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Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on May 24, 2002; DOI 10.1182/blood-2002-02-0376.
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Blood, 15 September 2002, Vol. 100, No. 6, pp. 2187-2194
NEOPLASIA
2-Methoxyestradiol overcomes drug resistance in multiple
myeloma cells
Dharminder Chauhan,
Laurence Catley,
Teru Hideshima,
Guilan Li,
Richard Leblanc,
Deepak Gupta,
Martin Sattler,
Paul Richardson,
Robert L. Schlossman,
Klaus Podar,
Edie Weller,
Nikhil Munshi, and
Kenneth C. Anderson
From the Department of Adult Oncology, Dana-Farber
Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
2-Methoxyestradiol (2ME2) an estrogen derivative, induces growth
arrest and apoptosis in leukemic cells and is also antiangiogenic. In
this study, we demonstrate that 2ME2 inhibits growth and induces apoptosis in multiple myeloma (MM) cell lines and patient cells. Significantly, 2ME2 also inhibits growth and induces apoptosis in MM
cells resistant to conventional therapies including melphalan (LR-5),
doxorubicin (Dox-40 and Dox-6), and dexamethasone (MM.1R). In contrast
to its effects on MM cells, 2ME2 does not reduce the survival of normal
peripheral blood lymphocytes. Moreover, 2ME2 enhances Dex-induced
apoptosis, and its effect is not blocked by interleukin-6 (IL-6). We
next examined the effect of 2ME2 on MM cells in the bone marrow (BM)
milieu. 2ME2 decreases survival of BM stromal cells (BMSCs), as well as
secretion of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and IL-6
triggered by the adhesion of MM cells to BMSCs. We show that apoptosis
induced by 2ME2 is mediated by the release of mitochondrial
cytochrome-c (cyto-c) and Smac, followed by the activation of
caspases-8, -9, and -3. Finally, 2ME2 inhibits MM cell growth, prolongs
survival, and decreases angiogenesis in a murine model. These studies,
therefore, demonstrate that 2ME2 mediates anti-MM activity directly on
MM cells and in the BM microenvironment. They provide a framework for
the use of 2ME2, either alone or in combination with Dex, to overcome
drug resistance and to improve outcome in MM.

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