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Identification of glutathione S-transferase as a determinant of 4-hydroperoxycyclophosphamide resistance in human breast cancer cells.

Abstract：

:Aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) is well known for its involvement in the resistance of tumor cells to cyclophosphamide (CPA) and its activated derivatives, such as 4-hydroperoxy-CPA (4HC). The role of other drug-metabolizing enzymes such as glutathione S-transferase (GST) in CPA resistance is, however, less certain. In the present study of a human breast cancer cell line (MCF-7) exhibiting about 6-fold resistance to 4HC (MCF/HC), cellular levels of glutathione (GSH) were increased 1.4-fold, while cytosolic GST and ALDH activities were increased 2.7- and 7.2-fold, respectively, relative to the MCF-7 parental line. No significant changes in glutathione peroxidase and NADPH cytochrome P450 reductase activity, and no increase in microsomal GST and GST pi mRNAs were found in the resistant cells. Treatment with the ALDH substrate octanal sensitized the cells to the cytotoxic effects of 4HC to a modest extent in both MCF-7 and MCF/HC cells [dose modification factor (DMF) of 1.4 and 1.6, respectively]. Depletion of GSH by treatment with the GSH synthesis inhibitor buthionine sulfoximine (BSO) enhanced the cytotoxic effect of 4HC to a similar extent in both cell lines. By contrast, ethacrynic acid, which inhibited GST activity by > 85% in MCF-7 and MCF/HC cell extracts without depletion of GSH, sensitized the resistant but not the parental cells to 4HC cytotoxicity, indicating the importance of GST as a determinant of 4HC resistance in these cells. This conclusion is supported by the observation that in MCF/HC cells, ethacrynic acid in combination with BSO increased the DMF 3-fold higher than did BSO or EA alone, while in the parental MCF-7 cells ethacrynic acid with BSO had no significant chemosensitization effect over BSO alone. These studies establish that in addition to ALDH, GST overexpression can contribute to acquired resistance of tumor cells to 4HC and, furthermore, suggest that modulators that target the GSH/GST system could be useful in overcoming CPA resistance in the clinic.

journal_name

Biochem Pharmacol

journal_title

Biochemical pharmacology

authors

Chen G,Waxman DJ

doi

10.1016/0006-2952(95)00079-f

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1995-05-26 00:00:00

pages

1691-701

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eissn

0006-2952

issn

1873-2968

pii

0006-2952(95)00079-F

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Identification of glutathione S-transferase as a determinant of 4-hydroperoxycyclophosphamide resistance in human breast cancer cells.