期刊
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS
卷 41, 期 8, 页码 4847-4851出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-014-3423-z
关键词
ATP binding cassette; Cancer stem cells; Glioblastoma; Multidrug resistance
资金
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (FIS) [PI11/01862]
- Consejeria de Salud de la Junta de Andalucia [PI-0338]
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common primary malignant brain tumour, characterized by a high aggressivity, a huge heterogeneity attending a hierarchical model and resistance to therapy. Drug resistance has been correlated with the presence of the ABC efflux transporters which are able to exclude drugs for the cellular cytoplasm. In the nucleus of the GBM, initiating cells (ICs) can self-renew and give rise to cancer stem cells, which differ to the side population cells and the different cellular subtypes that form the mass around them. The ICs do not express or express ATP binding cassette (ABC) at very low levels, but this expression may increase with the differentiation process. We suggest that the differentiation process may be responsible of chemoresistance of the GBM cells. We compared three ABC transporters expression: ABCA1, MRP4 and MRP5, in the ICs obtained from 9 patients with GBM and their respective differentiated GBM cells. We show an overexpression of the three ABC transporters in the differentiated GBM cells in comparison to ICs. Implications of the hypothesis: The blockade of these ABC transporters could help to improve the drug effectivity and thus reduce the tumour growth and prevent the tumour recurrence.
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