title: Up-regulation of transporters of the MRP family by drugs and toxins.
abstract: Expression of a variety of ABC efflux pumps including certain conjugate transporters of the multidrug resistance protein (MRP) subfamily is inducible in primate and rodent tissues, and in a variety of cell lines and primary cells in culture. In human cell lines (HepG2, MCF-7), we studied the inducibility of MRPs 1-5. Similar to the rat mrp2 gene, human mrp2 is inducible by the chemical carcinogen 2-AAF, the chemotherapeutic drug cisplatin and the barbiturate phenobarbital, as demonstrated in Northern and Western Blots. Furthermore, the antibiotic rifampicin was identified as MRP2 inducer in HepG2 cells. MRP1 and 4 mRNAs being expressed in human liver at a very low level could not be detected in HepG2 cells after treatment with various agents. However, MRP3 and 5 mRNAs were detected in addition to MRP2 and their expression was found to be increased by 2-AAF, cisplatin and rifampicin. MRP1 expression was studied in MCF-7 cells where the chemotherapeutic drug vinblastine and tert-butyl hydroquinone but not the MRP2 inducing agents described above acted as inducers.
authors.affiliation: Food Chemistry & Environmental Toxicology, University of Kaiserslautern, Erwin Schrödinger Str. 52, D-67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany. schrenk@rhrk.uni-kl.de
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schrenk
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Baus
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ermel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vorderstemann
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Kauffmann
mesh_terms: D018435:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B / Q000235:genetics*; D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D027321:Anion Transport Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D000089762:Multidrug Resistance-Associated Protein 2; D027425:ATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family C Proteins; D014118:Toxins, Biological / Q000633:toxicity*; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D018435:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B; D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D027321:Anion Transport Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D000089762:Multidrug Resistance-Associated Protein 2; D027425:ATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family C Proteins; D014118:Toxins, Biological; C000715087:ABCC2 protein, human; C120809:ABCC5 protein, human; C492375:Abcc5 protein, rat; C421109:multidrug resistance-associated protein 1