以P-糖蛋白为靶点的肿瘤多药耐药逆转剂

肿瘤的多药耐药性(multidrug resistance,MDR)是导致化疗失败的主要原因,因此寻找高效低毒的MDR逆转剂已成为肿瘤药物开发领域的热点。P-糖蛋白是引起多药耐药性产生的重要因素之一,也是目前肿瘤多药耐药逆转剂最重要的药物靶点。本文介绍了P-糖蛋白的结构、功能和作用机制,以及以P-糖蛋白为靶标的肿瘤多药耐药逆转剂的开发现状。     

P-糖蛋白的细胞内转运及表达调控

肿瘤多药耐药(multidrug resistance,MDR)的发生多与P-糖蛋白(P-glycoprotein,P-gp)过度表达相关。作为一种糖蛋白,P-糖蛋白在内质网中合成、折叠,然后转运到高尔基体进行加工、修饰,最终定位于细胞膜,且只有定位于细胞膜的P-糖蛋白才与肿瘤多药耐药的产生相关。P-糖蛋白的表达与多种信号通路如MAPK、Wnt/β-catenin、PKC、NF-κB有关。研究证实,还有多种miRNA与肿瘤多药耐药的发生相关。本文综述了P-糖蛋白的细胞内转运过程及P-糖蛋白表达相关信号通路的研究进展,为以P-糖蛋白为靶标的肿瘤多药耐药逆转剂提供新的研究策略。     

肿瘤多药耐药:机制及逆转剂

肿瘤细胞多药耐药性(multidrug resistance,MDR)的产生是临床上导致肿瘤化疗失败的主要原因之一,因此寻找高效低毒的MDR逆转剂已成为肿瘤药物开发领域的热点。MDR的作用机制主要包括P-糖蛋白、多药耐药相关蛋白、乳腺癌耐药蛋白、肺耐药相关蛋白等等。多药耐药逆转剂包括钙离子通道阻滞剂、维拉帕米及其衍生物等等。本文主要介绍了MDR的作用机制以及肿瘤多药耐药逆转剂的研究进展。     

shRNA抑制c-fos表达对P-gp介导的乳腺癌多药耐药的影响

多药耐药(multidrug resistance,MDR)是导致化疗失败的重要原因,多药耐药基因(multidrug resistance gene,mdr1)产物P-糖蛋白(P-glycoprotein,P-gp)过表达是最主要的耐药机制。原癌基因c-fos在肿瘤MDR中的作用渐受重视。主要选用人乳腺癌敏感株MCF-7和阿霉素(adriamycin,ADR)筛选的、mdr1/P-gp高表达的耐药株MCF-7/ADR,探讨c-fos在P-gp介导的乳腺癌MDR中的作用。相对于MCF-7,c-fos在MCF-7/ADR高表达。采用shRNA法下调c-fos表达后,MCF-7/ADR对ADR的敏感性大大增强,且mdr1/P-gp表达减少、P-gp外排功能降低。c-fos表达下调可逆转对P-gp介导的乳腺癌MDR的实验结果,为c-fos成为逆转肿瘤耐药诊断和治疗的新靶标,对实现耐药乳腺癌的分子靶向治疗提供了理论基础。     

半枝莲新克罗烷型二萜成分逆转肿瘤多药耐药活性研究

肿瘤细胞对化疗药物产生耐药性是肿瘤治疗失败的重要因素。其中,以P-糖蛋白(P-gp)为代表的ABC转运蛋白超家族异常表达引起的药物外排是产生多药耐药(MDR)的主要机制之一。本研究中,我们采用现代分离纯化方法,从半枝莲中分离并鉴定得到了6个已知的新克罗烷型二萜化合物:scutebarbatine Y(1)、scutebarbatine B(2)、suctebartine F(3)、clerdinin B(4)、scutellin A(5)、scutehennanine D(6)。其中,化合物4为首次从半枝莲中分离得到。体外逆转肿瘤多药耐药活性评价发现化合物1、2、3、6在20μM时,与阿霉素(Adr)联用可以逆转HepG2/Adr细胞对阿霉素的耐药性,逆转倍数(RI)范围为14.04～39.42;蛋白印迹分析结果表明,与HepG2敏感株相比,HepG2/Adr耐药细胞P-糖蛋白表达显著提高,可能是其产生耐药性的主要因素;荧光结果显示,该系列化合物能够明显促进阿霉素在HepG2/Adr细胞中的积累;但化合物不影响P-糖蛋白的表达。以上结果显示化合物1、2、3和6可能是通过抑制P-糖蛋白的外排功能来逆转肿瘤细胞多药耐药的。     

血脑屏障通过P-糖蛋白将药物“挤出”

完整的血脑屏障可保护大脑免受多种潜在毒性化合物的侵害,从而维持脑内稳态。屏障功能依赖于脑毛细血管内皮细胞之间的紧密连接以及位于内皮细胞顶膜上高表达的外排转运蛋白(如P-糖蛋白)。以往研究发现,P-糖蛋白不仅作为“药泵”将药物运到细胞外,还可介导化疗药物(如阿霉素)在肿瘤细胞中被溶酶体所捕获和封闭,从而使细胞产生耐药性。但是,P-糖蛋白在脑毛细血管内皮细胞中是否也有类似作用尚不清楚。     

