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Bouwer NI, Jager A, Liesting C, Kofflard MJM, Brugts JJ, Kitzen JJEM, Boersma E, Levin MD. Cardiac monitoring in HER2-positive patients on trastuzumab treatment: A review and implications for clinical practice. Breast 2020; 52:33-44. [PMID: 32361151 PMCID: PMC7375662 DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2020.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Revised: 03/17/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Trastuzumab prolongs progression-free and overall survival in patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) positive breast cancer. However, trastuzumab treatment is hampered by cardiotoxicity, defined as a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) decline with a reported incidence ranging from 3 to 27% depending on variable factors. Early identification of patients at increased risk of trastuzumab-induced myocardial damage is of great importance to prevent deterioration to irreversible cardiotoxicity. Although current cardiac monitoring with multi gated acquisition (MUGA) scanning and/or conventional 2D-echocardiography (2DE) have a high availability, their reproducibility are modest, and more sensitive and reliable techniques are needed such as 3D-echocardiography (3DE) and speckle tracking echocardiography (STE). But which other diagnostic imaging modalities are available for patients before and during trastuzumab treatment? In addition, what is the optimal frequency and duration of cardiac monitoring? At last, which biomarker monitoring strategies are currently available for the identification of cardiotoxicity in patients treated with trastuzumab? Current MUGA is not sensitive and reliable enough to detect cardiotoxicity early. 3DE (with STE) is most suitable for cardiac monitoring of patients on trastuzumab. The optimal frequency and duration of cardiac monitoring is not yet established. MPO and hs-troponin are promising biomarkers to detect cardiotoxicity.
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- Nathalie I Bouwer
- Department of Cardiology, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Albert Schweitzerplaats 25, 3300 AK, Dordrecht, the Netherlands; Department of Internal Medicine, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Albert Schweitzerplaats 25, 3300 AK, Dordrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Albert Schweitzerplaats 25, 3300 AK, Dordrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Albert Schweitzerplaats 25, 3300 AK, Dordrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Erasmus MC Thoraxcenter, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Albert Schweitzerplaats 25, 3300 AK, Dordrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Erasmus MC Thoraxcenter, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Albert Schweitzerplaats 25, 3300 AK, Dordrecht, the Netherlands.
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Cubbon RM, Lyon AR. Cardio-oncology: Concepts and practice. Indian Heart J 2016; 68 Suppl 1:S77-85. [PMID: 27056658 PMCID: PMC4824331 DOI: 10.1016/j.ihj.2016.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2016] [Accepted: 01/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Substantial progress in cancer therapy increasingly allows higher cure rates, and even advanced disease can be stabilized, allowing improved survival with quality of life for months to years, meaning comorbid diseases are a growing determinant of outcome. Cardiovascular events substantially contribute to long-term morbidity and mortality in people living with or surviving cancer. In recognition of this, the subspecialty of cardio-oncology has emerged, and aims to promote cardiovascular heath, whilst facilitating the most effective cancer therapy. This review describes the concept of cardio-oncology, and illustrates the role played by a specialist team in improving outcomes, using heart failure secondary to breast cancer treatment as an example. We aim to highlight pivotal original research and comprehensive summaries of the most relevant topics, providing an overview for cardiologists and oncologists about this increasingly important medical problem.
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- Richard M Cubbon
- Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, The University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Imperial College and Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, United Kingdom.
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Singh D, Thakur A, Tang WHW. Utilizing cardiac biomarkers to detect and prevent chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy. Curr Heart Fail Rep 2016; 12:255-62. [PMID: 25869733 DOI: 10.1007/s11897-015-0258-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The success achieved in advances in cancer therapy has been marred by development of cardiotoxicity, which causes significant morbidity and mortality. This has led to the development of surveillance protocols for cardiotoxicity utilizing multimodality imaging techniques and investigation of various drugs to treat and prevent cardiotoxicity in this subset of patients. Cardiac biomarkers hold important diagnostic and prognostic value in various cardiac diseases. In this review, we discuss the use of biomarkers in patients receiving chemotherapy, highlighting data behind the use of troponin, B-type natriuretic peptide, and myeloperoxidase. We also discuss the use of dexrazoxane, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, and beta blockers in the treatment and prevention of chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity. Cardiac biomarkers may serve an important role in selecting patients that are at high risk of cardiotoxicity and can potentially be used to guide the administration of drugs to treat and prevent cardiotoxicity.
