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Current Pediatric Reviews

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ISSN (Print): 1573-3963
ISSN (Online): 1875-6336

Apoptosis in Anthracycline Cardiomyopathy

Author(s): Jianjian Shi, Eltyeb Abdelwahid and Lei Wei

Volume 7, Issue 4, 2011

Page: [329 - 336] Pages: 8

DOI: 10.2174/157339611796892265

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Abstract

Apoptosis is a tightly regulated physiologic process of programmed cell death that occurs in both normal and pathologic tissues. Numerous in vitro or in vivo studies have indicated that cardiomyocyte death through apoptosis and necrosis is a primary contributor to the progression of anthracycline-induced cardiomyopathy. There are now several pieces of evidence to suggest that activation of intrinsic and extrinsic apoptotic pathways contribute to anthracyclineinduced apoptosis in the heart. Novel strategies were developed to address a wide variety of cardiotoxic mechanisms and apoptotic pathways by which anthracycline influences cardiac structure and function. Anthracycline-induced apoptosis provides a very valid representation of cardiotoxicity in the heart, an argument which has implications for the most appropriate animal models of damaged heart plus diverse pharmacological effects. In this review we describe various aspects of the current understanding of apoptotic cell death triggered by anthracycline. Differences in the sensitivity to anthracycline-induced apoptosis between young and adult hearts are also discussed.

Keywords: Pediatric, cardiomyopathy, anthracycline, Apoptosis, Cytochrome C, Dexrazoxane, Intrinsic, Mitochondria, extrinsic, caspase


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