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    RAPID UP-REGULATION OF MDR1 EXPRESSION BY ANTHRACYCLINES IN A CLASSICAL MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT CELL-LINE
    HU, XF ; SLATER, A ; WALL, DM ; KANTHARIDIS, P ; PARKIN, JD ; COWMAN, A ; ZALCBERG, JR (STOCKTON PRESS, 1995-05)
    Studies were carried out in a variant human multidrug-resistant (MDR) cell line CEM/A7R, which expresses very low levels of mdr1 mRNA and P-glycoprotein (P-gp). The induction of mdr1 RNA expression by three anthracyclines, (doxorubicin, daunorubicin, epirubicin), VP-16 and two vinca alkaloids (vincristine, vinblastine) was semiquantitatively assessed by scanning Northern blots on a phosphorimager. The relative level of mdr1 expression was expressed as ratio of mdr1 to the internal RNA (actin). A significant increase (P < 0.02) in expression of mdr1 was noted within 4 hrs of exposure to 1.5 micrograms ml-1 daunorubicin or epirubicin. Neither vinblastine nor vincristine had any effect on mdr1 levels after an 8 h exposure. With increasing concentrations of daunorubicin or epirubicin in a fixed 24 h time period, mdr1 expression increased, although a biphasic response was seen. Based on MRK 16 binding, an increase in P-gp levels was seen in the CEM/A7R line after a 24 h exposure to 1 microgram ml-1 daunorubicin or epirubicin. The rapid increase in mdr1 expression after a short period of exposure to doxorubicin, daunorubicin or epirubicin suggests that induction of mdr1 expression may have an important role in the development of drug-resistant tumours.
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    Inheritance of chromosome 7 is associated with a drug-resistant phenotype in somatic cell hybrids
    deSilva, M ; Kantharidis, P ; Wall, DM ; Campbell, L ; Vrazas, V ; Nadalin, G ; Kaczmarczyk, SJ ; Hu, XF ; Parkin, JD ; Zalcberg, JR (STOCKTON PRESS, 1996-01)
    A major form of drug resistance in tumour cells known as classical multidrug resistance (MDR) is associated with the overexpression of the mdr1 gene product, the membrane protein P-glycoprotein (P-gp), which acts as an energy-dependent drug efflux pump. In this study the inheritance of P-gp expression was examined using hybrids formed after somatic cell fusion between a drug-sensitive human T-cell leukaemia cell line, CEM/CCRF, and a drug-resistant derivative, CEM/A7, which is characterized by a clonal chromosomal duplication dup(7)(q11.23q31.2). Fourteen hybrids, chosen at random, were analysed by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and by binding studies involving the monoclonal antibody MRK16, which recognises an external P-gp epitope. Only two hybrids were positive for both MRK16 antibody labelling and mdr1 mRNA. Partial karyotypic analysis of all hybrids revealed that only the MRK16-positive hybrids contained the duplication in chromosome 7 seen in the CEM/A7 parental MDR line. Therefore, P-gp overexpression in the MRK16-positive hybrids may be linked to the inheritance of chromosome 7 from CEM/A7 and possibly associated with the chromosome 7 abnormality.