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General Physiology and Biophysics Vol.28, No.4, p.391–403, 2009 |
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| Title: Multidrug resistant P-glycoprotein positive L1210/VCR cells are also cross-resistant to cisplatin via a mechanism distinct from P-glycoprotein-mediated drug efflux activity | ||
| Author: Lenka Gibalová, Ján Sedlák, Martina Labudová, Miroslav Barančík, Alena Reháková, Albert Breier and Zdena Sulová | ||
| Abstract: P-glycoprotein (P-gp, a drug transporter found in the plasma membrane)-mediated multidrug resistance of leukemia cells represents a real obstacle in the effective chemotherapeutic treatment of leukemia. While cisplatin (CisPt) is known to be a substance that is untransportable by P-gp, P-gp positive cells were often found to be resistant to CisPt. The aim of the current paper is to study this phenomenon using P-gp positive mouse leukemia cells L1210/VCR in which the overexpression of P-gp was induced by its ability to adapt to growth on vincristine (VCR). L1210/VCR cells are also resistant to CisPt. However, resistance to this substance could not be reversed by addition of the known P-gp inhibitor verapamil. CisPt induced more pronounced entry into apoptosis, as measured using the annexin V/propidium iodide kit, in sensitive L1210 cells than in resistant L1210/VCR cells. In addition, CisPt induced an increase in the proportion of L1210 cells that were in the g2 phase of the cell cycle when compared to L1210/VCR cells, as measured by staining with propidium iodide. Similarly, a higher release of cytochrome c from the mitochondria to the cytosol was induced by CisPt treatment in L1210 than in L1210/VCR cells. While similar levels of Bax and Bcl-2 proteins were observed in sensitive and resistant cells, CisPt induced a more pronounced decrease of the Bcl-2 levels in L1210 cells than in L1210/VCR cells. Consistent with this observation, CisPt induced a larger decrease of the Bcl-2 content in the Bcl-2:Bax heterooligomer in L1210 cells than in L1210/VCR cells. Moreover, CisPt induced a similar apoptotic DNA fragmentation pattern in both resistant and sensitive cells. All of the above observations indicated that L1210/VCR cells are also resistant to CisPt and that this resistance is related to the differences in the regulatory mechanisms responsible for CisPt-induced apoptosis in L1210/VCR cells without any contribution from the drug efflux activity of P-gp. |
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| Keywords: P-gp-mediated MDR — Cisplatin-induced apoptosis — Bcl-2 protein — Bax protein — L1210 — cytochrome c release | ||
| Year: 2009, Volume: 28, Issue: 4 | Page From: 391, Page To: 403 | |
| doi:10.4149/pb_2009_04_391 |
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