Characterization of ABCG2 gene amplification manifesting as extrachromosomal DNA in mitoxantrone-selected SF295 human glioblastoma cells.
The human ABCG2 gene, located on chromosome 4, encodes an ATP-binding cassette half-transporter that has been shown to confer resistance to chemotherapeutic agents. Relatively little is known about the mechanisms controlling expression of ABCG2. In previous studies, we had shown that overexpression of ABCG2 can result from rearrangement or gene amplification involving chromosome 4. To better characterize the mechanisms of ABCG2 overexpression, SF295 glioblastoma cells were exposed to increasing amounts of mitoxantrone to generate the SF295 MX50, MX100, MX250, and MX500 sublines, maintained in mitoxantrone concentrations ranging from 50 to 500 nmol/L. Northern blot analysis confirmed overexpression of ABCG2 mRNA, and immunoblot analysis demonstrated increased protein expression in the selected cell lines. Efflux of BODIPY-prazosin confirmed a functional protein. ABCG2 gene amplification was observed in all resistant sublines, as determined by Southern blot analysis. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) revealed amplification of ABCG2 via double minute chromosomes (dmins) detected in metaphase chromosome spreads in the SF295 MX50 and MX100 sublines. At higher levels of drug selection, in the MX250 and MX500 sublines, fewer dmins were observed but homogeneously staining regions (hsr) were visible with FISH analysis, revealing reintegration of the ABCG2 gene into multiple chromosomes. Spectral karyotyping (SKY) demonstrated multiple clonal and nonclonal rearrangements of chromosome 4, including hsrs. These results suggest that amplification of ABCG2 occurred initially in the form of dmins, followed by chromosomal reintegration of the amplicon at multiple sites. This occurred with increasing drug-selection pressure, generating a more stable genotype.
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V Koneti
VK
Rao
Darawalee
D
Wangsa
Robert W
RW
Robey
Lyn
L
Huff
Yasumasa
Y
Honjo
Jeffrey
J
Hung
Turid
T
Knutsen
Thomas
T
Ried
Susan E
SE
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D000070997:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily G, Member 2; D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000235:genetics*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D005784:Gene Amplification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics*; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008942:Mitoxantrone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D032681:Spectral Karyotyping
C116614:ABCG2 protein, human; D000070997:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily G, Member 2; D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D008942:Mitoxantrone