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  • Title: [Mechanism and overcoming of resistance in ACNU-resistant sublines of rat brain tumors].
    Author: Yoshida T, Shimizu K, Ushio Y, Hayakawa T, Kato A, Mogami H, Sakamoto Y.
    Journal: Gan To Kagaku Ryoho; 1986 Sep; 13(9):2751-7. PubMed ID: 3463247.
    Abstract:
    One of the most serious problems in chemotherapy of brain tumors is that tumor cells are able to acquire resistance to initially effective cytotoxic agents. In order to study the mechanism of such resistance to ACNU and the means to overcome it, two variant cell lines (C6/ACNU and 9L/ACNU) resistant to ACNU were selected in vivo. Uptake and retention of ACNU in these resistant cells were studied with [14C] ACNU. The results indicated that the resistance exhibited by both sublines of C6/ACNU and 9L/ACNU were due to both reduced uptake and retention of the drug. In an attempt to clarify the more detailed biochemical mechanism of resistance in these cells, we surveyed various membrane-modifying agents which potentiate the sensitivity of these resistant cells to ACNU. Among a number of membrane-modifying agents, calcium antagonists, especially nicardipine and verapamil, were found to cause retention of ACNU in the resistant cells and to enhance the effect of ACNU on these resistant cell lines. It might therefore be concluded that ACNU resistance can be overcome by membrane-modifying agents, such as nicardipine and verapamil.
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