title: Using purified P-glycoprotein to understand multidrug resistance.
abstract: Since P-glycoprotein was discovered almost 20 years ago, its causative role in multidrug resistance has been established, but central problems of its biochemistry have not been definitively resolved. Recently, major advances have been made in P-glycoprotein biochemistry with the use of purified and reconstituted P-glycoprotein, as well as membranes from nonmammalian cells containing heterologously expressed P-glycoprotein. In this review we describe recent findings using these systems which are elucidating the molecular mechanism of P-glycoprotein-mediated drug transport.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular and Structural Biology, Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ling
mesh_terms: D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1 / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D006801:Humans; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases