title: Comparison of uptake of mitomycin C and KW-2149 by murine P388 leukemia cells sensitive or resistant to mitomycin C.
abstract: KW-2149, a new mitomycin C (MMC) derivative, inhibited the growth of murine P388 leukemia in vitro at 20-fold lower concentrations than those of MMC. KW-2149 was also effective in inhibiting the growth of MMC-resistant P388 (P388/MMC) cells. To elucidate these characteristics of KW-2149, its uptake and efflux were compared with those of MMC in MMC-sensitive and -resistant P388 cells. Both MMC and KW-2149 accumulated rapidly in P388 cells after incubation at the concentration of 0.47 and 0.024 microM, respectively, which were the IC50 values at 1-h exposure. Although this concentration of KW-2149 was 20 times lower than that of MMC, its intracellular concentration was little more than that of MMC, suggesting that KW-2149 accumulated in the cells quite efficiently. The accumulated KW-2149 in the cells after 1-h treatment remained for as long as 24 h after the incubation of the cells in drug-free medium, suggesting that most of the intracellular KW-2149 or MMC was bound to cellular components. The ratios of resistance of P388/MMC cells to MMC and KW-2149 were 34 and 8.8, respectively, at 1-h exposure, suggesting that P388/MMC cells were partially resistant to KW-2149 in vitro. P388/MMC cells also showed partial resistance to cisplatin, Adriamycin, m-AMSA, and etoposide. The accumulation of MMC in P388/MMC cells was lower than that in P388 cells, although the size of the former cells was almost equal to that of the latter. As a result, the amount of DNA-bound MMC was lower in P388/MMC cells than in P388 cells, suggesting its involvement in the mechanisms of MMC resistance in P388/MMC cells.
authors.affiliation: Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories, Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd., Shimotogari, Shizuoka-ken, Japan.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okabe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kono
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kasai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gomi
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inaba
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuruo
mesh_terms: D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1; D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D004351:Drug Resistance; D007941:Leukemia P388 / Q000378:metabolism*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000378:metabolism*; D008937:Mitomycins; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D008937:Mitomycins; C057625:KW 2149; D016685:Mitomycin