Analysis of 7a Selectivity for Pgp. Pgp and MDRassociated protein 1 (MRP1 or ) are the primary proteins thought to be involved in MDR phenotypes, and all are
Figure 5. Effects of 7a on Pgp protein expression (A) and subcellular localization (B). Following treatment with 7a, Pgp levels in KBV cells were assessed via western blotting (A) and immunofluorescence (B) assay. Dapi (blue) indicates the nuclei. Scale bar: .
overexpressed by KBV cells. Notably, most known Pgp modulators have been found to inhibit to varying extents due to the similarities in both structure and function between Pgp and ABCC1. Thus, the selectivity of was examined by assessing its capacity to sensitize KBV cells to exporter-mediated anticancer agents. As shown in Tables 2 and 5, derivative 7a markedly sensitized MDR cells to the Pgp substrates adriamycin and Ptx, where it failed to sensitize KBV
Table 5. Assessment of the Selectivity of as an Inhibitor of ABC Transporters Overexpressed in KBV Cells
treatment
反转折叠
adriamycin
1.0
8.0
15.8
Vrp
13.2
cisplatin
1.0
1.0
1.0
MK571
3.6
Data are mean .
cells to cisplatin, a nonsubstrate of Pgp. However, MK571, a specific inhibitor, could robustly sensitize KBV cells to cisplatin (Table 5), consistent with the observation that ABCC1 is involved in cisplatin resistance. These data suggest that selectively inhibits Pgp efflux activity.
Cellular Thermal Shift Assay (CETSA). A CETSA approach was next used to assess the binding affinity of with in situ Pgp as this label-free method can enable efficient analyses of protein-compound interactions in physiological environments. Briefly, live KBV cells were incubated with followed by thermal denaturation at different temperatures. Cell lysate soluble fractions were then collected and evaluated following freeze-thaw cycles. The binding of a protein to a given compound can increase its overall resistance to denaturation such that it may remain stable in the soluble lysate fraction at a higher temperature relative to the unbound protein. Indeed, treatment with stabilized Pgp at higher temperatures compared with DMSO treatment, but not ABCC1 (Figures 6