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ArticleOncogene2002

Induction of human MDR1 gene expression by 2-acetylaminofluorene is mediated by effectors of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase pathway that activate NF-kappaB signaling.

Macus Tien Kuo, Zesheng Liu, Yingjie Wei, Yen-chiu Lin-Lee, Shigeru Tatebe, Gordon B Mills, Hitoshi Unate

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Article in Oncogene, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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73citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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73 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 191 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Macus Tien KuoDepartment of Molecular Pathology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, TX 77030, USA. tkuo@mail.mdanderson.org
Zesheng Liu
Yingjie Wei
Yen-chiu Lin-Lee
Shigeru Tatebe
Gordon B Mills
Hitoshi Unate
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Scott Kopetz · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
Redox Regulation of Multidrug Resistance Gene ExpressionR01CA079085 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI KUO, MACUS T · 1999 to 2009
$1.3M
REGULATION OF MDR GENE EXPRESSION IN LIVER CANCERSR01CA072404 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI KUO, MACUS T · 1997 to 2004
$1.2M
NCI NIH HHS CA16672NCI NIH HHS CA72404NCI NIH HHS CA79085
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The expression of P-glycoprotein encoded by the multidrug resistance (MDR1) gene is associated with the emergence of the MDR phenotype in cancer cells. Human MDR1 and its rodent homolog mdr1a and mdr1b are frequently overexpressed in liver cancers. However, the underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. The hepatocarcinogen 2-acetylaminofluorene (2-AAF) efficiently activates rat mdr1b expression in cultured cells and in Fisher 344 rats. We recently reported that activation of rat mdr1b in cultured cells by 2-AAF involves a cis-activating element containing a NF-kappaB binding site located -167 to -158 of the rat mdr1b promoter. 2-AAF activates IkappaB kinase (IKK), resulting in degradation of IkappaBbeta and activation of NF-kappaB. In this study, we report that 2-AAF could also activate the human MDR1 gene in human hepatoma and embryonic fibroblast 293 cells. Induction of MDR1 by AAF was mediated by DNA sequence located at -6092 which contains a NF-kappaB binding site. Treating hepatoma cells with 2-AAF activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) and its downstream effectors Rac1, and NAD(P)H oxidase. Transient transfection assays demonstrated that constitutively activated PI3K and Rac1 enhanced the activation of the MDR1 promoter by 2-AAF. Treatment of hepatoma cells with 2-AAF also activated another PI3K downstream effector Akt. Transfection of recombinant encoding a dominant activated Akt also enhanced the activation of MDR1 promoter activation by 2-AAF. These results demonstrated that 2-AAF up-regulates MDR1 expression is mediated by the multiple effectors of the PI3K signaling pathway.

Indexed as

2-AcetylaminofluoreneAcetoxyacetylaminofluoreneATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1Carcinoma, HepatocellularCell LineDrug Resistance, MultipleElectrophoretic Mobility Shift AssayEnzyme ActivationGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansI-kappa B KinaseNADPH OxidasesNF-kappa BPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins2-AcetylaminofluoreneAcetoxyacetylaminofluoreneAKT1 protein, humanATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1CHUK protein, humanI-kappa B KinaseIKBKB protein, humanIKBKE protein, humanNADPH OxidasesNF-kappa BPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProto-Oncogene ProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktrac GTP-Binding ProteinsRNA, MessengerSuperoxides

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PMID11960367
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