H1, a novel derivative of tetrandrine reverse P-glycoprotein-mediated multidrug resistance by inhibiting transport function and expression of P-glycoprotein

Purpose

H1 is a novel derivative of tetrandrine (Tet). Here we investigate the ability of H1 to reverse P-glycoprotein (Pgp)-mediated multidrug resistance (MDR) and its mechanisms.

Methods

KBv200, MCF-7/adr and their parental sensitive cell lines KB, MCF-7 were used for reversal study. The intracellular accumulation and efflux studies with Pgp substrates of doxorubicin and rhodamine 123 were determined by flow cytometry. The expression of Pgp was investigated by Western blot and RT-PCR analysis. ATPase activity of Pgp was performed by Pgp-Glo^? assay systems. The ubiquitination level of Pgp was determined by immunoprecipitation analysis. The effect of ERK1/2 on Pgp expression in KBv200 cells were investigated by RNA interference.

Results

H1 significantly potentiated the sensitivity of Pgp substrates in KBv200 and MCF-7/adr cells, but not in parental cells KB and MCF-7. H1 inhibited Pgp expression in KBv200 cells in a dose-dependent manner, but had no effect on MDR1 expression. Further studies showed that H1 prompted the degradation of Pgp and decreased Pgp protein half-life by enhancing the ubiquitination of Pgp, which may be related to downregulated MEK-ERK signal pathway. We also found H1 inhibited ATPase activity of Pgp in a dose-dependent manner.

Conclusions

H1 is an effectively and potential agent in reversing Pgp-mediated MDR by inhibiting the transport function and expression of Pgp.     

Reversal of multidrug resistance of cancer through inhibition of P-glycoprotein by 5-bromotetrandrine

Purpose The present study aimed to evaluate the MDR reversal activity of bromotetrandrine (BrTet), a bromized derivative of tetrandrine (Tet), in vitro and in vivo.Methods Drug sensitivity was determined using the MTT assay. The in vivo effect of Tet was investigated using nude mice grafted with sensitive and resistant KB human epidermoid cancer cells. Doxorubicin (Dox) accumulation was analyzed by fluorospectrophotometry and the protein and mRNA levels of P-glycoprotein (P-gp) were determined by immunocytochemistry and RT-PCR, respectively.Results BrTet at 0.25, 0.5 and 1 M reversed Dox resistance in MDR human breast cancer MCF-7/Dox cells dose-dependently and its potency was greater than that of Tet at the same concentrations. BrTet reversed vincristine (VCR), Dox and paclitaxel resistance in MDR human oral epidermoid carcinoma KBv200 cells as well as innate VCR and Dox resistance in human hepatocellular carcinoma Bel₇₄₀₂ cells. However, BrTet showed no effect on the IC₅₀ values of the above-mentioned anticancer drugs in sensitive MCF-7 and KB cells. No reversal effect of BrTet on the cytotoxicity of 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin, non-P-gp substrates, was observed. In nude mice bearing KBv200 xenografts on the left flank and KB xenografts on the right flank, i.p. injection of 5 mg/kg and 10 mg/kg BrTet significantly enhanced the antitumor activity of Dox against KBv200 xenografts with inhibitory rates of 33.0% and 39.2%, while Dox alone inhibited the growth of KBv200 xenografts by only 11.6%. No enhancement by BrTet was seen in KB xenografts. Moreover, BrTet at 5 mg/kg reversed paclitaxel resistance in KBv200 xenografts. Fluorospectrophotometric assay showed that BrTet significantly increased the intracellular accumulation of Dox in MCF-7/Dox cells in a dose-dependent manner. BrTet also inhibited the overexpression of P-gp in MCF-7/Dox cells, but had no effect on mdr1 expression.Conclusions BrTet showed significant MDR reversal activity in vitro and in vivo. Its activity may be related to the inhibition of P-gp overexpression and the increase in intracellular accumulation of anticancer drugs. BrTet may be a promising MDR modulator for eventual assessment in the clinic.     

微型双功能抗体介导人T细胞杀伤耐药实体瘤细胞

目的 探讨抗P-糖蛋白（P-gP）／抗CD3微型双功能抗体介导人T细胞杀伤耐药实体瘤细胞的作用。方法 采用抗E-tag亲和层析柱分离纯化抗P-gp／抗CD3微型双功能抗体,十二烷基硫酸钠-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳（SDS-PAGE）进行鉴定;采用^51Cr释放实验,测定抗P-gP／抗CD3微型双功能抗体介导的人T细胞体外靶向杀伤活性;采用多药耐药（MDR）细胞系KB／MDR、敏感KB细胞裸鼠移植瘤模型,测定该微型双功能抗体介导的体内靶向杀伤活性。结果 纯化的抗P-gp／抗CD3微型双功能抗体,在相对分子质量28000和26000处各有1条蛋白带。在抗P-gp／抗CD3微型双功能抗体存在的情况下,激活的T淋巴细胞能够裂解KB／MDR细胞,且随着效靶比的增高而增高。抗P-gp／抗CD3微型双功能抗体联合人T淋巴细胞能有效抑制KB／MDR细胞裸鼠移植瘤的生长,而对敏感KB细胞移植瘤的生长无抑制作用。结论 抗P-gP／抗CD3微型双功能抗体在体内外均能介导人T淋巴细胞杀伤表达P-gP抗原的KB／MDR细胞,是有望用于耐药实体瘤临床治疗的双特异性抗体。     

Lgf-YL-9 induces apoptosis in human epidermoid carcinoma KB cells and multidrug resistant KBv200 cells via reactive oxygen species-independent mitochondrial pathway

Pyrazolon derivatives were reported to have cytotoxicity to some tumour cells. In the present study, we investigated the effect of Lgf-YL-9 on cytotoxicity and cell apoptosis in human epidermoid carcinoma drug-sensitive parental KB cells and multidrug resistant (MDR) KBv200 cells. Lgf-YL-9 exhibited potent cytotoxicity not only to KB cells but also to KBv200 cells, and the IC(50) were 3.81 and 3.45 microg/mL in KB cells and KBv200 cells, respectively. Importantly, Lgf-YL-9 effectively inhibited tumour growth of KB cell xenografts in nude mice. Lgf-YL-9-induced cell apoptosis was confirmed by chromatin condensation, DNA fragmentation, Annexin-V and propidium iodide (PI) double-staining assay and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) cleavage. Furthermore, Lgf-YL-9-mediated apoptosis in KB cells and KBv200 cells was accompanied by the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential (DeltaPsi(m)), the release of cytochrome c, and the activation of caspases-3, -7, and -9, but not by intercalating to DNA. Although Lgf-YL-9-induced apoptosis was associated with the decrease of DeltaPsi(m), reactive oxygen species (ROS) reduction was interestingly observed in both cell lines. The data suggest that Lgf-YL-9 has similar cytotoxicity to drug-sensitive parental KB cells and MDR KBv200 cells. Lgf-YL-9-induced apoptosis is involved in a new ROS-independent mitochondrial dysfunction pathway, but not in intercalating to DNA.     

Reversal of MDR1/P-glycoprotein-mediated multidrug resistance by vector-based RNA interference in vitro and in vivo

