Review Article

Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial Dysfunction across Broad-Ranging Pathologies: Toward Mitochondria-Targeted Clinical Strategies

Table 5

Neoplastic disorders displaying OS/MDF hallmarks.

MalignanciesOS/MDF hallmarksReferences

Bladder cancer↑ 8-OHdG, 3-NT, and Prdx4 associated with a poor prognosis; ↓ serum levels of[191194]
Vit C and E, SOD and GPx, and serum antioxidant capacity; ↑ mtDNA mutations;
altered mitochondrial protein expression profile (OXPHOS, glycolysis/
/gluconeogenesis, Krebs cycle)

Breast cancer↑ 8-OH-dG and protein carbonyl; ↑ total SOD, SOD-1, and EC-SOD in plasma[195201]
and breast tumours; BRCA1 mutations cause OS in tumour microenvironment;
↑  >95 gene transcripts associated with mt biogenesis and/or mt translation;
mt location of phosphorylated BRCA1; progression-related CoQ10 levels; ↓ SOD-2

Cervical cancer↑ lipid peroxidation; ↑ GPx; ↓ SOD; ↓ CAT; null GSTM1 and GSTT1[202208]
polymorphisms associated with ↑ risk of cervical neoplasia; ↑  Prdx3

Colorectal cancer↑ 8-OHdG; ↑ SOD, GR and GPx; ↓ GST; U-shaped association between[209211]
the relative mtDNA copy number and risk of colorectal cancer

Endometrial cancer↑ tumour specific mtDNA mutations; ↓ complex I; ↑ mtDNA level;↑ mitochondrial[212214]
biogenesis; ↑ SOD-2; ↑ CAT; ↑ Prx3

Gastric cancer↑ 8-OHdG; ↓ hOGG1; ↑ SOD-2; H. pylori-induced mtDNA mutations and decrease[215217]
of mtDNA content

Hepatocellular carcinoma growth↑ 8-OHdG and 4-HNE associated with microvessel density, vascular endothelial [218221]
Factor, and Akt activity; d-ROM, α-fetoprotein, and fasting plasma associated with HCC
recurrence; survival rate related to ↑ SOD-2 and Trx; ↑ mtDNA 9-bp polymorphism

Lung cancer↑ MDA; ↑ aldehydes in exhaled breath; ↑ 8-OHdG; polymorphism of OGG1[222228]
Ser326Cys; ↑ thymidine glycol in ever-smokers; ↓ CAT and carbonic anhydrase;
↓ AOC in never-smokers than in ever-smokers; ↑ HO-1 expression;
↓ CoQ10; mt HSP90s associates with worse clinical outcome; ↓ mtDNA; ↑ m

Melanoma↑ 8OHdG associated with a poor prognosis; ↑ NOS1 polymorphism (rs2682826);[229232]
↑ TNF- enhancing action of tumour-associated macrophages; ↑ OXPHOS

Myeloid leukaemias↑ MDA; ↓ thiol plasma levels; ↑ PC, TBARS and LOOH; ↓ ferric reducing ability[233241]
of plasma (FRAP); GSTP1 Ile105Val polymorphism associated with CML; ↑ CAT;
↑ Trx; ↑ adenosine deaminase and xanthine oxidase; ↓ PRDX4 expression in APL;
disease-related 2- to 50-fold ↑ amplification of mtDNA; survival advantage in patients
with SOD-2 T versus C polymorphism; ↓ mt-encoded genes and ↑ mtDNA copy number

Oral cancer↑ MDA and NO; ↑ AGEs; ↓ CAT ↓ SOD in tissue, while ↑ SOD in erythrocytes;[242246]
somatic mutation of D-loop of mtDNA was associated with better survival

Thyroid oncocytic carcinomadisruptive mtDNA mutations in complex I and III; ↓ complex I; ↓ respiration;[247, 248]
↓ ATP synthesis; ↑ ROS; ↓ mitochondrial biogenesis