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Mehta A, Ratre YK, Soni VK, Shukla D, Sonkar SC, Kumar A, Vishvakarma NK. Orchestral role of lipid metabolic reprogramming in T-cell malignancy. Front Oncol 2023; 13:1122789. [PMID: 37256177 PMCID: PMC10226149 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1122789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/01/2023] Open
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The immune function of normal T cells partially depends on the maneuvering of lipid metabolism through various stages and subsets. Interestingly, T-cell malignancies also reprogram their lipid metabolism to fulfill bioenergetic demand for rapid division. The rewiring of lipid metabolism in T-cell malignancies not only provides survival benefits but also contributes to their stemness, invasion, metastasis, and angiogenesis. Owing to distinctive lipid metabolic programming in T-cell cancer, quantitative, qualitative, and spatial enrichment of specific lipid molecules occur. The formation of lipid rafts rich in cholesterol confers physical strength and sustains survival signals. The accumulation of lipids through de novo synthesis and uptake of free lipids contribute to the bioenergetic reserve required for robust demand during migration and metastasis. Lipid storage in cells leads to the formation of specialized structures known as lipid droplets. The inimitable changes in fatty acid synthesis (FAS) and fatty acid oxidation (FAO) are in dynamic balance in T-cell malignancies. FAO fuels the molecular pumps causing chemoresistance, while FAS offers structural and signaling lipids for rapid division. Lipid metabolism in T-cell cancer provides molecules having immunosuppressive abilities. Moreover, the distinctive composition of membrane lipids has implications for immune evasion by malignant cells of T-cell origin. Lipid droplets and lipid rafts are contributors to maintaining hallmarks of cancer in malignancies of T cells. In preclinical settings, molecular targeting of lipid metabolism in T-cell cancer potentiates the antitumor immunity and chemotherapeutic response. Thus, the direct and adjunct benefit of lipid metabolic targeting is expected to improve the clinical management of T-cell malignancies.
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- Arundhati Mehta
- Department of Biotechnology, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India
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- Multidisciplinary Research Unit, Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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Nanoformulation mediated silencing of P-gp efflux protein for the efficient oral delivery of anti-leishmanial drugs. J Drug Deliv Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jddst.2022.103959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Guo J, Du X, Huang J, Liu C, Zhou Y, Li Y, Du B. Robust Dual Enzyme Cascade-Catalytic Cholesterol Depletion for Reverse Tumor Multidrug Resistance. Adv Healthc Mater 2022; 11:e2200859. [PMID: 35906730 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202200859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Revised: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Although combination drugs and P-glycoprotein inhibitors are the main methods to solve multidrug resistance, these methods ignore the pathological structure of drug-resistant cells and extremely limit curative effect. Herein, a new paradigm of reversing multidrug resistance with abnormal expression of cholesterol as the target is proposed, which uses the cascade catalysis of "natural enzyme" cholesterol oxidase (COD) and "nanoenzyme" Cu2+ -modified zirconium-based metal-organic framework (ZrMOF(Cu)) to convert cholesterol into the highly cytotoxic hydroxyl radicals. The doxorubicin (DOX)-loaded nanoparticles (DOX@COD-MOF) can significantly reduce the cholesterol content of cancer cells via COD, which decrease the rigidity of drug resistant cancer cell membranes and restore the sensitivity of multidrug-resistant cells to DOX. Afterward, DOX@COD-MOF is encapsulated by cancer cell membranes (CCM) to construct a bionic "dual enzyme catalytic cascade nanoreactor" (DOX@COD-MOF@CCM). Such a rational design presents a preferential accumulation tendency to tumor sites due to the homologous targeting mechanism of CCM, and affords 94.4% in tumor growth suppression without systemic toxicity in vivo. This work aims to achieve the therapeutic purpose of high efficiency and low toxicity. It has the characteristics of "converting enemy into friend, " and opens up a promising way for effectively reversing multidrug resistance of tumors.
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- Jialing Guo
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Zhengzhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450007, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.,Key Laboratory of Targeting Therapy and Diagnosis for Critical Diseases, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, 450001, China
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Bile duct ligation causes opposite impacts on the expression and function of BCRP and P-gp in rat brain partly via affecting membrane expression of ezrin/radixin/moesin proteins. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2021; 42:1942-1950. [PMID: 33558655 PMCID: PMC8563881 DOI: 10.1038/s41401-020-00602-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) and P-glycoprotein (P-gp) are co-located at blood-brain barrier (BBB) cells, preventing their substrates from entering brain. Accumulating evidence demonstrates that liver failure impairs P-gp and BCRP expression and function in the brain. In the current study, we investigated how liver failure influenced the expression and function of brain BCRP and P-gp in rats subjected to bile duct ligation (BDL). The function of BCRP, P-gp and BBB integrity was assessed using distribution of prazosin, rhodamine 123 and fluorescein, respectively. We showed that BDL significantly decreased BCRP function, but increased P-gp function without affecting BBB integrity. Furthermore, we found that BDL significantly downregulated the expression of membrane BCRP and upregulated the expression of membrane P-gp protein in the cortex and hippocampus. In human cerebral microvascular endothelial cells, NH4Cl plus unconjugated bilirubin significantly decreased BCRP function and expression of membrane BCRP protein, but upregulated P-gp function and expression of membrane P-gp protein. The decreased expression of membrane BCRP protein was linked to the decreased expression of membrane radixin protein, while the increased expression of membrane P-gp protein was related to the increased location of membrane ezrin protein. Silencing ezrin impaired membrane location of P-gp, whereas silencing radixin impaired membrane location of BCRP protein. BDL rats showed the increased expression of membrane ezrin protein and decreased expression of membrane radixin protein in the brain. We conclude that BDL causes opposite effects on the expression and function of brain BCRP and P-gp, attributing to the altered expression of membrane radixin and ezrin protein, respectively, due to hyperbilirubinemia and hyperammonemia.
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Molecular Regulation of Canalicular ABC Transporters. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22042113. [PMID: 33672718 PMCID: PMC7924332 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22042113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Revised: 02/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters expressed at the canalicular membrane of hepatocytes mediate the secretion of several compounds into the bile canaliculi and therefore play a key role in bile secretion. Among these transporters, ABCB11 secretes bile acids, ABCB4 translocates phosphatidylcholine and ABCG5/G8 is responsible for cholesterol secretion, while ABCB1 and ABCC2 transport a variety of drugs and other compounds. The dysfunction of these transporters leads to severe, rare, evolutionary biliary diseases. The development of new therapies for patients with these diseases requires a deep understanding of the biology of these transporters. In this review, we report the current knowledge regarding the regulation of canalicular ABC transporters' folding, trafficking, membrane stability and function, and we highlight the role of molecular partners in these regulating mechanisms.
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Stieger B, Steiger J, Locher KP. Membrane lipids and transporter function. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2021; 1867:166079. [PMID: 33476785 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2021.166079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2020] [Revised: 12/12/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Transport proteins are essential for cells in allowing the exchange of substances between cells and their environment across the lipid bilayer forming a tight barrier. Membrane lipids modulate the function of transmembrane proteins such as transporters in two ways: Lipids are tightly and specifically bound to transport proteins and in addition they modulate from the bulk of the lipid bilayer the function of transport proteins. This overview summarizes currently available information at the ultrastructural level on lipids tightly bound to transport proteins and the impact of altered bulk membrane lipid composition. Human diseases leading to altered lipid homeostasis will lead to altered membrane lipid composition, which in turn affect the function of transporter proteins.
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- Bruno Stieger
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Siti ZS, Seoparjoo AMI, Shahrul H. Lipoproteins modulate growth and P-glycoprotein expression in drug-resistant HER2-overexpressed breast cancer cells. Heliyon 2019; 5:e01573. [PMID: 31183434 PMCID: PMC6488741 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Revised: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 04/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background Drug resistance remains as a challenge in the treatment of HER2-overexpressed breast cancer. Emerging evidence from clinical studies show relation of oxidized low density lipoprotein (LDL) and very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) level with drug resistance. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms for this effect remain unclear. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the effects of oxidized-LDL and VLDL in drug-resistant HER2-overexpressed breast cancer cells. Methods An in vitro cell model for tamoxifen-resistant HER2 overexpressed UACC732 cells was created using the pulse method. Cells were exposed to oxidized LDL (oxLDL) and very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) separately. Effects on cell morphology was studied using phase contrast microscopic changes. Percentage of cell viability was measured using proliferation assay kit. Development of tamoxifen resistance was determined based on P-gp expression with flow cytometry. Further analysis includedcell death measurement with flow cytometry method. Results UACC732 cells exposed to VLDL exhibited fibroblast-like morphology. This was further supported by proliferation assay, where the percentage of cell viability achieved more than 100% with 100 μg/ml of VLDL exposure, indicating cell proliferation. Findings also showed that VLDL caused reduction in expression of Pgp in resistant cells compared to resistant cells alone (p = 0.02). Conclusion Results of this study suggest that VLDL may play a role in growth of drug-resistant HER2-overexpressing cells. Lower expression of P-gp in presence of VLDL need to be investigated further.
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- Z S Siti
- Oncological and Radiological Sciences Cluster, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 13200 Kepala Batas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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- School of Medical Sciences, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- Oncological and Radiological Sciences Cluster, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 13200 Kepala Batas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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Safwat S, Ishak RA, Hathout RM, Mortada ND. Statins anticancer targeted delivery systems: re-purposing an old molecule. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 69:613-624. [PMID: 28271498 DOI: 10.1111/jphp.12707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2016] [Accepted: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Exploring the use of statins as anticancer agents and exploiting different drug delivery systems in targeting these molecules to cancerous sites. Literature review was performed to investigate the use of statins in cancer treatment in one hand, and the different pharmaceutical approaches to deliver and target these drugs to their site of action. KEY FINDINGS Statins were used for decades as antihypercholestrolemic drugs but recently have been proven potential for broad anticancer activities. The incorporation of statins in nanoparticulate drug delivery systems not only augmented the cytotoxicity of statins but also overcame the resistance of cancerous cells against the traditional chemotherapeutic agents. Statins-loaded nanoparticles could be easily tampered to target the cancerous cells and consequently minimal drug amount could be utilized. SUMMARY This review reconnoitered the different endeavors to incorporate statins in various nanoparticles and summarized the successful effects in targeting cancerous cells and reducing their proliferation without the side effects of commonly used chemotherapeutic agents.