Overexpression of P-glycoprotein (P-gp) encoded by MDR1 gene in cancer cells results in multidrug resistance (MDR) to structurally and mechanistically different chemotherapeutic drugs, which is a major cause for cancer chemotherapy failures to cancer patients. Recently, there were several reports showing that expression of siRNAs targeting MDR1 gene is able to reverse the P-gp mediated MDR, however, the in vivo reversal effects for MDR have still not been identified. We developed a novel MDR reversal system using RNA interference technique in human epidermoid carcinoma KBv200 cells. The stably expressing MDR1 shRNA cells (KBv200/MDR1sh) were established with transfection of vector pEGFPC2-H1-MDR1shDNA containing MDR1-V siRNA expression cassette, and we found that more than 90% of MDR1 mRNA and P-gp were reduced. KBv200/MDR1sh cells simultaneously showed stably expressing EGFP and kept low MDR1 expression beyond ten passages. Compared KBv200/MDR1sh cells with KBv200 cells, resistance to vincristine and doxorubicin decreased from 62.4-fold to 10.5-fold and from 74.5-fold to 9.5-fold respectively, and intracellular doxorubicin accumulation enhanced from 0.30 +/- 0.08 nmoles/10(6) cells to 0.86 +/- 0.16 nmoles/10(6) cells, and the fluorescence intensity of intracellular Rhodamine 123 accumulation increased from 3.58 +/- 1.63/10(6) cells to 13.96 +/- 3.07/10(6) cells. In the nude mice xenografts, vincristine (0.2 mg/kg of body weight) inhibited the growth of KBv200/MDR1sh solid tumors by 42.0%, but the same dose of vincristine didn't inhibit the growth of KBv200 solid tumors significantly. These results suggest that administration of RNAi targeted MDR1 gene can effectively reverse MDR both in vitro and in vivo models.     

Lentivirus-mediated RNA interference reversing the drug-resistance in MDR1 single-factor resistant cell line K562/MDR1

Multidrug-resistance (MDR) is a major hindrance to successful chemotherapy. The emergence of MDR is multi-factorial. Among them, the MDR1 gene/P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is a popular and important reason. In our study, an MDR1 single-factorial drug-resistant leukemia cell line K562/MDR1 was constructed via transferring full-length human MDR1 cDNA into drug-sensitive K562 cells. The short-hairpin RNA (shRNA) targeting MDR1 gene was transfected into K562/MDR1 cell lines by the replication-defective lentiviral vector derived from HIV-1. The efficiency of RNA interference (RNAi) to silence the MDR1 gene and reverse multidrug-resistance in the MDR1 single-factor drug-resistance cell line K562/MDR1 was evaluated. The multi-factor resistant cell line K562/A02, induced by doxorubicin exposure, was used as a control. After RNA interference, the expression of the MDR1 gene and P-gp in K562/MDR1 was markedly down-regulated and the drug sensitivity was restored as IC₅₀ values became similar to the K562 sensitive cell line. The expression of the MDR1 gene and P-gp in K562/A02 was markedly down-regulated too, and drug-resistance to anticancer drug is reduced to some extent but the IC₅₀ was significantly higher than that of the sensitive cell line. These results demonstrated that lentivirus-mediated RNAi could efficiently down-regulate the expression of MDR1 and Pgp, and successfully reverse a cell's resistance to chemotherapeutic. Due to only MDR1 resistance, the K562/MDR1 cell showed much high specificity and thus is a better cell model for MDR1/P-gp research.     

MDR1基因短发卡样RNA表达载体逆转K562/A02人白血病细胞多药耐药的研究

目的构建MDR1基因短发卡样RNA(shRNA)真核表达载体,观察对K562/A02人白血病细胞株MDR1基因的沉默作用以及对P-糖蛋白(P-gp)表达及功能的影响。方法以基因重组技术构建表达质粒,转染重组质粒pEGFP-C1/U6/MDR1-A和pEGFP-C1/U6/MDR1-B至K562/A02细胞株,通过半定量RT-PCR和蛋白质印迹法,检测MDR1基因表达及P-gp表达水平的变化;以MTT法检测阿霉素(ADM)对K562/A02细胞的半数抑制浓度(IC_(50));高效液相色谱(HPLC)法检测细胞内ADM含量。结果构建的2种重组质粒pEGFP-C1/U6/MDR1-A和pEGFP-C1/U6/MDR1-B均明显抑制K562/A02细胞株MDR1基因表达,抑制率最高为48．2%±2．5%;同时抑制P-gp蛋白的表达,抑制率最高为50．67%。对ADM药物敏感性的相对逆转效率分别为40．8%和62．4%;同时使K562/ A02细胞内ADM含量增加。结论shRNA表达载体可明显抑制K562/A02细胞MDR1 mRNA的转录和P-gp蛋白的表达,增加K562/A02细胞内ADM含量,恢复K562/A02细胞对化疗药物的敏感性,逆转MDR1基因编码蛋白P-gp介导的多药耐药。     

