title: Role of O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase, glutathione transferase M3-3 and glutathione in resistance to carmustine in a human non-small cell lung cancer cell line.
abstract: O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT), glutathione transferase (GST) M3-3 and glutathione (GSH) have all been implicated in the resistance of cells to the cytostatic drug carmustine. U1810, a human non-small cell lung cancer cell line, expresses all of these putative resistance factors. The U1810 cells show a 4.4-fold lower sensitivity to carmustine compared with the U1690 cell line, a human small cell lung cancer cell line lacking detectable levels of both MGMT and GST M3-3. We investigated the effect of the MGMT inhibitor O6-benzylguanine, the GST inhibitor ethacrynic acid and the GSH synthesis inhibitor D,L-buthionine-S,R-sulfoximine (BSO) on the cytotoxicity of carmustine to U1810 cells. No potentiation to carmustine was observed after treatment with ethacrynic acid, while a 2-fold potentiation was found after exposure to O6-benzylguanine. Depletion of GSH with BSO showed a similar sensitising effect as that obtained with O6-benzylguanine. Thus, MGMT and GSH are the predominant resistance factors to carmustine in the U1810 cell line, whereas it is unclear whether GST M3-3 plays any role.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Egyházi
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Edgren
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hansson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kröckel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mannervik
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ringborg
mesh_terms: D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D002330:Carmustine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm / Q000502:physiology; D005978:Glutathione / Q000502:physiology; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000502:physiology; D006147:Guanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008780:Methyltransferases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology; D019853:O(6)-Methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating; C064976:O(6)-benzylguanine; D006147:Guanine; D008780:Methyltransferases; D019853:O(6)-Methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D005978:Glutathione; D002330:Carmustine