Table 1

Efflux parameters of anthracycline derivatives by GLC4/ADR cells

Anthracyclineka × 1010VMKmnH
s−1 (cells/ml)−1) × 10−5molecules/cell/sec μm
eso-DNR1716.2  ± 1.20.8  ± 0.11.9  ± 0.5
DNR1312.0  ± 1.20.8  ± 0.21.8  ± 0.5
PIRA1415.0  ± 1.80.9  ± 0.21.8  ± 0.4
Br-DNR157.2  ± 0.60.42  ± 0.032.6  ± 0.4
OH-DNR21.6  ± 0.20.6  ± 0.11.9  ± 0.8
OH-DOX22.4  ± 1.21.3  ± 1.11.3  ± 0.7

Data are mean ± standard deviation from three to five independent experiments on different days. ka was calculated using eq. 5, where VM was expressed in m/sec/(cells/ml), the conversion being 1m/sec/(cells/ml) = 6 × 1014molecules/cell/sec.