Reversal of P-glycoprotein-mediated multidrug resistance of cancer cells by five schizandrins isolated from the Chinese herb Fructus Schizandrae

Purpose   Fructus Schizandrae (FS) is commonly used as a tonic in traditional Chinese medicine. Recently, FS was found to significantly improve liver dysfunction in chronic hepatitis patients. The present study was to assess the reversal effect of five schizandrins and crude extract from FS (named LCC) on multidrug resistance (MDR) of cancer cells, both in vitro and in vivo. Chemically, the five schizandins are derivatives of dibenzo-(a, c)-cyclooctene lignan with distinct structures differing from any known MDR reversal agents. Methods  A panel of sensitive and resistant cancer cell lines were treated with various concentrations of LCC and schizandrins. Drug sensitivity, accumulation of Doxorubicin (Dox), expression of P-glycoprotein and protein kinase C (PKC), and apoptosis were determined in vitro. The in vivo effect was tested in nude mice grafted with sensitive and resistant human epidermal cancer cell line to vincristine (VCR) (KB, KBv200). Results  The tested five compounds at 25 μM showed various levels of MDR reversal activity, of which, schizandrin A (Sin A) was the most potent one. Sin A reversed VCR resistance in KBv200 cells, MCF-7/Dox cells and Bel7402 cells by 309-, 38-, and 84-folds, respectively. Also, Sin A reversed the resistance of Dox in the above cancer cell lines. LCC at 25 μg/ml reversed VCR resistance by 619-folds in KBv200, 181-folds in MCF-7/Dox cell line, and 1,563-folds in innate resistance of human hepatic cellular carcinoma Bel7402 cells to VCR. Furthermore, LCC and its active component Sin A potently reversed the cross-resistance to paclitaxel in those cell lines. Both Sin A and LCC markedly increased intracellular Dox accumulation and enhanced apoptosis, down-regulated Pgp protein and mRNA and total PKC expression in MDR cells. Coadministration of LCC (p.o.) significantly potentiated the inhibitory effect of VCR (i.p.) on tumor growth in nude mice bearing KBv200 xenograft. Conclusions  The LCC and its active component Sin A have remarkable reversal effect on MDR in cancer cells by inhibition of both the function and expression of Pgp and total PKC. Min Huang and Jing Jin have contributed equally to this work.     

Circumvention of multidrug resistance by a newly synthesized quinoline derivative, MS-073.

Newly synthesized quinoline derivatives were investigated for their efficacy to reverse multidrug resistance (MDR). In this study, one of the most effective quinoline derivatives, MS-073, was compared with verapamil with regard to its ability to overcome MDR in vitro and in vivo. MS-073 at 0.1 microM almost completely reversed in vitro resistance to vincristine (VCR) in VCR-resistant P388 cells. The compound also reversed in vitro VCR, adriamycin (ADM), etoposide, and actinomycin D resistance in ADM-resistant human myelogenous leukemia K562 (K562/ADM) cells, ADM-resistant human ovarian carcinoma A2780 cells, and colchicine-resistant human KB cells. MS-073 administered i.p. daily for 5 days with VCR enhanced the chemotherapeutic effect of VCR in VCR-resistant P388-bearing mice. Increases in life span of 19-50% were obtained by the combination of 100 micrograms/kg of VCR with 3-100 mg/kg of MS-073, as compared to the control. The ability of MS-073 to reverse MDR was remarkably higher, especially at low MS-073 doses, than that of verapamil, both in vitro and in vivo. MS-073 enhanced accumulation of [3H]VCR in K562/ADM cells. Photolabeling of P-glycoprotein with 200 nM [3H]azidopine in K562/ADM plasma membranes was completely inhibited by 10 microM MS-073, indicating that MS-073 reverses MDR by competitively inhibiting drug binding to P-glycoprotein.     

