title: An M(r) 7-kDa membrane protein overexpressed in human multidrug-resistant ovarian cancer cells.
abstract: We have developed a monoclonal antibody (designated 1D7) which recognizes an M(r) 7-kDa plasma membrane protein overexpressed in ovarian MDR cancer cells. The expression of the M(r) 7-kDa protein in various human multidrug-resistant and drug-sensitive cell lines was analysed by Western blot and flow cytometry methods. The small molecular weight protein was overexpressed in the human ovarian carcinoma cell line, SKVLB which was selected for vinblastine resistance from SKOV3 cells and in OVCAR 4/ADR100 and OVCAR 4/VBL200 which were generated from NIH:OVCAR4 by stepwise selection against adriamycin and vinblastine, respectively. Only a minor amount of the M(r) 7-kDa protein was found in the parent cell line, SKOV3. It was not found in other drug-resistant human cell lines such as the vinblastine-resistant CEM cells (CEM/VLB300), the intrinsic MDR colon cell line HCT15 and the human MDR breast cancer cell line, MCF7/AdrVp. 1D7 specifically inhibited the proliferation of the resistant cells. Our results suggest that the expression of the M(r) 7-kDa protein on the plasma membrane of ovarian MDR cancer cells may be involved in a mechanism related to the proliferation of the drug resistant cancer cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pagé
mesh_terms: D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1 / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple / Q000235:genetics*; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm