ABC transporter ABCA3 is expressed in acute myeloid leukemia blast cells and participates in vesicular transport

Haematologica. 2004 Nov;89(11):1395-7.

Abstract

Drug resistance is a major issue in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and drug efflux by ATP-binding-cassette (ABC) transporters is one of the main mechanism involved in this resistance. We determined the prevalence of the intracellular transporter ABCA3 in specimens from patients with AML, and addressed its biology with attention to intracellular compartmentalization.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / genetics*
  • ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / physiology*
  • Acute Disease
  • Drug Resistance
  • Gene Expression
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myeloid / genetics*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid / pathology
  • Transport Vesicles / physiology*

Substances

  • ABCA3 protein, human
  • ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters