Intrapleural therapy with MDP-Lys ( L18), a synthetic derivative of muramyl dipeptide, against malignant pleurisy associated with lung cancer.
N2-[(N-acetylmuramoyl)-L-alanyl-D-isoglutaminyl]-N6-stearoyl-L-lysine (MDP-Lys ( L18), romurtide) is a synthetic muramyl dipeptide derivative, and has immunomodulating activities including activation of cells of monocyte-macrophage lineage. We examined the effect of intrapleural instillation of MDP-Lys ( L18) against malignant pleurisy associated with lung cancer. Six patients with cytologically-positive malignant pleural effusion (four with adenocarcinoma, one with small cell carcinoma and one with large cell carcinoma) were treated with single intrapleural instillation of MDP-Lys ( L18) of 200 microg. Clinically, no reaccumulation of pleural effusion for at least 4 weeks was observed in four patients. No major side effects were observed. Total cell number elevated remarkably 4 h after instillation, and main increased population was that of neutrophils. Levels of chemotactic cytokines, such as interleukin (IL)-8, and monocyte chemotactic protein (MCP)-1 and levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, interleukin (IL)-1beta and IL-6, elevated in pleural effusion, and peak IL-1beta and IL-6 levels tended to be higher in clinical responders than non-responders. These results suggest MDP-Lys ( L18) instilled by intrapleural route had a potential local immunomodulatory activity. Further study is warranted to further determine the critical factors which correlate with the clinical response.[1]References
- Intrapleural therapy with MDP-Lys (L18), a synthetic derivative of muramyl dipeptide, against malignant pleurisy associated with lung cancer. Yanagawa, H., Haku, T., Takeuchi, E., Suzuki, Y., Nokihara, H., Sone, S. Lung Cancer (2000) [Pubmed]
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