Cytotoxicity,apoptosis induction and downregulation of MDR-1 expression by the anti-topoisomerase II agent,salvicine, in multidrug-resistant tumor cells

Salvicine, a novel topoisomerase II inhibitor and a diterpenoid quinone compound, exerts potent in vitro and in vivo antitumor effects. In our study, we show that salvicine effectively kills multidrug-resistant (MDR) sublines, such as K562/A02, KB/VCR and MCF-7/ADR, and parental K562, KB and MCF-7 cell lines to an equivalent degree. These cytotoxic activities of salvicine were much more potent than those of several classical anticancer drugs (average resistance factor: 1.42 for salvicine vs. 344.35, 233.19 and 71.22 for vincristine, doxorubicin and etoposide, respectively). Flow cytometry and DNA agarose gel electrophoresis demonstrated that salvicine induced similar levels of apoptosis in MDR K562/A02 and parental cells. The compound activated caspase-1 and -3 (but not caspase-8) and increased the ratio of bax to bcl-2 mRNA via reduction of bcl-2 mRNA expression in the same cells. Furthermore, salvicine induced the downregulation of mdr-1 gene and P-gp expression but had no effect on MRP and LRP gene expression in MDR K562/A02 cells. These results suggest that the reduction of mdr-1 and bcl-2 expression by salvicine possibly contributes to its cytotoxicity and apoptotic induction in this system. The effectiveness, broad-spectrum activity and possibly novel mechanism of killing MDR tumor cells in vitro of salvicine signify promising in vivo and clinical activity. The novel chemical structure of this compound further implies a role for salvicine in future MDR tumor therapy.     

Cytotoxic effect of the cyclosporin PSC 833 in multidrug-resistant leukaemia cells with increased expression of P-glycoprotein.

Multidrug resistance (MDR) to anti-cancer agents is frequently associated with overexpression of the drug efflux transporter P-glycoprotein (Pgp) in cancer cells, ensuing drug expulsion and maintenance of tolerable intracellular levels of certain cytotoxic drugs. Pgp may also be present in normal tissue, providing protection against toxic substances, but the physiological role of Pgp is not fully understood. Recently, it was shown that Pgp also takes part in the transport of certain growth-regulating cytokines (Drach et al, 1996; Raghu et al, 1996). Therefore, we studied the effect of the highly potent Pgp inhibitor PSC 833 on proliferation of three pairs of MDR and parental human cell lines (HB8065 hepatoma cells, KG1a and K562 leukaemia cells). The MDR phenotypes were characterized by Pgp overexpression, which was demonstrated by flow cytometry using the anti-Pgp antibody MRK16. Electronic cell counting of 72-96 h cultures revealed a dose-dependent antiproliferative effect of PSC 833 in the resistant KG1a/200 and K562/150 cells. The half-maximal growth inhibitory concentrations (GI50) were 0.2 microM and 0.7 microM respectively. Exposure to PSC 833 induced cell death by apoptosis in both cell types, as revealed by flow cytometry and detection of 3''-hydroxy ends of DNA (the result of DNA fragmentation associated with apoptosis), by terminal transferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end-labelling (TUNEL). Similar effects were not found in the hepatoma cell lines or the parental leukaemia lines. These results demonstrated a discriminating cytotoxicity of PSC 833 in two human leukaemia MDR variants, representing a possible therapeutic indication which warrants consideration during the ongoing clinical evaluation of this drug.     

高效液相色谱法检测KB和KBv200细胞裸鼠移植瘤组织中阿霉素浓度

背景与目的:阿霉素是一种应用广泛的抗癌药物,肿瘤组织中阿霉素的浓度比血液浓度能更准确地反映其疗效。本研究采用肿瘤组织中阿霉素浓度的高效液相色谱检测法比较耐药KBv200细胞和敏感KB细胞裸鼠移植瘤组织中阿霉素的浓度。方法:建立KB、KBv200细胞裸鼠移植瘤模型,以高效液相色谱法检测肿瘤组织中阿霉素的浓度。色谱柱为反相BDSC18柱(250mm×4.6mm,ID5μm),流动相:乙腈/0.02mol/L磷酸二氢钾(1∶2.4,V/V,pH3.9);激发波长480nm,发射波长580nm;流速:1.0mL/min。结果:在所建立的色谱条件下,肿瘤组织中阿霉素的线性范围为29.3～7500ng/g,线性相关系数r=0.9998,最低检测浓度为14ng/g。在3750、468.8和117.2ng/g三个浓度的萃取回收率分别为(99.35±7.65)%、(99.79±5.73)%和(103.67±6.76)%,方法回收率分别为(91.89±7.03)%、(94.94±5.18)%、(100.83±5.32)%,日内及日间RSD均小于4.2%。在阿霉素注射后第1、3、5h,KBv200细胞裸鼠移植瘤组织中阿霉素的浓度分别为(139.32±54.68)、(260.00±126.11)和(173.26±13.88)ng/g,KB细胞裸鼠移植瘤组织中分别为(385.13±42.55)、(523.38±138.84)和(460.75±86.85)ng/g,在相同的时间点,KBv200细胞裸鼠移植瘤组织中阿霉素的浓度明显低于其敏感KB细胞株(P<0.05)。结论:采用高效液相色谱法测得耐药细胞肿瘤组织中抗癌药物的浓度低于相应的敏感细胞肿瘤组织。     

FG020327逆转肿瘤多药耐药性的作用及其机制

背景与目的肿瘤细胞过量表达P鄄糖蛋白穴P-glycoprotein.P-gp雪导致多药耐药穴multidrug resistance,MDR雪是目前肿瘤化疗的一大障碍,使用多药耐药逆转剂与抗癌药物联合化疗是克服临床多药耐药的重要方法。本研究对一种新的多芳基取代咪唑化合物FG020327的体外逆转活性及其逆转机制进行了探讨。方法以MTT法检测FG020327对多药耐药肿瘤细胞MCF-7/ADR及KBv200的耐药逆转活性;以荧光分光光度计法检测FG020327对MCF-7/ADR细胞内抗癌药物阿霉素累积的影响;以罗丹明蓄积实验检测该化合物对P-gp功能的影响。结果FG020327在体外具有较强的逆转活性,在5μmol/L浓度下使多药耐药细胞KBv200对长春新碱的敏感性增加44.9倍,逆转活性是公认的强逆转剂维拉帕米的3倍熏但它对敏感株对抗癌药物的敏感性基本无影响。2.5、5和10μmol/L的FG020327使MCF-7/ADR细胞中阿霉素的累积分别增加2.3、2.7和3.7倍,但是在敏感株MCF鄄7细胞却观察不到阿霉素累积的增加。FG020327浓度依赖性增加KBv200细胞内的罗丹明蓄积,但对敏感株KB细胞内的罗丹明蓄积无影响。结论FG020327具有较强的体外逆转MDR的活性,它可能通过抑制P鄄gp功能及增加MDR细胞内抗癌药物的累积逆转MDR。     

