Establishment and Partial Characterization of an Epirubicin-Resistant Gastric Cancer Cell Line with Upregulated ABCB1

Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a major impediment to successful chemotherapy of gastric cancer. Our aim was to establish an epirubicin-resistant cell subline (AGS/EPI) and to elucidate the mechanisms involved in acquired EPI resistance. the AGS/EPI cell subline developed by exposing parental AGS cell...

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Autores: Felipe, Aledson Vitor [UNIFESP], Moraes, Andrea Aparecida Fátima Souza [UNIFESP], Oliveira, Juliana de [UNIFESP], Silva, Tiago Donizetti da [UNIFESP], Forones, Nora Manoukian [UNIFESP]
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/37203
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.16.6849
https://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/37203
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Multidrug resistance
Gastric cancer
ABCB1
Epirubicin
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Sumario:Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a major impediment to successful chemotherapy of gastric cancer. Our aim was to establish an epirubicin-resistant cell subline (AGS/EPI) and to elucidate the mechanisms involved in acquired EPI resistance. the AGS/EPI cell subline developed by exposing parental AGS cells to stepwise increasing concentrations of EPI demonstrated 2.52-fold resistance relative to the AGS cell line, and mRNA expression of the ATP-dependent drug-efflux pump P-glycoprotein (Pgp), more recently known as ABCB1 protein, was similarly upregulated. An AGS/EPI cell subline could thus be effectively established, and MDR mechanism of these cells was shown to be related to the overexpression of mRNA of the ABCB1 gene.