ABSTRACT
In order to study the relationship between the expression of neutral glycosphingolipids(N-GSLs) and MDR, N-GSLs in MDR cell line KBv 200 and its parental cell line KB were studied. The N-GSLs were extracted and purified from the KB and KBv 200 cells according to the modified method of Hakomori, then analysed by High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC). The effects of PPMP on the expression of N-GSLs in KBv 200 cell line were also studied by the above method, its reversion on the KBv 200 cells to Vincristine (VCR) was examined by MTT method. The results showed that the levels of CMH and CDH in KBv 200 cells were higher than in KB cells, CMH was much more markedly increased, PPMP could reverse MDR by inhibiting CMH synthesis. It suggested that CMH is MDR associated N-GSLs in KBv 200 cell line, and inhibition of CMH expression in tumor cells maybe a new way to reverse MDR.