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- Dhssraj Singh
- Kaufman Center for Heart Failure, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, J3-4, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA
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Improvements in therapies have significantly changed survival of cancer patients. However, the clinical history and oncologic treatment put cancer patients at higher risk for developing cardiovascular problems. Anthracyclines, but also the targeted therapy and angiogenesis inhibitors, are all treatments associated with cardiotoxicity. The most common adverse event is a reduction in left ventricular ejection fraction that may progress to overt heart failure. Recognition of a cardiac impairment during or after a potential cardiotoxic treatment requires a stringent assessment of clinical symptoms and signs of heart failure associated with an evaluation of the left ventricular ejection fraction, which, however, detects the damage already installed. Circulating cardiac biomarkers are promising in detecting cardiotoxicity and will likely change the approach for identifying patients at risk.
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- Michela Salvatici
- Division of Laboratory Medicine, European Institute of Oncology, via Ripamonti, 435, 20141 Milan, Italy
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- Division of Laboratory Medicine, European Institute of Oncology, via Ripamonti, 435, 20141 Milan, Italy
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Kouloubinis A, Sofroniadou S, Panoulas VF, Makaritsis K, Revela I, Karavolias G, Voudris V, Adamopoulos S. The role of TNF-α, Fas/Fas ligand system and NT-proBNP in the early detection of asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction in cancer patients treated with anthracyclines. IJC HEART & VASCULATURE 2015; 6:85-90. [PMID: 28785633 PMCID: PMC5497149 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2015.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2014] [Accepted: 01/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Background Anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity typically presents as congestive heart failure (CHF). As immuno-inflammatory activation and apoptosis are important mechanisms in the process of heart failure, the use of biomarkers that could detect cardiovascular toxicity before the clinical presentation is of great importance. We studied whether sTNF-a, sTNF-RI, sTNF-RII, Fas/FasLigand system and NT-proBNP associate with early cardiac dysfunction in patients receiving cardiotoxic drugs. Methods Two groups of breast cancer patients—group A with metastatic disease under chemotherapy with epirubicin and group B with no residual disease under a less cardiotoxic regimen—as well as healthy women were included in this prosprective study. NT-proBNP, sTNF-a, sTNF-RI, sTNF-RII, sFas, sFas-Ligand and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) were determined in all patients before and after the completion of chemotherapy. Results In Group A, an increase in sFas levels (p < 0.001), a decrease in the sFasL levels (p = 0.010), an NT-proBNP increase (p < 0.001) and a significant reduction of LVEF (p < 0.001) was recorded post-chemotherapy. The decrease in LVEF correlated significantly with the increase in sFas, the decrease in sFasL and the rise in NT-proBNP levels. In Group B, TNF-RI levels were higher (p = 0.024) and mean sFas-L levels lower (p = 0.021) post chemotherapy with no LVEF drop. Two of group A (7.6%) patients developed symptomatic CHF 12 and 14 months respectively after the end of chemotherapy. Conclusion SFas, sFas-L and NT-proBNP correlate with reductions in LVEF and could be used as sensitive biochemical indices for the detection of asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction in cancer patients under cardiotoxic chemotherapy.
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- Alexandros Kouloubinis
- Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Department of Cardiology, 356 Siggrou Avenue,17674 Athens, Greece
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- Center for Nephrology «G.Papadakis», General Hospital of Pireaus, Pireaus, Greece
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Lambeth Palace Road, SE1 7EH London, UK
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- Center for Nephrology «G.Papadakis», General Hospital of Pireaus, Pireaus, Greece
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- Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Department of Cardiology, 356 Siggrou Avenue,17674 Athens, Greece
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- Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Department of Cardiology, 356 Siggrou Avenue,17674 Athens, Greece
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- Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Department of Cardiology, 356 Siggrou Avenue,17674 Athens, Greece
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Christenson ES, James T, Agrawal V, Park BH. Use of biomarkers for the assessment of chemotherapy-induced cardiac toxicity. Clin Biochem 2014; 48:223-35. [PMID: 25445234 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2014.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2014] [Revised: 10/25/2014] [Accepted: 10/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To review the evidence for the use of various biomarkers in the detection of chemotherapy associated cardiac damage. DESIGN AND METHODS Pubmed.gov was queried using the search words chemotherapy and cardiac biomarkers with the filters of past 10years, humans, and English language. An emphasis was placed on obtaining primary research articles looking at the utility of biomarkers for the detection of chemotherapy-mediated cardiac injury. RESULTS Biomarkers may help identify patients undergoing treatment who are at high risk for cardiotoxicity and may assist in identification of a low risk cohort that does not necessitate continued intensive screening. cTn assays are the best studied biomarkers in this context and may represent a promising and potentially valuable modality for detecting cardiac toxicity in patients undergoing chemotherapy. Monitoring cTnI levels may provide information regarding the development of cardiac toxicity before left ventricular dysfunction becomes apparent on echocardiography or via clinical symptoms. A host of other biomarkers have been evaluated for their utility in the field of chemotherapy related cardiac toxicity with intermittent success; further trials are necessary to determine what role they may end up playing for prediction and prognostication in this setting. CONCLUSIONS Biomarkers represent an exciting potential complement or replacement for echocardiographic monitoring of chemotherapy related cardiac toxicity which may allow for earlier realization of the degree of cardiac damage occurring during treatment, creating the opportunity for more timely modulation of therapy.
