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© The Rockefeller University Press, 0021-9525/2000//863 $5.00
The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 148, Number 5, , 2000 863-870

Brief Report

In Situ Biochemical Demonstration That P-Glycoprotein Is a Drug Efflux Pump with Broad Specificity



Yu Chena and Sanford M. Simona

a Laboratory of Cellular Biophysics, Rockefeller University, New York 10021
Laboratory of Cellular Biophysics, Rockefeller University, Box 304, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021.(212) 217-7543(212) 327-8030

simon{at}rockefeller.edu

While P-glycoprotein (Pgp) is the most studied protein involved in resistance to anti-cancer drugs, its mechanism of action is still under debate. Studies of Pgp have used cell lines selected with chemotherapeutics which may have developed many mechanisms of resistance. To eliminate the confounding effects of drug selection on understanding the action of Pgp, we studied cells transiently transfected with a Pgp-green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusion protein. This method generated a mixed population of unselected cells with a wide range of Pgp-GFP expression levels and allowed simultaneous measurements of Pgp level and drug accumulation in living cells. The results showed that Pgp-GFP expression was inversely related to the accumulation of chemotherapeutic drugs. The reduction in drug concentration was reversed by agents that block multiple drug resistance (MDR) and by the UIC2 anti-Pgp antibody. Quantitative analysis revealed an inverse linear relationship between the fluorescence of Pgp-GFP and MDR dyes. This suggests that Pgp levels alone limit drug accumulation by active efflux; cooperativity between enzyme, substrate, or inhibitor molecules is not required. Additionally, Pgp-GFP expression did not change cellular pH. Our study demonstrates the value of using GFP fusion proteins for quantitative biochemistry in living cells.

Key Words: multiple drug resistance • green fluorescent protein • ATP cassette-binding proteins • chemotherapy • membrane transport

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Abbreviations used in this paper: ABC, ATP-binding cassette; AM, acetoxymethyl; GFP, green fluorescent protein; Ho342, Hoechst 33342; MDR, multidrug resistance; Pgp, P-glycoprotein; TMRE, tetramethylrhodamine methyl ester.


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