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. 2015 Apr 4;17(4):802–812. doi: 10.1208/s12248-015-9757-1

Table II.

Summary of Novel Modulators Against MRPs

Name Target Drug classification Effects on target MRPs Mechanism of inhibition on target MRPs
In vitro In vivo Transcription Expression Function
Ibrutinib MRP1 Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor +(11) +(11) ↔a ↔ ↓b
Nilotinib MRP7 BCR-Abl inhibitor +(12) +(12) N/A ↔ ↓
Imatinib MRP7 BCR-Abl inhibitor +(12) N/A N/A ↔ ↓
Erlotinib MRP7 EGFR and HER2 inhibitor +(13,14) N/A N/A ↔ ↓
Lapatinib MRP7 EGFR inhibitor +(14) N/A N/A ↔ ↓
Tandutinib MRP7 FLT3 inhibitor +(15) N/A N/A ↔ ↓
Masitinib MRP7 c-Kit inhibitor, PDGFR inhibitor +(16) +(16) N/A ↔ ↓
Sildenafil and vardenafil MRP7 PDE5 inhibitor +(17) N/A N/A ↔ ↓
Tariquidar MRP7 P-gp (ABCB1) inhibitor +(18) N/A ↔ ↓ (>24 h treatment) ↓
NVP-BHG712 MRP7 EphB4 inhibitor +(19) +(19) N/A ↔ ↓
GSH-conjugated catechol metabolite MRP1 and MRP2 GSH-conjugated catechol metabolites +(20) N/A N/A N/A ↓
3ATA MRP1-4, preferred selectivity for MRP1 Triterpene +(21) N/A N/A N/A ↓
miR-326 MRP1 miRNA +(22) N/A ↓ ↓ ↓
miR-297 MRP2 miRNA +(23) +(23) ↓ ↓ ↓

N/A study not conducted, MRP multidrug resistance proteins, EGFR epidermal growth factor receptor, PDGFR platelet-derived growth factor, PDE5 phosphodiesterase type 5, GSH glutathione

(+): this compound shows reversal activity on the targeted MRPs, superscript number showing the relevant reference

a(↔): no significant alterations

b(↓) downregulation or inhibition