ArticleJournal of toxicology2015
Effect of Metformin and Sitagliptin on Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Rats: Impact of Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Apoptosis.
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- Effects of metformin and donepezil on the prevention of doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in breast cancer: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Metformin in Diabetes and Beyond: Therapeutic Mechanisms, Lactic Acidosis, Organ-Specific Effects, and Nanotechnology-Based Delivery Strategies.Current medical science · 2026Review
- Sitagliptin Potentiates the Anticancer Activity of Doxorubicin Through ROS-Driven Apoptosis and MMP/TIMP Regulation in HeLa Cells.Pharmaceutics · 2025Article
- Combined effects of metformin and coenzyme Q10 on doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in male wistar rats.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity and risk factors.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2024Article
- Anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive effects of sitagliptin in animal models and possible mechanisms involved in the antinociceptive activity.The Korean journal of pain · 2024Article
- The Impact of Metformin on the Development of Hypothyroidism and Cardiotoxicity Induced by Cyclophosphamide, Methotrexate, and Fluorouracil in Rats.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Sitagliptin ameliorates busulfan-induced pulmonary and testicular injury in rats through antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antifibrotic, and antiapoptotic effects.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Metformin Alleviates Epirubicin-Induced Endothelial Impairment by Restoring Mitochondrial Homeostasis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Combination of nicotinamide mononucleotide and troxerutin induces full protection against doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity by modulating mitochondrial biogenesis and inflammatory response.Molecular biology reports · 2022Article
- Dose-Dependent Cardioprotective Effect of Hemin in Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity Via Nrf-2/HO-1 and TLR-5/NF-κB/TNF-α Signaling Pathways.Cardiovascular toxicology · 2021Article
- Anti-inflammatory effects of saxagliptin and vildagliptin against doxorubicin-induced nephrotoxicity in rats: attenuation of NLRP3 inflammasome up-regulation and tubulo-interstitial injury.Research in pharmaceutical sciences · 2021Article
- Natural Products Counteracting Cardiotoxicity during Cancer Chemotherapy: The Special Case of Doxorubicin, a Comprehensive Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Exercise, but Not Metformin Prevents Loss of Muscle Function Due to Doxorubicin in Mice Using an In Situ Method.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Redox Imbalances in Ageing and Metabolic Alterations: Implications in Cancer and Cardiac Diseases. An Overview from the Working Group of Cardiotoxicity and Cardioprotection of the Italian Society of Cardiology (SIC).Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Effects of doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity on cardiac mitochondrial dynamics and mitochondrial function: Insights for future interventions.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2020Review
- Effect of Metformin on Doxorubicin-Induced Memory Dysfunction.Brain sciences · 2020Article
- Fisetin, a plant flavonoid ameliorates doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in experimental rats: the decisive role of caspase-3, COX-II, cTn-I, iNOs and TNF-α.Molecular biology reports · 2019Article
- Phasic change and apoptosis regulation of JAK2/STAT3 pathway in a type 2 diabetic rat model.American journal of translational research · 2019Article
- Metformin Suppresses Self-Renewal Ability and Tumorigenicity of Osteosarcoma Stem Cells via Reactive Oxygen Species-Mediated Apoptosis and Autophagy.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2019Article
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Abstract
Doxorubicin (DOX) is a widely used antineoplastic drug whose efficacy is limited by its cardiotoxicity. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible protective role of the antidiabetic drugs metformin (250 mg/kg dissolved in DW p.o. for seven days) and sitagliptin (10 mg/kg dissolved in DW p.o. for seven days) in a model of DOX-induced (single dose 15 mg/kg i.p. at the fifth day) cardiotoxicity in rats. Results of our study revealed that pretreatment with metformin or sitagliptin produced significant (P < 0.05) cardiac protection manifested by a significant decrease in serum levels of LDH and CK-MB enzymes and cardiac MDA and total nitrites and nitrates levels, a significant increase in cardiac SOD activity, and remarkable improvement in the histopathological features as well as a significant reduction in the immunohistochemical expression of COX-2, iNOS, and caspase-3 enzymes as compared to DOX group. These results may suggest using metformin and/or sitagliptin as preferable drugs for diabetic patients suffering from cancer and receiving DOX in their chemotherapy regimen.
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