scholarly journals Diaminothiazoles evade multidrug resistance in cancer cells and xenograft tumour models and develop transient specific resistance: understanding the basis of broad-spectrum versus specific resistance

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 883-893 ◽  
Author(s):  
Smreti Vasudevan ◽  
Sannu Ann Thomas ◽  
Krishnankutty C. Sivakumar ◽  
Reena J. Komalam ◽  
Keerthi V. Sreerekha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multidrug Resistance ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Specific Resistance ◽  
Spectrum Versus

LDH-doped electrospun short fibers enable dual drug loading and multistage release for chemotherapy of drug-resistant cancer cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yupei Ma ◽  
Du Li ◽  
Yunchao Xiao ◽  
Zhijun OuYang ◽  
Mingwu Shen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multidrug Resistance ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Cancer Chemotherapy ◽  
Side Effect ◽  
Drug Loading ◽  
Adverse Side Effect ◽  
Drug Resistant ◽  
Short Fibers ◽  
Dual Drug

Conventional cancer chemotherapy is facing difficulties in improving the bioavailability, overcoming the severe adverse side effect of chemotherapeutics and reversing the multidrug resistance of cancer cells. To address these challenges,...

scholarly journals Regulation of Multidrug Resistance in Cancer Cells by Hyaluronan

2003 ◽  
Vol 278 (28) ◽  
pp. 25285-25288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suniti Misra ◽  
Shibnath Ghatak ◽  
Alexandra Zoltan-Jones ◽  
Bryan P. Toole
Keyword(s):  
Multidrug Resistance ◽  
Cancer Cells

Identification, structural properties and chelating capacity of miltipolone as a broad-spectrum inhibitor to cancer cells

2011 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 1117-1121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Wang ◽  
Shaopeng Chen ◽  
Hao Cheng ◽  
Fangyi Yang ◽  
Junting Wan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Structural Properties ◽  
Broad Spectrum

scholarly journals MiR-331-3p Links to Drug Resistance of Pancreatic Cancer Cells by Activating WNT/β-Catenin Signal via ST7L

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 153303382094580
Author(s):  
Ting Zhan ◽  
Xiaoli Chen ◽  
Xia Tian ◽  
Zheng Han ◽  
Meng Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pancreatic Cancer ◽  
Drug Resistance ◽  
Multidrug Resistance ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Breast Cancer Resistance Protein ◽  
Cancer Resistance ◽  
Multidrug Resistance Protein 1 ◽  
Pancreatic Cancer Cells ◽  
Resistance Protein ◽  
Multidrug Resistance Related Protein

Background: Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive type of cancer with poor prognosis, short survival rate, and high mortality. Drug resistance is a major cause of treatment failure in the disease. MiR-331-3p has been reported to play an important role in several cancers. We previously showed that miR-331-3p is upregulated in pancreatic cancer and promotes pancreatic cancer cell proliferation and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition–mediated metastasis by targeting ST7L. However, it is uncertain whether miR-331-3p is involved in drug resistance. Methods: We investigated the relationship between miR-331-3p and pancreatic cancer drug resistance. As part of this, microRNA mimics or inhibitors were transfected into pancreatic cancer cells. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction was used to detect miR-331-3p expression, and flow cytometry was used to detect cell apoptosis. The Cell Counting Kit-8 assay was used to measure the IC50 values of gemcitabine in pancreatic cancer cells. The expression of multidrug resistance protein 1, multidrug resistance-related protein 1, breast cancer resistance protein, β-Catenin, c-Myc, Cyclin D1, Bcl-2, and Caspase-3 was evaluated by Western blotting. Results: We confirmed that miR-331-3p is upregulated in gemcitabine-treated pancreatic cancer cells and plasma from chemotherapy patients. We also confirmed that miR-331-3p inhibition decreased drug resistance by regulating cell apoptosis and multidrug resistance protein 1, multidrug resistance-related protein 1, and breast cancer resistance protein expression in pancreatic cancer cells, whereas miR-331-3p overexpression had the opposite effect. We further demonstrated that miR-331-3p effects in drug resistance were partially reversed by ST7L overexpression. In addition, overexpression of miR-331-3p activated Wnt/β-catenin signaling in pancreatic cancer cells, and ST7L overexpression restored activation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling. Conclusions: Taken together, our data demonstrate that miR-331-3p contributes to drug resistance by activating Wnt/β-catenin signaling via ST7L in pancreatic cancer cells. These data provide a theoretical basis for new targeted therapies in the future.