5-溴汉防己甲素与汉防己甲素对K562/A02细胞多药耐药性逆转作用的比较

背景与目的:5-溴汉防己甲素(5-bromotetrandrine,BrTet)是汉防己甲素(tetrandrine,Tet)的溴化产物,具有逆转P-糖蛋白(P-glyeoprotein,P-gp)介导的肿瘤多药耐药(muhidrug resistance,MDR)的作用。本研究旨在比较BrTet与Tet对人白血病细胞K562/A02多药耐药的逆转作用。方法:采用四甲基偶氮唑蓝法(MTT)法检测不同浓度BrTet对K562细胞和K562/A02细胞的增殖抑制效应;检测阿霉素(adfiamycin,ADM)对K562细胞和K562/A02细胞增殖的抑制作用,以及加用BrTet、Tet时上述抑制作用的变化,并计算半数抑制浓度(IC50)及逆转倍数。Westernblot法检测各组细胞P-gp的表达,流式细胞仪检测各组细胞内ADM的蓄积。结果:K562/A02细胞对ADM的耐药倍数为49.51倍。2.0μmol/L及更低浓度的BrTet和1.5μmol/L及更低浓度的Tet对K562细胞和K562/A02细胞抑制率均小于10%,无明显细胞毒性作用。加入1.0μmol/L的Tet后,K562/A02细胞对ADM的耐药倍数为12.17倍。加入0.25、0.5和1.0μmol/L的BrTet后,K562/A02细胞对ADM的耐药倍数分别为17.88、9.97和4.24倍。1.0"mol/L的BrTet和Tet分别使K562/A02细胞内ADM浓度提高了69.0%和51.6%,使P-gp表达分别下调了51.1%和43.73%,其差异具有统计学意义(P<0.05)。结论:BrTet及Tet均可逆转K562/A02细胞耐药,且前者较后者逆转作用更强,逆转机制与抑制P-gp的表达、增加细胞内抗肿瘤药物浓度有关。     

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。     

Sorcin, an important gene associated with multidrug-resistance in human leukemia cells

Sorcin, or soluble resistance-related calcium-binding protein, is a 22kD calcium-binding protein initially identified in many mutli-drug resistant (MDR) cell lines. We previously observed by gene profiling that sorcin is significantly up-regulated in a doxorubicin-induced MDR leukemia cell line, K562/A02, over its parent cells. We have also demonstrated that the level of sorcin expression in leukemia patients correlates not only directly with that of the mdr1 gene, but also inversely with patients' response to chemotherapies and overall prognosis. In this report, we have carried out experiments to dissect out the contribution of sorcin by itself to drug resistant phenotype in K562 cells. Overexpression of sorcin protein by gene transfection in K562 cells resulted in increased drug resistance, from 4.1- to 22.5-fold, to a variety of chemotherapeutic agents, including doxorubicin, etoposide, homoharringtonine and vincristine. On the other hand, inhibition of sorcin expression in both MDR K562/A02 and the sorcin-transfected K562 cells with sorcin-targeting small interfering RNA led to varying extent of reversal of drug resistance. These results confirm that sorcin is an important gene associated with the development of MDR in leukemia cells.     

沉默survivin基因介导口腔表皮癌细胞KB及KBv200凋亡的比较研究

背景与目的:Survivin是IAPs家族的重要成员之一,研究表明可结合凋亡途径中的Caspase-3、Caspase-7、Caspase-9抑制其活性,引起肿瘤细胞的抗凋亡作用,尤其使肿瘤细胞耐受化疗药物诱导的凋亡,与化疗耐药密切相关。survivin在人口腔表皮癌细胞KB及其耐药株KBv200均有表达,本实验拟通过RNAi方法沉默survivin基因比较研究它介导KB和KBv200细胞的凋亡作用。方法:RT-PCR法检测细胞中survivinmRNA水平,流式细胞仪检测细胞中survivin蛋白水平,Hoechst33258荧光染色法观察细胞形态,PI染色结合流式细胞仪法检测细胞凋亡率,以及Caspase-3活性测定试剂盒检测Caspase-3的活性,MTT法测定肿瘤细胞生长情况。结果:KBv200细胞中survivinmRNA和蛋白表达量较高。转染mu6/survivin质粒后48h,KB和KBv200细胞中survivinmRNA表达抑制率分别为(61.98±8.12)%和(59.29±6.32)%,蛋白表达抑制率分别为(44.25±5.26)%和(38.76±4.31)%。转染mu6/survivin质粒后24h、48h、72h,流式细胞仪结果显示KB和KBv200细胞凋亡都明显增加,均在48h凋亡达到高峰,以KB凋亡率较高,并且Caspase-3活性也都明显增加,均在48h达到最高。同时KB细胞生长抑制率分别为(33.04±2.17)%、(56.25±3.32)%和(58.26±5.15)%,KBv200细胞生长抑制率则分别为(35.23±3.43)%、(44.90±4.12)%和(44.19±4.37)%。结论:siRNA方法能够有效沉默survivin基因,不仅能诱导KB细胞凋亡,而且能介导耐药株KBv200细胞凋亡。     