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- Sally Safwat
- Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt
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A single active catalytic site is sufficient to promote transport in P-glycoprotein. Sci Rep 2016; 6:24810. [PMID: 27117502 PMCID: PMC4846820 DOI: 10.1038/srep24810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2015] [Accepted: 04/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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P-glycoprotein (Pgp) is an ABC transporter responsible for the ATP-dependent efflux of chemotherapeutic compounds from multidrug resistant cancer cells. Better understanding of the molecular mechanism of Pgp-mediated transport could promote rational drug design to circumvent multidrug resistance. By measuring drug binding affinity and reactivity to a conformation-sensitive antibody we show here that nucleotide binding drives Pgp from a high to a low substrate-affinity state and this switch coincides with the flip from the inward- to the outward-facing conformation. Furthermore, the outward-facing conformation survives ATP hydrolysis: the post-hydrolytic complex is stabilized by vanadate, and the slow recovery from this state requires two functional catalytic sites. The catalytically inactive double Walker A mutant is stabilized in a high substrate affinity inward-open conformation, but mutants with one intact catalytic center preserve their ability to hydrolyze ATP and to promote drug transport, suggesting that the two catalytic sites are randomly recruited for ATP hydrolysis.
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Yu F, Li K, Chen S, Liu Y, Li Y. Pseudolaric acid B circumvents multidrug resistance phenotype in human gastric cancer SGC7901/ADR cells by downregulating Cox-2 and P-gp expression. Cell Biochem Biophys 2016; 71:119-26. [PMID: 25077681 DOI: 10.1007/s12013-014-0170-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a challenging issue in the treatment of gastric cancer. Pseudolaric acid B is a new diterpene acid compound isolated from pseudolarix, which has been found to have anti-tumor activities in recent studies. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effects of pseudolaric acid B in an MDR gastric cancer cell line and elucidate the possible underlying mechanisms of action. SGC7901/ADR, a P-glycoprotein (P-gp)-overexpressing cell line, was used to evaluate the efficacy of pseudolaric acid B against MDR phenotypes. The effects of pseudolaric acid B and chemotherapeutic agents on cell proliferation and apoptosis were assessed using the MTT assay and flow cytometry, respectively. Immunocytochemistry and Western blot were used to detect the possible relevant molecules in order to elucidate the underlying mechanism of action. The results showed that pseudolaric acid B inhibited cell proliferation and induced apoptosis in SGC7901/ADR cells. A low dose of pseudolaric acid B (0.5 µmol/L) augmented the inhibitory effects of chemotherapeutic agents on proliferation (p < 0.05). The expression of P-gp and cyclooxygenase 2 (Cox-2) was downregulated with pseudolaric acid B treatment. The present results showed that pseudolaric acid B inhibited cell proliferation, induced apoptosis, circumvented MDR, and increased the sensitivity of chemotherapeutic agents in vitro by downregulating the expression of P-gp and Cox-2.
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- Fei Yu
- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, 110004, Liaoning, China
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Raghavan V, Vijayaraghavalu S, Peetla C, Yamada M, Morisada M, Labhasetwar V. Sustained Epigenetic Drug Delivery Depletes Cholesterol-Sphingomyelin Rafts from Resistant Breast Cancer Cells, Influencing Biophysical Characteristics of Membrane Lipids. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:11564-11573. [PMID: 26439800 PMCID: PMC4725703 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b02601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Cell-membrane lipid composition can greatly influence biophysical properties of cell membranes, affecting various cellular functions. We previously showed that lipid synthesis becomes altered in the membranes of resistant breast cancer cells (MCF-7/ADR); they form a more rigid, hydrophobic lipid monolayer than do sensitive cell membranes (MCF-7). These changes in membrane lipids of resistant cells, attributed to epigenetic aberration, significantly affected drug transport and endocytic function, thus impacting the efficacy of anticancer drugs. The present study's objective was to determine the effects of the epigenetic drug, 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (DAC), delivered in sustained-release nanogels (DAC-NGs), on the composition and biophysical properties of membrane lipids of resistant cells. Resistant and sensitive cells were treated with DAC in solution (DAC-sol) or DAC-NGs, and cell-membrane lipids were isolated and analyzed for lipid composition and biophysical properties. In resistant cells, we found increased formation of cholesterol-sphingomyelin (CHOL-SM) rafts with culturing time, whereas DAC treatment reduced their formation. In general, the effect of DAC-NGs was greater in changing the lipid composition than with DAC-sol. DAC treatment also caused a rise in levels of certain phospholipids and neutral lipids known to increase membrane fluidity, while reducing the levels of certain lipids known to increase membrane rigidity. Isotherm data showed increased lipid membrane fluidity following DAC treatment, attributed to decrease levels of CHOL-SM rafts (lamellar beta [Lβ] structures or ordered gel) and a corresponding increase in lipids that form lamellar alpha-structures (Lα, liquid crystalline phase). Sensitive cells showed marginal or insignificant changes in lipid profile following DAC-treatment, suggesting that epigenetic changes affecting lipid biosynthesis are more specific to resistant cells. Since membrane fluidity plays a major role in drug transport and endocytic function, treatment of resistant cells with epigenetic drugs with altered lipid profile could facilitate anticancer drug transport to overcome acquired drug resistance in a combination therapy.
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- Vijay Raghavan
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
- Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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Sheehy RM, Kuder CH, Bachman Z, Hohl RJ. Calcium and P-glycoprotein independent synergism between schweinfurthins and verapamil. Cancer Biol Ther 2015; 16:1259-68. [PMID: 26046259 DOI: 10.1080/15384047.2015.1056420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Schweinfurthins are intriguing natural products with anti-cancer activities and as yet incompletely understood mechanisms of action. We investigated whether inhibitors of P-glycoprotein (Pgp), in a manner analogous to other natural products, might enhance schweinfurthins' growth inhibitory actions by increasing intracellular schweinfurthin levels. Both the schweinfurthin-sensitive glioblastoma multiforme cell line SF-295 and relatively insensitive lung carcinoma cell line A549 were treated with 2 schweinfurthin analogs: 3-deoxyschweinfurthin B-p-nitro bis-stilbene (3dSB-PNBS) and 5'-methylschweinfurthin G (methyl-G). There was a synergistic enhancement of growth inhibition with the combination of the Pgp inhibitor verapamil and both analogs in SF-295 cells. Methyl-G, verapamil, and the combination did not result in alterations to intracellular calcium concentration. Verapamil increased the intracellular concentration of 3dSB-PNBS in both SF-295 and A549 cells in a Pgp-independent manner. Methyl-G, verapamil, and the combination do not result in increased ER stress. Methyl-G increased the intracellular concentration of a known Pgp substrate, Rhodamine 123 in SF-295 cells. Reduction of cellular cholesterol leads to the accumulation of Pgp substrates, as Pgp requires cholesterol for proper function. Since 3dSB enhances lovastatin-induced upregulation of the cholesterol efflux pump ABCA1, it is intriguing that co-treatment with cholesterol rescued the methyl-G-induced increase in Rhodamine 123 intracellular concentration. These studies support the hypothesis that verapamil potentiates the schweinfurthin growth inhibitory effect by increasing its intracellular concentration.
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Key Words
- 3dSB, 3-deoxyschweinfurthin B
- 3dSB-PNBS, 3-deoxyschweinfurthin B p-nitro bis-stilbene
- BAPTA-AM, 1,2-bis(o-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid
- CI, combination index
- DMP-PNBS, 3,4-dimethoxypheny-p-nitro bis-stilbene
- ER, endoplasmic reticulum
- GBM, Glioblastoma Multiforme
- MTT, 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide
- Methyl-G, 5'-methoxyschweinfurthin G
- NCI, National Cancer Institute
- PARP, poly-ADP-ribose polymerase
- Pgp, P-glycoprotein drug efflux pump
- cholesterol metabolism
- drug efflux pump
- glioblastoma multiforme
- oxysterol binding protein
- p-glycoprotein
- schweinfurthin
- verapamil
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- Ryan M Sheehy
- a Department of Pharmacology ; University of Iowa ; Iowa City , IA USA
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Multidrug-resistance (MDR) phenomena are a worldwide health concern. ATP-binding cassette efflux pumps as P-glycoprotein have been thoroughly studied in a frantic run to develop new efflux modulators capable to reverse MDR phenotypes. The study of efflux pumps has provided some key aspects on drug extrusion, however the answers could not be found solely on ATP-binding cassette transporters. Its counterpart – the plasma membrane – is now emerging as a critical structure able to modify drug behavior and efflux pump activity. Alterations in the membrane surrounding P-glycoprotein are now known to modulate drug efflux, with membrane-related biophysical, biochemical and mechanical aspects further increasing the complexity of an already multifaceted phenomena. This review summarizes the main knowledge comprising the plasma membrane role in MDR.
