Slow-Release Doxorubicin Pellets Generate Myocardial Cardiotoxic Changes in Mice Without Significant Systemic Toxicity

Bradley D. Allen*, Zhuoli Zhang, Nivedita K. Naresh, Sol Misener, Daniele Procissi, James Carr

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Abstract

An increasing volume of pre-clinical and clinical-translational research is attempting to identify novel biomarkers for improved diagnosis and risk-stratification of chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity. Most published animal models have employed weekly intraperitoneal injections of doxorubicin to reach a desired cumulative dose. This approach can be associated with severe systemic toxicity which limits the animal model usefulness, particularly for advanced imaging. In the current study, slow-release subcutaneous doxorubicin pellets demonstrated histopathologic evidence of cardiotoxicity at doses similar to standard human dose-equivalents without limiting animal survival or ability to participate in advanced imaging studies. This approach may provide a more robust cardiotoxicity animal model.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)482-484
Number of pages3
JournalCardiovascular Toxicology
Volume19
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2019

Funding

This work was supported by Northwestern University’s Center for Advanced Microscopy and a Cancer Center Support Grant (NCI CA060553). Histology services were provided by the Northwestern University Mouse Histology and Phenotyping Laboratory which is supported by NCI P30-CA060553 awarded to the Robert H Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center. The authors also acknowledge Quanhong Grace Ma, Research Lab Manager, Northwestern University Department of Radiology for her contributions to this project.

Keywords

  • Animal model
  • Cardio-oncology
  • Cardiotoxicity
  • Chemotherapy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Toxicology

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