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Correlation of expression levels of P-glycoprotein with resistance to adriamycin in a renal adenocarcinoma cell line.

Abstract
We have demonstrated that low-level expression of P-glycoprotein (PGP), detectable by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay and flow cytometric assay, is an important factor in multidrug resistance (MDR) in ACHN cancer cells. In this study, we established a subline highly resistant to adriamycin (ACHN/ADM) from ACHN cells, and determined the correlation between PGP levels and MDR levels using ACHN/ADM cells and their parent ACHN cells. The ACHN/ADM cells showed overexpression of PGP, and sensitivity to antitumor agents was lower than that found in ACHN cells. Intracellular accumulation of ADM in ACHN/ADM cells was approximately half the amount of its accumulation in ACHN cells. Sensitivity to ADM in ACHN/ADM cells was enhanced by chemosensitizers with an increase in intracellular ADM accumulation. These results indicate that PGP levels correlate with MDR levels and suggest that chemotherapy using chemosensitizers might be effective in the treatment of renal cancers with overexpression of PGP.
AuthorsS Kawamoto, T Deguchi, S Nezesa, S Yamada, M Okano, Y Kawada
JournalUrological research (Urol Res) Vol. 25 Issue 6 Pg. 407-12 ( 1997) ISSN: 0300-5623 [Print] Germany
PMID9443650 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
  • RNA, Messenger
  • RNA, Neoplasm
  • Doxorubicin
Topics
  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1 (biosynthesis)
  • Adenocarcinoma (metabolism, pathology)
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic (pharmacology)
  • Blotting, Western
  • Cell Division
  • Cell Survival (drug effects)
  • Doxorubicin (pharmacology)
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple
  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms (metabolism, pathology)
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • RNA, Messenger (biosynthesis)
  • RNA, Neoplasm (biosynthesis)
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

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