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Celestino AT, Levy D, Maria Ruiz JL, Bydlowski SP. ABCB1, ABCC1, and LRP gene expressions are altered by LDL, HDL, and serum deprivation in a human doxorubicin-resistant uterine sarcoma cell line. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2015; 457:664-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.01.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2014] [Accepted: 01/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Sharom FJ. Complex Interplay between the P-Glycoprotein Multidrug Efflux Pump and the Membrane: Its Role in Modulating Protein Function. Front Oncol 2014; 4:41. [PMID: 24624364 PMCID: PMC3939933 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2014.00041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2013] [Accepted: 02/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Multidrug resistance in cancer is linked to expression of the P-glycoprotein multidrug transporter (Pgp, ABCB1), which exports many structurally diverse compounds from cells. Substrates first partition into the bilayer and then interact with a large flexible binding pocket within the transporter's transmembrane regions. Pgp has been described as a hydrophobic vacuum cleaner or an outwardly directed drug/lipid flippase. Recent X-ray crystal structures have shed some light on the nature of the drug-binding pocket and suggested routes by which substrates can enter it from the membrane. Detergents have profound effects on Pgp function, and several appear to be substrates. Biochemical and biophysical studies in vitro, some using purified reconstituted protein, have explored the effects of the membrane environment. They have demonstrated that Pgp is involved in a complex relationship with its lipid environment, which modulates the behavior of its substrates, as well as various functions of the protein, including ATP hydrolysis, drug binding, and drug transport. Membrane lipid composition and fluidity, phospholipid headgroup and acyl chain length all influence Pgp function. Recent studies focusing on thermodynamics and kinetics have revealed some important principles governing Pgp-lipid and substrate-lipid interactions, and how these affect drug-binding and transport. In some cells, Pgp is associated with cholesterol-rich microdomains, which may modulate its functions. The relationship between Pgp and cholesterol remains an open question; however, it clearly affects several aspects of its function in addition to substrate-membrane partitioning. The action of Pgp modulators appears to depend on their membrane permeability, and membrane fluidizers and surfactants reverse drug resistance, likely via an indirect mechanism. A detailed understanding of how the membrane affects Pgp substrates and Pgp's catalytic cycle may lead to new strategies to combat clinical drug resistance.
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- Frances Jane Sharom
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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Insights in the chemical components of liposomes responsible for P-glycoprotein inhibition. NANOMEDICINE-NANOTECHNOLOGY BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2013; 10:77-87. [PMID: 23850894 DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2013.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2013] [Revised: 06/24/2013] [Accepted: 06/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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UNLABELLED In this work we investigated how the surface charge and the presence of polyethylene glycol (PEG) on liposome carriers affect the delivery of the encapsulated doxorubicin in P-glycoprotein (Pgp)-overexpressing cells. We found that neutral net charge was critical to favour the liposome uptake and decrease the Vmax of doxorubicin efflux. PEG-coating was necessary to increase the Km of doxorubicin for Pgp. In particular the PEGylated phospholipid present in neutral liposomes, i.e. PEGylated distearoyl-phosphatidylethanolamine (DSPE-PEG), was a Pgp allosteric inhibitor, increased doxorubicin Km and inhibited Pgp ATPase activity. Site-directed mutagenesis experiments suggested that the domain centred around glycine 185 of Pgp was necessary for these inhibitory properties of DSPE-PEG and PEGylated neutral liposomes. We conclude that both surface charge and PEGylation must be considered to optimize the doxorubicin delivery within chemoresistant cells. DSPE-PEG-enriched particles may represent promising tools for therapeutic and diagnostic applications in tissues with high levels of Pgp. FROM THE CLINICAL EDITOR These authors investigated how surface charge and PEGylation of liposome carriers affect the delivery of encapsulated doxorubicin to Pgp-overexpressing cells, concluding that both factors need to be considered in order to optimize doxorubicin delivery to chemoresistant cells.
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Lorent J, Le Duff CS, Quetin-Leclercq J, Mingeot-Leclercq MP. Induction of highly curved structures in relation to membrane permeabilization and budding by the triterpenoid saponins, α- and δ-Hederin. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:14000-14017. [PMID: 23530040 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.407635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The interactions of triterpenoid monodesmosidic saponins, α-hederin and δ-hederin, with lipid membranes are involved in their permeabilizing effect. Unfortunately, the interactions of these saponins with lipid membranes are largely unknown, as are the roles of cholesterol or the branched sugar moieties (two for α-hederin and one for δ-hederin) on the aglycone backbone, hederagenin. The differences in sugar moieties are responsible for differences in the molecular shape of the saponins and the effects on membrane curvature that should be the most positive for α-hederin in a transbilayer direction. In large unilamellar vesicles and monocyte cells, we showed that membrane permeabilization was dependent on the presence of membrane cholesterol and saponin sugar chains, being largest for α-hederin and smallest for hederagenin. In the presence of cholesterol, α-hederin induced the formation of nonbilayer phases with a higher rate of Brownian tumbling or lateral diffusion. A reduction of Laurdan's generalized polarization in relation to change in order of the polar heads of phospholipids was observed. Using giant unilamellar vesicles, we visualized the formation of wrinkled borders, the decrease in liposome size, budding, and the formation of macroscopic pores. All these processes are highly dependent on the sugars linked to the aglycone, with α-hederin showing a greater ability to induce pore formation and δ-hederin being more efficient in inducing budding. Hederagenin induced intravesicular budding but no pore formation. Based on these results, a curvature-driven permeabilization mechanism dependent on the interaction between saponin and sterols and on the molecular shape of the saponin and its ability to induce local spontaneous curvature is proposed.
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- Joseph Lorent
- Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Université Catholique de Louvain, B-1200 Bruxelles; Pharmacognosy, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, B-1200 Bruxelles
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- Molecules, Solids and Reactivity, Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences, Université Catholique de Louvain, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Pharmacognosy, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, B-1200 Bruxelles
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Interrelationship between ATP-binding cassette transporters and oxysterols. Biochem Pharmacol 2013; 86:80-8. [PMID: 23500544 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2013.02.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2013] [Revised: 02/27/2013] [Accepted: 02/27/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters constitute a ubiquitous superfamily of membrane proteins responsible for the translocation of several substances across membranes using the chemical energy provided by ATP hydrolysis. ABC transporters participate in many physiological and pathophysiological processes, including cholesterol and lipid transportation and multidrug resistance. Oxysterols are the products of cholesterol oxidation, formed by both enzymatic and non-enzymatic mechanisms. The role of oxysterols in cholesterol metabolism and several diseases has been widely investigated, but many questions remain to be answered. Several lines of evidence link ABC transporter functions with cholesterol and oxysterol metabolism. This review discusses ABC transporters, oxysterols, and how they interact with each other.
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Zembruski NCL, Nguyen CDL, Theile D, Ali RMM, Herzog M, Hofhaus G, Heintz U, Burhenne J, Haefeli WE, Weiss J. Liposomal Sphingomyelin Influences the Cellular Lipid Profile of Human Lymphoblastic Leukemia Cells without Effect on P-Glycoprotein Activity. Mol Pharm 2013; 10:1020-34. [DOI: 10.1021/mp300485j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Nadine C. L. Zembruski
- Department
of Clinical Pharmacology
and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer
Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department
of Clinical Pharmacology
and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer
Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department
of Clinical Pharmacology
and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer
Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department
of Clinical Pharmacology
and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer
Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department
of Clinical Pharmacology
and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer
Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- CryoEM, CellNetWorks, University
of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 267, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department
of Clinical Pharmacology
and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer
Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department
of Clinical Pharmacology
and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer
Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department
of Clinical Pharmacology
and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer
Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department
of Clinical Pharmacology
and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer
Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Vijayaraghavalu S, Peetla C, Lu S, Labhasetwar V. Epigenetic modulation of the biophysical properties of drug-resistant cell lipids to restore drug transport and endocytic functions. Mol Pharm 2012; 9:2730-42. [PMID: 22817326 DOI: 10.1021/mp300281t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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In our recent studies exploring the biophysical characteristics of resistant cell lipids, and the role they play in drug transport, we demonstrated the difference of drug-resistant breast cancer cells from drug-sensitive cells in lipid composition and biophysical properties, suggesting that cancer cells acquire a drug-resistant phenotype through the alteration of lipid synthesis to inhibit intracellular drug transport to protect from cytotoxic effect. In cancer cells, epigenetic changes (e.g., DNA hypermethylation) are essential to maintain this drug-resistant phenotype. Thus, altered lipid synthesis may be linked to epigenetic mechanisms of drug resistance. We hypothesize that reversing DNA hypermethylation in resistant cells with an epigenetic drug could alter lipid synthesis, changing the cell membrane's biophysical properties to facilitate drug delivery to overcome drug resistance. Herein we show that treating drug-resistant breast cancer cells (MCF-7/ADR) with the epigenetic drug 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (decitabine) significantly alters cell lipid composition and biophysical properties, causing the resistant cells to acquire biophysical characteristics similar to those of sensitive cell (MCF-7) lipids. Following decitabine treatment, resistant cells demonstrated increased sphingomyelinase activity, resulting in a decreased sphingomyelin level that influenced lipid domain structures, increased membrane fluidity, and reduced P-glycoprotein expression. Changes in the biophysical characteristics of resistant cell lipids facilitated doxorubicin transport and restored endocytic function for drug delivery with a lipid-encapsulated form of doxorubicin, enhancing the drug efficacy. In conclusion, we have established a new mechanism for efficacy of an epigenetic drug, mediated through changes in lipid composition and biophysical properties, in reversing cancer drug resistance.
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- Sivakumar Vijayaraghavalu
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, United States
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Rybárová S, Vecanová J, Hodorová I, Mihalik J, Čižmáriková M, Mojžiš J, Solár P, Benický M, Adamkov M, Mirossay L. Association between polymorphisms of XRCC1, p53 and MDR1 genes, the expression of their protein products and prognostic significance in human breast cancer. Med Sci Monit 2012; 17:BR354-63. [PMID: 22129893 PMCID: PMC3628133 DOI: 10.12659/msm.882121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND This study aimed to examine the relationship between XRCC1, p53 and MDR1 protein, along with polymorphisms of their genes and their prognostic values in breast cancer. The following clinical and pathological parameters were evaluated: histopathological type of tumor, grade, stage, Her2/neu expression, ER, PR positivity and involvement of regional lymph nodes. MATERIAL/METHODS Expression of proteins was determined in 39 samples of breast cancer by immunohistochemistry. Nucleotide polymorphisms were analyzed by PCR-RFLP. For statistical analysis, chi-square test (Yates), Fisher's exact test, and correlation test were used to analyze the data. RESULTS The highest protein expression was immunohistochemically found in MDR1 protein, with 54% of samples testing positive. In addition, the evaluation of MDR1 expression revealed higher positive immunoreactivity in lobular (LIC) and other types of tumor in comparison to ductal (DIC) type. The expression of p53 and XRCC1 protein was equal, but lower compared to MDR1, both testing positive in 36% of all tissue samples. Comparison of XRCC1 protein and histopathological type of tumor revealed that DIC and LIC types were mostly XRCC1-negative, while other types, papillary and mucinous were more likely to be XRCC1-positive. Interestingly, when evaluating LIC samples separately, a negative correlation between the Her2/neu and expression of XRCC1 was detected. Apparently, all Her2/neu-positive samples were XRCC1-negative (6/86%). The correlation test indicated a negative correlation between Her2/neu-positive samples and XRCC1-negative specimens (r = 1, p < 0.05). Statistical analysis did not reveal a correlation of p53 expression with clinical and pathological parameters. Similarly, no statistically significant difference was found between the tested polymorphisms and protein expression. CONCLUSIONS We did not find statistically significant correlation between tested polymorphisms and their protein expression.
