Myelopoietin, an engineered chimeric IL-3 and G-CSF receptor agonist, stimulates multilineage hematopoietic recovery in a nonhuman primate model of radiation-induced myelosuppression
Tj. Macvittie et al., Myelopoietin, an engineered chimeric IL-3 and G-CSF receptor agonist, stimulates multilineage hematopoietic recovery in a nonhuman primate model of radiation-induced myelosuppression, BLOOD, 95(3), 2000, pp. 837-845
Myelopoietins (MPOs) constitute a family of engineered, chimeric molecules
that bind and activate the IL-3 and G-CSF receptors on hematopoietic cells,
This study investigated the in vivo hematopoietic response of rhesus monke
ys administered MPO after radiation-induced myelosuppression, Animals were
total body irradiated (TBI) in 2 series, with biologically equivalent doses
consisting of either a 700 cGy dose of Cobalt-60 (Co-60) gamma-radiation o
r 600 cGy, 250 kVp x-irradiation. First series: On day 1 after 700 cGy irra
diation, cohorts of animals were subcutaneously (SC) administered MPO at 20
0 mu g/kg/d (n = 4), or 50 mu g/kg/d (n = 2), twice daily, or human serum a
lbumin (HSA) (n = 10), Second series: The 600 cGy x-irradiated cohorts of a
nimals were administered either MPO at 200 mu g/kg/d, in a daily schedule(n
= 4) or 0.1% autologous serum (AS), daily, SC (n = 11) for 23 days. MPO re
gardless of administration schedule (twice a day or every day) significantl
y reduced the mean durations of neutropenia (absolute neutrophil count [ANC
] < 500/mu L) and thrombocytopenia (platelet < 20 000/mu L) Versus respecti
ve control-treated cohorts. Mean neutrophil and platelet nadirs were signif
icantly improved and time to recovery for neutrophills (ANC to < 500/mu L)
and platelets (PLT < 20 000/mu L) were significantly enhanced in the MPO-tr
eated cohorts Versus controls. Red cell recovery was further improved relat
ive to control-treated cohorts that received whole blood transfusions. Sign
ificant increases in bone marrow-derived clonogenic activity was observed b
y day 14 after TBI in MPO-treated cohorts versus respective time-matched co
ntrols. Thus, MPO, administered daily was as effective as a twice daily sch
edule for multilineage recovery in nonhuman primates after high-dose, radia
tion-induced myelosuppression.
(C) 2000 by The American Society of Hematology.