title: Extended multidrug resistance in haemopoietic cells.
abstract: The development of drug resistance was studied in a series of haemopoietic cells to determine its relationship to cell lineage. Treatment of the U937 monocytic cell line with epirubicin (15 ng/ml) or vinblastine (8 ng/ml) induced drug-resistant sublines with cross-resistance to epirubicin (8- and 16-fold respectively), vinblastine (5- and 20-fold), paclitaxel (15- and 42-fold) and etoposide (19- and 13-fold). However, sublines were also 3-5-fold resistant to the alkylating agent chlorambucil, cis-platinum and methotrexate, demonstrating an extended multidrug resistance (MDR) phenotype. These cells over-expressed P-glycoprotein, but decreased drug accumulation was not restored in the presence of verapamil, suggesting that the P-glycoprotein was not functional. Similar drug treatment of the HL60 promyelocytic cell line also produced sublines exhibiting an extended MDR phenotype. The KG1a and the HEL cell lines expressed functional P-glycoprotein and were resistant to the drug concentrations used for treatment. Multidrug resistance as mediated by P-glycoprotein cannot explain the resistance of CML patients to chemotherapy, especially in blast crisis. The induction of an extended MDR phenotype specifically in myeloid cells in response to drug treatment may explain the resistance observed in the treatment of CMI.
authors.affiliation: Neurobiology Unit, University of Technology, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Marks
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Davey
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Davey
mesh_terms: D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; D015251:Epirubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005047:Etoposide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018922:HL-60 Cells / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014747:Vinblastine / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1; D015251:Epirubicin; D014747:Vinblastine; D005047:Etoposide; D017239:Paclitaxel