Activation of coagulation by lenalidomide-based regimens for the treatment of multiple myeloma

PLoS One. 2013 May 16;8(5):e64369. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064369. Print 2013.

Abstract

We investigated the procoagulant effects of lenalidomide (Len)-based regimens in vitro focusing on tissue factor (TF) and phosphatidylserine (PS). We examined the effects of a pharmacological concentration of Len with or without the corticosteroid dexamethasone (Dex) and the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib (Bor) using the human vascular endothelial cell line EAhy926 and the monocytic cell lines THP-1 and U937. Cell-surface procoagulant activity (PCA) was induced by Dex-containing regimens in all lines. Expression of TF antigen on the cell surface and of TF mRNA was markedly increased by Dex-containing regimens. PS exposure was increased modestly by a Len-based regimen. PS exposure was increased modestly in EAhy926 cells, and markedly increased in THP-1 and U937 cells by Bor-containing treatment. An anti-TF monoclonal antibody almost completely blocked the induced PCA. When Len is given in combination with Dex, PCA may be induced on endothelial cells and monocytes through TF expression and PS exposure.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Blood Coagulation / drug effects*
  • Boronic Acids / pharmacology
  • Bortezomib
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Dexamethasone / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Lenalidomide
  • Multiple Myeloma / genetics
  • Multiple Myeloma / metabolism*
  • Phosphatidylserines / metabolism
  • Pyrazines / pharmacology
  • Thalidomide / analogs & derivatives*
  • Thalidomide / pharmacology
  • Thromboplastin / genetics
  • Thromboplastin / metabolism

Substances

  • Boronic Acids
  • Phosphatidylserines
  • Pyrazines
  • Thalidomide
  • Bortezomib
  • Dexamethasone
  • Thromboplastin
  • Lenalidomide

Grants and funding

This study was supported in part by a research grant for TK from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. No additional external funding received for this study.