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Disseminated human hematological malignancies xenografted in athymic mice dedicated to targeted therapies evaluation # 2218 J.F. MIRJOLET a ; M. HILLAIRET DE BOISFERON a ; O. DUCHAMP a ; F. BICHAT a ; M. MANFREDI b , P. GENNE a a Oncodesign, Dijon, France - b Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA INTRODUCTION Hematological malignancies are rare malignant disorders accounting for 6.2% of all deaths from cancers. For decades, chemotherapy was the only available approach for patients with advanced hematological malignancies but the effectiveness of such therapy has reached a plateau. This has prompted a search for targeted therapies with higher efficacy and lesser toxicities. Both antibodies and small-molecule compounds are therefore promising tools for target-protein-based cancer therapy. The emergence of targeted agents in clinic gives new efficient alternatives to patient in failure of reference treatments. Modeling human disease in rodents has become essential in biomedical research for the optimization of preexisting therapeutic modalities and the testing of novel ones. In this study, we investigated the antitumor activity of MLN8054 (Aurora A kinase inhibitor), Glivec ® (multi kinase inhibitor) and Mabthera ® (monoclonal antibody against CD20) in such hematological malignancies disseminated in mice. METHODOLOGY Test Substances Adriblastine ® (Pfizer, USA), Glivec ® (Novartis, Switzerland), Mabthera ® (Roche, Swizerland), Taxol ® (BMS, USA), Velcade ® (Janssen-Cilag, France) and Dexamethasone (Sigma, France) were purchased by ONCODESIGN. MLN8054 was supplied by Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. MTS Assays The human cell lines were obtained from LGC promochem (France) and DSMZ (Germany). The resistant K-562-IMR cell line was selected from K-562 cell line by Oncodesign after coculture with 1µM Glivec ® . K- 562-IMR results in bcr-abl gene amplification and overexpression of MDR as resistance mechanisms. The tumor cell lines were implanted during 24 hours in drug free-medium and then incubated for 96 hours with 10 concentrations of test substances. At the end of drug incubation, the effect of treatment on cell proliferation was evaluated by a MTS assay (1). The IC 50 values (from at least three independent experiments) were calculated using the XLFit 3 software (IDBS, United Kingdom) from semi-log curves. In vivo experiments Irradiated female SCID mice obtained from Charles River (France) were IV injected with hematological tumor cell lines at D0 (except for ARH-77 model). Isoflurane (Minerve, France) was used to anaesthetize the animals before IV cells injection, IV treatments and termination. The viability/behavior and body weights of mice were recorded every day and twice a week, respectively. All logistical issues of the study (dosing, collection, measurements…), raw data, lethality, behavior and results of autopsy were managed using Vivo Manager software (Biosystemes, Dijon). During the course of the experiment, animals were killed under anesthesia when they displayed significant signs of behavioral and/or physiological changes (signs of suffering, cachexia, weakening, difficulty moving or eating and/or 20 % body weight loss). ILS % (Increase Life Span) was expressed as following: ILS% = (T-C)/Cx100 (T: Median survival time of mice treated with drug C: Median survival time of control mice). Animal experiments were performed according to ethical guidelines of animal experimentation (2) and the English guidelines for welfare of animals in experimental neoplasia (3). All procedures with animals were submitted to the Animal Care and Use Committee of Pharmacy and Medicine University (Dijon). Human cell detection in mice tissues To study the human cells engraftment in mice, some mice tissues (bone marrow, ovary, brain, adrenal gland, kidney, liver, lung, spleen, spinal column, femur) were collected at various time points for subsequent FACS and histology analyses (HE staining). Cells suspensions were prepared from tissues either by mechanistic dissociation or by dispase/collagenase enzymatic digestion (Gibco, France). The human cells were detected by FACS analysis (CyFlow ® , Partec, France) using an anti-human CD45 antibody (clone J.33, Ref A07783, Beckman Coulter, France). Tissues from healthy mice were used for background signal determination. (1). BALTROP J.A. et al., Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 1:611-614, 1991. (2). Principe d’éthique de l’expérimentation animale. Directive n°86/609 CEE du 24 Nov. 1986, Décrêt n°87/848 du 19 Oct. 1987, Arrêté d’Application du 19 Avril 1988. (3). WORKMAN P. et al., UKCCCR guideline. Br. J. Cancer, 77: 1-10, 1998. 4.4 ± 3.1 33.9 ± 17.8 0.4 ± 0.5 24.2 ± 21.9 Burkitt’s lymphoma Daudi 9.4 ± 5.5 > 100 46.0 ± 19.6 > 100 Myeloma RPMI 8226/Dox40 4.2 ± 2.2 47.8 ± 2.6 0.2 ± 0.3 5.2 ± 8.9 Myeloma RPMI 8226 2.3 ± 0.5 ND ND ND Burkitt’s lymphoma Ramos 6.4 ± 1.5 ND ND 26.3 ± 11.9 Burkitt’s lymphoma Raji 4.0 ± 1.2 ND 30.6 ± 8.1 5.4 ± 1.2 Burkitt’s lymphoma Namalwa ND 57.3 ± 35.2 > 100 > 100 CML K-562-IMR ND 0.7 ± 0.5 ND 7.5 ± 5.4 CML K-562 16.6 ± 2.9 0.7 ± 0.4 3.0 ± 10.6 19.8 ± 57.1 AML HL-60 26.7 ± NA 85.9 ± NA > 100 > 100 ALL CCRF-CEM/VLB* 4.6 ± 1.5 48.6 ± 37.4 4.1 ± NA 28.7 ± 36.5 ALL CCRF-CEM 6.6 ± 3.9 ND 0.1 ± 0.1 21.3 ± 28.6 Plasma cell leukaemia ARH-77 Velcade ® IC 50 (nM) Glivec ® IC 50 (µM) Adriblastine ® IC 50 (µM) Taxol ® IC 50 (nM) Type Cell line RESULTS - In Vitro Characterization ND : Not done NA : Not applicable * Resistance factor to VLB of about 20 000-fold compared to CCRF-CEM RESULTS - In Vivo Characterization The increase of survival times of Ramos and K-562 tumor bearing mice after Mabthera ® and Glivec ® treatment is correlated with a delay of tumor growth in specific tissues 0 1 0 1 Spleen 0 0 0 0 Lung 0 0 0 0 Liver 0 0 1 0 Kidney 16 0 0 0 Adrenal gland 16 0 0 0 Brain 7 0 0 1 Ovary 40 19 2 0 Bone marrow Ramos D20 D15 D8 