| Title | Demonstration of the Activity of P-glycoprotein by a Semi-automated Fluorometric Method. | | Author(s) | Spengler G, Viveiros M, Martins M, Rodrigues L, Martins A, Molnar J, Couto I, Amaral L | | Institution | Unit of Mycobacteriology, UPMM, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IHMT/UNL), Rua da Junqueira, 96, 1349-008 Lisboa, Portugal. lamaral@ihmt.unl.pt. | | Source | Anticancer Res 2009 Jun; 29(6):2173-7. | | Abstract | BACKGROUND: We have developed a semi-automated fluorometric method that utilizes ethidium bromide (EB), a common substrate of bacterial efflux pumps. The method is sufficiently sensitive to characterize the efflux pump systems of bacteria. Because EB is also recognized and extruded by ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters and these have similarity to P-glycoprotein (P-gp), the method has been extended for the evaluation of agents that can inhibit the extrusion of EB on a real-time basis by mouse lymphoma cells containing the human ABCB1 (mdr1) gene.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Monitoring of uptake and extrusion of EB was assessed using the Rotor-Gene 3000 (Corbett Research) under different conditions.
RESULTS: Whereas extrusion of EB took place readily, the addition of known inhibitors of efflux pumps (verapamil, reserpine) caused retention of EB.
CONCLUSION: This method is inexpensive and allows the detection of neoplastic cells with increased efflux activity as well as the screening of large numbers of compounds for inhibition of the P-gp. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 19528478 |
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