Mechanism of action of dexniguldipine-HCl (B8509-035), a new potent modulator of multidrug resistance.

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Hofmann J, Gekeler V, Ise W, Noller A, Mitterdorfer J, Hofer S, Utz I, Gotwald M, Boer R, Glossmann H, et al.

Mechanism of action of dexniguldipine-HCl (B8509-035), a new potent modulator of multidrug resistance.

Biochem Pharmacol. 1995 Mar 1;49(5):603-9. doi: 10.1016/0006-2952(94)00479-6.

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It has previously been shown that dexniguldipine-HCl (B8509-035) is a potent chemosensitizer in multidrug resistant cells [Hofmann et al., J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 118: 361-366, 1992]. It is shown here that dexniguldipine-HCl causes a dose-dependent reduction of the labeling of the P-glycoprotein by azidopine, indicating a competition of dexniguldipine-HCl with the photoaffinity label for the multidrug resistance gene 1 (MDR-1) product. Exposure to dexniguldipine-HCl results in a dose-dependent accumulation of rhodamine 123 in MDR-1 overexpressing cells. In the presence of 1 microM dexniguldipine-HCl, rhodamine 123 accumulated in multidrug resistant cells to similar levels as in the sensitive parental cell lines. At this concentration, dexniguldipine-HCl enhances the cytotoxicities of Adriamycin and vincristine. The resistance modulating factors (RMF), i.e. IC50 drug/IC50 drug + modulator, were found to be proportional to the expression of MDR-1, ranging from 8 to 42 for Adriamycin and from 16 to 63 for vincristine. Transfection with the MDR-1 gene was found to be sufficient to sensitize cells to the modulation by dexniguldipine-HCl. The compound does not affect the expression of the MDR-1 gene. Dexniguldipine-HCl has no effect on a multidrug resistant phenotype caused by a mutation of topoisomerase II. It is concluded that dexniguldipine-HCl modulates multidrug resistance by direct interaction with the P-glycoprotein.

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Drug	Target	Kind	Organism	Pharmacological Action	Actions
Dexniguldipine	P-glycoprotein 1	Protein	Humans	Unknown	Inhibitor	Details