scholarly journals Antiproliferative and Apoptosis-Inducing Activities of Benchalokawichian Remedy Against Doxorubicin-Sensitive and -Resistant Erythromyelogenous Leukemic Cells

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wipob Suttana ◽  
Chatubhong Singharachai ◽  
Rawiwan Charoensup ◽  
Narawadee Rujanapun ◽  
Chutima Suya
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Multidrug Resistance ◽  
Cell Cycle Arrest ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
K562 Cells ◽  
Leukemic Cells ◽  
Drug Resistant ◽  
Normal Cells ◽  
Root Extracts ◽  
Cycle Arrest

Chemotherapy can cause multidrug resistance in cancer cells and is cytotoxic to normal cells. Discovering natural bioactive compounds that are not cytotoxic to normal cells but inhibit proliferation and induce apoptosis in drug- sensitive and drug-resistant cancer cells could overcome these drawbacks of chemotherapy. This study investigated the antiproliferative effects of crude extracts of Benchalokawichian (BLW) remedy and its herbal components against drug-sensitive and drug-resistant cancer cells, cytotoxicity of the extracts toward normal cells, and their ability to induce apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in drug-sensitive and drug-resistant cancer cells. The extracts exhibited antiproliferative activity against doxorubicin-sensitive and doxorubicin-resistant erythromyelogenous leukemic cells (K562 and K562/adr). Tiliacora triandra root, BLW, and Harrisonia perforata root extracts displayed an IC50 of 77.00 ± 1.30, 79.33 ± 1.33, and 87.67 ± 0.67 µg/mL, respectively, against K562 cells. In contrast, Clerodendrum petasites, T. triandra, and H. perforata root extracts displayed the lowest IC50 against K562/adr cells (68.89 ± 0.75, 78.33 ± 0.69, and 86.78 ± 1.92 µg/mL, respectively). The resistance factor of the extracts was lower than that of doxorubicin, indicating that the extracts could overcome the multidrug resistance of cancer cells. Importantly, the extracts were negligibly cytotoxic to peripheral mononuclear cells, indicating minimal adverse effects in normal cells. In addition, these extracts induced apoptosis of K562 and K562/adr cells and caused cell cycle arrest at the G0/G1 phase in K562 cells. Keywords: Antiproliferative, Apoptosis, Benchalokawichian, Cell cycle, Multidrug resistance

scholarly journals Transport of glutathione-conjugates in human erythrocytes.

2000 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 751-762 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Sharma ◽  
S Awasthi ◽  
P Zimniak ◽  
Y C Awasthi
Keyword(s):  
Multidrug Resistance ◽  
Substrate Specificity ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Physiological Role ◽  
Human Erythrocytes ◽  
Environmental Toxicants ◽  
Cationic Drugs ◽  
Molecular Identity ◽  
Hydrophilic Molecule

The last step of detoxification of both endogenous and environmental toxicants is typically a conjugation that produces a bulky hydrophilic molecule. The excretion of such conjugates out of cells is of sufficient biological importance to have led to the evolution of ATP-driven export pumps for this purpose. The substrate specificity of such transporters is broad, and in some cases it has been shown to include not only anionic conjugates but also neutral or weakly cationic drugs. In the present article, we review the molecular identity, functional and structural characteristics of these pumps, mainly on the example of human erythrocytes, and discuss their physiological role in detoxification and in the multidrug resistance phenotype of cancer cells.

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