PMID- 12514119 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20030401 LR - 20220331 IS - 1530-6860 (Electronic) IS - 0892-6638 (Linking) VI - 17 IP - 3 DP - 2003 Mar TI - Regulation of the multidrug resistance transporter P-glycoprotein in multicellular tumor spheroids by hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF-1) and reactive oxygen species. PG - 503-5 AB - Hypoxia in tumors is generally associated with chemoresistance and radioresistance. However, the correlation between the heterodimeric hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) and the multidrug resistance transporter P-glycoprotein (P-gp) has not been investigated. Herein, we demonstrate that with increasing size of DU-145 prostate multicellular tumor spheroids the pericellular oxygen pressure and the generation of reactive oxygen species decreased, whereas the alpha-subunit of HIF-1 (HIF-1alpha) and P-gp were up-regulated. Furthermore, P-gp was up-regulated under experimental physiological hypoxia and chemical hypoxia induced by either cobalt chloride or desferrioxamine. The pro-oxidants H2O2 and buthionine sulfoximine down-regulated HIF-1alpha and P-gp, whereas up-regulation was achieved with the radical scavengers dehydroascorbate, N-acetylcysteine, and vitamin E. The correlation of HIF-1alpha and P-gp expression was validated by the use of hepatoma tumor spheroids that were either wild type (Hepa1) or mutant (Hepa1C4) for aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator (ARNT), i.e., HIF-1beta. Chemical hypoxia robustly increased HIF-1alpha as well as P-gp expression in Hepa1 tumor spheroids, whereas no changes were observed in Hepa1C4 spheroids. Hence, our data demonstrate that expression of P-gp in multicellular tumor spheroids is under the control of HIF-1. FAU - Wartenberg, Maria AU - Wartenberg M AD - Department of Neurophysiology, University of Cologne, D-50931 Cologne, Germany. FAU - Ling, Frederike C AU - Ling FC FAU - Muschen, Markus AU - Muschen M FAU - Klein, Florian AU - Klein F FAU - Acker, Helmut AU - Acker H FAU - Gassmann, Max AU - Gassmann M FAU - Petrat, Kerstin AU - Petrat K FAU - Putz, Volker AU - Putz V FAU - Hescheler, Jurgen AU - Hescheler J FAU - Sauer, Heinrich AU - Sauer H LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20030102 PL - United States TA - FASEB J JT - FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology JID - 8804484 RN - 0 (ARNT protein, human) RN - 0 (ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (HIF1A protein, human) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - 0 (Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 138391-32-9 (Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator) SB - IM MH - ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1/*metabolism MH - Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator MH - Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/metabolism MH - Cell Hypoxia MH - *DNA-Binding Proteins MH - Drug Resistance, Multiple MH - Drug Resistance, Neoplasm MH - Humans MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit MH - Models, Biological MH - Mutation MH - Neoplasms/*metabolism/pathology MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/*metabolism MH - *Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon MH - Spheroids, Cellular MH - Transcription Factors/genetics/metabolism/*physiology MH - Up-Regulation EDAT- 2003/01/07 04:00 MHDA- 2003/04/02 05:00 CRDT- 2003/01/07 04:00 PHST- 2003/01/07 04:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/04/02 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2003/01/07 04:00 [entrez] AID - 02-0358fje [pii] AID - 10.1096/fj.02-0358fje [doi] PST - ppublish SO - FASEB J. 2003 Mar;17(3):503-5. doi: 10.1096/fj.02-0358fje. Epub 2003 Jan 2.