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Characterization of a Cisplatin-resistant Subline of Murine RIF-1 Cells and Reversal of Drug Resistance by Hyperthermia

Departments of Medicine [A. M., K. J. H.], Biochemistry [A. M., A. M. B.], Radiology [A. J. M., W. A. N.], and Physiology/Biophysics [K. J. H., A. J. M., W. A. N.], John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205

The development of tumor cell drug resistance is a major obstacle which often leads to failure of cancer chemotherapy. Therefore, reversing the cell drug resistance would have important implications in cancer treatment. We have developed a cisplatin-resistant mouse tumor cell line from the radiation induced fibrosarcoma (RIF-1) parental line; this line is named RIF/ptr1 versus the parental line RIF/pts1. It is shown that the formation of cisplatin-DNA interstrand cross-links is the same for both cell lines although the intracellular cisplatin concentrations of resistant line is significantly lower. The cytosolic activities of glutathione reductase, glutathione peroxidase, and DT-diaphorase were the same in two cell lines. However, the concentration of glutathione was significantly higher in the resistant line. The resistant line was shown to be more sensitive to the cytotoxicity of heat (43°C) but the combination of heat and drug had the same tumoricidal effect for both cell lines. The addition of verapamil also had a similar effect on both cell lines. We conclude that the major difference between these two lines was the glutathione-related detoxification of platinum. Regardless of drug resistance, the combination of drug and heat can effectively kill both cell lines. Elevated glutathione in RIF/ptr1 cells may be associated both with enhanced heat sensitivity and drug resistance such that combined treatments with drug and heat were equally effective in killing cells of either line.

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Received 10/ 6/88. Revised 2/ 8/89. Accepted 2/20/89.