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      Purification of an alpha class glutathione S-transferase from melphalan-resistant Chinese hamster ovary cells and demonstration of its ability to catalyze melphalan-glutathione adduct formation.

      Cancer research
      Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, CHO Cells, drug effects, enzymology, Cricetinae, Drug Resistance, Glutathione Transferase, chemistry, isolation & purification, Liver, Melphalan, pharmacology, Molecular Sequence Data

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          We have shown previously that a Chinese hamster ovary cell line (designated CHO-Chlr), generated by exposure to chlorambucil and demonstrating a greater than 20-fold collateral resistance to melphalan, showed increased expression of an alpha form of glutathione S-transferase (GST) associated with amplification of GST genes. Here, we demonstrate that GST purified from CHO-Chlr cells contains a form with a pI of 9, not present in CHO-K1 cells or Chinese hamster liver, which has the ability to accelerate the formation of glutathione-melphalan adducts. This result provides evidence that overexpression of the alpha class GST may be directly responsible for the development of resistance to bifunctional alkylating agents.

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