Reduced activity of topoisomerase II in an Adriamycin-resistant human stomach-adenocarcinoma cell line

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A human stomach-adenocarcinoma cell line (MKN-45) was selected for resistance to Adriamycin by stepwise exposure to increasing concentrations of this agent. The resulting cell line (MKN/ADR) exhibited a high level of cross-resistance to topoisomerase II (topo II)-targeted drugs such as Adriamycin, mitoxantrone, and etoposide but showed no cross-resistance to other chemotherapeutic agents such as cisplatin, carboplatin, 5-fluorouracil, or mitomycin-C. P-glycoprotein encoded by the mdr-1 gene was not overexpressed in the MKN/ADR cell line. The doubling time of the MKN/ADR cell line (2.1 days) increased only slightly as compared with that of the MKN cell line (1.7 days). The patterns of cross-resistance to various chemotherapeutic agents led us to examine the cellular contents of topo II in both the drug-sensitive and the drug-resistant cells. Extractable topo II enzyme activity was 3-fold lower in MKN/ADR cells as compared with the parental MKN cells. Levels of topoisomerase I (topo I) catalytic activity were similar in both wild-type MKN and drug-resistant MKN/ADR cells. Southern-blot analysis of genomic DNA probed with topo II alpha or II beta showed no sign of either gene rearrangement or hypermethylation. Northern-blot analysis revealed that both topo II alpha and topo II beta mRNA transcripts were essentially identical in the MKN and MKN/ADR cells. In contrast, Western-blot analysis revealed an approximately 20-fold lower level of topo II alpha in drug-resistant cells as compared with drug-sensitive cells, whereas topo II beta levels were similar in both lines. Moreover, the amount of in vivo topo II alpha-DNA covalent complexes formed in the presence of etoposide was also approximately 20-fold lower in drug-resistant cells. No mutation was detected in the promoter region of the topo II alpha gene in resistant cells as compared with sensitive cells. Thus, low levels of topo II alpha polypeptide cannot be ascribed to changes in the mRNA levels. Collectively, the data suggest that a quantitative reduction in topo II alpha may contribute to the resistance of MKN cells to Adriamycin and other topo II-targeted drugs.
Publisher
SPRINGER VERLAG
Issue Date
1998-04
Language
English
Article Type
Article
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CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY AND PHARMACOLOGY, v.41, no.5, pp.353 - 360

ISSN
0344-5704
DOI
10.1007/s002800050751
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http://hdl.handle.net/10203/198297
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