The Multidrug Resistance Transporter P-glycoprotein Confers Resistance to Ferroptosis Inducers. 2023

William J E Frye, and Lyn M Huff, and José M González Dalmasy, and Paula Salazar, and Rachel M Carter, and Ryan T Gensler, and Dominic Esposito, and Robert W Robey, and Suresh V Ambudkar, and Michael M Gottesman
Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

Ferroptosis is a form of cell death caused by direct or indirect inhibition of glutathione peroxidase 4 that leads to lethal lipid peroxidation. Several small molecule ferroptosis inducers (FINs) have been reported, yet little information is available regarding resistance mechanisms, particularly their interaction with the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters P-glycoprotein (P-gp, ABCB1) and ABCG2. Given the role that ABC transporters play in absorption, distribution, and excretion of many drugs, characterizing these interactions could provide information regarding oral bioavailability and brain penetration and may predict drug-drug interactions. Using ferroptosis-sensitive A673 cells transfected to express P-gp or ABCG2, we found that P-gp overexpression was able to confer resistance to FIN56 and the erastin derivatives imidazole ketone erastin and piperazine erastin. Results were confirmed with OVCAR8-derived NCI/ADR-RES cells that overexpress P-gp, where the P-gp inhibitor valspodar completely inhibited resistance to the FINs. P-gp-mediated resistance to imidazole ketone erastin and piperazine erastin was also reversed in UO-31 renal cancer cells by CRISPR-mediated knockout of ABCB1. At a concentration of 10 μM, the FINs ML-162, GPX inhibitor 26a, and PACMA31 were able to increase intracellular rhodamine 123 fluorescence over 10-fold in P-gp-expressing MDR-19 cells and GPX inhibitor 26a was able to increase intracellular purpurin-18 fluorescence over 4-fold in ABCG2-expressing R-5 cells. Expression of P-gp may reduce the efficacy of these FINs in cancers that express the transporter and may prevent access to sanctuary sites such as the brain. The ability of some FINs to inhibit P-gp and ABCG2 suggests potential drug-drug interactions.

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