title: Functional study of multidrug resistance with fluorescent dyes. Limits of the assay for low levels of resistance and application in clinical samples.
abstract: Fluorescent dyes such as rhodamine 123 (R123) and Hoechst 33342 (Ho342) have been widely used to characterize multidrug-resistance (MDR) phenotype cells in cell populations, on the basis of their reduced accumulation in resistant cells. Taking advantage of the high fluorescence quantum yield of R123 and Ho342 compared with that of anthracyclines, we investigated the limits of fluorescence image cytometry in detecting MDR by the level of R123 and Ho342 accumulation and efflux. We were able to separate with this technique a cell line with a level of resistance as low as 3. We then studied the presence of MDR cells in lymphocytes isolated from patients with hematological malignancies.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Pharmacologie et Toxicologie Fondamentales, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Canitrot
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lahmy
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Buquen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Canitrot
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lautier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018943:Anthracyclines; D001562:Benzimidazoles; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002999:Clone Cells; D003630:Daunorubicin / Q000633:toxicity; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D005434:Flow Cytometry / Q000379:methods; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007939:Leukemia L1210; D051379:Mice; D010641:Phenotype; D011789:Quantum Theory; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020112:Rhodamine 123; D012235:Rhodamines; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014747:Vinblastine / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D018943:Anthracyclines; D001562:Benzimidazoles; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D012235:Rhodamines; D020112:Rhodamine 123; D014747:Vinblastine; C017807:bisbenzimide ethoxide trihydrochloride; D003630:Daunorubicin