中性鞘糖脂在KBv200细胞的表达及其与多药耐药性的关系

目的：研究肿瘤细胞mdr1与其细胞表面中性鞘糖脂（N－GSLs)表达的关系。方法利用特异性切割mdr1的核酶（ribozyme)为工具,以表达mdr1的耐药细胞KBv200为靶细胞,采用脂质体转染技术,将含核酶的质粒pH βApr-1neo/5mR3及空载体pHβApr-1neo导入KBv200其亲本KB细胞内,运用Northern-blotting、免疫组化方法观察核酶对mdr1 mRNA及P－gp的影响,用改良的Hakamori方法提取、纯化耐药逆转前后及KB细胞的N－GSLs,以高效薄层层析（HPTLC）分析不同细胞亚株N－GSLs的表达,采用MTT法分析糖脂合成抑剂DL－PPMP对肿瘤细胞多耐药性（MDR）的逆转作用。结果pHβApr-1neo/5mR3及pHβApr-1neo可以在KB、KBv200细胞中稳定表达,mdr1-核酶可以特异性地切割mdr1,导致KBv200/5mR3的mdr1 mRNA含量下降,P－gp表达减低。KB和KBv200的N－GSLs表达有差异,KBv200的单乙糖神经鞘氨醇（monohexosy lceramide,CMH)、二乙糖神经鞘氨醇（dihexosylceramide,CDH)表达较KB强,核酶逆转MDR后,KBv200/5mR3的CMH、CDH表达降低以CMH为著。DL－PPMP可通过抑制CMH的合成,逆转KBv200／5mR3的CMH、CDH表达降低,以CMH为著。DL－PPMP可通过抑制CMH的合成,逆转KBv200对称春新碱（VCR）的耐药。结论肿瘤细胞mdr1与其细胞表面N－GSLs表达相关,CMH为耐药相关N－GSLs,抑制耐药细胞CMH的合成可能是逆转肿瘤多药耐药的一种新方法。     

NF-H基因参与K562/A02细胞多药耐药机制形成的研究

目的 分析K562／A02细胞多药耐药性(MDR)分子机制,寻找可能参与K562／A02细胞耐药机制的新基因。方法 通过长期逐步增加K562细胞培养液中阿霉素(ADM)的浓度,诱导出多药耐药细胞株K562／A02,利用cDNA microarray比较K562和K562／A02基因表达的筹别,从中选择NF-H基因进行RT-PCR和免疫细胞化学验证,并利用反义核酸技术和细胞内ADM浓度的测定,进一步验证该基因与K562／A02细胞多药耐药的关系。结果 通过比较发现,有12个基因可能参与了K562／A02细胞的耐药机制,其中7个基因在K562／A02中被下调,5个基因被上调。本研究结果显示,NF-H基因在K562／A02细胞中高表达,并且,将NF-H和mdrl反义核酸同时转入K562／A02细胞后,可明显提高细胞内ADM浓度,而单独转入NF-H反义核酸效果不明显。结论 K562／A02细胞耐药表型的形成是多因素的．除了P-糖蛋白(P-gp)等常见因素外,可能还有NF-H基因的参与。