ABCB1 and ABCG2 regulation at the blood-brain barrier: potential new targets to improve brain drug delivery

JA Schulz, AMS Hartz, B Bauer - Pharmacological Reviews, 2023 - ASPET
The drug efflux transporters ABCB1 and ABCG2 at the blood-brain barrier limit the delivery
of drugs into the brain. Strategies to overcome ABCB1/ABCG2 have been largely …

Endogenous opiates and behavior: 2019

RJ Bodnar - Peptides, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper is the forty-second consecutive installment of the annual anthological review of
research concerning the endogenous opioid system, summarizing articles published during …

Effect of the force field on molecular dynamics simulations of the multidrug efflux protein P-glycoprotein

L Wang, ML O'Mara - Journal of chemical theory and computation, 2021 - ACS Publications
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have been used extensively to study P-glycoprotein
(P-gp), a flexible multidrug transporter that is a key player in the development of multidrug …

The conformation and dynamics of P-glycoprotein in a lipid bilayer investigated by atomic force microscopy

KP Sigdel, LA Wilt, BP Marsh, AG Roberts… - Biochemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
The membrane-bound P-glycoprotein (Pgp) transporter plays a major role in human disease
and drug disposition because of its ability to efflux a chemically diverse range of drugs …

Drug-induced conformational dynamics of P-glycoprotein underlies the transport of camptothecin analogs

GAK Mensah, KG Schaefer, MG Bartlett… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
P-glycoprotein (Pgp) plays a pivotal role in drug bioavailability and multi-drug resistance
development. Understanding the protein's activity and designing effective drugs require …

The effects of anthracycline drugs on the conformational distribution of mouse P-glycoprotein explains their transport rate differences

PH Nguyen, KP Sigdel, KG Schaefer… - Biochemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
P-glycoprotein (Pgp) is an ATP-dependent efflux transporter and plays a major role in anti-
cancer drug resistance by pumping a chemically diverse range of cytotoxic drugs from …

Brain/blood ratios of methadone and ABCB1 polymorphisms in methadone-related deaths

S Iwersen-Bergmann, S Plattner, S Hischke… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Methadone is an opioid that often leads to fatalities. Interpretation of toxicological findings
can be challenging if no further information about the case history is available. The aims of …

Probing the Mechanisms Underlying the Transport of the Vinca Alkaloids by P-glycoprotein

GAK Mensah, KG Schaefer, AG Roberts… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The efficacy of many cancer drugs is hindered by P-glycoprotein (Pgp), a cellular pump that
removes drugs from cells. To improve chemotherapy, drugs capable of evading Pgp must be …

Utilizing surface plasmon resonance as a novel method for monitoring in-vitro P-glycoprotein efflux

PH Nguyen, S Cui, AM Kozarich, A Rautio… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
P-glycoprotein (Pgp) is known for its dichotomous roles as both a safeguarding efflux
transporter against xenobiotics and as a catalyst for multidrug resistance. Given the …

Structure‐based alteration of tryptophan residues of the multidrug transporter CmABCB1 to assess substrate binding using fluorescence spectroscopy

Y Inoue, T Yamaguchi, T Otsuka, Y Utsunomiya… - Protein …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
ABCB1, also known as P‐glycoprotein, is an essential component of many physiological
barriers and extrudes a variety of hydrophobic chemicals out of the cell. Structures of ABCB1 …