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| Di Pietro,A.; Dayan,G.; Conseil,G.; Steinfels,E.; Krell,T.; Trompier,D.; Baubichon-Cortay,H.; Jault,J.-M.. |
| Resistance to chemotherapy in cancer cells is mainly mediated by overexpression of P-glycoprotein (Pgp), a plasma membrane ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter which extrudes cytotoxic drugs at the expense of ATP hydrolysis. Pgp consists of two homologous halves each containing a transmembrane domain and a cytosolic nucleotide-binding domain (NBD) which contains two consensus Walker motifs, A and B, involved in ATP binding and hydrolysis. The protein also contains an S signature characteristic of ABC transporters. The molecular mechanism of Pgp-mediated drug transport is not known. Since the transporter has an extraordinarily broad substrate specificity, its cellular function has been described as a "hydrophobic vacuum cleaner". The limited knowledge... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: P-glycoprotein (Pgp); Multidrug resistance; Anticancer chemotherapy; ATP; Steroids; Flavonoids. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X1999000800001 |
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