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01-06-2004 | Original Article

Mutant p53 expression enhances drug resistance in a hepatocellular carcinoma cell line

Authors: Kin-Tak Chan, Maria Li Lung

Published in: Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology | Issue 6/2004

Abstract

Chemoresistance is a major problem in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. Certain p53 mutants may enhance drug resistance in cancer cells. To determine whether two frequently occurring p53 mutants, R248Q and R273C, would increase the drug resistance of liver cancer cells, stable cell lines expressing these specific p53 mutants were established by transfecting the p53-null Hep3B cells with mutant p53 expression vectors, and then treating them with the anticancer drugs doxorubicin and paclitaxel. The cells expressing the p53 mutant, R248Q, but not R273C, displayed cross-resistance to both drugs, in contrast to the control cells expressing the vector alone. Moreover, both the expression and the activity of the multiple drug resistance gene product, P-glycoprotein, were elevated in p53 mutant R248Q-expressing cells. Reduced uptake of doxorubicin was also observed in the R248Q-expressing cells. These results suggest that expression of the p53 mutant, R248Q, in liver cancer cells may enhance their drug resistance and that upregulation of P-glycoprotein activity may contribute to this protective effect.

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Title: Mutant p53 expression enhances drug resistance in a hepatocellular carcinoma cell line
Authors: Kin-Tak Chan
Maria Li Lung
Publication date: 01-06-2004
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology / Issue 6/2004
Print ISSN: 0344-5704
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0843
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00280-004-0767-4

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