title: Combretastatin A-4 resistance in H460 human lung carcinoma demonstrates distinctive alterations in beta-tubulin isotype expression.
abstract: Tubulin isotype distribution may play a role in the development of anti-cancer anti-tubulin drug resistance as well as in drug efficacy and specificity. Stepwise selection was used to establish non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) H460 cells resistant to combretastatin A-4 (CA4), paclitaxel or vinblastine. The results demonstrated that the rate of CA4 drug resistance development was slower than that for paclitaxel. Western analysis demonstrated alterations in total beta-tubulin and classes I, III and IV tubulin isotypes among the resistant H460 cell lines. Class III beta-tubulin was significantly altered in all resistant cell lines. Cells resistant to paclitaxel, a structural stabilizer of microtubules, exhibited an increased expression while cells resistant to CA-4 and vinblastine, structural destabilizers of tubulin, demonstrated a reduction of the same isotype. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of resistance development and of the corresponding tubulin isotype response for the combretastatins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Institute of Biomedical Studies, Center for Drug Discovery, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wehbe
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Kearney
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Pinney
mesh_terms: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001665:Binding Sites; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism*; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000494:pharmacology; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D013267:Stilbenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014404:Tubulin / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D014747:Vinblastine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D013267:Stilbenes; D014404:Tubulin; D014747:Vinblastine; C058728:fosbretabulin; D017239:Paclitaxel