Beste allemaal,
Ik moet een vraag uit een artikeltje maken, alleen ik wet niet goed of het antwoord goed is. Het artikel gaat over kankercellen en de aanwezigheid van p-gp eiwitten.
*Artikel 2; The Role of ABC Transporters in Clinical Practice
Gregory D. Leonard, Tito Fojo and Susan E. Bates
The Oncologist October 2003 vol. 8 no. 5 411-424
Abstract
Drug resistance remains one of the primary causes of suboptimal outcomes in cancer
therapy. ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters are a family of transporter proteins that
contribute to drug resistance via ATP-dependent drug efflux pumps. P-glycoprotein (P-gp),
encoded by the MDR1 gene, is an ABC transporter normally involved in the excretion of toxins
from cells. It also confers resistance to certain chemotherapeutic agents. P-gp is overexpressed
at baseline in chemotherapy-resistant tumors, such as colon and kidney cancers.
ROLE OF P-GP INHIBITORS
Confirmation of the role of P-gp in drug resistance is well documented in laboratory
models; confirmation of its role in normal drug disposition has been confirmed by the altered
excretion of P-gp substrates in knockout mice. Still undetermined is the role of P- gp in clinical
oncology. As long ago as 1981, it was discovered that drug resistance of cancer cells could
be reversed by adding P-gp inhibitors such as verapamil and phenothiazine derivatives.
Example:
The drug biricodar restores drug sensitivity to both MDR1- and MRP1-expressing cancer cells in vitro. Eleven
percent of patients with locally advanced or metastatic paclitaxel-refractory breast cancer suffered from
more side-effects than usual when biricodar was combined with 80 mg/m2 of paclitaxel. This called for
a dose reduction for paclitaxel in combination with biricodar. In contrast, anthracycline-
resistant soft tissue sarcomas, retreated with 60 mg/m2 of doxorubicin and biricodar, required no dose
reductions.
The delay in anticancer drug clearance necessitating these dose reductions resulted from
pharmacokinetic interactions between the MDR inhibitor and the anticancer agent.
De vraag: De behandeling van sarcomas met de combinatie biricodar en anthracycline vereiste
geen doseringsverlaging. Wat betekent dit mogelijkerwijs voor de aanwezigheid van
P-gp eiwitten op deze kankercellen?
Mijn antwoord is: Er is geen dosisverlaging nodig, wat aangeeft dat de medicatie voldoende is en dus wel werkt. Dus er zijn veel p-gp eiwitten die geremd moeten worden. Dus hebben deze kankercellen veel p-gp eiwitten, die geremd worden.
Maar ik dacht eerst van, geen dosisverlaging -> dus ook weinig bijwerkingen en dus medicatie werkt al -> weinig p-gp eiwitten die geremd moeten worden. Dus hebben deze kankercellen wening p-gp eiwitten.
Is hier iemand die verstand heeft van p-gp eiwit i.c.m remmers en medicijnen? alvast bedankt!!!
Joris