Abstract
Taxol-resistant sublines of HL-60 myeloid leukemia cells (HL-60/TAX100 and HL-60/TAX1000) have been isolated in vitro by subculturing in progressively higher concentrations of taxol. HL-60/TAX100 and HL-60/TAX1000 cells are capable of continuous growth in the presence of 0.1 μM and 1.0 μM taxol, respectively, and the IC50 (50% growth inhibitory dose) values for taxol for the two sublines are 0.34 and 2.44 μM as compared to 3.1 nM for the parent HL-60 cells. HL-60/TAX100 and HL-60/TAX1000 cells display a variable degree of cross-resistance to taxotere, vincristine and doxorubicin, but are sensitive to the antimetabolite Ara-C. Both HL-60/TAX100 and HL-60/TAX1000 cells over-express MDR-1 m-RNA and the membrane efflux multidrug transporter P-glycoprotein (PGP), as determined by Western blot and immunofluorescence labeling with anti-PGP antibodies. Consequently, exposure of the taxol-resistant cells to [3H]taxol or daunomycin results in the accumulation of significantly lower levels of the two drugs. Co-treatment with cyclosporine (0.5 μg/ml) or verapamil (10 μM) partially overcomes taxol resistance in HL-60/TAX1000 cells. Following treatment with clinically relevant concentration of taxol (1.0 μM for 24 h), HL-60 but not HL-60/TAX1000 cells display intracellular microtubular bundling, markedly enhanced accumulation of the cells in G2/M phase of cell-cycle and internucleosomal DNA fragmentation associated with apoptosis which is independent of bcl-2 gene expression. These taxol-resistant myeloid leukemia cells may serve as in vitro experimental models for examining strategies which may have potential applicability for overcoming taxol resistance.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 465-475 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Leukemia |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 3 |
State | Published - Jan 1 1994 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Hematology
- Oncology
- Cancer Research