Article
Comparison of the efficacy of a phenothiazine and a bisquinaldinium calmodulin antagonist against multidrug-resistant P388 cell lines.
Cancer research - 15 Feb 1990
Hait W N, Pierson N R
Abstract excerpt
Dequalinium belongs to a group of cationic lipophilic drugs believed to be selectively cytotoxic to malignant cells of epithelial origin by virtue of their accumulation in mitochondria. In addition, they are potent inhibitors of calmodulin and, therefore, might sensitize multidrug-resistant cells to chemotherapeutic agents. We compared the responsiveness of multidrug-resistant cells to the effect of dequalinium...
Topics
- Animals
- Calmodulin
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Dequalinium
- Doxorubicin
- Drug Resistance
- Leukemia P388
- Leukemia, Experimental
- Phenotype
- Quinolinium Compounds
- Trifluoperazine
