1997
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005739525196
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P-glycoprotein: The intermediate end point of drug response to induction chemotherapy in locally advanced breast cancer

Abstract: Expression and clinical relevance of p-glycoprotein (p-gp) were evaluated in 31 cases of locally advanced breast cancer and 9 cases involving inflammatory breast cancer after induction chemotherapy. The de novo p-gp expression rate was 26% and increased up to 58% (p = 0.03) with the FAC (5-fluorouracil, adriamycin, cyclophosphamide) regimen. Although more clinically complete responders were found in the secondary p-gp negative group (p = 0.02), this difference was not found in pathological tumor response. More… Show more

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“…Moreover, we observed secreted P-gp in brain endothelial cell culture supernatants, suggesting P-gp is cleaved and released into the extracellular environment. Consistent with this notion, since molecules enter the CNS by transcellular and/or paracellular routes and the transcellular pathway is regulated by efflux transporters, such as P-gp, we wished to determine whether AR signaling also exerts regulatory effects on the transcellular pathway of the BBB mediated by P-gp (5,11,17). Not surprisingly, many drugs are expelled by P-gp even before entering the brain and therefore are dropped from the drug pipeline in the course of their development (15).…”
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“…Moreover, we observed secreted P-gp in brain endothelial cell culture supernatants, suggesting P-gp is cleaved and released into the extracellular environment. Consistent with this notion, since molecules enter the CNS by transcellular and/or paracellular routes and the transcellular pathway is regulated by efflux transporters, such as P-gp, we wished to determine whether AR signaling also exerts regulatory effects on the transcellular pathway of the BBB mediated by P-gp (5,11,17). Not surprisingly, many drugs are expelled by P-gp even before entering the brain and therefore are dropped from the drug pipeline in the course of their development (15).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Its broad substrate spectrum allows it to expel major classes of drugs (26,65). Moreover, P-gp expression or upregulation in various cancers and cell types poses a poor prognosis for cancers and cancer treatment (17). Therefore, our data showing that signaling via the A2A AR alters P-gp function have very broad appeal beyond the CNS.…”
Section: Subcellular Localization Analysis Of P-gp In Brain Endothelimentioning
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“…P-gp is an ATP-binding-cassette transporter that is ubiquitously expressed, and often has high concentrations on plasma membrane of cancer cells, where it causes multidrug resistance by pumping lipophilic drugs out of the cell. The expression of P-gp influenced the efficacy of postoperative chemotherapy [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] . In our study, P-gp expression rate was 62.5 % which was similar to the result of another report on hepatocellular carcinoma [25] .…”
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“…This may be because P-gp expression is inducible by chemotherapy, and treatment-induced up-regulation of this molecule may be more important in determining resistance than baseline expression. [3][4][5] Technetium-99m-sestamibi ( 99m Tc-sestamibi) is also a P-gp substrate and provides a method with which assess the functional activity of this drug transporter in vivo. Tumors with high P-gp expression show faster clearance and less intracellular accumulation of this radiotracer.…”
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