title: Characterization of cisplatin-resistant COLO 316 human ovarian carcinoma cells.
abstract: The biochemical changes responsible for acquired resistance to cisplatin (DDP) are not fully understood. We have developed DDP-resistant sublines of COLO 316 human ovarian carcinoma cells in vitro and characterized a number of biochemical features of these cells. Following selection with either continuous 50 nM DDP (COLO/DDP50 cells) or intermittent 1 microM DDP (COLO/B, COLO/C, or COLO/D cells) the onset of resistance was rapid. The resistance of the COLO/B cells gradually fell from 14-fold to 5-fold over 6 months in drug-free media. Both selection procedures produced cells exhibiting broad cross-resistance to other platinum analogs, natural products and alkylating agents. There was no significant change in the growth rate (doubling time = 36 h, cloning efficiency (28%), protein content (0.55 mg/10(6) cells), or morphology of these cells. Cell cycle distributions of log-phase cells were similar (60% G0/G1, 35% S, 5% G2/M) as determined by flow cytometry. Glutathione (GSH) levels, while not elevated in COLO-B cells at low levels of resistance (2-3-fold), were 30% elevated at higher levels of resistance (9-fold). However, GSH levels in COLO/DDP50 cells with 13-fold resistance were 2.3-fold elevated. The resistance of both cell types could be partially reversed by extended depletion of GSH with D,L-buthionine-S,R-sulfoximine. COLO/D cells had a 48% decrease in DDP accumulation at 1 h while COLO/DDP50 cells had no change in DDP accumulation. The cross-resistance profiles, GSH biochemistry and DDP accumulation data indicate that acquired DDP-resistance is a complex, multifactorial response in these cells. The specific combination of mechanisms expressed in these cells appears to depend upon the selection procedure.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Andrews
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Howell
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005260:Female; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005978:Glutathione; D002945:Cisplatin