多药耐药基因产物在宫颈癌中的研究进展

化疗多药耐药是影响宫颈癌化疗疗效的重要因素.目前关于多药耐药(multidmgresistance,MDR)产生机制的研究报道很多,主要包括以下几个方面:(1)典型性多药耐药:如多药耐药基因1(multidrug resistance gene 1,MDRI)及其编码的蛋白P糖蛋白(P-glycoprotein,P-gp)、多药耐药相关蛋白(multidrug resistance-associated protein,MRP)和肺耐药蛋白(lung resistance-related protein,LRP)基因及其编码的蛋白的过度表达;(2)谷胱苷肤-S-转移酶-π的表达;(3)非典型性多药耐药:由拓扑异构酶Ⅱ(Topo Ⅱ)介导的耐药机制;(4)细胞凋亡抑制(例如:突变型P53和癌基因Her-2/neu/C-erbB-2表达增加)等.这些因素之问还可以相互影响、共同作用,造成宫颈癌对多种抗肿瘤药物的耐药[2].本文就多药耐药基因产物在宫颈癌中的研究进展进行综述.     

骨肉瘤化疗多药耐药的分子机制及其逆转

目的：总结国内外对骨肉瘤化疗多药耐药的分子机制及相应逆转措施的研究进展;方法：应用PubMed及CNKI期刊全文数据库检索系统,以＂骨肉瘤、化疗多药耐药、机制、逆转＂等为关键词,检索2000-2011年的相关文献。纳入标准：1）骨肉瘤耐药相关的蛋白质、酶类及相关基因;2）各因素发挥作用的机制;3）相关的逆转措施。结果：骨肉瘤多药耐药是当今骨肉瘤化疗治疗的一大难题,多药耐药性即肿瘤细胞对一种抗肿瘤药物产生耐药性的同时,对其他结构和作用机制不同的多种药物产生交叉耐药性。其作用的发生是多种因素共同作用的结果。结论：与骨肉瘤化疗多药耐药相关的主要有P-糖蛋白,多药耐药相关蛋白,肺耐药蛋白,谷胱甘肽,拓扑异构酶,蛋白激酶C以及DNA损伤修复和细胞凋亡抑制等相关机制。而逆转措施主要通过抑制剂和基因疗法。     

肿瘤耐药相关信号传导通路研究进展

<正>临床上,化疗在肿瘤治疗中占有重要地位,但化疗也易出现肿瘤细胞耐药现象。耐药分为原药耐药(PDR)和多药耐药(MDR),原药耐药为肿瘤细胞对已使用过的药物产生了耐药作用;而多药耐药是指肿瘤细胞在对一种化疗药物产生耐药后,出现对其他不同作用机制的药物也产生耐药。肿瘤细胞多药耐药是决定肿瘤患者化疗成功与否的关键。多药耐药已出现在多种肿瘤疾病,如乳腺癌、食管癌、鼻咽癌、     

骨肉瘤多药耐药的研究进展

骨肉瘤是临床上最常见的原发骨肿瘤,目前的主要治疗方法是新辅助化疗结合外科手术治疗。虽然随着新型化疗药物的使用,骨肉瘤患者的5年生存率有着显著提高,但仍有很多患者在应用高强度的化疗之后并没有达到预期的治疗效果,而多药耐药(MDR)就是造成骨肉瘤化疗失败的重要原因。本文从药物的摄取减少、药物的排出增加、对药物代谢的增强、DNA拓扑异构酶异常、DNA损伤修复能力增强、对细胞凋亡的抑制、Micro RNA功能异常以及外泌体引起的多药耐药的细胞间传递这几个方面对多药耐药的形成机制进行了综述。通过了解骨肉瘤多药耐药的形成机制,从而为今后逆转多药耐药,提高肿瘤对化疗药物敏感性等方面的研究提供更为广阔的思路。     

Genes of multidrug resistance in haematological malignancies

Since the early 1970s, multiple drug resistance has been known to exist in cancer cells and is thought to be attributable to a membrane-bound, energy-dependent pump protein (P-glycoprotein [P-gp]) capable of extruding various related and unrelated chemotherapeutic drugs. The development of refractory disease in haematological malignancies is frequently associated with the expression of one or several multidrug resistance (MDR) genes. MDR1, multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP) and lung-resistance protein (LRP) have been identified as important adverse prognostic factors. Recently it has become possible to reverse clinical MDR by blocking P-gp-mediated drug efflux. The potential relevance of these reversal agents of MDR as well as the potential new approaches to treat the refractory disease are discussed in this article. In addition, an array of different molecules and mechanisms by which resistant cells can escape the cytotoxic effect of anticancer drugs has now been identified. These molecules and mechanisms include apoptosis-related proteins and drug inactivation enzymes. Resistance to chemotherapy is believed to cause treatment failure in more than 50% patients. Clearly, if drug resistance could be overcome, the impact on survival would be highly significant. This review focuses on molecular mechanism of drug resistance in haematological malignancies with emphasis on molecules involved in MDR. In addition, it brings the survey of methods involved in determination of MDR, in particular P-gp/MDR1, MRP and LRP.     

Fractionated irradiation can induce functionally relevant multidrug resistance gene and protein expression in human tumor cell lines

The molecular basis of radiotherapy-related multidrug resistance (MDR) is still unclear. Here we report on a study investigating the effect of fractionated irradiation on expression of the MDR-associated proteins P-glycoprotein (P-gp), multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP), and lung resistance-related protein (LRP), the respective mRNAs, and the functional consequences. Cells of six colon and five breast cancer cell lines were irradiated with a total dose of 27 Gy, five fractions of 1.8 Gy per week. The mRNA expression was measured by quantitative RT-PCR, protein levels and drug sensitivity to cisplatin, doxorubicin and bendamustine were assessed by flow cytometry. Breast cancer cell lines showed enhancement of the mRNAs encoding for P-gp, MRP1 and LRP in comparison to nonirradiated cells. No up-regulation of the three mRNA species was observed in the colon cancer cell lines. After irradiation, three breast cancer cell lines showed an up-regulation of LRP, one line an up-regulation of MRP1, and four lines a small up-regulation of P-gp. In the colon cancer cell lines, radiation induced significant enhancement of all three proteins. In comparison to controls, the irradiated cells lines showed a significant resistance to cisplatin, doxorubicin and bendamustine. This study confirms the prior reports of enhancement of P-gp and MRP1 after irradiation, which is accompanied by a multidrug resistance phenomenon, but in addition proposes a novel mechanism in the appearance of MDR after radiation-induced enhancement of LRP.     

Actin disruption inhibits endosomal traffic of P-glycoprotein-EGFP and resistance to daunorubicin accumulation

Intracellular traffic of human P-glycoprotein (P-gp), a membrane transporter responsible for multidrug resistance in cancer chemotherapy, was investigated using a P-gp and enhanced green fluorescent fusion protein (P-gp-EGFP) in human breast cancer MCF-7 cells. The stably expressed P-gp-EGFP from a clonal cell population was functional as a drug efflux pump, as demonstrated by the inhibition of daunorubicin accumulation and the conferring of resistance of the cells to colchicine and daunorubicin. Colocalization experiments demonstrated that a small fraction of the total P-gp-EGFP expressed was localized intracellularly and was present in early endosome and lysosome compartments. P-gp-EGFP traffic was shown to occur via early endosome transport to the plasma membrane. Subsequent movement of P-gp-EGFP away from the plasma membrane occurred by endocytosis to the early endosome and lysosome. The component of the cytoskeleton responsible for P-gp-EGFP traffic was demonstrated to be actin rather than microtubules. In functional studies it was shown that in parallel with the interruption of the traffic of P-gp-EGFP, cellular accumulation of the P-gp substrate daunorubicin was increased after cells were treated with actin inhibitors, and cell proliferation was inhibited to a greater extent than in the presence of daunorubicin alone. The actin dependence of P-gp traffic and the parallel changes in cytotoxic drug accumulation demonstrated in this study delineates the pathways of P-gp traffic and may provide a new approach to overcoming multidrug resistance in cancer chemotherapy. protein traffic; drug resistance in cancer; daunorubicin     

Recent Progress in Understanding the Mechanism of P-Glycoprotein-mediated Drug Efflux

P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is an ATP-dependent drug pump that can transport a broad range of hydrophobic compounds out of the cell. The protein is clinically important because of its contribution to the phenomenon of multidrug resistance during AIDS/HIV and cancer chemotherapy. P-gp is a member of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) family of proteins. It is a single polypeptide that contains two repeats joined by a linker region. Each repeat has a transmembrane domain consisting of six transmembrane segments followed by a hydrophilic domain containing the nucleotide-binding domain. In this mini-review, we discuss recent progress in determining the structure and mechanism of human P-glycoprotein.     

Designed P-glycoprotein inhibitors with triazol-tetrahydroisoquinoline-core increase doxorubicin-induced mortality in multidrug resistant K562/A02 cells

Multidrug resistance (MDR) refers to the cross-resistance of cancer cells to one drug, accompanied by other drugs with different mechanisms and structures, which is one of the main obstacles of clinical chemotherapy. Overexpression of P-glycoprotein (P-gp) was an extensively studied cause of MDR. Therefore, inhibiting P-gp have become an important strategy to reverse MDR. In this study, two series of triazole-tetrahydroisoquinoline-core P-gp inhibitors were designed and synthesized. Among them, compound I-5 had a remarkable reversal activity of MDR activity and the preliminary mechanism study was also carried out. All the results proved that compound I-5 was considered as a promising P-gp-mediated MDR reversal candidate.