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- Eric S Christenson
- Johns Hopkins University, Department of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
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- Johns Hopkins University, Department of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University, Department of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University, Department of Oncology, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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Stachowiak P, Kornacewicz-Jach Z, Safranow K. Prognostic role of troponin and natriuretic peptides as biomarkers for deterioration of left ventricular ejection fraction after chemotherapy. Arch Med Sci 2014; 10:1007-18. [PMID: 25395954 PMCID: PMC4223124 DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2013.34987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2012] [Revised: 11/12/2012] [Accepted: 12/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Cardiotoxicity due to anthracyclines, trastuzumab and other potential cardiotoxic drugs is still a problem of modern chemotherapy. For years researchers have tried to find biological markers that can predict changes in the heart. The most thoroughly tested markers are troponin and natriuretic peptides. Some studies have proven that these markers can indeed be useful. In studies which have shown the predictive role of troponin I the assessment of this marker was performed very frequently. It is not possible to carry out such serial measurements in many centers because of typical 1-day hospital stay times. The predictive role of natriuretic peptides still needs further investigation. This review considers the newest research from recent years.
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- Paweł Stachowiak
- Department of Cardiology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Medical Chemistry, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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Tian S, Hirshfield KM, Jabbour SK, Toppmeyer D, Haffty BG, Khan AJ, Goyal S. Serum biomarkers for the detection of cardiac toxicity after chemotherapy and radiation therapy in breast cancer patients. Front Oncol 2014; 4:277. [PMID: 25346912 PMCID: PMC4191171 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2014.00277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2014] [Accepted: 09/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Multi-modality cancer treatments that include chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and targeted agents are highly effective therapies. Their use, especially in combination, is limited by the risk of significant cardiac toxicity. The current paradigm for minimizing cardiac morbidity, based on serial cardiac function monitoring, is suboptimal. An alternative approach based on biomarker testing, has emerged as a promising adjunct and a potential substitute to routine echocardiography. Biomarkers, most prominently cardiac troponins and natriuretic peptides, have been evaluated for their ability to describe the risk of potential cardiac dysfunction in clinically asymptomatic patients. Early rises in cardiac troponin concentrations have consistently predicted the risk and severity of significant cardiac events in patients treated with anthracycline-based chemotherapy. Biomarkers represent a novel, efficient, and robust clinical decision tool for the management of cancer therapy-induced cardiotoxicity. This article aims to review the clinical evidence that supports the use of established biomarkers such as cardiac troponins and natriuretic peptides, as well as emerging data on proposed biomarkers.
