Table 1. IC50 and relative resistance (RR) values measured in response to etoposide, cisplatin and doxorubicin treatment of Caco-2 cells stably expressing non-target shRNA (shNT) or shMRP2.
shNT | shMRP2 | ||
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IC50 (μM) | IC50 (μM) | RR | |
Etoposide | 328.2 | 108.5 | 0.33 |
Cisplatin | 87.8 | 31.8 | 0.36 |
Doxorubicin | 32.8 | 13.1 | 0.40 |
Caco-2 cells stably expressing shNT or shMRP2 (#305) were incubated with the cytotoxic drugs for 84 h. Sensitivity to the anti-cancer drug was determined by the MTT cell viability assay. Dose-response curves were fitted to the data to determine the toxicity (IC50 value) of the drugs. Inhibition of human shMRP2 expression reduced the resistance of Caco-2 cells to etoposide, cisplatin and doxorubicin compared to control cells.