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ArticlePloS one2012

Factors determining sensitivity and resistance of tumor cells to arsenic trioxide.

Serkan Sertel, Margaret Tome, Margaret M Briehl, Judith Bauer, Kai Hock, Peter K Plinkert, Thomas Efferth

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Article in PloS one, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Efflux Transporters Regulate Arsenite-Induced Genotoxicity in Double Negative and Double Positive T Cells.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2017
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  11. Antiangiogenic activity and pharmacogenomics of medicinal plants from traditional korean medicine.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2013
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Serkan SertelDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Margaret Tome
Margaret M Briehl
Judith Bauer
Kai Hock
Peter K Plinkert
Thomas Efferth
German Cancer Research Center · DEHeidelberg University · DEUniversity of Arizona · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previously, arsenic trioxide showed impressive regression rates of acute promyelocytic leukemia. Here, we investigated molecular determinants of sensitivity and resistance of cell lines of different tumor types towards arsenic trioxide. Arsenic trioxide was the most cytotoxic compound among 8 arsenicals investigated in the NCI cell line panel. We correlated transcriptome-wide microarray-based mRNA expression to the IC(50) values for arsenic trioxide by bioinformatic approaches (COMPARE and hierarchical cluster analyses, Ingenuity signaling pathway analysis). Among the identified pathways were signaling routes for p53, integrin-linked kinase, and actin cytoskeleton. Genes from these pathways significantly predicted cellular response to arsenic trioxide. Then, we analyzed whether classical drug resistance factors may also play a role for arsenic trioxide. Cell lines transfected with cDNAs for catalase, thioredoxin, or the anti-apoptotic bcl-2 gene were more resistant to arsenic trioxide than mock vector transfected cells. Multidrug-resistant cells overexpressing the MDR1, MRP1 or BCRP genes were not cross-resistant to arsenic trioxide. Our approach revealed that response of tumor cells towards arsenic trioxide is multi-factorial.

Indexed as

Actin CytoskeletonAntineoplastic AgentsArsenicalsArsenic TrioxideCell Line, TumorCytotoxinsDrug Resistance, NeoplasmGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansNeoplasm ProteinsOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisOxidesRNA, MessengerRNA, NeoplasmSignal TransductionAntineoplastic AgentsArsenicalsArsenic TrioxideCytotoxinsNeoplasm ProteinsOxidesRNA, MessengerRNA, Neoplasm

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PMID22590507
PMCPMC3349672
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