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- Silvia Rybárová
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, PJ Safarik University, Kosice, Slovak Republic
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ABC (ATP-binding cassette) proteins actively transport a wide variety of substrates, including peptides, amino acids, sugars, metals, drugs, vitamins and lipids, across extracellular and intracellular membranes. Of the 49 hum an ABC proteins, a significant number are known to mediate the extrusion of lipids from membranes or the flipping of membrane lipids across the bilayer to generate and maintain membrane lipid asymmetry. Typical lipid substrates include phospholipids, sterols, sphingolipids, bile acids and related lipid conjugates. Members of the ABCA subfamily of ABC transporters and other ABC proteins such as ABCB4, ABCG1 and ABCG5/8 implicated in lipid transport play important roles in diverse biological processes such as cell signalling, membrane lipid asymmetry, removal of potentially toxic compounds and metabolites, and apoptosis. The importance of these ABC lipid transporters in cell physiology is evident from the finding that mutations in the genes encoding many of these proteins are responsible for severe inherited diseases. For example, mutations in ABCA1 cause Tangier disease associated with defective efflux of cholesterol and phosphatidylcholine from the plasma membrane to the lipid acceptor protein apoA1 (apolipoprotein AI), mutations in ABCA3 cause neonatal surfactant deficiency associated with a loss in secretion of the lipid pulmonary surfactants from lungs of newborns, mutations in ABCA4 cause Stargardt macular degeneration, a retinal degenerative disease linked to the reduced clearance of retinoid compounds from photoreceptor cells, mutations in ABCA12 cause harlequin and lamellar ichthyosis, skin diseases associated with defective lipid trafficking in keratinocytes, and mutations in ABCB4 and ABCG5/ABCG8 are responsible for progressive intrafamilial hepatic disease and sitosterolaemia associated with defective phospholipid and sterol transport respectively. This chapter highlights the involvement of various mammalian ABC transporters in lipid transport in the context of their role in cell signalling, cellular homoeostasis, apoptosis and inherited disorders.
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Aurade RM, Jayalakshmi SK, Udikeri SS, Sreeramulu K. Modulation of P-glycoprotein ATPase of Helicoverpa armigera by cholesterol: effects on ATPase activity and interaction of insecticides. ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 79:47-60. [PMID: 23589220 DOI: 10.1002/arch.21004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Purified P-glycoprotein ATPase from Helicoverpa armigera (Ha-Pgp), reconstituted in proteoliposomes composed of phospholipids and cholesterol, shows higher ATPase activity in the presence of cholesterol than in its absence. The Ha-Pgp ATPase activity was increased 30-40% with cholesterol. The KM for ATP was found to be 1 and 0.8 mM in the absence and presence of cholesterol, respectively. The insecticide-stimulated Ha-Pgp ATPase activity was increased by 10-20% for all the insecticides in the reconstituted proteoliposomes containing cholesterol compared to those with no cholesterol. The effects of cholesterol on KM and Vmax values of insecticide-stimulated Ha-Pgp ATPase activity were unrelated to the size of the insecticide. Ha-Pgp tryptophan fluorescence displayed a red shift of 3 and 8 nm in emission spectra upon binding of insecticides. Cholesterol enhances the interaction of insecticides with Ha-Pgp. Kd values of different insecticides for binding to Ha-Pgp were found to be lower in the presence of cholesterol in the proteoliposomes compared to its absence. Results suggest that cholesterol plays a role in the recognition and interaction of insecticides by modulating Ha-Pgp ATPase and may be involved in efflux of insecticides from cells by the transporter.
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- Ravindra M Aurade
- Department of Biochemistry, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India
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Foucaud-Vignault M, Soayfane Z, Ménez C, Bertrand-Michel J, Martin PGP, Guillou H, Collet X, Lespine A. P-glycoprotein dysfunction contributes to hepatic steatosis and obesity in mice. PLoS One 2011; 6:e23614. [PMID: 21949682 PMCID: PMC3174940 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2011] [Accepted: 07/21/2011] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Although the main role of P-glycoprotein (Pgp) is to extrude a broad range of xenochemicals and to protect the organism against xenotoxicity, it also transports a large range of endogenous lipids. Using mice lacking Pgp, we have investigated the possible involvement of Pgp in lipid homeostasis in vivo. In a long term study, we have followed the food intake, body status and lipid markers in plasma and liver of wild-type and mdr1ab(-/-) mice over 35 weeks. Pgp-deficient mice showed excess weight, hypertrophy of adipose mass, high insulin and glucose levels in plasma. Some of these metabolic disruptions appeared earlier in Pgp-deficient mice fed high-fat diet. Moreover, hepatosteatosis with increased expression of genes involved in liver detoxification and in de novo lipid synthesis occurred in Pgp-deficient mice. Overall, Pgp deficiency clearly induced obesity in FVB genetic background, which is known to be resistant to diet-induced obesity. These data reinforce the finding that Pgp gene could be a contributing factor and possibly a relevant marker for lipid disorder and obesity. Subsequent to Pgp deficiency, changes in body availabilities of lipids or any Pgp substrates may affect metabolic pathways that favour the occurrence of obesity. This is of special concern because people are often facing simultaneous exposition to many xenochemicals, which inhibits Pgp, and an excess in lipid dietary intake that may contribute to the high prevalence of obesity in our occidental societies.
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- UMR1331, INP, UPS, TOXALIM, INRA, Toulouse, France
- UMR 1048I, NSERM, Toulouse, France
- Institut de Maladies Métaboliques et Cardiovasculaires, UPS/INSERM, Toulouse, France
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- UMR1331, INP, UPS, TOXALIM, INRA, Toulouse, France
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- UMR 1048I, NSERM, Toulouse, France
- Institut de Maladies Métaboliques et Cardiovasculaires, UPS/INSERM, Toulouse, France
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- UMR1331, INP, UPS, TOXALIM, INRA, Toulouse, France
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Kopecka J, Campia I, Olivero P, Pescarmona G, Ghigo D, Bosia A, Riganti C. A LDL-masked liposomal-doxorubicin reverses drug resistance in human cancer cells. J Control Release 2010; 149:196-205. [PMID: 20946921 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2010.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2010] [Revised: 09/29/2010] [Accepted: 10/05/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Doxorubicin is one of the most employed anticancer drugs, but its efficacy is limited by the onset of adverse effects such as drug resistance, due to the drug efflux via P-glycoprotein (Pgp). Several factors are associated to a high Pgp activity, including the amount of cholesterol in plasma membrane, which is essential to maintain the pump function. In this work we started from the following observations: 1) the drug-resistant colon cancer HT29-dx cells had a higher content of cholesterol in plasma membrane than drug-sensitive HT29 cells and a higher activity of Pgp, which was decreased by the cholesterol-lowering agent β-methyl-cyclodextrin; 2) HT29-dx cells showed a higher synthesis of endogenous cholesterol and a higher expression of the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR); 3) the anti-cholesterolemic drug simvastatin reduced the cholesterol synthesis, increased the synthesis of LDLR and lowered the Pgp activity in resistant cells. In order to circumvent drug resistance we designed a new liposomal doxorubicin, conjugated with a recombinant LDLR-binding peptide from human apoB100: this LDL-masked doxorubicin ("apo-Lipodox") was efficiently internalized by a LDLR-driven endocytosis and induced cytotoxic effects in HT29-dx cells, reversing their drug resistance. Its efficacy was further increased by simvastatin, which up-regulates the LDLR levels and contemporarily reduces the Pgp activity, thus increasing the liposomes uptake and limiting the drug efflux. We propose that the association of liposomal doxorubicin and statins may be a future promising strategy to reverse drug-resistance in human cancer cells.
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- Joanna Kopecka
- Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Turin, via Santena 5/bis, 10126 Turin, Italy.
