Genetic and biochemical characterization of multidrug resistance.
Genetic and biochemical characterization of multidrug resistance.
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DOI:
10.1016/0163-7258(85)90082-8
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发表时间:
1985
影响因子:
13.5
通讯作者:
John R. Riordan;Victor Ling
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作者:
John R. Riordan;Victor Ling
The plasma membranes of mammalian cells modulate a multiplicity of functions vital to cellular processes. This is thought to be brought about via a dynamic interaction of diverse membrane and cytoplasmic components. The essential postulate of the fluid mosaic model of cell membranes is based on such a concept (Singer and Nicholson, 1972). Although significant progress has been made in elucidating biochemical and physical properties of membrane components, how such components interact to effect intricate membrane functions is still not understood. One approach which holds considerable promise for delineating such complex systems is a genetic one. Membrane mutants resulting from specific genetic changes are isolated and their variant phenotypes characterized to gain insights into structure and function relationships (Baker and Ling, 1978). Rapid progress has been made in the past decade in mammalian cell genetics and a very broad spectrum of membrane-altered mutants has been isolated. In addition, recent innovations in molecular genetics, for example. in isolating and manipulating genes, have provided sophisticated tools and offer an unparalleled opportunity to exploit this approach. The perspective of this paper is to emphasize the potential of the genetic approach. Specifically, we review an interesting class of multidrug resistant mutants isolated in cultured mammalian cells. These are membrane-altered drug-resistant mutants that display an unanticipated pleiotropy of cross resistance and collateral sensitivity to structurally and functionally unrelated compounds. The basis of the cross resistance appears to be due to reduced accumulation of the drugs involved, while that of the collateral sensitivity is not understood. Nevertheless, this pleiotropy presumably reflects some alteration (s) in the multimolecular interactions thought to be essential for membrane functions. In this paper, we describe properties of multidrug resistance mutants and their genetic characterizations. Applications of such mutants for investigating aspects of membrane functions and drug transport are outlined. The implications of such multidrug resistance mutations in neoplastic diseases are also discussed.