Mitochondrial ATP fuels ABC transporter-mediated drug efflux in cancer chemoresistance

Drug efflux through ABC transporters is a common mechanism leading to chemoresistance in cancer. Here, the authors show that mitochondrial respiration provides ATP to allow ABC transporters activity so mitochondrial respiration inhibition overcomes chemoresistance in preclinical cancer models.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Emily L. Giddings, Devin P. Champagne, Meng-Han Wu, Joshua M. Laffin, Tina M. Thornton, Felipe Valenca-Pereira, Rachel Culp-Hill, Karen A. Fortner, Natalia Romero, James East, Phoebe Cao, Hugo Arias-Pulido, Karatatiwant S. Sidhu, Brian Silverstrim, Yoonseok Kam, Shana Kelley, Mark Pereira, Susan E. Bates, Janice Y. Bunn, Steven N. Fiering, Dwight E. Matthews, Robert W. Robey, Domink Stich, Angelo D’Alessandro, Mercedes Rincon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23071-6