Clinical pharmacokinetic and metabolism of PET radiotracers for imaging P-glycoprotein in chemoresistant tumor of colorectal cancer

Curr Drug Metab. 2011 Dec;12(10):985-8. doi: 10.2174/138920011798062292.

Abstract

The pharmacological treatment of colorectal tumour leads to MultiDrug Resistance due to overexpression of several ABC transporters such as P-glycoprotein and some Multidrug associated Resistance Proteins (MRPs) that are able to efflux the chemotherapeutic agent out of the cell. A strategy to reverse MDR is the co-administration of antineoplastic agent with a P-glycoprotein inhibitor. These inhibitors are an useful tool for investigating, by PET, the expression and the activity of P-gp and MRPs that are overexpressed in chemoresistant colorectal tumor cells. In this review will be focused the aspect on P-gp and MRPs ligands employed as PET radiotracers considering their pharmacokinetic pharmacodynamic profile and their selectivity towards ABC transporters involved in chemoresistant cell of colorectal tumour.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / metabolism*
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
  • Humans
  • Ligands
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Radioactive Tracers*

Substances

  • ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
  • Ligands
  • Radioactive Tracers