title: Flow cytometric monitoring of anthracycline accumulation after anti-neoplastic ether phospholipid treatment.
abstract: Ether phospholipids are new anti-neoplastic drugs that have been found active against a variety of tumor cell lines, including drug-resistant sublines. We have characterized the antiproliferative activity of three ether phospholipids, i.e. ET-18-OCH3 (Edelfosine), BM 41.440 (limofosine) and a new aza-derivative (BN 52205), on three leukemic cell lines, i.e. K562 (chronic myeloid leukemia, blast crisis), HL60 (promyelocytic acute leukemia) and CEM (T cell leukemia), and their respective drug-resistant sublines, i.e. K562-ADR (adryamicin resistant), HL60-DNR [daunorubicin (DNR) resistant] and CEM-VLB (vinblastin resistant). These resistant sublines have been found to express the multidrug-resistant phenotype, revealed by the presence of the P-glycoprotein (PgP) using different monoclonal antibodies. Increased cellular accumulation of the fluorescent anthracycline has been found in both sensitive and resistant cell lines after different ether phospholipid treatment times. In resistant cells, the ether phospholipid effect on DNR accumulation has also been found after blocking the PgP function by verapamil and cyclosporin A. These results confirm that the ether phospholipid action is closely linked with the membrane biochemical composition and that these new anti-tumor drugs are able to change the dynamic structural organization of the tumor cell membrane.
authors.affiliation: Institut Henri Beaufour, Les Ulis, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Principe
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Faussat-Suberville
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Coulomb
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Marie
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Braquet
mesh_terms: D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1 / Q000502:physiology; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000494:pharmacology; D003630:Daunorubicin / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D015458:Leukemia, T-Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D010742:Phospholipid Ethers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects; D014700:Verapamil / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D010742:Phospholipid Ethers; D016572:Cyclosporine; D014700:Verapamil; D003630:Daunorubicin