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Improving the preclinical models for the study of chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity: a Position Paper of the Italian Working Group on Drug Cardiotoxicity and Cardioprotection
Ines MonteAlessia PepePasquale PagliaroGiuseppe MercuroChristian CadedduNovo GiuseppinaRosalinda MadonnaPaolo SpallarossaCarlo G. TocchettiConcetta ZitoMartino DeiddaDonato Melesubject
Cardiac function curveACE inhibitorsCardiotonic AgentsNeuregulin-1CardiomyopathyAntineoplastic AgentsPreclinical modelsCardioprotectionCardiotonic AgentsPharmacologyBioinformaticsmedicine.disease_causeCancer therapy-induced cardiac injury ;Preclinical modelsMitochondria HeartBeta-blockersNeoplasmsCancer therapy-induced cardiac injuryMedicineAnimalsHumansCardiac stem cellsCardioprotectionCardiotoxicityACE inhibitors; Beta-blockers; Cancer therapy-induced cardiac injury; Cardiac stem cells; Cardioprotection; Mitochondria; Neuregulin-1; Oxidative stress; Preclinical models; Statinsbusiness.industryStatinsCancermedicine.diseaseCardiotoxicityMitochondriaCancer therapy-induced cardiac injury Preclinical models Cardioprotection Mitochondria Neuregulin-1 Oxidative stress Statins Beta-blockers ACE inhibitors Cardiac stem cellsDisease Models AnimalOxidative StressHeart failureCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinebusinessOxidative stressdescription
Although treatment for heart failure induced by cancer therapy has improved in recent years, the prevalence of cardiomyopathy due to antineoplastic therapy remains significant worldwide. In addition to traditional mediators of myocardial damage, such as reactive oxygen species, new pathways and target cells should be considered responsible for the impairment of cardiac function during anticancer treatment. Accordingly, there is a need to develop novel therapeutic strategies to protect the heart from pharmacologic injury, and improve clinical outcomes in cancer patients. The development of novel protective therapies requires testing putative therapeutic strategies in appropriate animal models of chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy. This Position Paper of the Working Group on Drug Cardiotoxicity and Cardioprotection of the Italian Society of Cardiology aims to: (1) define the distinctive etiopatogenetic features of cardiac toxicity induced by cancer therapy in humans, which include new aspects of mitochondrial function and oxidative stress, neuregulin-1 modulation through the ErbB receptor family, angiogenesis inhibition, and cardiac stem cell depletion and/or dysfunction; (2) review the new, more promising therapeutic strategies for cardioprotection, aimed to increase the survival of patients with severe antineoplastic-induced cardiotoxicity; (3) recommend the distinctive pathological features of cardiotoxicity induced by cancer therapy in humans that should be present in animal models used to identify or to test new cardioprotective therapies.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
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| 2015-01-01 |