Tariquidar

Tariquidar displays high-affinity binding to P-gp with B_max of 275 pmol/mg. Tariquidar shows non-competitive interaction with the P-gp substrates. Tariquidar increases the steady-state accumulation of these cytotoxics in CH^rB30 cells to levels observed in non-P-gp-expressing AuxB1 cells with EC50 of 487 nM. Tariquidar is able to inhibit the vanadate-sensitive ATPase activity of P-gp by 60-70%, with potent IC50 values of 43 nM. ^[1] Tariquidar may inhibit other resistance mechanisms at higher concentrations. 1 μM Tariquidar abrogates ABCG2 (BCRP)-mediated resistance to camptothecins in vitro. ^[2] Tariquidar potentiates the cyto-toxicity of several drugs including doxorubicin; complete reversal of resistance is achieved in the presence of 25- 80 nM Tariquidar. In MC26, a murine colon carcinoma cell line with intrinsic chemoresistance, the doxorubicin IC50 is fivefold lower in the presence of 0.1 μM Tariquidar (36 vs 7 nM). In murine mammary carcinoma, human small-cell lung carcinoma and human ovarian carcinoma cell lines with acquired chemotherapeutic resistance (EMT6/AR1.0, H69/LX4 and 2780 AD), the in vitro doxorubicin IC50 is 22-150-fold lower in the presence of 0.1 μM Tariquidar. P-gp inhibition persists for 23 h after removal of Tariquidar from the culture system. ^[3] Tariquidar restored the cyto-toxicity of doxorubicin in the National Cancer Institute (NCI)/ADR^RES multicellular tumor spheroid model derived from the MCF7^WT breast cancer cell line. ^[4]

Cells are seeded into 96-well plates at 800/well, in 100 μL of medium and incubated for 4 h at 37 ℃. Varying concentrations of modulator or solvent control (50 μL/well) are subsequently added and incubated for an additional 1 h before the addition of the cytotoxic drug. The cytotoxic drug (50 μL) is added to give a range of final concentrations in quadruplicate wells. After incubation for an additional 4 days, cell proliferation of adherent cells is assessed using the sulforhodamine B assay.

Tariquidar (2- 8 mg/kg p.o.) is found to significantly potentiate the antitumor activity of doxorubicin (5 mg/kg, i.v.) against MC26 murine colon carcinoma in vivo. In human carcinoma xenografts, coadministration of XR9576 (6 -12 mg/kg p.o.) fully restored the antitumor activity against two highly resistant MDR human tumor xenografts (2780AD, H69/LX4) in nude mice. ^[3]