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Mitochondrial Dynamin-Related Protein Drp1: a New Player in Cardio-oncology

Journal

CURRENT ONCOLOGY REPORTS
Volume 24, Issue 12, Pages 1751-1763

Publisher

SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11912-022-01333-w

Keywords

Dynamin-related protein; Mitochondria; Doxorubicin; Cardiomyopathy; Cancer

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Funding

  1. CAUL
  2. Stafford Fox Medical Research Foundation
  3. CASS Foundation
  4. St Vincent's Hospital Research Endowment Fund
  5. Victorian Government
  6. University of Melbourne MDHS Trust Scholarships
  7. Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship

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Drp1 inhibition holds great potential as a targeted mitochondrial therapy for doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity, which is a significant challenge in clinical practice.
Purpose of Review This study is aimed at reviewing the recent progress in Drp1 inhibition as a novel approach for reducing doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity and for improving cancer treatment. Recent Findings Anthracyclines (e.g. doxorubicin) are one of the most common and effective chemotherapeutic agents to treat a variety of cancers. However, the clinical usage of doxorubicin has been hampered by its severe cardiotoxic side effects leading to heart failure. Mitochondrial dysfunction is one of the major aetiologies of doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity. The morphology of mitochondria is highly dynamic, governed by two opposing processes known as fusion and fission, collectively known as mitochondrial dynamics. An imbalance in mitochondrial dynamics is often reported in tumourigenesis which can lead to adaptive and acquired resistance to chemotherapy. Drp1 is a key mitochondrial fission regulator, and emerging evidence has demonstrated that Drp1-mediated mitochondrial fission is upregulated in both cancer cells to their survival advantage and injured heart tissue in the setting of doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity. Summary Effective treatment to prevent and mitigate doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity is currently not available. Recent advances in cardio-oncology have highlighted that Drp1 inhibition holds great potential as a targeted mitochondrial therapy for doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity.

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