title: Kinetic modelling of the role of the aldehyde dehydrogenase enzyme and the breast cancer resistance protein in drug resistance and transport.
abstract: A compartmental model for the in vitro uptake kinetics of the anti-cancer agent topotecan (TPT) has been extended from a previously published model. The extended model describes the drug activity and delivery of the pharmacologically active form to the DNA target as well as the catalysis of the aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) enzyme and the elimination of drug from the cytoplasm via the efflux pump. Verification of the proposed model is achieved using scanning-laser microscopy data from live human breast cancer cells. Before estimating the unknown model parameters from the experimental in vitro data it is essential to determine parameter uniqueness (or otherwise) from this imposed output structure. This is formally performed as a structural identifiability analysis, which demonstrates that all of the unknown model parameters are uniquely determined by the output structure corresponding to the experiment.
authors.affiliation: School of Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK. M.I.Atari@warwick.ac.uk
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Atari
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Chappell
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Errington
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D000070997:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily G, Member 2; D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000378:metabolism*; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D021381:Protein Transport
chemical_list: C116614:ABCG2 protein, human; D000070997:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily G, Member 2; D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase