Mechanism of action of taxol.
Mechanism of action of taxol.
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DOI:
10.1016/0165-6147(92)90048-b
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发表时间:
1992
影响因子:
13.8
通讯作者:
S. B. Horwitz
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作者:
S. B. Horwitz
acts with miaotubules and blocks cells in mitosis is poorly understood. Essentially there is no information on the site (s) at which tax01 binds to microtubules or on the specificity that tax01 displays toward certain malignant tumors. Taxol-resistant tumor cells have been isolated and analysed in the laboratory. Two distinct forms of resistance have been described. A series of mutant Chinese hamster ovary cells= have altered LX-and/or@-tubulin subunits that confer resistance to taxol; others have become dependent on taxol, and actually require the drug for cell replication. The altered tubulin subunits were identified by aberrant migration during electrophoresis on polyacrylamide gels. Taxol’s extreme hydrophobic nature and its natural product origin make it a perfect candidate for the induction of the multidrug resistance phenotype. A highly resistant cell line selected with taxol from drug-sensitive murine tumor J774. 2 cells displays this phenofYPe# including overproduction of P-glycoprotein2425. The latter is an integral membrane glycoprotein that acts as an energydependent drug efflux pump to maintain intracellular drug concentrations below cytotoxic levels. Resistance to taxol in human leukemia cell lines has been correlated with the development of polyploid cells%; however, there is little information on the types of resistance that may develop in human tumors.