Abstract
The multidrug resistance (MDR) proteins are member of the ATP-binding cassette superfamily and are present in a majority of human tumors. Their activity is a crucial factor leading to therapeutic failure. It is likely that compounds which inhibit the function of the MDR-efflux proteins such as MDR1 will improve the cytotoxic action of anticancer chemotherapy. Therefore, a search for MDR reversing compounds was conducted among three classes of plant derived compounds such as diterpenes, triterpenes and carotenoids in a hope to find inhibitors without adverse effects in these natural compounds. The inhibition of efflux activity was determined by measuring the accumulation of substrate analogues such as rhodamine in tumor cells in the presence of potential inhibitors. Thus we determined the effect of structurally unrelated diterpenes, triterpenes and carotenoids on reversal of multidrug resistance in MDR-1 gene-transfected L1210 mouse lymphoma cells and MDR mediated multidrug resistance of human breast cancer cells MDA-MB-231 (HTB-26) and MCF-7. The majority of diterpenes, cycloartane triterpenes and carotenoids isolated from vegetables and medicinal plants were able to enhance rhodamine 123 accumulations of MDR-cells. Synergistic interaction was found between epirubicine and resistance modifier terpenoids in vitro. It is supposed that these MDR modulators bind into transmembrane domains and the action of ABC transporters is inhibited by induced conformational changes.
Keywords: Multidrug resistance, cancer cells, diterpenoids, triterpenoids, carotenoids
Current Pharmaceutical Design
Title: Inhibition of Multidrug Resistance of Cancer Cells by Natural Diterpenes, Triterpenes and Carotenoids
Volume: 12 Issue: 3
Author(s): Joseph Molnar, Nora Gyemant, Masaru Tanaka, Judith Hohmann, Elke Bergmann-Leitner, Peter Molnar, Joseph Deli, Remigijus Didiziapetris and Maria J. U. Ferreira
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Keywords: Multidrug resistance, cancer cells, diterpenoids, triterpenoids, carotenoids
Abstract: The multidrug resistance (MDR) proteins are member of the ATP-binding cassette superfamily and are present in a majority of human tumors. Their activity is a crucial factor leading to therapeutic failure. It is likely that compounds which inhibit the function of the MDR-efflux proteins such as MDR1 will improve the cytotoxic action of anticancer chemotherapy. Therefore, a search for MDR reversing compounds was conducted among three classes of plant derived compounds such as diterpenes, triterpenes and carotenoids in a hope to find inhibitors without adverse effects in these natural compounds. The inhibition of efflux activity was determined by measuring the accumulation of substrate analogues such as rhodamine in tumor cells in the presence of potential inhibitors. Thus we determined the effect of structurally unrelated diterpenes, triterpenes and carotenoids on reversal of multidrug resistance in MDR-1 gene-transfected L1210 mouse lymphoma cells and MDR mediated multidrug resistance of human breast cancer cells MDA-MB-231 (HTB-26) and MCF-7. The majority of diterpenes, cycloartane triterpenes and carotenoids isolated from vegetables and medicinal plants were able to enhance rhodamine 123 accumulations of MDR-cells. Synergistic interaction was found between epirubicine and resistance modifier terpenoids in vitro. It is supposed that these MDR modulators bind into transmembrane domains and the action of ABC transporters is inhibited by induced conformational changes.
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Molnar Joseph, Gyemant Nora, Tanaka Masaru, Hohmann Judith, Bergmann-Leitner Elke, Molnar Peter, Deli Joseph, Didiziapetris Remigijus and Ferreira J. U. Maria, Inhibition of Multidrug Resistance of Cancer Cells by Natural Diterpenes, Triterpenes and Carotenoids, Current Pharmaceutical Design 2006; 12 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138161206775201893
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138161206775201893 |
Print ISSN 1381-6128 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1873-4286 |
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