Exposure to HIV-protease inhibitors selects for increased expression of P-glycoprotein (ABCB1) in Kaposi's sarcoma cells

BACKGROUND: Given that HIV-protease inhibitors (HIV-PIs) are substrates/inhibitors of the multidrug transporter ABCB1, can induce ABCB1 expression, and are used in combination with doxorubicin for AIDS-Kaposi's Sarcoma (KS) treatment, the role that ABCB1 plays in mediating multidrug resistance (MDR) in a fully transformed KS cell line (SLK) was explored.

METHODS: The KS cells were exposed to both acute and chronic treatments of physiological concentrations of different HIV-PIs (indinavir, nelfinavir, atazanavir, ritonavir, or lopinavir), alone or together with doxorubicin. The ABCB1 mRNA and protein expression levels were then assessed by qRT-PCR and western blotting, flow cytometry, and immunofluorescence.

RESULTS: Chronic treatment of SLK cells with one of the five HIV-PIs alone or together resulted in increased resistance to doxorubicin. Co-treatment with one of the HIV-PIs in combination with doxorubicin resulted in a synergistic increase in resistance to doxorubicin, and the degree of resistance was found to correlate with the expression of ABCB1. The SLK cells were also revealed to be cross-resistant to the structurally unrelated drug paclitaxel.

CONCLUSION: These studies suggest that ABCB1 is primarily responsible for mediating MDR in SLK cells selected with either HIV-PIs alone or in combination with doxorubicin. Therefore, the roles that ABCB1 and drug cocktails play in mediating MDR in KS in vivo should be evaluated.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2011

Erschienen:

2011

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:105

Enthalten in:

British journal of cancer - 105(2011), 4 vom: 09. Aug., Seite 513-22

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lucia, M B [VerfasserIn]
Anu, R [VerfasserIn]
Handley, M [VerfasserIn]
Gillet, J-P [VerfasserIn]
Wu, C-P [VerfasserIn]
De Donatis, G M [VerfasserIn]
Cauda, R [VerfasserIn]
Gottesman, M M [VerfasserIn]

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2494G1JF75
4MT4VIE29P
5W6YA9PKKH
80168379AG
ABCB1 protein, human
ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B
ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
Atazanavir Sulfate
Doxorubicin
HIV Protease Inhibitors
HO3OGH5D7I
Indinavir
Journal Article
Lopinavir
Nelfinavir
O3J8G9O825
Oligopeptides
Pyridines
Pyrimidinones
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
Ritonavir

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 26.09.2011

Date Revised 10.03.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/bjc.2011.275

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM210632542