Abstract
The multidrug resistance protein (MRP) has been shown to mediate ATP-dependent efflux of anticancer agents of diverse structure, such as daunorubicin (DNR), vincristine and etoposide. Thus, this protein does confer a multidrug resistant phenotype to cancer cells, similar to P-glycoprotein (Pgp). The substrate specificity of both transporter proteins is partly overlapping but is otherwise very distinct; because MRP is a multiple organic anion transporter, it transports certain glutathione conjugates and may be partly dependent on intracellular glutathione levels for the transport of anthracyclines. We have studied the transport kinetics of a series of anthracyclines in MRP and Pgp that overexpress tumor cell lines to obtain information on the substrate specificity of these proteins. The anthracyclines have modifications in the sugar moiety. The mean active efflux coefficientk a, used to characterize the efficiency of the active efflux, was very similar for DNR and one of its 4′-deoxy- derivatives (eso-DNR) for MRP and Pgp [10–20 × 10−10/sec/(cells/ml)]. The permanently neutral derivatives 3′-deamino-3′-hydroxy-doxorubicin (OH-DOX) and 3′-deamino-3′-hydroxy-daunorubicin (OH-DNR) were effluxed by both proteins but had a lower k a[2 × 10−10 and 6 × 10−10/sec/(cells/ml) (OH-DOX) and 2 × 10−10 and 5 × 10−10/sec/(cells/ml) (OH-DNR)] for MRP and Pgp. Two anthracyclines, the doxorubicin derivative pirarubicin and 2′-bromo-4′-epi-DNR seemed to have a slightly higher k a value for Pgp than for MRP. The apparent Michaelis-Menten constants (K m) and maximal efflux rates (V M) for the active transport were within a narrow range for both transporters, except for OH-DOX and OH-DNR, which had a lower V M in the case of MRP-mediated transport, suggesting a role of the amino group in the interaction with glutathione. Determination of the Hill coefficient (n H) of the MRP-mediated efflux gave most values close to 2, which suggests cooperativity of the transport of anthracyclines as reported before for Pgp. In conclusion, the transport kinetics of anthracyclines by MRP and Pgp are very similar.
Footnotes
- Received April 3, 1997.
- Accepted September 12, 1997.
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Send reprint requests to: Dr. A. Garnier-Suillerot, Lab. de Physicochimie Biomoléculaire et Cellulaire (URA 2056 CNRS), Université Paris-Nord, 74 rue Marcel Cachin, Bobigny 93017, France. E-mail: garnier{at}lpbc.jussieu.fr
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This study was supported by the Center National de Recherche Scientifique and the Université Paris Nord.
- The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
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