Article
Fluorescent verapamil derivative for monitoring activity of the multidrug transporter.
Molecular pharmacology - 1 Oct 1991
Lelong I H, Guzikowski A P, Haugland R P, Pastan I, Gottesman M M, Willingham M C
Abstract excerpt
Multidrug resistance to amphipathic natural product chemotherapeutic drugs is conferred on cancer cells by expression of the MDR1 gene, which encodes the 170-kDa multidrug transporter known as P glycoprotein. The P glycoprotein-mediated efflux of toxic chemotherapeutic drugs can be reversed by agents such as verapamil, which is a substrate for the multidrug transporter and appears to be a competitive inhibitor of...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
