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. 1994 Apr;69(4):711–716. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1994.134

Modified multiple drug resistance phenotype of Chinese hamster ovary cells selected with X-rays and vincristine versus X-rays only.

S McClean 1, B T Hill 1
PMCID: PMC1968820  PMID: 7908216

Abstract

Exposure of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells to fractionated X-irradiation [ten fractions of 9 Gray (Gy)] resulted in the expression of a multiple drug resistance phenotype which was distinct from that of drug-selected cells in two features: (i) resistance to vinca alkaloids and epipodophyllotoxins but sensitivity to anthracyclines was retained; (ii) overexpression of P-glycoprotein (Pgp) but regulated by post-translational stability rather than by any elevation in Pgp mRNA (Hill et al., 1990). It was also reported that when these cells (designated DXR-10) were subsequently exposed to another ten fractions of 9 Gy (20 x 9 Gy in total), no further increases in drug resistance or in the extent of Pgp expression were observed. To examine this apparent plateauing of the drug resistance phenotype following X-ray pretreatment, DXR-10 cells were instead treated with ten pulsed vincristine exposures. The resultant cell line, designated DXR-10/VCR-10, proved to be more resistant to vincristine, implying that the effect of further drug selection was additive to that of X-ray pretreatment. In addition, these cells showed resistance to doxorubicin and increased Pgp expression which was matched by a concomitant elevation in Pgp mRNA. These findings appear to confirm that Pgp expression is differentially regulated in tumour cells showing drug resistance after drug as opposed to X-ray selection.

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