Abstract
ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter and DNA excision repair proteins play a pivotal role in the mechanisms of drug resistance. The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of ABC transporter and DNA excision repair proteins, and to elucidate the clinical significance of their expression in biopsy specimens from patients with small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). We investigated expression of the ABC transporter proteins, P-glycoprotein (Pgp), multidrug resistance associated-protein 1 (MRP1), MRP2, MRP3, and breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP), and the DNA excision repair proteins, excision repair cross-complementation group 1 (ERCC1) protein and breast cancer susceptibility gene 1 (BRCA1) protein, in tumor biopsy specimens obtained before chemotherapy from 130 SCLC patients who later received platinum-based combination chemotherapy, and investigated the relationship between their expression and both response and survival. No significant associations were found between expression of Pgp, MRP1, MRP2, MRP3, ERCC1, or BRCA1 and either response or survival. However, there was a significant association between BCRP expression and both response (p=0.026) and progression-free survival (PFS; p=0.0103). BCRP expression was significantly predictive of both response and progression-free survival (PFS) in SCLC patients receiving chemotherapy. These findings suggest that BCRP may play a crucial role in drug resistance mechanisms, and that it may serve as an ideal molecular target for the treatment of SCLC.
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