PREFACE ix
CONTRIBUTORS xi
INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE? 1
Jonathan A. Sheps and Victor Ling
PART I ABC PROTEINS: AN OVERVIEW AND DESCRIPTION OF THE STRUCTURE, GENOME, NORMAL TISSUE EXPRESSION, PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECT, AND MECHANISM OF ACTION 15
1 The P-glycoprotein 170: Just a multidrug resistance protein or a protean molecule? 17
Fabienne Grandjean-Forestier, Christophe Stenger, Jacques Robert, Mireille Verdier, and Marie-Helene Ratinaud
2 Multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP/ABCC proteins) 47
Mylene Honorat, Charles Dumontet, and Lea Payen
3 ABCG2: A new challenge in cancer drug resistance 83
Orsolya Polgar, Robert W. Robey, Kin Wah To, John Deeken, Patricia A. Fetsch, and Susan E. Bates
PART II ABC PROTEINS AND ONCOLOGY: EXPRESSION, DETECTION, AND IMPLICATION OF ABC PROTEINS IN HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES AND SOLID TUMORS 119
4 Expression, detection, and implication of ABC proteins in acute myeloblastic leukemia 121
Ollivier Legrand, Ruo-Ping Tang, and Jean-Pierre Marie
5 ABC proteins and oncology: Expression, detection, and implication of ABC proteins in solid tumors 143
Jean François Bernaudin, Anne Fajac, Jocelyne Fleury-Feith, Khaldoun Kerrou, and Roger Lacave
PART III ABC PROTEINS AND PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS 177
6 ABC transporters and resistance to antibiotics 179
Serge Michalet and Marie-Genevieve Dijoux-Franca
7 ABC proteins involved in protozoan parasite resistance 195
Bruno Pradines
PART IV MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE (MDR) MODULATION THROUGH INHIBITION OF ABC TRANSPORTERS: DESIGN OF INHIBITORS AND MECHANISM OF ACTION 239
8 Reversal agents for P-glycoprotein-mediated multidrug resistance 241
Hamid Morjani and Claudie Madoulet
9 Reversal agents of multidrug resistance mediated by multidrug resistance-associated proteins (MRPs) 261
Ahcene Boumendjel, Anne Florin, and Jean Boutonnat
10 Reversal agents for breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP)-mediated multidrug resistance 289
Jean Boutonnat, Anne Florin, and Ahcene Boumendjel
11 Strategies to overcome drug resistance in acute and chronic leukemias 315
Eric Solary, Vincent Ribrag, and Stephane de Botton
12 Multidrug resistance reversal in solid tumors 349
Tatiana Bogush and Jacques Robert
PART V BIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL ASPECTS OF MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE: THE ROLE OF THE TRANSPORTERS AT THE MAIN PROTECTION BARRIERS (ABCB1, ABCC1, ABCC2, ABCG2) ON THE BIOAVAILABILITY OF MANY TYPES OF DRUGS AND MEDICATIONS 363
13 ABC superfamily transporters at the human blood–brain barrier 365
Jean-Michel Scherrmann
14 The role of ABC transporters at the intestinal barrier 385
Roos L. Oostendorp, Jos H. Beijnen, and Jan H.M. Schellens
15 Genetic polymorphisms in ABC transporters 411
Leslie W. Chinn and Deanna L. Kroetz
PERSPECTIVES 437
INDEX 441