CMC-544 (inotuzumab ozogamicin) shows less effect on multidrug resistant cells: analyses in cell lines and cells from patients with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and lymphoma

Br J Haematol. 2009 Jun;146(1):34-43. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07701.x. Epub 2009 Apr 13.

Abstract

The effect of CMC-544, a calicheamicin-conjugated anti-CD22 monoclonal antibody, was analysed in relation to CD22 and P-glycoprotein (P-gp) in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) in vitro. The cell lines used were CD22-positive parental Daudi and Raji, and their P-gp positive sublines, Daudi/MDR and Raji/MDR. Cells obtained from 19 patients with B-cell CLL or NHL were also used. The effect of CMC-544 was analysed by viable cell count, morphology, annexin-V staining, and cell cycle distribution. A dose-dependent, selective cytotoxic effect of CMC-544 was observed in cell lines that expressed CD22. CMC-544 was not effective on Daudi/MDR and Raji/MDR cells compared with their parental cells. The MDR modifiers, PSC833 and MS209, restored the cytotoxic effect of CMC-544 in P-gp-expressing sublines. In clinical samples, the cytotoxic effect of CMC-544 was inversely related to the amount of P-gp (P = 0.003), and to intracellular rhodamine-123 accumulation (P < 0.001). On the other hand, the effect positively correlated with the amount of CD22 (P = 0.010). The effect of CMC-544 depends on the levels of CD22 and P-gp. Our findings will help to predict the clinical effectiveness of this drug on these B-cell malignancies, suggesting a beneficial effect with combined use of CMC-544 and MDR modifiers.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1 / analysis
  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1 / antagonists & inhibitors
  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1 / metabolism
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Cell Count
  • Cell Line, Transformed
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cyclosporins / therapeutic use
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple / drug effects
  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Inotuzumab Ozogamicin
  • Jurkat Cells
  • Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / drug therapy*
  • Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / immunology
  • Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / metabolism
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / drug therapy*
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / immunology
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / metabolism
  • Quinolines / therapeutic use
  • Sialic Acid Binding Ig-like Lectin 2 / analysis
  • Sialic Acid Binding Ig-like Lectin 2 / immunology
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Cyclosporins
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Quinolines
  • Sialic Acid Binding Ig-like Lectin 2
  • dofequidar
  • Inotuzumab Ozogamicin
  • valspodar