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Blood, 1 October 2004, Vol. 104, No. 7, pp. 1940-1951.
Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on June 24, 2004; DOI 10.1182/blood-2003-07-2490.
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REVIEW IN TRANSLATIONAL HEMATOLOGY
Targeting the multidrug resistance-1 transporter in AML: molecular regulation and therapeutic strategies
Daruka Mahadevan, and
Alan F. List
From the The Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson; and The H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL.
Abstract
The multidrug resistance-1 (MDR1) gene product, P-glycoprotein (P-gp), and the multidrug resistancerelated proteins (MRPs) are members of the adenosine triphosphate (ATP)binding cassette (ABC) transporter gene superfamily that regulates the trafficking of drugs, peptides, ions, and xenobiotics across cell membrane barriers. Three-dimensional modeling of human MDR1/P-gp indicates that these glycoproteins function as efficient, ATP-dependent gate-keepers, which scan the plasma membrane and its inner leaflet to flip lipophilic substrates to the outer membrane leaflet. Delineation of the adverse prognostic power of MDR1 in adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML) raised hopes that pharmacologic blockade of P-gp would improve the outcome of conventional cytotoxic therapy, perhaps more so than in any other human malignancy. Phase 3 clinical trials investigating first- and second-generation P-gp antagonists have yielded conflicting results, emphasizing the importance of applying preclinical principals to realistically appraise expectations for clinical benefit. Structure-based design strategies and the delineation of transcriptional regulators of survival gene cassettes promise to yield novel, more-effective strategies to overcome drug resistance. Lessons learned from investigations of these and other mechanisms of cellular defense hold promise for a renaissance in the development of targeted therapeutics in acute leukemia.

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