Davies S L, Bergh J, Harris A L, Hickson I D
Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratories, University of Oxford, UK.
Br J Cancer. 1997;75(6):816-21. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1997.146.
We have studied the relationship between expression of genes implicated in mediating resistance to cleavable complex-forming topoisomerase II (topo II) inhibitors and cellular sensitivity to ICRF-159, a 'catalytic' inhibitor of topo II. Overexpression of the membrane transporters, P-glycoprotein and multidrug resistance-related protein (MRP), or down-regulation of topo IIalpha and/or -beta, did not confer ICRF-159 resistance. Indeed, marked topo IIalpha down-regulation appeared to be associated with collateral sensitivity to ICRF-159. Our results indicate that the resistance mechanisms that pertain to cleavable complex-forming topo II inhibitors and ICRF-159 are distinct. The evidence presented here suggests that topo IIalpha, not topo IIbeta, is more likely to be the major in vivo target for ICRF-159.
我们研究了与介导对可裂解复合物形成的拓扑异构酶II(拓扑II)抑制剂耐药相关的基因表达与细胞对拓扑II的“催化”抑制剂ICRF-159的敏感性之间的关系。膜转运蛋白P-糖蛋白和多药耐药相关蛋白(MRP)的过表达,或拓扑IIα和/或-β的下调,均未赋予对ICRF-159的耐药性。事实上,明显的拓扑IIα下调似乎与对ICRF-159的协同敏感性相关。我们的结果表明,与可裂解复合物形成的拓扑II抑制剂和ICRF-159相关的耐药机制是不同的。此处提供的证据表明,拓扑IIα而非拓扑IIβ更有可能是ICRF-159在体内的主要靶点。