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Woudenberg J, Rembacz KP, Hoekstra M, Pellicoro A, van den Heuvel FAJ, Heegsma J, van Ijzendoorn SCD, Holzinger A, Imanaka T, Moshage H, Faber KN. Lipid rafts are essential for peroxisome biogenesis in HepG2 cells. Hepatology 2010; 52:623-33. [PMID: 20683960 DOI: 10.1002/hep.23684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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UNLABELLED Peroxisomes are particularly abundant in the liver and are involved in bile salt synthesis and fatty acid metabolism. Peroxisomal membrane proteins (PMPs) are required for peroxisome biogenesis [e.g., the interacting peroxisomal biogenesis factors Pex13p and Pex14p] and its metabolic function [e.g., the adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette transporters adrenoleukodystrophy protein (ALDP) and PMP70]. Impaired function of PMPs is the underlying cause of Zellweger syndrome and X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. Here we studied for the first time the putative association of PMPs with cholesterol-enriched lipid rafts and their function in peroxisome biogenesis. Lipid rafts were isolated from Triton X-100-lysed or Lubrol WX-lysed HepG2 cells and analyzed for the presence of various PMPs by western blotting. Lovastatin and methyl-beta-cyclodextrin were used to deplete cholesterol and disrupt lipid rafts in HepG2 cells, and this was followed by immunofluorescence microscopy to determine the subcellular location of catalase and PMPs. Cycloheximide was used to inhibit protein synthesis. Green fluorescent protein-tagged fragments of PMP70 and ALDP were analyzed for their lipid raft association. PMP70 and Pex14p were associated with Triton X-100-resistant rafts, ALDP was associated with Lubrol WX-resistant rafts, and Pex13p was not lipid raft-associated in HepG2 cells. The minimal peroxisomal targeting signals in ALDP and PMP70 were not sufficient for lipid raft association. Cholesterol depletion led to dissociation of PMPs from lipid rafts and impaired sorting of newly synthesized catalase and ALDP but not Pex14p and PMP70. Repletion of cholesterol to these cells efficiently reestablished the peroxisomal sorting of catalase but not ALDP. CONCLUSION Human PMPs are differentially associated with lipid rafts independently of the protein homology and/or their functional interaction. Cholesterol is required for peroxisomal lipid raft assembly and peroxisome biogenesis.
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- Jannes Woudenberg
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Belli S, Elsener PM, Wunderli-Allenspach H, Krämer SD. Cholesterol-mediated activation of P-glycoprotein: distinct effects on basal and drug-induced ATPase activities. J Pharm Sci 2009; 98:1905-18. [PMID: 18937360 DOI: 10.1002/jps.21558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Cholesterol promotes basal and verapamil-induced ATPase activity of P-glycoprotein (P-gp). We investigated whether these effects are related to each other and to the impact of the sterol on bilayer fluidity and verapamil membrane affinity. P-gp was reconstituted in egg-phosphatidylcholine (PhC) liposomes with or without cholesterol, 1,2-dipalmitoyl-phosphatidylcholine (DPPC), alpha-tocopherol (alpha-Toc) or 2,2,5,7,8-pentamethyl-6-chromanol (PMC). Basal and verapamil-induced ATPase activities were studied with an enzymatic assay. Membrane fluidity was characterized with diphenyl-hexatriene anisotropy measurements and membrane affinity by equilibrium dialysis. DPPC (70% mol/mol) decreased the fluidity of PhC bilayers to the same level as 20% cholesterol. PMC (20%) and alpha-Toc (20%) decreased the fluidity to lesser extents. alpha-Toc and PMC, but not DPPC increased the verapamil membrane affinity. While 20% cholesterol strikingly enhanced the basal ATPase activity, none of the other constituents had a similar effect. In contrast, verapamil stimulation of P-gp ATPase activity was not only enabled by cholesterol but also by alpha-Toc and DPPC. PMC had no effect. In conclusion, cholesterol exerts distinct effects on basal and verapamil-induced ATPase activity. The influence on basal ATPase activity is sterol-specific while its effect on verapamil-induced ATPase activity is unspecific and not related to its influence on membrane fluidity and on verapamil membrane affinity.
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- Sara Belli
- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ETH Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Zhang R, Wu C, Wang X, Sun Q, Chen B, Li X, Gutmann S, Lv G. Enhancement effect of nano Fe3O4 to the drug accumulation of doxorubicin in cancer cells. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2009.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Pahnke J, Walker LC, Scheffler K, Krohn M. Alzheimer's disease and blood-brain barrier function-Why have anti-beta-amyloid therapies failed to prevent dementia progression? Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2009; 33:1099-108. [PMID: 19481107 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2009.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2009] [Revised: 05/15/2009] [Accepted: 05/18/2009] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Proteopathies of the brain are defined by abnormal, disease-inducing protein deposition that leads to functional abrogation and death of neurons. Immunization trials targeting the removal of amyloid-beta plaques in Alzheimer's disease have so far failed to stop the progression of dementia, despite autopsy findings of reduced plaque load. Here, we summarize current knowledge of the relationship between AD pathology and blood-brain barrier function, and propose that the activation of the excretion function of the blood-brain barrier might help to achieve better results in trials targeting the dissolution of cerebral amyloid-beta aggregates. We further discuss a possible role of oligomers in limiting the efficacy of immunotherapy.
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- Jens Pahnke
- University of Rostock, Department of Neurology, Germany.
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Jeannesson E, Siest G, Bastien B, Albertini L, Aslanidis C, Schmitz G, Visvikis-Siest S. Association of ABCB1 gene polymorphisms with plasma lipid and apolipoprotein concentrations in the STANISLAS cohort. Clin Chim Acta 2009; 403:198-202. [PMID: 19285054 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2009.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2008] [Revised: 02/27/2009] [Accepted: 02/27/2009] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND While involvement of ABCB1 is well known in drug transport, its metabolite transport role is not so well understood. Like other ABC transporters, ABCB1 might be implicated in cholesterol homeostasis and ABCB1 polymorphisms which are responsible for drug resistance might affect lipid homeostasis. Our objective was thus to investigate the implication of ABCB1 polymorphisms and haplotypes in the genetic variability of lipid constituents in healthy people. METHODS T-129C, G-1A, A61G, G1199A, C1236T, T-76A, G2677T/A and C3435T polymorphisms were genotyped in 371 supposed healthy individuals from the STANISLAS cohort. Each polymorphism was tested with plasma concentrations of total cholesterol, HDL and LDL cholesterol, triglycerides and apolipoproteins A1, B, C3 and E. RESULTS After adjustment for covariates, carriers of at least one 3435T allele had a significant higher level of apolipoprotein A1 (p = 0.005). In addition, significant correlations were observed in a sex-dependent manner. Women carrying either T-76 or 1236T allele (tendency with G-1 and 2677T/A) had lower total cholesterol (p < or = 0.01) and apolipoprotein B (T-76 exclusively, p=0.002). Haplotypes analysis was not more informative than the single polymorphisms except G2677T/A-C3435T haplotypes for apolipoprotein A1 concentration. CONCLUSION ABCB1 polymorphisms contribute to the genetic variability of plasma values of lipids and lipoproteins in healthy people.
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- Elise Jeannesson
- Unité de recherche Génétique Cardiovasculaire, Faculté de Pharmacie de Nancy, Université Henri Poincaré, France
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Eckford PDW, Sharom FJ. Interaction of the P-glycoprotein multidrug efflux pump with cholesterol: effects on ATPase activity, drug binding and transport. Biochemistry 2009; 47:13686-98. [PMID: 19049391 DOI: 10.1021/bi801409r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Resistance to a broad spectrum of structurally diverse chemotherapeutic drugs (multidrug resistance; MDR) is a major impediment to the treatment of cancer. One cause of MDR is the expression at the tumor cell surface of P-glycoprotein (Pgp), which functions as an ATP-powered multidrug efflux pump. Since Pgp interacts with its substrates after they partition into the lipid bilayer, changes in membrane physicochemical properties may have substantial effects on its functional activity. Various interactions between cholesterol and Pgp have been suggested, including a role for the protein in transbilayer movement of cholesterol. We have characterized several aspects of Pgp-cholesterol interactions, and found that some of the previously reported effects of cholesterol result from inhibition of Pgp ATPase activity by the cholesterol-extracting reagent, methyl-beta-cyclodextrin. The presence of cholesterol in the bilayer modulated the basal and drug-stimulated ATPase activity of reconstituted Pgp in a modest fashion. Both the ability of drugs to bind to the protein and the drug transport and phospholipid flippase functions of Pgp were also affected by cholesterol. The effects of cholesterol on drug binding affinity were unrelated to the size of the compound. Increasing cholesterol content greatly altered the partitioning of hydrophobic drug substrates into the membrane, which may account for some of the observed effects of cholesterol on Pgp-mediated drug transport. Pgp does not appear to mediate the flip-flop of a fluorescent cholesterol analogue across the bilayer. Cholesterol likely modulates Pgp function via effects on drug-membrane partitioning and changes in the local lipid environment of the protein.
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- Paul D W Eckford
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
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Titapiwatanakun B, Blakeslee JJ, Bandyopadhyay A, Yang H, Mravec J, Sauer M, Cheng Y, Adamec J, Nagashima A, Geisler M, Sakai T, Friml J, Peer WA, Murphy AS. ABCB19/PGP19 stabilises PIN1 in membrane microdomains in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 57:27-44. [PMID: 18774968 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2008.03668.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Auxin transport is mediated at the cellular level by three independent mechanisms that are characterised by the PIN-formed (PIN), P-glycoprotein (ABCB/PGP) and AUX/LAX transport proteins. The PIN and ABCB transport proteins, best represented by PIN1 and ABCB19 (PGP19), have been shown to coordinately regulate auxin efflux. When PIN1 and ABCB19 coincide on the plasma membrane, their interaction enhances the rate and specificity of auxin efflux and the dynamic cycling of PIN1 is reduced. However, ABCB19 function is not regulated by the dynamic cellular trafficking mechanisms that regulate PIN1 in apical tissues, as localisation of ABCB19 on the plasma membrane was not inhibited by short-term treatments with latrunculin B, oryzalin, brefeldin A (BFA) or wortmannin--all of which have been shown to alter PIN1 and/or PIN2 plasma membrane localisation. When taken up by endocytosis, the styryl dye FM4-64 labels diffuse rather than punctuate intracellular bodies in abcb19 (pgp19), and some aggregations of PIN1 induced by short-term BFA treatment did not disperse after BFA washout in abcb19. Although the subcellular localisations of ABCB19 and PIN1 in the reciprocal mutant backgrounds were like those in wild type, PIN1 plasma membrane localisation in abcb19 roots was more easily perturbed by the detergent Triton X-100, but not other non-ionic detergents. ABCB19 is stably associated with sterol/sphingolipid-enriched membrane fractions containing BIG/TIR3 and partitions into Triton X-100 detergent-resistant membrane (DRM) fractions. In the wild type, PIN1 was also present in DRMs, but was less abundant in abcb19 DRMs. These observations suggested a rationale for the observed lack of auxin transport activity when PIN1 is expressed in a non-plant heterologous system. PIN1 was therefore expressed in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, which has plant-like sterol-enriched microdomains, and catalysed auxin transport in these cells. These data suggest that ABCB19 stabilises PIN1 localisation at the plasma membrane in discrete cellular subdomains where PIN1 and ABCB19 expression overlaps.
