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In vitro and in vivo modulation of MDR1/P-glycoprotein in HIV-infected patients administered highly active antiretroviral therapy and liposomal doxorubicin.

Abstract
P-glycoprotein (P-gp) transports a wide range of structurally unrelated drugs, such as HIV protease inhibitors (PIs) and cytotoxic compounds such as anthracyclines. Because modification of P-gp phenotype and function is an important underlying mechanism of drug interactions, the current study was conducted in order to evaluate whether highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), HIV plasma viral load (VL), or cancer chemotherapy may induce in vivo changes of P-gp phenotype in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from HIV-infected treatment-naive and -experienced subjects at different stages of HIV infection and/or disease, including patients with HIV-associated Kaposi sarcoma (KS). Our results show that neither HAART nor HIV VL, nor the stage of HIV infection and/or disease, significantly alter P-gp expression on PBMCs. In particular, surface P-gp expression is expressed at low levels by T-cell subsets, B cells, and NK cells, whereas almost all monocytes are double positive and these results are not modified by HIV PI-containing regimens. By contrast, a significant phenotype modification is detected in PBMCs from AIDS/KS patients after challenge with the liposomal formulation of the anthracycline doxorubicin (L-DOX) with the higher expression reached 24 hours after the end of the drug infusion. In addition, accumulation of L-DOX is unaffected by P-gp-mediated drug efflux as documented by in vitro experiments, in sharp contrast to the kinetic of free DOX, based on HIV PI blockade experiments. Finally, P-gp expression was found in KS spindle cells from HIV-infected treatment-naive AIDS/KS patients. We conclude that P-gp phenotype in PBMCs and specific subsets is not altered by HAART and/or HIV, whereas a significant increase is induced by specific anticancer drugs such as L-DOX. Moreover, HIV PIs possess an inhibitory effect on P-gp function that may improve DOX sensitivity in KS spindle cells.
AuthorsMothanje Barbara Lucia, Sergio Rutella, Giuseppe Leone, Luigi Maria Larocca, Stefano Vella, Roberto Cauda
JournalJournal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) (J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr) Vol. 30 Issue 4 Pg. 369-78 (Aug 01 2002) ISSN: 1525-4135 [Print] United States
PMID12138343 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Liposomes
  • Doxorubicin
Topics
  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1 (blood, metabolism)
  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Agents (administration & dosage, pharmacokinetics)
  • Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
  • B-Lymphocytes (metabolism)
  • Biological Transport, Active
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Doxorubicin (administration & dosage, pharmacokinetics)
  • Female
  • HIV Infections (blood, complications, drug therapy, metabolism)
  • Humans
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Killer Cells, Natural (metabolism)
  • Kinetics
  • Liposomes
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Sarcoma, Kaposi (complications, drug therapy, metabolism)
  • T-Lymphocyte Subsets (metabolism)
  • Viremia (blood, complications, drug therapy)

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