D1 Time (day) Tissues Model 2 0 0 0 Spleen 0 0 0 0 Lung 0 0 0 0 Liver 0 0 0 1 Kidney 45 2 0 1 Adrenal gland 11 2 0 3 Brain 7 39 0 0 Ovary 0 0 0 0 Bone marrow K-562 D35 D20 D11 D1 Time (day) Tissues Model 54.0 70.6 ± 40.4 5x10 6 HL-60 96.0 103.3 ± 36.5 5x10 6 CCRF-CEM/VLB 77.0 88.3 ± 38.1 5x10 6 CCRF-CEM 35.0 38.2 ± 7.0 5x10 6 ARH-77 99.0 96.3 ± 13.9 10x10 6 RPMI 8226/DOX40 91.0 89.3 ± 4.1 10x10 6 RPMI 8226 40.5 40.2 ± 5.7 5x10 6 Daudi 21.0 21.0 ± 0.1 5x10 6 Raji 47.0 51.5 ± 11.3 10x10 6 K-562-IMR 43.5 44.1 ± 5.4 10x10 6 K-562 17.0 17.0 ± 0.0 1.25x10 6 Namalwa 22.0 22.0 ± 1.0 2x10 6 Ramos Median survival time (days) Mean survival time ± SD (days) Number of injected cells Cell lines Survival time of SCID mice IV injected with human hematological tumor cell lines FACS analysis of hCD45 positive cells in SCID mice tissues (%) Sensitivity of human hematological tumor cell lines to chemotherapeutic agents (mean IC 50 ± SD) 32 ND 1 1 0 38 ND 9 5 3 5 ND 15 1 4 3 ND 1 1 3 Mabthera ® FD 6 1 1 0 FD 58 20 5 1 FD 50 27 28 2 FD 61 9 7 1 Adriblastine ® FD FD 3 1 0 FD FD 48 3 0 FD FD 43 5 5 FD FD 24 5 3 Vehicle Ramos D50 D26 D20 D15 D11 D50 D26 D20 D15 D11 D50 D26 D20 D15 D11 D50 D26 D20 D15 D11 Time (day) Brain Adrenal gland Ovary Bone marrow Tissues Cell line 1 0 10 8 9 2 4 2 2 1 Glivec ® 1 0 3 2 7 2 8 2 9 1 Adriblastine ® FD 3 FD 6 FD 42 FD 7 FD 2 Vehicle K-562 D40 D28 D40 D28 D40 D28 D40 D28 D40 D28 Time (day) Spleen Brain Adrenal gland Ovary Kidney Tissues Cell line The targeted therapies (Mabthera ® , MLN8054 and Glivec ® ) showed a marked antitumor activity in the tested hematological human tumor models in mice, These results showed that these models were relevant of the human disease and were reliable tools for preclinical evaluation of efficiency of new targeted therapies, The human cells engraftment analysis in these models was used as early marker for antitumor activity of new therapies (in accordance with ethical guidelines) CONCLUSIONS A: Meningis invasion B: Bone invasion C: Muscle invasion 0 3 IV (Q2Dx3)x2 1 Dexamethasone 26 3 IV Q4Dx3 2 Adriblastine ® ARH-77 0 4 PO Q1Dx30 400 Glivec ® 0 4 IV Q4Dx3 2 Adriblatine ® K-562-IMR >50 4 PO Q1Dx30 400 Glivec ® 0 4 IV Q4Dx3 2 Adriblastine ® K-562 71 3 PO BIDx21 30 MLN8054 Namalwa 127 4 IV Q4Dx3 10 Mabthera ® 14 4 IV Q4Dx3 2 Adriblastine ® Ramos ILS (%) Day of treatment initiation Route Schedule Dose (mg/kg) Treatment Cell line RESULTS - Effects of drugs on survival of mice (ILS%) Survival Curves Days post human hematological tumor cells IV injection Survival (%) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 0 20 40 60 80 100 Ramos Namalwa Control Adriblastine ® Mabthera ® Survival (%) 0 10 20 30 40 50 0 20 40 60 80 100 Control MLN8054 K-562 K-562-IMR 0 10 20 30 40 50 0 20 40 60 80 100 Survival (%) Survival (%) 0 10 20 30 40 50 0 20 40 60 80 100 Control Adriblastine ® Glivec ® Control Adriblastine ® Glivec ® In Ramos model, the human tumor cells were detected in bone marrow, brain, adrenal