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Doublier S, Riganti C, Voena C, Costamagna C, Aldieri E, Pescarmona G, Ghigo D, Bosia A. RhoA Silencing Reverts the Resistance to Doxorubicin in Human Colon Cancer Cells. Mol Cancer Res 2008; 6:1607-20. [DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-08-0251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Localization of the Sodium-Taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide in membrane rafts and modulation of its activity by cholesterol in vitro. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2008; 1778:1283-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2008.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2007] [Revised: 01/25/2008] [Accepted: 01/28/2008] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Shu Y, Liu H. Reversal of P-glycoprotein-mediated multidrug resistance by cholesterol derived from low density lipoprotein in a vinblastine-resistant human lymphoblastic leukemia cell line. Biochem Cell Biol 2008; 85:638-46. [PMID: 17901905 DOI: 10.1139/o07-065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is believed to be one of the most common causes of multidrug resistance (MDR) in chemotherapy. Studies have shown that the biosynthesis of cholesterol and cholesterol esters interfere with the function of P-gp. Since low density lipoprotein (LDL) carries a large amount of cholesterol, we investigated the effect of cholesterol derived from LDL on a line of human lymphoblastic leukemia MDR cells, CEM/VLB. Our results demonstrated that, in addition to increased cytotoxicity, the uptake of vinblastine in CEM/VLB cells increased, and LDL subsequently increased the intracellular vinblastine concentrations retained by CEM/VLB cells. The cholesterol levels in the membrane of the MDR cells were restored, while LDL significantly decreased the P-gp-associated ATPase activity. Current studies have shown that LDL leads to the resensitization of CEM/VLB cells to cytotoxic agents, likely through the restoration of cholesterol and reduction of P-gp-associated ATPase in the cell membrane.
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- Yu Shu
- School of Pharmacy, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 300 Prince Philip Drive, St. John's, NL A1B 3V6, [corrected] Canada
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De Rosa MF, Ackerley C, Wang B, Ito S, Clarke DM, Lingwood C. Inhibition of multidrug resistance by adamantylgb3, a globotriaosylceramide analog. J Biol Chem 2007; 283:4501-11. [PMID: 18003606 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m705473200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Multidrug resistance (MDR) via the ABC drug transporter (ABCB1), P-glycoprotein (P-gp/MDR1) overexpression, is a major obstacle in cancer chemotherapy. Many inhibitors reverse MDR but, like cyclosporin A (CsA), have significant toxicities. MDR1 is also a translocase that flips glucosylceramide inside the Golgi to enhance neutral glycosphingolipid (GSL) synthesis. We observed partial MDR1/globotriaosylceramide (Gb3) cell surface co-localization, and GSL removal depleted cell surface MDR1. MDR1 may therefore interact with GSLs. AdamantylGb3, a water-soluble Gb3 mimic, but not other GSL analogs, reversed MDR1-MDCK cell drug resistance. Cell surface MDR1 was up-regulated 1 h after treatment with CsA or adaGb3, but at 72 h, cell surface expression was lost. Intracellular MDR1 accumulated throughout, suggesting long term defects in plasma membrane MDR1 trafficking. AdaGb3 or CsA rapidly reduced rhodamine 123 cellular efflux. MDR1 also mediates gastrointestinal epithelial drug efflux, restricting oral bioavailability. Vinblastine apical-to-basal transport in polarized human intestinal C2BBe1 cells was significantly increased when adaGb3 was added to both sides, or to the apical side only, comparable with verapamil, a standard MDR1 inhibitor. Disulfide cross-linking of mutant MDR1s showed no binding of adaGb3 to the MDR1 verapamil/cyclosporin-binding site between surface proximal helices of transmembrane segments (TM) 6 and TM7, but rather to an adjacent site nearer the center of TM6 and the TM7 extracellular face, i.e. close to the bilayer leaflet interface. Verotoxin-mediated Gb3 endocytosis also up-regulated total MDR1 and inhibited drug efflux. Thus, a functional interplay between membrane Gb3 and MDR1 provides a more physiologically based approach to MDR1 regulation to increase the bioavailability of chemotherapeutic drugs.
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- María Fabiana De Rosa
- Division of Molecular Structure and Function, Department of Pediatric Laboratory Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
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Connelly-Smith L, Pattinson J, Grundy M, Shang S, Seedhouse C, Russell N, Pallis M. P-glycoprotein is downregulated in KG1a-primitive leukemia cells by LDL cholesterol deprivation and by HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors. Exp Hematol 2007; 35:1793-800. [PMID: 17923246 DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2007.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2007] [Revised: 07/19/2007] [Accepted: 07/23/2007] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVE P-glycoprotein (pgp) is a membrane transporter encoded by the multidrug resistance (MDR1, ABCB1) gene. Pgp is a poor prognostic factor in elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). In addition to its role in drug efflux, pgp has been implicated in cellular cholesterol homeostasis. We investigated the effects of exogenous cholesterol removal on pgp expression and function. METHODS KG1a drug-naïve, primitive leukemia cells were cultured in serum-free medium with or without the addition of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. After 72 hours, pgp expression and function was assessed by flow cytometry and total cholesterol content of the KG1a cells was determined by the Amplex Red cholesterol assay. The addition of clinically available cholesterol-lowering agents, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors to KG1a cells was also assessed. RESULTS There was a 39% (SEM = 8.3%; p = 0.03) decrease in pgp protein expression after 3 days of serum-free culture. The decrease was also observed at the message and functional levels. In the presence of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, pgp expression was restored to 86% of the basal value. Addition of a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor to KG1a cells resulted in an additional 26% (lovastatin, p = 0.03) and 16% (pravastatin, p = 0.05) reduction in pgp, respectively. Furthermore, toxicity of the pgp substrate drug daunorubicin was enhanced following lovastatin preculture (p = 0.04). CONCLUSION LDL cholesterol contributes to pgp expression and chemoresistance in primitive leukemia cells. Use of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors may be of clinical value in lowering pgp expression in AML.
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Kimura Y, Morita SY, Matsuo M, Ueda K. Mechanism of multidrug recognition by MDR1/ABCB1. Cancer Sci 2007; 98:1303-10. [PMID: 17608770 PMCID: PMC11159003 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2007.00538.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2007] [Revised: 04/23/2007] [Accepted: 04/27/2007] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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MDR1/ABCB1, a member of the ABC group of proteins, is clinically important because it is not only involved in multidrug resistance in cancer but also affects the pharmacokinetic properties of various drugs. The most puzzling feature of MDR1 is that it recognizes and transports such a wide variety of substrates. In the present review, the function of MDR1 is compared with that of other ABC proteins, particularly MDR2/ABCB4, to understand the mechanism of drug recognition and transport by MDR1. MDR2, the amino acid sequence of which has 86% similarity to that of MDR1, excretes phosphatidylcholine and cholesterol in the presence of bile salts. ABCA1 transfers phospholipids, preferentially phosphatidylcholine, and cholesterol to lipid-free apoA-I to generate pre-beta-HDL, and ABCG1 excretes phospholipids, preferentially sphingomyelin, and cholesterol. Cholesterol also binds directly to MDR1 and modulates substrate recognition by MDR1. Cholesterol may fill the empty space of the drug-binding site and aid the recognition of small drugs, and facilitates the ability of MDR1 to recognize compounds with various structures and molecular weights. Eukaryote ABC proteins may retain similar substrate binding pockets and move bound substrates in an ATP-dependent manner. The prototype of eukaryote ABC proteins might be those involved in membrane lipid transport.
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- Yasuhisa Kimura
- Laboratory of Cellular Biochemistry, Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Storch CH, Klimm HD, Heinrich T, Haefeli WE, Weiss J. Plasma LDL cholesterol has no impact on P-glycoprotein (MDR1/ABCB1) activity in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2007; 376:135-43. [PMID: 17653693 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-007-0177-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2007] [Accepted: 07/02/2007] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Several studies have demonstrated that the adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette transporter P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is at least partly located in cholesterol- and sphingolipid-enriched parts of the plasma membrane called "lipid rafts" and that modification of cellular cholesterol content has an impact on the activity of P-gp in vitro and ex vivo. Cholesterol modulation in vitro does not closely reflect the in vivo situation. The aim of our study was therefore to investigate whether differences in individual plasma low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels in humans have an impact on cholesterol content in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and thereby on individual activity of P-gp. PBMCs of 20 ambulatory patients with elevated LDL cholesterol (173.9 +/- 22.4 mg/dl; range 151.0-234.4 mg/dl) and 28 controls (125.2 +/- 16.9 mg/dl; range 74.6-149.6 mg/dl) were isolated. Cellular cholesterol was measured by an enzymatic fluorimetric assay, efflux activity of P-gp in PBMCs was determined by a flow cytometric method (rhodamine123 efflux), and messenger ribonucleic acid expression was quantified by reverse transcriptase real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). There was no difference in cellular cholesterol or P-gp activity between the two groups suggesting that high plasma LDL cholesterol concentration as observed in dyslipidemic patients does not correlate with cellular cholesterol content or P-gp activity in PBMCs. There was, however, a significant negative relationship between age and P-gp efflux activity indicating that P-gp activity in PBMCs decreases with advancing age. These results need further confirmation because investigation of age dependency of P-gp activity was not the primary aim of the study.
