MRP、GST-π、TopoⅡα和LRP在胃癌组织中的表达及意义

背景与目的:多药耐药相关蛋白(multidrugresistance-associatedprotein,MRP)、肺耐药蛋白(lungresistanceprotein,LRP)、谷胱甘肽转移酶(glutathione-S-transferase-π,GST-π)和拓扑异构酶Ⅱα(topoisomeraseⅡα,TopoⅡα)均在多药耐药中发挥重要作用。联合检测它们在胃癌组织中的表达,目前国内外报道极少。本研究旨在探讨联合检测MRP、GST-π、TopoⅡα、LRP在胃癌组织中的表达及意义。方法:应用免疫组化SP法检测MRP、GST-π、TopoⅡα、LRP在90例胃癌标本中的表达,采用χ2检验和Fisher精确检验分析它们表达的意义。结果:(1)MRP、GST-π、TopoⅡα、LRP在胃癌组织中的阳性表达率分别为88.9%、91.1%、74.4%和87.7%,均高于在正常胃粘膜组织中的表达(P<0.05)。(2)MRP、GST-π、LRP在高、中分化腺癌中的表达均高于低分化腺癌,而TopoⅡα在高、中分化腺癌中的表达低于低分化腺癌(P<0.05);此四者的表达情况在不同浸润程度及有/无淋巴结转移的胃癌组织之间均无统计学差异(P>0.05)。(3)MRP、GST-π、TopoⅡα、LRP两两间均无相关性。结论:MRP、GST-π、TopoⅡα和LRP均在胃癌原发性多药耐药中起重要作用,它们在胃癌组织中的表达与肿瘤分化程度有关,而与肿瘤浸润程度及是否有淋巴结转移无关。     

Multiple gene expression analysis reveals distinct differences between G2 and G3 stage breast cancers, and correlations of PKC eta with MDR1, MRP and LRP gene expression.

A possible link between protein kinase C (PKC) and P-glycoprotein (P-gp)-mediated-multidrug resistance (MDR) was assumed from studies on MDR cell lines selected in vitro. The functional relevance of PKC for the MDR phenotype remains unclear, and the involvement of a particular PKC isozyme in clinically occurring drug resistance is not known. Recently, we have demonstrated significant correlations between the expression levels of the PKC eta isozyme and the MDR1 or MRP (multidrug resistance-associated protein) genes in blasts from patients with acute myelogenous leukaemia (AML) and in ascites cell aspirates from ovarian cancer patients. To extend these findings to further types of human tumours we analysed specimens from 64 patients with primary breast cancer for their individual expression levels of several MDR-associated genes (MDR1, MRP, LRP (lung cancer resistance-related protein), topoisomerase (Topo) II alpha/IIbeta, cyclin A and the PKC isozyme genes (alpha, beta1, beta2, eta, theta, and mu) by a cDNA-PCR approach. We found significantly enhanced mean values for MRP, LRP and PKC eta gene expression, but significantly decreased Topo II alpha and cyclin A gene expression levels in G2 tumours compared with G3. Remarkably, significant positive correlations between the MDR1, MRP or LRP gene expression levels and PKC eta were determined: MDR1/PKC eta (rs = +0.6451, P < 0.0001) n = 62; MRP/PKC eta (rs = +0.5454, P < 0.0001) n = 63; LRP/PKC eta (rs = +0.5436, P < 0.0001) n = 62; MRP/LRP (rs = +0.7703, P < 0.0001) and n = 62, MDR1/MRP (rs = +0.5042, P < 0.0001) n = 62. Our findings point to the occurrence of a multifactorial MDR in the clinics and to PKC eta as a possible key regulatory factor for up-regulation of a series of MDR-associated genes in different types of tumours.     

Role of glutathione, glutathione S-transferases and multidrug resistance-related proteins in cisplatin sensitivity of head and neck cancer cell lines.

Resistance to chemotherapy is a major problem in the treatment of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Important factors involved are drug detoxification by glutathione (GSH) and reduced drug accumulation due to active transport out of the cell by so-called ''multidrug resistance-related proteins''. We have studied a panel of eight HNSCC cell lines showing differences in sensitivity to the anti-cancer drug cisplatin. Our previous studies indicated that the IC50 values were inversely correlated with the intracellular accumulation of platinum (Pt). In the present study, cellular GSH levels were found not to be related to the IC50 values. The expression levels of the enzymes glutathione S-transferase (GST) alpha, mu, and pi, the multidrug resistance-related proteins P-glycoprotein (P-gp), multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP) and the lung resistance protein (LRP) were determined semiquantitatively by means of immunocytochemistry. The levels of the GSTs, P-gp and LRP were not found to be correlated with the IC50 values of the HNSCC cell lines. Surprisingly, however, an inverse correlation was found between MRP levels and IC50 values. The MRP expression levels were in agreement with the results of the MRP functional assay, based on the transport of calcein across the cell membrane as performed for two of the cell lines. Further studies should prove whether other pump mechanisms or DNA repair are involved in the cisplatin accumulation and the subsequent HNSCC cell growth inhibition.     

LRP,MRP,MDR1基因在非小细胞肺癌中的表达及其临床意义

目的 探讨肺耐药蛋白（ｌｕｎｇ ｒｅｓｉｓｔａｎｃｅ ｐｒｏｔｅｉｎ,ＬＲＰ）,多药耐药蛋白（ｍｕｌｔｉｄｒｕｇ ｒｅｓｉｓｔａｎｃｅａｓｓｏｃｉａｔｅｄ ｐｒｏｔｅｉｎ,ＭＲＰ）,和多药耐药基因（ｍｕｌｔｉｄｒｕｇ ｒｅｓｉｓｔａｎｅ,ＭＤＲ１）ｍＲＮＡ在非小细胞肺癌（ｎｏｎ－ｓｍａｌｌ ｃｅｌｌ ｃａｎｃｅｒ,ＮＳＣＬＣ）中的共表达及临床意义。方法 ＲＴ－ＰＣＲ检测ＮＳＣＬＣ冰冻组织中上述耐药     

马钱子碱对白血病K562/A02细胞多药耐药性的逆转作用

目的：研究马钱子碱（vauqueline）对人白血病K562/A02细胞多药耐药性的逆转作用。方法：采用噻唑蓝（MTT）法检测马钱子碱的细胞毒作用;采用半定量逆转录聚合酶链反应（RT-PCR）和免疫印迹（Western blot）分别检测非细胞毒浓度（IC10）的马钱子碱对K562/A02细胞MDR1 （multidrug resistance gene 1）、多药耐药相关蛋白（multidrug resistance-associated protein,MRP）、拓扑异构酶Ⅱ（topoisomeraseⅡ,TopoⅡ）、谷胱苷肽-S-转移酶（glutathione s-transferase,GST-π）mRNA及其蛋白表达的影响。结果：非细胞毒浓度（IC10）的马钱子碱作用后,K562/A02细胞中MDR1mRNA及P-gp表达降低（P<0.01）。而MRP、TopoⅡ、GST-π mRNA及其蛋白的表达无明显变化（P>0.05）,同时马钱子碱能增加化疗药物在白血病细胞内的积累。结论：马钱子碱能部分逆转K562/A02细胞的耐药性,其作用机制可能与下调K562/A02细胞MDR1 mRNA的表达,导致细胞膜上P-gp的表达量减少,化疗药物从细胞内溢出减少有关。     

Expression of MDR1/P-glycoprotein,the multidrug resistance protein MRP,and the lung-resistance protein LRP in multiple myeloma

The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of three genes associated with multidrug resistance (MDR) in multiple myeloma in relation to treatment status. MDR1/Pgp (P-glycoprotein) expression was detected in 41% of 93 myeloma samples. Generally, the incidence of MDR1/Pgp expression was higher in pretreated samples, and treatments with doxorubicin and/or vincristine were more effective in MDR1/Pgp expression than with alkylating agents. A significant association was observed between MDR1/Pgp-positiveness and the ability of verapmil to increase doxorubicin sensitivity, suggesting functional relevance of MDR1/Pgp expression. MRP (multidrug resistance protein) expression was detected in 20.5% of 88 myeloma samples, in 26% at the mRNA level analyzed by quantitative reverse transriptase-polymerase chain reaction, and in only 3 of 79 samples by immunohistochemistry. LRP (lung-resistance protein) protein expression was observed in 12.5% of 72 myeloma samples. MRP and LRP expression was similar in samples with and without prior therapy. Approximately 80% of the myeloma samples with detectable mRNA expression of MDR1 and MRP exhibited low expression levels corresponding to <10% of the Pgp- and MRP-overexpressing multidrug-resistant human myeloma cell lines 8226/Dox6 and 8226/DOXint40c, respectively. Some normal bone marrow samples showed higher levels of MRP mRNA as compared to myeloma specimens, whereas MDR1 mRNA expression in normal bone marrow was much lower (≤ 5%) than that in 8226/Dox6. These findings indicate a requirement to develop single-cell assays for MRP detection in multiple myeloma that are more sensitive than immunohistochemistry and might be useful to evaluate the incidence of genes associated with MDR.     

Increased LRP mRNA expression is associated with the MDR phenotype in intrinsically resistant human cancer cell lines

Multidrug resistance (MDR) in human cancer cells is multifactorial. Previously, we reported on the association between expression of P-glycoprotein (Pgp), the multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP), and the lung resistance protein (LRP) with the MDR phenotype in the NCI panel of 60 human cancer cell lines used for in vitro anticancer drug screening. Eight cell lines from this panel, manifesting widely divergent levels of in vitro drug resistance were chosen to investigate the role of MRP and LRP expression at the molecular level. LRP mRNA levels, as determined by ribonuclease protection assay, varied significantly among the 8 cell lines, and correlated closely with in vitro drug resistance to both MDR and non-MDR related drugs. LRP mRNA expression was determined to be a stronger correlate of drug sensitivity than protein expression. In contrast, MRP mRNA levels were not significantly correlated with drug sensitivity. The rates of newly transcribed LRP or MRP mRNA did not correlate with mRNA levels, indicating that mRNA stability or other features of processing may be important in regulation of LRP and MRP mRNA levels. Using Southern blot analysis, LRP gene amplification was shown not to be associated with LRP overexpression. These data suggest that LRP expression may be an important determinant of the MDR phenotype in cell lines intrinsically resistant to cancer chemotherapeutic agents. Int. J. Cancer 72:1021–1026, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

非小细胞肺癌多药耐药性病理学检测的临床意义

 目的 检测113例非小细胞肺癌（NSCLC）中谷胱甘肽巯基转移酶π（GST-π）、肺耐药相关蛋白（LRP）、DNA拓扑异构酶Ⅱa（TopoⅡa）、多药耐药相关蛋白（MRP）和多药耐药基因（MDRt）的表达，观察上述指标与肿瘤I临床病理因素的关系及各指标表达之间的相关性。方法 采用免疫组化SP法检测GST-π、LRP、TopoⅡa蛋白的表达；应用原位杂交技术检测MRP和MDR1 mRNA表达。结果 （1）GST-π、LRP、TopoⅡa蛋白及MRP、MDR1 mRNA在113例NSCLC中的阳性表达率分别为75.2％、80．5％、60．2％、79．6％、51．3％。其中LRP表达最高，MDR1表达最低。（2）LRP、TopoⅡa和MRP的表达分别与肿瘤组织学类型有关。（3）GST-π与MRP（P〈0．05）、LRP与MRP（P〈0．01）、MDR，与MRP（P〈0．01）的表达间具有相关性。结论 （1）多种耐药相关基因的过度表达及其相互作用可能是NSCLC产生原发MDR的重要原因。（2）LRP和MRP过度表达，TopoⅡa高表达和MRP低表达可能分别与肺腺癌、鳞癌的化疗敏感性有关。     

Adult T-cell leukemia cells over-express the multidrug-resistance-protein (MRP) and lung-resistance-protein (LRP) genes.

Adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) is a T-cell malignancy caused by human T-cell-leukemia-virus-I (HTLV-I) infection. ATL comprises 4 clinical forms: acute, chronic, smoldering and lymphoma types. ATL is usually resistant to conventional chemotherapy and has a relatively poor prognosis; however, the resistance mechanisms remain undetermined. To explore the multidrug-resistance (MDR) mechanisms of ATL, we examined the expression and functional activity of MDR-related genes in peripheral-blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from ATL patients by semi-quantitative RT-PCR and FACScan with calcein-AM. PBMC from ATL patients expressed similar or higher levels of MRP, LRP and cMOAT mRNAs, as compared with normal PBMC. In normal controls and ATL patients, MDR1 mRNA expression was undetectable in this study. PBMC from acute and chronic ATL patients expressed significantly higher levels of MRP and LRP mRNA than did normal PBMC (p < 0.01 and p < 0.05 respectively). In chronic ATL, positive correlations were apparent between levels of MRP and LRP mRNA expression (r = 0.759, p = 0.018), and between each mRNA level and the absolute number of abnormal lymphocytes in peripheral blood. Probenecid, an inhibitor of the MRP pump, significantly increased the accumulation of calcein in PBMC from 3 chronic ATL patients. Our findings suggest that the MRP and LRP genes in ATL are often activated by HTLV-I infection and may confer MDR of ATL cells in vivo. Combined chemotherapy with inhibitors of these MDR genes may be promising in the treatment of ATL.     

Increased expression of the breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) in relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Expression of the multidrug resistance proteins P-glycoprotein, encoded by the MDR1 gene, multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP1) and the lung resistance-related protein or major vault protein (LRP/MVP) is associated with clinical resistance to chemotherapy in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Recently, the breast cancer-resistant protein (BCRP), the equivalent of mitoxantrone-resistant protein (MXR) or placental ABC transporter (ABCP), was described in AML. We investigated MDR1, MRP1, LRP/MVP and BCRP mRNA expression simultaneously in 20 paired clinical AML samples from diagnosis and relapse or refractory disease, using quantitative Taqman analysis. In addition, standard assays for P-glycoprotein expression and function were performed. BCRP was the only resistance protein that was expressed at a significantly higher RNA level (median 1.7-fold, P = 0.04) at relapsed/refractory state as compared to diagnosis. In contrast, LRP/MVP mRNA expression decreased as disease evolved (P = 0.02), whereas MDR1 and MRP1 mRNA levels were not different at relapse as compared to diagnosis. Also, at the protein level no difference of MDR1 between diagnosis and relapse was found. A significant co-expression of BCRP and MDR1 was found at diagnosis (r = 0.47, P = 0.04). The present results suggest that BCRP, but not MDR1, MRP1 or LRP/MVP is associated with clinical resistant disease in AML.     

Chemosensitivity of prostate cancer cell lines and expression of multidrug resistance-related proteins