gland, spinal column and ovary, In K-562 model, the human tumor cells were detected in adrenal gland, ovary, brain and spleen, In Namalwa model, the human tumor cells were detected in adrenal gland, femur and spinal column The targeted therapies (Mabthera ® , MLN8054 and Glivec ® ) showed a marked antitumor activity in the tested hematological human tumor models in mice. Histology of mouse tissues (x40) Ramos Namalwa Femur B: Bone invasion Kidney D: Fat tissue invasion Spinal column Brain A: Meningis invasion Lumbar vertebrae Lumbar vertebrae Femur Adrenal gland RESULTS - Engraftment of human cells in SCID mice Ramos Hilus of the kidney K-562-IMR Adrenal gland K-562 Adrenal gland Tumor cell invasion No Tumor cell invasion No Tumor cell invasion Tumor cell invasion Tumor cell invasion Mabthera ® Adriblastine ® Vehicle Histology of mouse tissues Engraftment of hCD45 positive cells in SCID mice tissues 0.1 1 10 100 1000 1 10 100 1000 FL1 - FSC - 1000 Gate: R1 0.1 1 10 100 1000 1 10 100 1000 FL1 - FSC - Q1: 28.67% Q2: 71.33% Q3: 0.00% Q4: 0.00% 1000 0.1 1 10 100 1000 1 10 100 1000 FL1 - FSC - 1000 Gate: R1 0.1 1 10 100 1000 1 10 100 1000 FL1 - FSC - Q1: 74.57% Q2: 25.43% Q3: 0.00% Q4: 0.00% 1000 0.1 1 10 100 1000 1 10 100 1000 FL1 - FSC - 1000 Gate: R1 0.1 1 10 100 1000 1 10 100 1000 FL1 - FSC - Q1: 80.39% 28640 / ml Q2: 19.61% 7055 / ml Q3: 0.00% 0 / ml Q4: 0.00% 0 / ml 1000 0.1 1 10 100 1000 1 10 100 1000 FL1 - FSC - 1000 Gate: R1 0.1 1 10 100 1000 1 10 100 1000 FL1 - FSC - Q1: 69.65% Q2: 30.35% Q3: 0.00% Q4: 0.00% 1000 0.1 1 10 100 1000 1 10 100 1000 FL1 - FSC - 1000 Gate: R1 0.1 1 10 100 1000 1 10 100 1000 FL1 - FSC - QA1: 88.38% QA2: 11.62% QA3: 0.00% QA4: 0.00% 1000 0.1 1 10 100 1000 1 10 100 1000 FL1 - FSC - 1000 Gate: R1 0.1 1 10 100 1000 1 10 100 1000 FL1 - FSC - Q1: 99.23% Q2: 0.77% Q3: 0.00% Q4: 0.00% 1000 Ovary & periovarian fat Bone Marrow Vehicle Adriblastine ® Mabthera ® Ramos (D20) 0.1 1 10 100 1000 1 10 100 1000 FL1 - FSC - Gate: R1 0.1 1 10 100 1000 1 10 100 1000 FL1 - FSC - Q1: 49.24% Q2: 50.76% Q3: 0.00% Q4: 0.00% 0.1 1 10 100 1000 1 10 100 1000 FL1 - FSC - Gate: R1 0.1 1 10 100 1000 1 10 100 1000 FL1 - FSC - Q1: 97.57% Q2: 2.43% Q3: 0.00% Q4: 0.00% 0.1 1 10 100 1000 1 10 100 1000 FL1 - FSC - Gate: R1 0.1 1 10 100 1000 1 10 100 1000 FL1 - FSC - Q1: 97.52% 110930 / ml Q2: 2.48% 2895 / ml Q3: 0.00% 0 / ml Q4: 0.00% 0 / ml FSC - 0.1 1 10 100 1000 1 10 100 1000 FL1 - FSC - FSC - Gate: R1 0.1 1 10 100 1000 1 10 100 1000 FL1 - FSC - Q1: 94.68% 144410 / ml Q2: 5.32% 7845 / ml Q3: 0.00% 0 / ml Q4: 0.00% 0 / ml FSC - 0.1 1 10 100 1000 1 10 100 1000 FL1 - FSC - FSC - Gate: R1 0.1 1 10 100 1000 1 10 100 1000 FL1 - FSC - Q1: 99.56% 24325 / ml Q2: 0.44% 100 / ml Q3: 0.00% 0 / ml Q4: 0.00% 0 / ml 0.1 1 10 100 1000 1 10 100 1000 FL1 - FSC - Gate: R1 0.1 1 10 100 1000 1 10 100 1000 FL1 - FSC - Q1: 99.69% Q2: 0.31% Q3: 0.00% Q4: 0.00% Vehicle Adriblastine ® Glivec ® K-562 (D20) Adrenal gland Spleen Adriblastine ® Vehicle Glivec ® FD: Found dead

