Review Article

Oxidative Stress and Cellular Response to Doxorubicin: A Common Factor in the Complex Milieu of Anthracycline Cardiotoxicity

Table 1

Doxorubicin-induced toxic effects in cardiac and extracardiac cells.

Cell typeStudyMechanism of toxicity

CPCsDe Angelis et al. [48]Oxidative stress, cell cycle arrest, and apoptosis
CPCsPiegari et al. [56]DNA damage and senescence
CPCsDe Angelis et al. [57]Oxidative stress, senescence, apoptosis, and reduced migratory capacity
CPCsPiegari et al. [58]Senescence and apoptosis
CPCsLazzarini et al. [59]Senescence and apoptosis
CPCsHuang et al. [60]Senescence and impaired differentiation potential
ECsKalivendi et al. [73]Oxidative stress, NO deficit, and apoptosis
ECsKotamraju et al. [74]Oxidative stress and apoptosis
ECsWojcik et al. [72]Oxidative stress, apoptosis, and reduced elasticity
ECsWilkinson et al. [76]Impaired microvascular permeability
SMCsBielak-Zmijewska et al. [78]Oxidative stress and senescence
SMCsMurata et al. [79]DNA damage and apoptosis
SMCsMurata et al. [80]Impaired relaxation and apoptosis
CFsZhan et al. [81]Apoptosis
CFsCappetta et al. [88]Profibrotic phenotype
CFsMarmisolle et al. [94]Senescence
CFsGhosh et al. [95]Senescence
MSCsYang et al. [110]Apoptosis and decreased secretory function
MSCsOliveira et al. [112]Lower proliferation rate and impaired differentiation potential
MSCsButtiglieri et al. [113]Telomere length shortening and reduced clonogenic potential
EPCsDe Falco et al. [116]Oxidative stress and senescence
EPCsSpallarossa et al. [117]Senescence and reduced migratory capacity
EPCsYasuda et al. (2010)Senescence and defective engraftment

CPCs: cardiac progenitor cells; ECs: endothelial cells; SMCs: smooth muscle cells; CFs: cardiac fibroblasts; MSCs: mesenchymal stem cells; EPCs: endothelial progenitor cells.