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DNA-PK, ATM and MDR proteins inhibitors in overcoming fludarabine resistance in CLL cells.
Experimental Oncology 2010 December
AIM: To perform the comparative study of the effects of DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) inhibitors vanillin and NU7026, ataxia telangiectasia mutated kinase (ATM)/ ATM and Rad3 related (ATR) kinase inhibitor caffeine and multidrug resistance (MDR) protein modulator cyclosporine A (CsA) on fludarabine resistant and sensitive lymphocytes from chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients.
METHODS: Cells sensitivity in vitro was determined with 3-(4,5-dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide (MTT). DNA-PKs and ATM expression in CLL cells was evaluated using Western blotting. Multidrug tansporter protein expression and function was assessed by flow cytometry. Pro- or anti-apoptotic genes (BAX, LICE BCL-2, BCL-XS FLICE, FAS, TRAIL) expression on mRNA level was evaluated.
RESULTS: Caffeine, vanillin, NU7026 and CsA increased fludarabine cytotoxicity against fludarabine-resistant CLL cells samples in comparison with sensitive cell samples. However, fludarabine-sensitive CLL samples were sensitized with inhibitors to a greater extent compared with resistant CLL samples. ATM expression increased in fludarabine-resistant CLL samples, but no apparent correlation between DNA-PKs level and fludarabine sensitivity in vitro or sensitization effect of DNA-PK inhibitors were observed. Fludarabine-resistant CLL lymphocytes showed tendency for depressed MDR efflux and decreased level of mRNA of pro-apoptotic gene BCL-XS.
CONCLUSION: Absence of any definite conformity between fludarabine-resistant cell susceptibility to combined action of fludarabine and inhibitors, and molecular pathways that might be involved in this process does not exclude drugs synergy in fludarabine-resistant cells that could be used for overcoming resistance to nucleoside analogs in CLL.
METHODS: Cells sensitivity in vitro was determined with 3-(4,5-dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide (MTT). DNA-PKs and ATM expression in CLL cells was evaluated using Western blotting. Multidrug tansporter protein expression and function was assessed by flow cytometry. Pro- or anti-apoptotic genes (BAX, LICE BCL-2, BCL-XS FLICE, FAS, TRAIL) expression on mRNA level was evaluated.
RESULTS: Caffeine, vanillin, NU7026 and CsA increased fludarabine cytotoxicity against fludarabine-resistant CLL cells samples in comparison with sensitive cell samples. However, fludarabine-sensitive CLL samples were sensitized with inhibitors to a greater extent compared with resistant CLL samples. ATM expression increased in fludarabine-resistant CLL samples, but no apparent correlation between DNA-PKs level and fludarabine sensitivity in vitro or sensitization effect of DNA-PK inhibitors were observed. Fludarabine-resistant CLL lymphocytes showed tendency for depressed MDR efflux and decreased level of mRNA of pro-apoptotic gene BCL-XS.
CONCLUSION: Absence of any definite conformity between fludarabine-resistant cell susceptibility to combined action of fludarabine and inhibitors, and molecular pathways that might be involved in this process does not exclude drugs synergy in fludarabine-resistant cells that could be used for overcoming resistance to nucleoside analogs in CLL.
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