone marrow mononuclear cells (BMMC) isolated from the patients with acute myelomonocytic leukemia. For the formation of multicellular aggregates, BMMC were cultivated in 96-well plates coated with 1.5% agarose. We showed that resistance of BMMC to bortezomib, doxorubicin and fludarabine in multicellular aggregates was increased. In three-dimensional multicellular aggregates of BMMC index IC50 for bortezomib, doxorubicin and fludarabine was 7±1ng/ml, 1±0.4mkM and 0.8±0....
Source: European Journal of Cancer Supplements - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research