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Disseminated human hematological malignancies xenografted in athymic mice dedicated to targeted therapies evaluation

# 2218 J.F. MIRJOLETa; M. HILLAIRET DE BOISFERONa; O. DUCHAMPa; F. BICHATa; M. MANFREDIb, P. GENNEa

a Oncodesign, Dijon, France - b Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA 02139, USAINTRODUCTIONHematological malignancies are rare malignant disorders accounting for 6.2% of all deaths from cancers. For decades, chemotherapy was the only available approach for patients with advanced hematological malignancies but the effectiveness of such therapy has reached a plateau. This has prompted a search for targeted therapies with higher efficacy and lesser toxicities. Both antibodies and small-molecule compounds are therefore promising tools for target-protein-based cancer therapy. The emergence of targeted agents in clinic gives new efficient alternatives to patient in failure of reference treatments. Modeling human disease in rodents has become essential in biomedical research for the optimization of preexisting therapeutic modalities and the testing of novel ones.In this study, we investigated the antitumor activity of MLN8054 (Aurora A kinase inhibitor), Glivec® (multi kinase inhibitor) and Mabthera® (monoclonal antibody against CD20) in such hematological malignancies disseminated in mice.

METHODOLOGY Test SubstancesAdriblastine® (Pfizer, USA), Glivec® (Novartis, Switzerland), Mabthera® (Roche, Swizerland), Taxol® (BMS, USA), Velcade® (Janssen-Cilag, France) and Dexamethasone (Sigma, France) were purchased by ONCODESIGN. MLN8054 was supplied by Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. MTS AssaysThe human cell lines were obtained from LGC promochem (France) and DSMZ (Germany). The resistant K-562-IMR cell line was selected from K-562 cell line by Oncodesign after coculture with 1µM Glivec®. K-562-IMR results in bcr-abl gene amplification and overexpression of MDR as resistance mechanisms. The tumor cell lines were implanted during 24 hours in drug free-medium and then incubated for 96 hours with 10 concentrations of test substances. At the end of drug incubation, the effect of treatment on cell proliferation was evaluated by a MTS assay (1). The IC50 values (from at least three independent experiments) were calculated using the XLFit 3 software (IDBS, United Kingdom) from semi-log curves. In vivo experimentsIrradiated female SCID mice obtained from Charles River (France) were IV injected with hematological tumor cell lines at D0 (except for ARH-77 model). Isoflurane (Minerve, France) was used to anaesthetize the animals before IV cells injection, IV treatments and termination. The viability/behavior and body weights of mice were recorded every day and twice a week, respectively. All logistical issues of the study (dosing, collection, measurements…), raw data, lethality, behavior and results of autopsy were managed using Vivo Manager software (Biosystemes, Dijon). During the course of the experiment, animals were killed under anesthesia when they displayed significant signs of behavioral and/or physiological changes (signs of suffering, cachexia, weakening, difficulty moving or eating and/or 20 % body weight loss). ILS % (Increase Life Span) was expressed as following: ILS% = (T-C)/Cx100 (T: Median survival time of mice treated with drug C: Median survival time of control mice). Animal experiments were performed according to ethical guidelines of animal experimentation (2) and the English guidelines for welfare of animals in experimental neoplasia (3). All procedures with animals were submitted to the Animal Care and Use Committee of Pharmacy and Medicine University (Dijon). Human cell detection in mice tissuesTo study the human cells engraftment in mice, some mice tissues (bone marrow, ovary, brain, adrenal gland, kidney, liver, lung, spleen, spinal column, femur) were collected at various time points for subsequent FACS and histology analyses (HE staining). Cells suspensions were prepared from tissues either by mechanistic dissociation or by dispase/collagenase enzymatic digestion (Gibco, France). The human cells were detected by FACS analysis (CyFlow®, Partec, France) using an anti-human CD45 antibody (clone J.33, Ref A07783, Beckman Coulter, France). Tissues from healthy mice were used for background signal determination.(1). BALTROP J.A. et al., Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 1:611-614, 1991.(2). Principe d’éthique de l’expérimentation animale. Directive n°86/609 CEE du 24 Nov. 1986, Décrêt n°87/848 du 19 Oct. 1987, Arrêté d’Application du 19 Avril 1988.(3). WORKMAN P. et al., UKCCCR guideline. Br. J. Cancer, 77: 1-10, 1998.

4.4 ± 3.133.9 ± 17.80.4 ± 0.524.2 ± 21.9 Burkitt’s lymphomaDaudi

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2.3 ± 0.5NDNDNDBurkitt’s lymphomaRamos

6.4 ± 1.5NDND26.3 ± 11.9Burkitt’s lymphomaRaji

4.0 ± 1.2ND30.6 ± 8.15.4 ± 1.2Burkitt’s lymphoma Namalwa

ND57.3 ± 35.2> 100> 100CML K-562-IMR

ND0.7 ± 0.5ND7.5 ± 5.4CMLK-562

16.6 ± 2.90.7 ± 0.43.0 ± 10.619.8 ± 57.1AMLHL-60

26.7 ± NA85.9 ± NA> 100> 100ALLCCRF-CEM/VLB*

4.6 ± 1.548.6 ± 37.44.1 ± NA28.7 ± 36.5ALLCCRF-CEM

6.6 ± 3.9ND0.1 ± 0.121.3 ± 28.6 Plasma cell leukaemiaARH-77

Velcade® IC50 (nM)Glivec® IC50 (µM)Adriblastine® IC50 (µM)Taxol® IC50 (nM)TypeCell line

RESULTS - In Vitro Characterization

ND : Not done NA : Not applicable * Resistance factor to VLB of about 20 000-fold compared to CCRF-CEM

RESULTS - In Vivo Characterization

The increase of survival times of Ramos and K-562 tumor bearing mice after Mabthera® and Glivec® treatment is correlated with a delay of tumor growth in specific tissues

