• Department of General Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, West China University of Medical Sciences, Chengdu 610041;
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Objective  To dynamically study the formation of multidrug resistance(MDR) of human hepatocellular carcinoma cell SMMC-7721 induced by Adriamycin (ADM) and the role of multidrug resistance-associated protein(MRP) in its mechanisms.
Methods  Hepatocellular carcinoma cell SMMC-7721 was cultured in RPMI-1640 medium containing ADM with progressively increased concentration or directly cultured in medium containing different concentrations of ADM. Resistant index of drug-resistant variants of SMMC-7721 cell was determined by drawing cell dosage-reaction curves.Levels of MRP mRNA expression were detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction(RTPCR). Intracellular rubidomycin(DNR) concentration was examined by flow cytometry(FCM).
Results  With progressive increasing of ADM concentration in medium resistant index and levels of MRP mRNA expression were correspondingly increased but intracellular DNR concentration was markly reduced. When parental cells were directly cultured in medium containing different concentrations of ADM, the higher the ADM concentration, the higher the level of MRP mRNA expression, but intracellular DNR concentration was kept at the similar high level and most cells died.
Conclusion  ADM may progressively induce SMMC-7721 cell resistant to multiple chemotherapeutic drugs with reduced intracellular DNR accumulation associated with the overexpression of MRP gene.

Citation: DAI Yuemeng,LIN Qiyuan,YAN Lnan,et al.. THE ROLE OF MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN IN THE FORMATION OF ADRIAMYCININDUCED MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE TO HEPATOCELLULAR CANCER CELL SMMC-7721 IN HUMAN HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2001, 8(1): 8-11. doi: Copy