Key result
Combining 0.1 μM doxorubicin with rosiglitazone increased MCF-7 cancer cell death from 50% to 80% without affecting cardiac cells.
Why the study?
Does combining doxorubicin with PPARγ agonists or melatonin alter cell toxicity in breast cancer cells and cardiac myocytes/fibroblasts?
Does combining doxorubicin with PPARγ agonists or melatonin alter cell toxicity in breast cancer cells and cardiac myocytes/fibroblasts?
PPARγ agonists enhance doxorubicin efficacy against breast cancer cells without increasing cardiotoxicity, while melatonin increases doxorubicin toxicity in cardiac fibroblasts, suggesting a role for circadian-timed administration.
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May enhance doxorubicin selectivity for breast cancer cells without cardiotoxicity; leaves open in vivo translation and clinical testing.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Doxorubicin is effective against breast cancer, but its major side effect is cardiotoxicity. The aim of this study was to determine whether the efficacy of doxorubicin on cancer cells could be increased in combination with PPARγ agonists or chrono-optimization by exploiting the diurnal cycle. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: We determined cell toxicity using MCF-7 cancer cells, neonatal rat cardiac myocytes and fibroblasts in this study. KEY RESULTS: Doxorubicin damages the contractile filaments of cardiac myocytes and affects cardiac fibroblasts by significantly inhibiting collagen production and proliferation at the level of the cell cycle. Cyclin D1 protein levels decreased significantly following doxorubicin treatment indicative of a G1/S arrest. PPARγ agonists with doxorubicin increased the toxicity to MCF-7 cancer cells without affecting cardiac cells. Rosiglitazone and ciglitazone both enhanced anti-cancer activity when combined with doxorubicin (e.g. 50% cell death for doxorubicin at 0.1 μM compared to 80% cell death when combined with rosiglitazone). Thus, the therapeutic dose of doxorubicin could be reduced by 20-fold through combination with the PPARγ agonists, thereby reducing adverse effects on the heart. The presence of melatonin also significantly increased doxorubicin toxicity, in cardiac fibroblasts (1 μM melatonin) but not in MCF-7 cells. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Our data show, for the first time, that circadian rhythms play an important role in doxorubicin toxicity in the myocardium; doxorubicin should be administered mid-morning, when circulating levels of melatonin are low, and in combination with rosiglitazone to increase therapeutic efficacy in cancer cells while reducing the toxic effects on the heart.
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Arif et al. (2013) studied Breast cancer and doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity. Doxorubicin combined with PPARγ agonists (rosiglitazone/ciglitazone) vs. Doxorubicin alone was evaluated on Cell death in MCF-7 cancer cells. Combining 0.1 μM doxorubicin with rosiglitazone increased MCF-7 cancer cell death from 50% to 80% without affecting cardiac cells.
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