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Implementation of In Vitro Drug Resistance Assays: Maximizing the Potential for Uncovering Clinically Relevant Resistance Mechanisms
Published on: December 9, 2015
Differential mechanisms of multidrug resistance are expressed during stepwise selection of KB-3-1 cells with
L Villagra1, A Darling, D Yassa
1UNIV VERMONT,DEPT PHARMACOL,BURLINGTON,VT 05405. UNIV VERMONT,VERMONT CANC CTR,BURLINGTON,VT 05405. FREE UNIV AMSTERDAM HOSP,DEPT PATHOL,AMSTERDAM,NETHERLANDS.
Abstract:
A major limitation of cancer chemotherapy is development of resistance. In this study, we analyzed KB-3-1 cells and adriamycin-selected multidrug resistant sublines KB-A1 and KB-A10 cells for mechanisms of resistance. KB-A10 cells are 10-fold more resistant than KB-A1 cells but have lower P-glycoprotein. Of the known mechanisms of multidrug resistance, topoisomerase II and lung-resistance-related protein were altered between the resistant cell lines. Glutathione-S-transferase activity and multidrug-resistance-related protein levels were higher in the resistant cell lines compared to the sensitive cells but were similar in KB-A1 and KB-A10 cells. Results indicate differential regulation of mechanisms of resistance with stepwise selection.
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