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MESH Headings
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1/blood
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1/genetics
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Cholesterol, LDL/blood
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Fluorescent Dyes
- Genotype
- Humans
- Hyperlipidemias/metabolism
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/metabolism
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- RNA, Messenger/blood
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Rhodamine 123
- Spectrometry, Fluorescence
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- Caroline Henrike Storch
- Department of Internal Medicine VI, Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Storch CH, Ehehalt R, Haefeli WE, Weiss J. Localization of the human breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP/ABCG2) in lipid rafts/caveolae and modulation of its activity by cholesterol in vitro. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2007; 323:257-64. [PMID: 17652262 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.107.122994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP/ABCG2) is an active efflux pump that belongs to the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter family. It is located in various tissues involved in drug absorption, distribution, and elimination and plays an important role in multidrug resistance. For P-glycoprotein, another member of the ABC transporter family, it is well established that it is at least partly located in cholesterol and sphingolipid-enriched domains of the plasma membrane called "lipid rafts" and that the composition of the membrane lipids may modulate its efflux activity. This study addressed the compartmentalization of BCRP in the plasma membrane and the influence of membrane cholesterol on the efflux activity of BCRP. As a cell model, we used the canine kidney epithelial cell line MDCKII-BCRP transfected with the cDNA encoding human BCRP and the corresponding parental cell line MDCKII. Cholesterol depletion with methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (MbetaCD) provoked a 40% decrease in BCRP activity (p < 0.01) assessed with flow cytometry (pheophorbide A efflux assay). Cholesterol repletion with MbetaCD/cholesterol-inclusion complexes restored BCRP function, and cholesterol saturation of native cells did not further enhance BCRP activity. Coimmunoprecipitation experiments indicated a physical interaction between BCRP and caveolin-1, and Western blot analysis after density gradient ultracentrifugation demonstrated that BCRP is located in detergent-resistant membranes that also contain caveolin-1. In conclusion, our results demonstrate for the first time that BCRP is located in membrane rafts and that cholesterol has impact on its efflux activity.
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- Caroline Henrike Storch
- Department of Internal Medicine VI, Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Orlowski S, Coméra C, Tercé F, Collet X. Lipid rafts: dream or reality for cholesterol transporters? EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2007; 36:869-85. [PMID: 17576551 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-007-0193-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2007] [Revised: 05/11/2007] [Accepted: 05/15/2007] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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As a key constituent of the cell membranes, cholesterol is an endogenous component of mammalian cells of primary importance, and is thus subjected to highly regulated homeostasis at the cellular level as well as at the level of the whole body. This regulation requires adapted mechanisms favoring the handling of cholesterol in aqueous compartments, as well as its transfer into or out of membranes, involving membrane proteins. A membrane exhibits functional properties largely depending on its lipid composition and on its structural organization, which very often involves cholesterol-rich microdomains. Then there is the appealing possibility that cholesterol may regulate its own transmembrane transport at a purely functional level, independently of any transcriptional regulation based on cholesterol-sensitive nuclear factors controling the expression level of lipid transport proteins. Indeed, the main cholesterol "transporters" presently believed to mediate for instance the intestinal absorption of cholesterol, that are SR-BI, NPC1L1, ABCA1, ABCG1, ABCG5/G8 and even P-glycoprotein, all present privileged functional relationships with membrane cholesterol-containing microdomains. In particular, they all more or less clearly induce membrane disorganization, supposed to facilitate cholesterol exchanges with the close aqueous medium. The actual lipid substrates handled by these transporters are not yet unambiguously determined, but they likely concern the components of membrane microdomains. Conversely, raft alterations may provide specific modulations of the transporter activities, as well as they can induce indirect effects via local perturbations of the membrane. Finally, these cholesterol transporters undergo regulated intracellular trafficking, with presumably some relationships to rafts which remain to be clarified.
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- Stéphane Orlowski
- SB2SM/IBTS and URA 2096 CNRS, CEA, Centre de Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France.
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Bucher K, Belli S, Wunderli-Allenspach H, Krämer SD. P-glycoprotein in proteoliposomes with low residual detergent: the effects of cholesterol. Pharm Res 2007; 24:1993-2004. [PMID: 17497080 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-007-9326-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2007] [Accepted: 04/25/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE There is evidence that cholesterol affects the ATPase and transport functions of P-glycoprotein (P-gp). To study the influence of cholesterol on P-gp in a well defined lipid environment, we reconstituted P-gp in egg phosphatidylcholine (PhC) and PhC/cholesterol proteoliposomes with negligible residual amounts of detergents. MATERIALS AND METHODS P-gp proteoliposomes were prepared by continuous dialysis from micelles consisting of P-gp, lipids, sodium dodecyl sulfate and cholate. Basal and modulator-induced ATPase activities were studied in an established enzyme assay. Modulator affinities to P-gp and to the lipid bilayers were determined by equilibrium dialysis. RESULTS In the absence of cholesterol the basal ATPase activity was six fold lower than in the presence of 20 or 40% cholesterol, and no P-gp binding and ATPase induction was detected for the tested modulators verapamil and progesterone. In proteoliposomes containing 20 and 40% cholesterol, respectively, the modulators showed significant P-gp binding and ATPase activation. The concentration of the modulators for half maximal activation of the ATPase was higher with 40% than with 20% cholesterol. CONCLUSIONS Cholesterol influences P-gp in three ways: (a) it enhances its basal ATPase activity, (b) it renders P-gp sensitive towards the modulators verapamil and progesterone and (c) it affects the modulator concentration at half maximal ATPase activation.
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- Karsten Bucher
- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ETH Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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Cerf E, Gasper R, Belani JD, Rychnovsky S, Chang XB, Buyse F, Ruysschaert JM. Multidrug resistance protein 1 is not associated to detergent-resistant membranes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 355:1025-30. [PMID: 17336270 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.02.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2007] [Accepted: 02/14/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Multidrug resistance protein 1 (MRP1) is a member of the ATP-binding cassette superfamily. Using the energy provided by ATP hydrolysis, it transports a broad spectrum of substrates across the plasma membrane, including hormones, leukotriene C(4), bile salts, and anti-cancer drugs. Recent works have suggested that P-glycoprotein is associated to cholesterol and sphingolipid-rich membrane microdomains and that cholesterol upregulates its ATPase and drug transport activities. Confocal microscopy experiments and Triton X-100 extraction of detergent-resistant membranes provide evidence that MRP1 is not located in raft-like structures and that its activity is downregulated by cholesterol. The data are discussed in terms of cholesterol-protein interaction and topology.
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- Emilie Cerf
- Structure et Fonction des Membranes Biologiques, Centre de Biologie Structurale et de Bioinformatique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Boulevard du Triomphe, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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Pál A, Méhn D, Molnár E, Gedey S, Mészáros P, Nagy T, Glavinas H, Janáky T, von Richter O, Báthori G, Szente L, Krajcsi P. Cholesterol potentiates ABCG2 activity in a heterologous expression system: improved in vitro model to study function of human ABCG2. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2007; 321:1085-94. [PMID: 17347325 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.106.119289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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ABCG2, a transporter of the ATP-binding cassette family, is known to play a prominent role in the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of xenobiotics. Drug-transporter interactions are commonly screened by high-throughput systems using transfected insect and/or human cell lines. The determination of ABCG2-ATPase activity is one method to identify ABCG2 substrate and inhibitors. We demonstrate that the ATPase activities of the human ABCG2 transfected Sf9 cell membranes (MXR-Sf9) and ABCG2-overexpressing human cell membranes (MXR-M) differ. Variation due to disparity in the glycosylation level of the protein had no effect on the transporter. The influence of cholesterol on ABCG2-ATPase activity was investigated because the lipid compositions of insect and human cells are largely different from each other. Differences in cholesterol content, shown by cholesterol loading and depletion experiments, conferred the difference in stimulation of basal ABCG2-ATPase of the two cell membranes. Basal ABCG2-ATPase activity could be stimulated by sulfasalazine, prazosin, and topotecan, known substrates of ABCG2 in cholesterol-loaded MXR-Sf9 and MXR-M cell membranes. In contrast, ABCG2-ATPase could not be stimulated in MXR-Sf9 or in cholesterol-depleted MXR-M membranes. Moreover, cholesterol loading significantly improved the drug transport into inside-out membrane vesicles prepared from MXR-Sf9 cells. MXR-M and cholesterol-loaded MXR-Sf9 cell membranes displayed similar ABCG2-ATPase activity and vesicular transport. Our study indicates an essential role of membrane cholesterol for the function of ABCG2.
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- A Pál
- SOLVO Biotechnology, Central Hungarian Innovations Center, Gyár u. 2., H-2040 Budaörs, Hungary
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Meyer dos Santos S, Meyer Dos Santos S, Weber CC, Franke C, Müller WE, Eckert GP. Cholesterol: Coupling between membrane microenvironment and ABC transporter activity. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 354:216-21. [PMID: 17223079 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.12.202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2006] [Accepted: 12/23/2006] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Lipid composition of biological membranes is closely related to the function of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter P-Glycoprotein (Pgp). Herein, we studied how membrane physico-chemical properties affect Pgp-activity. We effectively modulated the cellular cholesterol content using methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (MbetaCD) and MbetaCD-cholesterol-inclusion complex. Pgp was not liberated from the plasma membrane during cholesterol modulation and functional inhibition of Pgp was related to varying cholesterol levels in the plasma membrane. Our data indicate that membrane fluidity does not solely account for cholesterol dependent modifications of Pgp-activity. Therefore, we isolated lipid rafts and examined distinct membrane microdomains. Both depletion and cholesterol enrichment induces a disassembly of lipid rafts. In cholesterol-depleted cell membranes a shift in the Pgp localisation to detergent soluble fractions was observed. Enrichment of membrane cholesterol changed lipid raft distribution but not the localisation of Pgp. From our data we conclude that Pgp-transport capacity depends on accurate lipid raft properties.