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Sensitivity of human hematological tumor cell lines to chemotherapeutic agents (mean IC50 ± SD)

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The targeted therapies (Mabthera®, MLN8054 and Glivec®) showed a marked antitumor activity in the tested hematological human tumor models in mice,

These results showed that these models were relevant of the human disease and were reliable tools for preclinical evaluation of efficiency of new targeted therapies,

The human cells engraftment analysis in these models was used as early marker for antitumor activity of new therapies (in accordance with ethical guidelines)

CONCLUSIONS

A: Meningis invasionB: Bone invasionC: Muscle invasion

03IV(Q2Dx3)x21Dexamethasone

263IVQ4Dx32Adriblastine®

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In Ramos model, the human tumor cells were detected in bone marrow, brain, adrenal gland, spinal column and ovary, In K-562 model, the human tumor cells were detected in adrenal gland, ovary, brain and spleen, In Namalwa model, the human tumor cells were detected in adrenal gland, femur and spinal column

The targeted therapies (Mabthera®, MLN8054 and Glivec®) showed a marked antitumor activity in the tested hematological human tumor models in mice.

Histology of mouse tissues (x40)

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Region Gate Ungated Count Count/ml %Gated GMn-x Mean-x CV-x% GMn-y Mean-y CV-y%R1 <None> 19685 19685 - 79.45 23.91 25.95 42.34 12.47 15.93 77.76QA1 R1 18430 17398 - 88.38 0.78 1.21 102.05 22.63 24.21 38.25QA2 R1 2751 2287 - 11.62 79.18 98.40 53.24 36.28 39.15 35.11QA3 R1 3068 0 - 0.00 - - - - - - Q1 R1 18047 17398 - 88.38 0.78 1.21 102.05 22.63 24.21 38.25Q2 R1 2649 2287 - 11.62 79.18 98.40 53.24 36.28 39.15 35.11Q3 R1 3451 0 - 0.00 - - - - - - Q4 R1 631 0 - 0.00 - - - - - - QA4 R1 529 0 - 0.00 - - - - - -

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Ovary & periovarian

fat

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Vehicle Adriblastine® Mabthera®Ramos (D20)

File: K562exp2_06993int11_065 Date: 15-03-2007 Time: 16:15:31 Particles: 72597 Acq.-Time: 21 s

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Region Gate Ungated Count Count/ml %Gated GMn-x Mean-x CV-x% GMn-y Mean-y CV-y%R1 <None> 51373 51373 - 70.76 31.13 38.30 59.66 149.02 227.93 76.27RN1 R1 62242 44832 - 87.27 16.33 49.34 104.03 - - - Q1 R1 37493 25297 - 49.24 0.98 3.61 143.00 20.26 24.96 74.83Q2 R1 27538 26076 - 50.76 69.65 81.35 55.76 47.21 51.24 36.51Q3 R1 7368 0 - 0.00 - - - - - - Q4 R1 198 0 - 0.00 - - - - - -

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Region Gate Ungated Count Count/ml %Gated GMn-x Mean-x CV-x% GMn-y Mean-y CV-y%R1 <None> 48606 48606 - 42.98 15.12 16.45 49.93 69.97 115.41 124.61RN1 R1 91412 37481 - 77.11 1.14 3.59 285.08 - - - Q1 R1 82220 47425 - 97.57 0.59 1.87 184.78 14.90 16.10 47.30Q2 R1 2780 1181 - 2.43 33.90 39.97 97.61 26.78 30.42 51.61Q3 R1 28021 0 - 0.00 - - - - - - Q4 R1 71 0 - 0.00 - - - - - -

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File: K562exp2_06993int11_083 Date: 15-03-2007 Time: 16:19:31 Particles: 109082 Acq.-Time: 100 s Concentration: 256060 / ml

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File: K562exp2_06993int11_041 Date: 15-03-2007 Time: 12:38:27 Particles: 116171 Acq.-Time: 105 s Concentration: 332340 / ml

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File: K562exp2_06993int11_089 Date: 15-03-2007 Time: 12:44:50 Particles: 76897 Acq.-Time: 67 s Concentration: 36565 / ml

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Vehicle Adriblastine® Glivec®K-562 (D20)

Adrenal gland

Spleen

Adriblastine®Vehicle Glivec®

FD: Found dead