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Published in final edited form as: Expert Rev Mol Med. 2011 May 13;13:e17. doi: 10.1017/S1462399411001888

Table 2. Selected ABC Transporters at the Blood-Brain Barrier and Braintumor Cell Barrier and their Substrate Chemotherapeutic Agents.

TRANSPORTER GENE LOCALIZATION AT THE BBB PRESENCE IN GLIOMA CELLS SELECTED SUBSTRATE CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS
P-glycoprotein (P-9P) ABCB1 (MDR1) Luminal (Ref. 79) Yes (Refs 124-126) Vincristine, vinblastine, paclitaxel, docitaxel, doxorubicin, daunorubicin, mitoxantrone, etoposide, teniposide, methotrexate, topotecan, imatinib, dasatinib, lapatinib, gefitinib, sorafenib, erlotinib, tandutinib,
Breast Cancer Resistance Protein (BCRP) ABCG2 (MXR) Luminal (Ref. 101) Yes (Refs 131-133) doxorubicin, daunorubicin, mitoxantrone, methotrexate, topotecan, SN-38 (active metabolite of irinotecan), gimatecan, imatinib, dasatinib, lapatinib, gefitinib, sorafenib, erlotinib, tandutinib,
Multi-Drug Resistance Associated Protein 1 (MRP1) ABCC1 (MRP1) Luminal, Apical (Refs 87, 88) Yes (Refs 127,128,136) Etoposide, teniposide, vincristine, vinblastine, paclitaxel, docitaxel, doxorubicin, daunorubicin, mitoxantrone, topotecan, irinotecan, methotrexate
Multi-Drug Resistance Associated Protein 2 (MRP2) ABCC2 (MRP2) Luminal (Ref. 89) ? Cisplatin, etoposide, vincristine, vinblastine, doxorubicin, daunorubicin, topotecan, irinotecan, methotrexate, paclitaxel, docitaxel
Multi-Drug Resistance Associated Protein 3 (MRP3) ABCC3 (MRP3) ? Yes (Refs 128,136, 138) Etoposide, teniposide, vincristine, methotrexate
Multi-Drug Resistance Associated Protein 4 (MRP4) ABCC4 (MRP4) Luminal, Apical (Refs 87, 88) Yes (Refs 128,135) Methotrexate, topotecan, 6-mercaptopurine, thioguanine, cisplatin
Multi-Drug Resistance Associated Protein 5 (MRP5) ABCC5 (MRP5) Luminal, Apical (Refs 87, 88) Yes (Refs 128, 135, 136) 6-mercaptopurine, thioguanine, gemcitabine