A new anthracycline with potent anti-leukemic activity overcomes P-glycoprotein multidrug resistance.
In this study, we assessed the ability of a new anthracycline, moflomycin, to circumvent multidrug resistance. Moflomycin showed superior anti-proliferative activity compared to daunorubicin and doxorubicin on two resistant cell lines: leukemic HL-60 cell line resistant to daunorubicin (HL-60/DR) and breast cancerous cell line resistant to doxorubicin (MCF-7/AR). The effect of moflomycin on cell proliferation was correlated with an increased uptake and a decreased cellular efflux. The data obtained in the presence of the P-gp inhibitor, verapamil, confirmed the absence of interaction between P-gp and moflomycin. Our results indicate that moflomycin exhibits an important reduction in cross-resistance with daunorubicin and doxorubicin resulting from its ability to circumvent P-gp.
Andrivon
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Laboratoire d'Hématologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, EA 1509, UFR des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Paris, France.
Monneret
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Nafziger
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Florent
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Guillosson
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D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001692:Biological Transport; D003630:Daunorubicin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; D004357:Drug Synergism; D018922:HL-60 Cells; D006801:Humans; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014700:Verapamil / Q000494:pharmacology
D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; C063104:moflomycin; D014700:Verapamil; D003630:Daunorubicin