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- Sascha Meyer dos Santos
- Department of Pharmacology, ZAFES, Biocenter Niederursel, N260, Max-von-Laue Str. 9, University of Frankfurt, Germany
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Barakat S, Demeule M, Pilorget A, Régina A, Gingras D, Baggetto LG, Béliveau R. Modulation of p-glycoprotein function by caveolin-1 phosphorylation. J Neurochem 2007; 101:1-8. [PMID: 17326770 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.04410.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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p-glycoprotein (p-gp) is an ATP-binding cassette transporter and its overexpression is responsible for the acquisition of the multidrug resistance phenotype in human tumors. p-gp is localized at the blood-brain barrier and is involved in brain cytoprotection. Our previous work used immunoprecipitation to show that caveolin-1 can interact with p-gp. In this study, we provide evidence that caveolin-1 regulates p-gp transport activity in a rat brain endothelial cell line (RBE4). Down-regulation of caveolin-1 by siRNA reduced the interaction between p-gp and caveolin-1, followed by a decrease in [3H]-Taxol and [3H]-Vinblastine accumulation in RBE4 cells. The latter result showed that down-regulation of caveolin-1 enhanced p-gp transport activity. RBE4 cells were also transfected with Sarcoma in order to modulate caveolin-1 phosphorylation. Overexpression of Sarcoma, a protein tyrosine kinase, stimulated caveolin-1 phosphorylation and increased both [3H]-Taxol and [3H]-Vinblastine accumulation as well as Hoechst 33342 accumulation. Transfection of caveolin-1 inhibits p-gp transport activity. Conversely, transfection of the mutant cavY14F decreased the p-gp/caveolin-1 interaction and reduced accumulation of the two p-gp substrates. Thus, our data show that caveolin-1 regulates p-gp function through the phosphorylation state of caveolin-1 in endothelial cells from the blood-brain barrier.
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- Stéphane Barakat
- Laboratoire de médecine moléculaire, Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Kimura Y, Kioka N, Kato H, Matsuo M, Ueda K. Modulation of drug-stimulated ATPase activity of human MDR1/P-glycoprotein by cholesterol. Biochem J 2007; 401:597-605. [PMID: 17029589 PMCID: PMC1820799 DOI: 10.1042/bj20060632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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MDR1 (multidrug resistance 1)/P-glycoprotein is an ATP-driven transporter which excretes a wide variety of structurally unrelated hydrophobic compounds from cells. It is suggested that drugs bind to MDR1 directly from the lipid bilayer and that cholesterol in the bilayer also interacts with MDR1. However, the effects of cholesterol on drug-MDR1 interactions are still unclear. To examine these effects, human MDR1 was expressed in insect cells and purified. The purified MDR1 protein was reconstituted in proteoliposomes containing various concentrations of cholesterol and enzymatic parameters of drug-stimulated ATPase were compared. Cholesterol directly binds to purified MDR1 in a detergent soluble form and the effects of cholesterol on drug-stimulated ATPase activity differ from one drug to another. The effects of cholesterol on K(m) values of drug-stimulated ATPase activity were strongly correlated with the molecular mass of that drug. Cholesterol increases the binding affinity of small drugs (molecular mass <500 Da), but does not affect that of drugs with a molecular mass of between 800 and 900 Da, and suppresses that of valinomycin (molecular mass >1000 Da). V(max) values for rhodamine B and paclitaxel are also increased by cholesterol, suggesting that cholesterol affects turnover as well as drug binding. Paclitaxel-stimulated ATPase activity of MDR1 is enhanced in the presence of stigmasterol, sitosterol and campesterol, as well as cholesterol, but not ergosterol. These results suggest that the drug-binding site of MDR1 may best fit drugs with a molecular mass of between 800 and 900 Da, and that cholesterol may support the recognition of smaller drugs by adjusting the drug-binding site and play an important role in the function of MDR1.
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- Yasuhisa Kimura
- Laboratory of Cellular Biochemistry, Division of Applied Life Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Kobayashi T, Takahashi M, Nagatsuka Y, Hirabayashi Y. Lipid rafts: new tools and a new component. Biol Pharm Bull 2006; 29:1526-31. [PMID: 16880598 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.29.1526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Lipid rafts are liquid ordered membrane domains enriched with sphingolipids and cholesterol. After 20 years since the proposal of the original concept, the structure and function of lipid rafts are still obscure. Recently new tools to study lipid rafts have been developed. Lysenin is a sphingomyelin binding protein that specifically recognizes the lipid clusters. Poly(ethyleneglycol)-derivatized cholesterol ether (PEG-Chol) is a non-toxic cholesterol probe. These probes have revealed the heterogeneity of lipid rafts. The heterogeneity of lipid rafts is further supported by the discovery of a new lipid component, phosphatidylglucoside. Metabolic inhibitors are another useful tool. Sulfamisterin is a new addition to the serine palmitoyltransferase inhibitors. Recent findings have uncovered a previously unrecognized activity of a glycosphingolipid synthesis inhibitor, D-threo-1-phenyl-2-decanoylamino-3-morpholino-1-propanol (D-PDMP).
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- Toshihide Kobayashi
- Lipid Biology Laboratory, RIKEN (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Japan.
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Choo EF, Kurnik D, Muszkat M, Ohkubo T, Shay SD, Higginbotham JN, Glaeser H, Kim RB, Wood AJJ, Wilkinson GR. Differential in vivo sensitivity to inhibition of P-glycoprotein located in lymphocytes, testes, and the blood-brain barrier. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2006; 317:1012-8. [PMID: 16537797 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.105.099648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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A major functional component of the blood-brain barrier is P-glycoprotein. In principle, inhibition of this efflux transporter would permit greater distribution of its substrates into the brain and increased central effects. Tariquidar and elacridar, potent and selective P-glycoprotein inhibitors, were investigated in this regard using the opioid loperamide as an in vivo probe in mice. Pretreatment with both inhibitors converted intravenous loperamide from a drug without central effects to one producing antinociception. Radiolabeled loperamide tissue distribution studies indicated that inhibition was associated with increased uptake into brain and testes in the absence of changes in plasma levels, along with enhanced efflux of rhodamine 123 from CD3e+ T-lymphocytes. However, with tariquidar, the loperamide dose-response curves for testes/plasma and brain/plasma concentration ratios were shifted 6- (p = 0.07) and 25-fold (p < 0.01) to the right, respectively (ED50 = 1.48 and 5.65 mg/kg), compared with the rhodamine 123 efflux curve (ED50 0.25 mg/kg). Less pronounced shifts were noted with elacridar where the brain/plasma ratio was shifted only 2-fold relative to the rhodamine 123 efflux data (ED50 = 2.36 versus 1.34 mg/kg, respectively; p 0.01). These results indicate that the P-glycoprotein localized in the blood-brain barrier and, to a lesser extent, the testes-blood barrier is more resistant to inhibition than at other tissue sites such as the lymphocyte; moreover, the extent of this effect depends on the inhibitor. Such resistance can be overcome by a sufficiently high dose of an inhibitor; however, whether this is safely attainable in the clinical situation remains to be determined.
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- Edna F Choo
- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-6602, USA
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Barakat S, Gayet L, Dayan G, Labialle S, Lazar A, Oleinikov V, Coleman A, Baggetto L. Multidrug-resistant cancer cells contain two populations of P-glycoprotein with differently stimulated P-gp ATPase activities: evidence from atomic force microscopy and biochemical analysis. Biochem J 2005; 388:563-71. [PMID: 15693753 PMCID: PMC1138964 DOI: 10.1042/bj20041999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Considerable interest exists about the localization of P-gp (P-glycoprotein) in DRMs (detergent-resistant membranes) of multidrug resistant cancer cells, in particular concerning the potential modulating role of the closely related lipids and proteins on P-gp activity. Our observation of the opposite effect of verapamil on P-gp ATPase activity from DRM and solubilized-membrane fractions of CEM-resistant leukaemia cells, and results from Langmuir experiments on membrane monolayers from resistant CEM cells, strongly suggest that two functional populations of P-gp exist. The first is located in DRM regions: it displays its optimal P-gp ATPase activity, which is almost completely inhibited by orthovanadate and activated by verapamil. The second is located elsewhere in the membrane; it displays a lower P-gp ATPase activity that is less sensitive to orthovanadate and is inhibited by verapamil. A 40% cholesterol depletion of DRM caused the loss of 52% of the P-gp ATPase activity. Cholesterol repletion allowed recovery of the initial P-gp ATPase activity. In contrast, in the solubilized-membrane-containing fractions, cholesterol depletion and repletion had no effect on the P-gp ATPase activity whereas up to 100% saturation with cholesterol induced a 58% increased P-gp ATPase activity, while no significant modification was observed for the DRM-enriched fraction. DRMs were analysed by atomic force microscopy: 40-60% cholesterol depletion was necessary to remove P-gp from DRMs. In conclusion, P-gp in DRMs appears to contain closely surrounding cholesterol that can stimulate P-gp ATPase activity to its optimal value, whereas cholesterol in the second population seems deprived of this function.
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- Stéphane Barakat
- *Thérapie transcriptionnelle des cellules cancéreuses, IBCP - UMR 5086 CNRS UCBL, 7 Passage du Vercors, 69367 Lyon cedex 07, France
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- *Thérapie transcriptionnelle des cellules cancéreuses, IBCP - UMR 5086 CNRS UCBL, 7 Passage du Vercors, 69367 Lyon cedex 07, France
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- *Thérapie transcriptionnelle des cellules cancéreuses, IBCP - UMR 5086 CNRS UCBL, 7 Passage du Vercors, 69367 Lyon cedex 07, France
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- †McGill University, Royal Victoria Hospital, F3.32, 687 Pine avenue West, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 1A1
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- ‡Assemblages moléculaires d'intérêt biologique, IBCP - UMR 5086 CNRS UCBL, 7 Passage du Vercors, 69367 Lyon cedex 07, France
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- §Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, Moscow B-437, GSP 117997, Russia
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- ‡Assemblages moléculaires d'intérêt biologique, IBCP - UMR 5086 CNRS UCBL, 7 Passage du Vercors, 69367 Lyon cedex 07, France
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- *Thérapie transcriptionnelle des cellules cancéreuses, IBCP - UMR 5086 CNRS UCBL, 7 Passage du Vercors, 69367 Lyon cedex 07, France
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