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ArticleJournal of cellular physiology2019

Inflammatory cytokines associated with cancer growth induce mitochondria and cytoskeleton alterations in cardiomyocytes.

Maria Buoncervello, Sonia Maccari, Barbara Ascione, Lucrezia Gambardella, Matteo Marconi, Massimo Spada, Daniele Macchia, Tonino Stati, Mario Patrizio, Walter Malorni and 3 more

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Article in Journal of cellular physiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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13 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Maria BuoncervelloResearch Coordination and Support Service, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Sonia MaccariCenter for Gender-Specific Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Barbara AscioneCenter for Gender-Specific Medicine, Oncology Unit, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Lucrezia GambardellaCenter for Gender-Specific Medicine, Oncology Unit, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Matteo MarconiCenter for Gender-Specific Medicine, Oncology Unit, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Massimo SpadaNational Centre of Animal Research and Welfare, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Daniele MacchiaNational Centre of Animal Research and Welfare, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Tonino StatiCenter for Gender-Specific Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Mario PatrizioCenter for Gender-Specific Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Walter MalorniCenter for Gender-Specific Medicine, Oncology Unit, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Paola MatarreseCenter for Gender-Specific Medicine, Oncology Unit, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5477-3752
Giuseppe MaranoCenter for Gender-Specific Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Lucia GabrieleDepartment of Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Istituto Superiore di Sanità · ITUniversity of Rome Tor Vergata · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiac dysfunction is often observed in patients with cancer also representing a serious problem limiting chemotherapeutic intervention and even patient survival. In view of the recently established role of the immune system in the control of cancer growth, the present work has been undertaken to investigate the effects of a panel of the most important inflammatory cytokines on the integrity and function of mitochondria, as well as of the cytoskeleton, two key elements in the functioning of cardiomyocytes. Either mitochondria features or actomyosin cytoskeleton organization of in vitro-cultured cardiomyocytes treated with different inflammatory cytokines were analyzed. In addition, to investigate the interplay between tumor growth and cardiac function in an in vivo system, immunocompetent female mice were inoculated with cancer cells and treated with the chemotherapeutic drug doxorubicin at a dosing schedule able to suppress tumor growth without inducing cardiac alterations. Analyses carried out in cardiomyocytes treated with the inflammatory cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), interferon γ (IFN-γ), interleukin 6 (IL-6), IL-8, and IL-1β revealed severe phenotypic changes, for example, of contractile cytoskeletal elements, mitochondrial membrane potential, mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production and mitochondria network organization. Accordingly, in immunocompetent mice, the tumor growth was accompanied by increased levels of the inflammatory cytokines TNF-α, IFN-γ, IL-6, and IL-8, either in serum or in the heart tissue, together with a significant reduction of ventricular systolic function. The alterations of mitochondria and of microfilament system of cardiomyocytes, due to the systemic inflammation associated with cancer growth, could be responsible for remote cardiac injury and impairment of systolic function observed in vivo.

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AnimalsCells, CulturedCytokinesCytoskeletonFemaleInflammationInterferon-gammaInterleukin-6Mice, Inbred BALB CMitochondriaMyocytes, CardiacNeoplasmsReactive Oxygen SpeciesTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaCytokinesInterferon-gammaInterleukin-6Reactive Oxygen SpeciesTumor Necrosis Factor-alphacardiac functioncardiomyocytescytoskeletondoxorubicininflammatory cytokinesmitochondriasextumor growth

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PMCPMC6767566
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