TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantitative analysis of breast cancer resistance protein and cellular resistance to flavopiridol in acute leukemia patients
AU - Nakanishi, Takeo
AU - Karp, Judith E.
AU - Tan, Ming
AU - Austin Doyle, L.
AU - Peters, Todd
AU - Yang, Weidong
AU - Wei, David
AU - Ross, Douglas D.
PY - 2003/9/1
Y1 - 2003/9/1
N2 - Purpose: Flavopiridol is a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor currently undergoing human clinical trials. As clinical development is pursued, it becomes important to evaluate resistance mechanisms to flavopiridol. To elucidate the contribution of breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) to cellular resistance to flavopiridol in acute myeloid leukemia, we studied the relationship between cellular resistance to flavopiridol and mRNA expression of BCRP or P-glycoprotein (P-gp, product of MDR1 gene) in blast cells from adult patients with acute leukemia. Experimental Design: Twenty-one blast cell samples from 20 patients were studied. The expression of BCRP, P-gp, β-actin mRNA was determined by real-time reverse transcription-PCR, using fluorescent hybridization probes to evaluate codon 482, a known site of mutations in BCRP mRNA. In vitro cell viability and apoptosis were examined after 24 h exposure to flavopiridol. Results: BCRP mRNA expression varied over a 200-fold range. In the blast cell samples with BCRP mRNA expression > 10,000 copies/pg β-actin (n = 9), BCRP mRNA correlated proportionally with cell viability in the presence of 250 nM flavopiridol (r = 0.86, P = 0.003) and with apoptosis induced by flavopiridol (r = 0.71, P = 0.031). In contrast, MDR1 mRNA expression did not correlate with either flavopiridol cytotoxicity or induction of apoptosis. Melting point analysis of the hybridization probes determined that all 21 patient samples had arginine at codon 482 of BCRP mRNA, the wild-type form. Conclusions: These results suggest that unlike P-gp, BCRP may play a role in leukemia cellular resistance to flavopiridol. No mutations at codon 482 were observed in BCRP mRNA in this group of patients.
AB - Purpose: Flavopiridol is a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor currently undergoing human clinical trials. As clinical development is pursued, it becomes important to evaluate resistance mechanisms to flavopiridol. To elucidate the contribution of breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) to cellular resistance to flavopiridol in acute myeloid leukemia, we studied the relationship between cellular resistance to flavopiridol and mRNA expression of BCRP or P-glycoprotein (P-gp, product of MDR1 gene) in blast cells from adult patients with acute leukemia. Experimental Design: Twenty-one blast cell samples from 20 patients were studied. The expression of BCRP, P-gp, β-actin mRNA was determined by real-time reverse transcription-PCR, using fluorescent hybridization probes to evaluate codon 482, a known site of mutations in BCRP mRNA. In vitro cell viability and apoptosis were examined after 24 h exposure to flavopiridol. Results: BCRP mRNA expression varied over a 200-fold range. In the blast cell samples with BCRP mRNA expression > 10,000 copies/pg β-actin (n = 9), BCRP mRNA correlated proportionally with cell viability in the presence of 250 nM flavopiridol (r = 0.86, P = 0.003) and with apoptosis induced by flavopiridol (r = 0.71, P = 0.031). In contrast, MDR1 mRNA expression did not correlate with either flavopiridol cytotoxicity or induction of apoptosis. Melting point analysis of the hybridization probes determined that all 21 patient samples had arginine at codon 482 of BCRP mRNA, the wild-type form. Conclusions: These results suggest that unlike P-gp, BCRP may play a role in leukemia cellular resistance to flavopiridol. No mutations at codon 482 were observed in BCRP mRNA in this group of patients.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 12960118
AN - SCOPUS:0042835753
SN - 1078-0432
VL - 9
SP - 3320
EP - 3328
JO - Clinical Cancer Research
JF - Clinical Cancer Research
IS - 9
ER -