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Erlotinib (Tarceva, OSI-774) Antagonizes ATP-Binding Cassette Subfamily B Member 1 and ATP-Binding Cassette Subfamily G Member 2–Mediated Drug Resistance

¹ Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, St. John's University, Jamaica, New York; ² State Key Laboratory for Oncology in South China, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China; ³ Laboratory of Cell Biology and ⁴ Medical Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland; and ⁵ Department of Pathology, Memorial Medical Center, Member Coremaugh Health System, Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Requests for reprints: Zhe-Sheng Chen, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. John's University, Jamaica, NY 11439. Phone: 718-990-1432; Fax: 718-990-1877; E-mail: Chenz{at}stjohns.edu or Li-Wu Fu, State Key Laboratory for Oncology in South China, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China. Phone: 86-20-873-431-63; Fax: 86-20-873-433-92; E-mail: Fulw{at}mail.sysu.edu.cn.

It has been reported that gefitinib, an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), has the ability to modulate the function of certain ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters and to reverse ABC subfamily B member 1 (ABCB1; P-glycoprotein)– and ABC subfamily G member 2 (ABCG2; breast cancer resistance protein/mitoxantrone resistance protein)–mediated multidrug resistance (MDR) in cancer cells. However, it is unknown whether other EGFR TKIs have effects similar to that of gefitinib. In the present study, we have investigated the interaction of another EGFR TKI, erlotinib, with selected ABC drug transporters. Our findings show that erlotinib significantly potentiated the sensitivity of established ABCB1 or ABCG2 substrates and increased the accumulation of paclitaxel or mitoxantrone in ABCB1- or ABCG2-overexpressing cells. Furthermore, erlotinib did not significantly alter the sensitivity of non-ABCB1 or non-ABCG2 substrates in all cells and was unable to reverse MRP1-mediated MDR and had no effect on the parental cells. However, erlotinib remarkably inhibited the transport of E₂17ßG and methotrexate by ABCG2. In addition, the results of ATPase assays show that erlotinib stimulated the ATPase activity of both ABCB1 and ABCG2. Interestingly, erlotinib slightly inhibited the photolabeling of ABCB1 with [¹²⁵I]iodoarylazidoprazosin (IAAP) at high concentration, but it did not inhibit the photolabeling of ABCG2 with IAAP. Overall, we conclude that erlotinib reverses ABCB1- and ABCG2-mediated MDR in cancer cells through direct inhibition of the drug efflux function of ABCB1 and ABCG2. These findings may be useful for cancer combinational therapy with erlotinib in the clinic. [Cancer Res 2007;67(22):11012–20]

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