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 Blood, 1 April 2006, Vol. 107, No. 7, pp. 2895-2903.
Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on December 20, 2005; DOI 10.1182/blood-2005-06-2269.

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NEOPLASIA

Apoptosis and complement-mediated lysis of myeloma cells by polyclonal rabbit antithymocyte globulin

Martin S. Zand, Thuong Vo, Tina Pellegrin, Raymond Felgar, Jane L. Liesveld, Jainulabdeen J. Ifthikharuddin, Camille N. Abboud, Ignacio Sanz, and Jennifer Huggins

From the Division of Nephrology, Department of Surgery; Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology; Department of Pathology; and Hematology and Oncology Unit; University of Rochester Medical Center, NY.

Current monoclonal antibody therapies for multiple myeloma have had limited success, perhaps due to narrow target specificity. We have previously described the ability of polyclonal rabbit antithymocyte globulin (rATG) to induce caspase- and cathepsin-mediated apoptosis in human B and plasma cells. We now extend this observation to myeloma cells. Complement independent cell death was measured after addition of rATG (1-1000 µg/mL) to cultures of myeloma cell lines or primary CD138+ isolates from patient bone marrow aspirates. rATG induced significant levels of apoptosis in myeloma cells as assayed by caspase induction, annexin V binding, subdiploid DNA fragmentation, plasma-membrane permeability, and loss of mitochondrial-membrane potential. Addition of complement greatly augmented myeloma-cell death. Binding of rATG to individual myeloma cell-surface proteins, primarily CD38, CD52, CD126, and CD138, was demonstrated by competitive inhibition experiments with targeted monoclonal antibodies. Three pathways of cell death were identified involving caspase activation, cathepsin D, and the genistein sensitive tyrosine kinase pathway. F(ab')2 fragments of rATG had reduced proapoptotic activity, which was restored by coincubation with Fc fragments, and anti-CD32 or anti-CD64 antibodies. We conclude that rATG is an effective agent for in vitro induction of apoptosis in multiple myeloma, and that exploratory clinical trials may be warranted.


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