Published in Volume
87, Issue 4 (April 1991)
J Clin Invest. 1991;87(4):1467–1469.
doi:10.1172/JCI115154.
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1991, The American Society for
Clinical Investigation.
Research Article
Reversal of daunorubicin resistance in P388/ADR cells by itraconazole.
S Gupta, J Kim and S Gollapudi
Division of Basic and Clinical Immunology, University of California, Irvine 92717.
Published April 1991
Itraconazole is a recently developed triazole antifungal agent that inhibits cell membrane sterol biosynthesis. Itraconazole, in a dose-dependent manner, enhanced intracellular accumulation of daunorubicin and reversed the drug resistance in murine leukemia P388/ADR cells. In addition, itraconazole corrected the altered plasma membrane potentials of P388/ADR cells. The concentrations of itraconazole that reversed drug resistance are comparable to the plasma levels achieved by therapeutic dosage used in the treatment of fungal infections. Therefore, itraconazole is a potential candidate for in vivo use to reverse multidrug resistance in cancer with added benefit of its antifungal property.
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