Glycolysis inhibition inactivates ABC transporters to restore drug sensitivity in malignant cells.

Cancer cells eventually acquire drug resistance largely via the aberrant expression of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters, ATP-dependent efflux pumps. Because cancer cells produce ATP mostly through glycolysis, in the present study we explored the effects of inhibiting glycolysis on the ABC tra...

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Main Authors: Ayako Nakano, Daisuke Tsuji, Hirokazu Miki, Qu Cui, Salah Mohamed El Sayed, Akishige Ikegame, Asuka Oda, Hiroe Amou, Shingen Nakamura, Takeshi Harada, Shiro Fujii, Kumiko Kagawa, Kyoko Takeuchi, Akira Sakai, Shuji Ozaki, Kazuma Okano, Takahiro Nakamura, Kohji Itoh, Toshio Matsumoto, Masahiro Abe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3206937?pdf=render