Abstract |
Human class 1 aldehyde dehydrogenase (hALDH-1) can oxidize aldophosphamide, a key aldehyde intermediate in the activation pathway of cyclophosphamide and other oxazaphosphorine (OAP) anti- cancer alkylating agents. Overexpression of class 1 ALDH (ALDH-1) has been observed in cells selected for survival in the presence of OAPs. We used transfection to induce de novo expression of human ALDH-1 in V79/ SD1 Chinese hamster cells to clearly quantitate the role of hALDH-1 expression in OAP resistance. Messenger RNA levels correlated well with hALDH-1 protein levels and enzyme activities (1.5-13.6 milliunits/mg with propionaldehyde/NAD+ substrate, compared to < 1 milliunit/mg in controls) in individual clonal transfectant lines, and slot blot analysis confirmed the presence of the transfected cDNA. Expressed ALDH activity was closely correlated (r = 0.99) with resistance to mafosfamide, up to 21-fold relative to controls. Transfectants were cross-resistant to other OAPs but not to phosphoramide mustard, ifosfamide mustard, melphalan, or acrolein. Resistance was completely reversed by pretreatment with 25 microM diethylaminobenzaldehyde, a potent ALDH inhibitor. Alkaline elution studies showed that expression of ALDH-1 reduced the number of DNA cross-links commensurate with mafosfamide resistance, and this reduction in cross-links was fully reversed by the inhibitor. Thus, overexpression of human class 1 ALDH alone is sufficient to confer OAP-specific drug resistance.
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Authors | K D Bunting, A J Townsend |
Journal | The Journal of biological chemistry
(J Biol Chem)
Vol. 271
Issue 20
Pg. 11884-90
(May 17 1996)
ISSN: 0021-9258 [Print] United States |
PMID | 8662658
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Chemical References |
- Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
- Enzyme Inhibitors
- Isoenzymes
- Phosphoramide Mustards
- phosphoramide mustard
- mafosfamide
- Cyclophosphamide
- DNA
- Aldehyde Dehydrogenase
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Topics |
- Aldehyde Dehydrogenase
(antagonists & inhibitors, genetics, physiology)
- Animals
- Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
(pharmacology)
- Base Sequence
- Cell Line
- Cricetinae
- Cricetulus
- Cyclophosphamide
(analogs & derivatives, pharmacology)
- DNA
(metabolism)
- Drug Resistance
- Enzyme Inhibitors
(pharmacology)
- Humans
- Isoenzymes
(physiology)
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phosphoramide Mustards
(pharmacology)
- Transfection
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