The aim of this study was to obtain insight into the role of the multidrug resistance (MDR) phenomenon in hormone-independent progressive prostate cancer. Using immunocytochemistry and Western blotting we determined the expression of P-glycoprotein (Pgp), multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP), glutathione-S-transferase-π (GST-π), Bcl-2, Bax, topoisomerase (Topo) I, IIα and IIβ in the human prostate cancer cell lines PC3, TSU-Pr1, DU145 and LNCaP derivatives LNCaP-R, LNCaP-LNO and LNCaP-FGC. Proliferative activity was assessed by immunocytochemistry. MTT assays were used to determine the sensitivity to etoposide, doxorubicin and vinblastin. Pgp was not expressed in any of the cell lines. MRP was variably expressed. GST-π was expressed in TSU-Pr1, PC3 and DU145. The expression of Bcl-2 was restricted to TSU-Pr1, whereas Bax was found in all cell lines. Topo IIα was expressed at the highest level in the rapidly proliferating cell lines TSU-Pr1 and DU145. Topo I and IIβ were equally expressed. Resistance profiles varied among the cell lines, with TSU-Pr1 being the most sensitive and LNCaP-LNO relatively resistant. Multiple MDR proteins were expressed in prostate cancer cell lines and may well influence response to chemotherapy. Future functional studies, using chemo-selected MDR models, may further help to determine the mechanism or combination of mechanisms underlying the resistance of prostate cancer to chemotherapy.     

Expression analysis of multidrug resistance associated genes in neuroblastomas.

In a series of 40 neuroblastomas we analyzed the relative mRNA levels of the MDR associated genes encoding MDR1/P-glycoprotein (MDR1), multidrug resistance associated protein (MRP), lung cancer resistance related protein (LRP) and topoisomerase IIalpha (TOPO IIalpha) by cDNA-PCR. Cyclin A (CYCA) was included to examine cellular proliferation activity. MYCN gene expression was analyzed as it was recently shown to be associated with enhanced MRP gene expression in neuroblastomas. We found that tumors with MYCN gene amplification exhibit significantly increased MYCN and MRP gene expression levels. Tumors with an allelic loss of the chromosomal 1p region showed significant (P<0.05) lower MDR1 gene expression (MDR1: 50+/-29, n=4) than tumors without (MDR1: 117+/-81, P<0.05, n=36). Moreover, significant positive correlations were found for MYCN/TOPO IIalpha (P<0.0001), MYCN/CYCA (P<0.05), TOPO IIalpha/CYCA (P<0.01), MRP/CYCA (P<0.0001) and MRP/LRP (P<0.05). Our results give evidence that MDR in neuroblastomas might be caused by multiple resistance factors and that a higher proliferation rate of neuroblastoma cells possibly based on altered MYCN gene expression is associated with enhanced MRP, CYCA and TOPO IIalpha gene expression.     

Expression of multidrug resistance proteins,P-gp,MRP1 and LRP,in soft tissue sarcomas analysed according to their histological type and grade

The biological behaviour of different histological types and grades of soft tissue sarcomas (STS) varies. This might result in a differing sensitivity to cytotoxic drugs. Cross-resistance to functionally and structurally distinct natural-product drugs, known as multidrug resistance (MDR), is associated with the overexpression of P-glycoprotein (P-gp), multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 (MRP1) and lung resistance-related protein (LRP). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the expression of P-gp, MRP1 and LRP in STS according to their histological type and grade. In 141 chemotherapy-naive STS patients, the expression of the three MDR proteins was detected by immunohistochemistry. Nine histological types were documented. These were 19% grade 1, 34% grade 2 and 47% grade 3 tumours. Expression of P-gp and LRP was observed more frequently than the expression of MRP1 (P<0.0001). P-gp expression was most pronounced in malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH), but was low in leiomyosarcomas. MRP1 was expressed in most malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumours (MPNST). LRP was strongly expressed in MFH and unspecified sarcomas, but was low in liposarcomas. MRP1 and LRP expression was significantly more common in grades 2 and 3 compared with grade 1 tumours. P-gp expression was correlated with MRP1, especially in grade 3 STS. In conclusion, P-gp, MRP1 and LRP are expressed in the majority of STS, but this expression varies according to the histological type. MRP1 and LRP, but not P-gp expression, were found to be correlated to tumour grade. MDR might contribute to the observed differences in clinical behaviour within the heterogeneous group of STS.