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Komatani, H. et al.

Identification of breast cancer resistant protein/mitoxantrone resistance/placenta-specific, ATP-binding cassette transporter as a transporter of NB-506 and J-107088, topoisomerase I inhibitors with an indolocarbazole structure.

The antitumor drugs NB-506 and J-107088 are potent topoisomerase I inhibitors with an indolocarbazole structure. To clarify the factors involved in resistance to these drugs, we established two NB-506-resistant mouse fibroblast cell lines (LY/ NR1 and LY/NR2), a human colon carcinoma cell line (HCT116/ NR1), and a lung cancer cell line (PC13/ NR1). These cell lines were highly resistant to NB-506 and J-107088, and LY/NR2 cells showed markedly reduced accumulation and strong efflux of NB-506, suggesting activation of a drug efflux pump in the resistant cells. To identify the molecules responsible for efflux of NB-506, we compared the gene expressions of the mouse resistant LY/ NR1 cells, LY/NR2 cells, and their parental cells by oligonucleotide microarray. Of 34,020 genes analyzed, we found that an ATP-binding cassette transporter BCRP/MXR/ABCP (BCRP) gene showed the highest increase in the expression, 31-fold higher in the LY/NR2-resistant cells than in their parental cells. The selective overexpression of this gene was also detected in the two human resistant cell lines, suggesting the involvement of breast cancer resistant protein (BCRP) in the resistance and efflux of these drugs. Finally, a PC-13 cell line transfected with BCRP expression vector displayed 22- and 17-fold resistance to NB-506 and J-107088 and enhanced efflux activity of J-107088. However, the transfectants were not resistant to mitoxantrone or topotecan, the drugs previously thought to be the substrates of BCRP. Thus, our study presents a novel mechanism of drug resistance mediated by BCRP.[1]

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Identification of breast cancer resistant protein/mitoxantrone resistance/placenta-specific, ATP-binding cassette transporter as a transporter of NB-506 and J-107088, topoisomerase I inhibitors with an indolocarbazole structure. Komatani, H., Kotani, H., Hara, Y., Nakagawa, R., Matsumoto, M., Arakawa, H., Nishimura, S. Cancer Res. (2001) [Pubmed]

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