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Table 2 Endogenous and exogenous substrates for ABC transporters

From: ABC transporters as multidrug resistance mechanisms and the development of chemosensitizers for their reversal

Name

Endogenous substrate

Exogenous cytotoxic substance

MDR1

Estrogen glucuronide conjugates (estradiol, estriol), endorphin, glutamate, steroids (cortisol, aldosterone, corticosterone), beta-amyloid, 1-O-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (generically platelet-activating factor, PAF)

Anthracyclines (doxorubucin, daunorubicin, epirubicin), actinomycin D, colchicine, podophyllotoxin (etoposide, teniposide), methotrexate (only in carrier-deficient cells), mitomycin C, mitoxantrone, taxenes (paclitaxel, docetaxel), vinca alkaloids (vincristine, vinblastine)

MRP1

Estradiol-17beta(beta-D-glucuronide) glutathione, glutathione S-conjugate leukoetriene C4, glucuronosyl bilirubin

Anthracyclines, cochicine, etoposide, heavy metals (arsenite, arsenate, antimonials), vincristine, vinblastine, paclitaxel

MRP2

Estradiol-17beta(beta-D-glucuronide), glutathione, glutathione S-conjugate Leukoetriene C4, glucuronosyl bilirubin,

Cisplatin, CPT-11, doxorubicin, etoposide, methotrexate, SN-38, vincristine, vinblastine

MRP3

S-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)glutathione

Cisplatin, doxorubicin, etoposide, methotrexate, teniopside, vincristine,

MRP4

Glucuronide and glutathione conjugates

Methotrexate, nucleotide analogs, PMEA*

MRP5

Glutamate and phosphate conjugates

Doxorubicin, methotrexate, nucleotide analogs, topotecan,

MRP6

Cyclic nucleotides (cAMP, cGMP), glutathione conjugate

Doxorubicin, etoposide, teniposide

MRP7

?

?

MRP8

17beta-estradiol-(17-beta-D-glucuronide), leukotriene C4, cyclic nucleotides

5'-Fluorouracil, 5'-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine, 5'-fluoro-5'-deoxyuridine, PMEA*

BCRP

Heme or porphyrin

Anthracyclines, bisantrene, camptothecin, epirubicin, flavopiridol, mitoxantrone, S-38, topotecan

  1. * PMEA, 2',3'-dideoxycytidine 9'-(2'-hosphonylmethoxynyl)adenine