Defective transport as a mechanism of acquired resistance to methotrexate in patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia.
Authors:Trippett T, Schlemmer S, Elisseyeff Y, Goker E, Wachter M, Steinherz P, Tan C, Berman E, Wright JE, Rosowsky A
Journal:Blood
PubMed ID:1381235
'Although the mechanisms of resistance to methotrexate (MTX) are known in experimental tumors made resistant to this drug, little information is available regarding acquired resistance to MTX in patients. A competitive displacement assay using the fluorescent lysine analogue of MTX, N-(4-amino-4-deoxy-N10-methylpteroyl)-N epsilon-(4''-fluorescein-thiocarbamyl)-L-lysine (PT430), was developed as a sensitive method of ... More