YHO-13177

YHO-13177 is a potent and specific inhibitor of BCRP;  potentiated the cytotoxicity of SN-38 in cancer cells and no effect on P-glycoproteinCmediated paclitaxel resistance in MDR1-transduced human leukemia K562 cells.

YHO-13177 potentiated the cytotoxicity of SN-38, mitoxantrone, and topotecan in both BCRP-transduced human colon cancer HCT116 (HCT116/BCRP) cells and SN-38Cresistant human lung cancer A549 (A549/SN4) cells that express BCRP, but had little effect in the parental cells. In addition, YHO-13177 potentiated the cytotoxicity of SN-38 in human lung cancer NCI-H460 and NCI-H23, myeloma RPMI-8226, and pancreatic cancer AsPC-1 cells that intrinsically expressed BCRP. In contrast, it had no effect on P-glycoproteinCmediated paclitaxel resistance in MDR1-transduced human leukemia K562 cells and multidrug resistance-related protein 1Cmediated doxorubicin resistance in MRP1-transfected human epidermoid cancer KB-3-1 cells. YHO-13177 increased the intracellular accumulation of Hoechst 33342, a substrate of BCRP, at 30 minutes and partially suppressed the expression of BCRP protein at more than 24 hours after its treatment in both HCT116/BCRP and A549/SN4 cells .