title: Differential interaction of cisplatin with the HIV-1 long terminal repeat in a resistant ovarian carcinoma cell line.
abstract: We constructed a recombinant plasmid, pBHIV1, carrying the long terminal repeat (LTR) sequences of HIV-1 linked to the reporter chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) gene and to the aminoglycoside phosphotransferase (aph) gene as a selectable marker. We have introduced pBHIV1 in a human ovarian cancer cell line A2780 and in a cisplatin resistant variant 2780CP, and obtained stable geneticin resistant A27HIV1-1 and 27CPHIV1-1 cells, respectively. Both transfectant cells expressed CAT activity from the HIV LTR promoter. The response to the anti-neoplastic drug cisplatin was studied on the LTR regulated CAT activity in both cell lines. It was found that cisplatin at 2.5 x 10(-5) M concentration stimulates the expression of CAT by 26-fold from the HIV LTR in A27HIV1-1, but requires a concentration of 5 x 10(-5) M to enhance expression by 4.1-fold in the cisplatin resistant 27CPHIV1-1 cells. Carboplatin, over a range of concentrations (1 x 10(-6) to 1 x 10(-4) M), does not stimulate expression of CAT from the HIV-1 LTR in either of the transfected cells.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biological Research and Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zoumpourlis
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Spandidos
mesh_terms: D016190:Carboplatin / Q000633:toxicity; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000633:toxicity*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005260:Female; D016325:HIV Long Terminal Repeat / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D016190:Carboplatin; D002945:Cisplatin