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Modeling Chemotherapy Resistant Leukemia In Vitro
Published on: February 9, 2016
Solanine reverses multidrug resistance in human myelogenous leukemia K562/ADM cells by downregulating MRP1 expression
Ying-Jie Yi1, Xiu-Hong Jia1, Cong Zhu1
1Department of Pediatrics, The Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical University, Binzhou, Shandong 256603, P.R. China.
Abstract:
Multidrug resistance (MDR) in leukemia cells is a major obstacle to chemotherapeutic treatment. High expression and constitutive activation of multidrug resistance protein 1 (MRP1) has been associated with the development of resistance to anticancer drugs in a number of tumor types. The activity of c-Jun N-terminal kinase 1 (JNK1) is associated with the occurrence of MDR and MRP1 expression. The present study aimed to investigate the ability of solanine to resensitize the Adriamycin® (ADR)-resistant human myelogenous leukemia cell line K562/ADM to ADR. Results of the Cell Counting Kit-8 assay demonstrated that solanine inhibited K562/ADM cell proliferation. K562/ADM cell sensitivity to ADR was increased following treatment with solanine, indicated by increased intracellular accumulation of ADR. Western blotting demonstrated that treatment with solanine led to reduced MRP1 protein expression, suggesting that solanine-induced ADR accumulation is due to the downregulation of MRP1 expression. Solanine-mediated MRP1 downregulation was observed to be dependent on the JNK signaling pathway. In conclusion, the results of the present study suggest that solanine reverses MDR in K562/ADM cells and may represent a novel therapeutic agent for the treatment of human myelogenous leukemia.
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