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- Sibo Tian
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School , New Brunswick, NJ , USA
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School , New Brunswick, NJ , USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School , New Brunswick, NJ , USA
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School , New Brunswick, NJ , USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School , New Brunswick, NJ , USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School , New Brunswick, NJ , USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School , New Brunswick, NJ , USA
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Skovgaard D, Hasbak P, Kjaer A. BNP predicts chemotherapy-related cardiotoxicity and death: comparison with gated equilibrium radionuclide ventriculography. PLoS One 2014; 9:e96736. [PMID: 24800827 PMCID: PMC4011788 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2013] [Accepted: 04/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Cardiotoxicity is a dose-limiting side-effect of cancer chemotherapeutics such as anthracyclines. The drug-induced cardiac toxicity is currently monitored with repeated assessments of the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) using multigated equilibrium radionuclide ventriculography (MUGA) or echocardiography. However, the plasma cardiac biomarker B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) has been suggested for early identification of cardiac dysfunction. The aim of the study was to compare LVEF obtained by MUGA and plasma BNP as predictors of developing congestive heart failure (CHF) or death in a population of anthracycline-treated cancer patients. Methods We prospectively followed 333 cancer patients referred to our department for routine monitoring of LVEF with MUGA and measurement of BNP, January-December 2004. Study end points were hospitalization for CHF and death during follow-up 2004-2010. Data were obtained from the Danish National Patient Registry. Results During follow-up (mean 1,360 days), 21 of the patients were admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of CHF and 194 of the patients died. BNP levels were significantly higher and LVEF lower in the group of patients that developed CHF. Using cut-off points of BNP>100 pg/ml (HR 5.5; CI 1.8–17.2; p = 0.003) and LVEF <50% (HR 7.9; CI 3.0–21.4; p<0.001) both significantly predicted CHF. Using the same cut-off points only BNP (HR 1.9; CI 1.3-2.9; p = 0.002) and not LVEF (HR 1.1; CI 0.7–1.8; p = 0.58) was predictive of overall death. In multivariate Cox analysis both BNP and LVEF were independent predictors of CHF while age remained the only independent predictor of overall death. Conclusion In cancer patients treated with cardiotoxic chemotherapy both BNP and LVEF can significantly predict subsequent hospitalization with CHF. In addition, BNP and not LVEF has a prognostic value in detecting overall death. This prospective study based on the hitherto largest study population supports BNP as a clinical relevant method for monitoring chemotherapy-related cardiac failure and death.
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- Dorthe Skovgaard
- Cluster for Molecular Imaging, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine and PET, Rigshospitalet and University Hospital of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine and PET, Rigshospitalet and University Hospital of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Cluster for Molecular Imaging, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine and PET, Rigshospitalet and University Hospital of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Podlecka-Piętowska A, Kochanowski J, Zakrzewska-Pniewska B, Opolski G, Kwieciński H, Kamińska AM. The N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide as a marker of mitoxantrone-induced cardiotoxicity in multiple sclerosis patients. Neurol Neurochir Pol 2014; 48:111-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pjnns.2013.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2013] [Accepted: 12/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Demkow U, Stelmaszczyk-Emmel A. Cardiotoxicity of cisplatin-based chemotherapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2013; 187:64-7. [PMID: 23548823 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2013.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2012] [Revised: 03/25/2013] [Accepted: 03/26/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Cardiotoxicity is a well known consequence of cancer chemotherapy. Cisplatin-based combinations are standard regimens in the therapy of advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Administration of cisplatin-containing chemotherapy causes significant oxidative and nitrosative stress in some patients. Cardiac blood biomarkers can be used to evaluate cardiac status, may help to identify patients at risk myocardial damage evaluation and are able to detect subclinical, early-stage cisplatin-induced cardiotoxicity. The relevance of cardiovascular complications in cancer patients and identification of individual risk factors for developing cardiovascular toxicity merit further evaluation and a longer follow-up is needed.
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- Urszula Demkow
- Department of Laboratory Diagnostics and Clinical Immunology of Developmental Age, Medical University of Warsaw, Marszalkowska 24, 00-576 Warsaw, Poland.
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Despite continuous improvements in management of patients with cancer, cardiac side-effects still account for a substantial limitation of chemotherapy. Evaluation of cardiac toxicity in patients includes consideration of biomarkers such as cardiac troponins and B-type natriuretic peptides, together with non-invasive imaging in the form of 2D-, 3D-, or strain-echocardiography, multiple gated radionuclide angiography, quantitative gated blood-pool SPECT, (123)I-metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy, or cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. These approaches differ from each other with regards to availability, accuracy, sensitivity to detect early stages of cardiac injury, individual reliability, ease of use in a longitudinal follow-up perspective, and to related cost-effectiveness. Improving prevention of these cardiac side-effects depends on several, currently unresolved issues. Early detection and quantification of cardiac damage is required to adapt chemotherapy in progress for optimal management of patients. Whether increased availability of myocardial strain imaging and repeat blood biomarkers determinations will reliably and consistently achieve these goals remain to be confirmed. Also, protective approaches to reduce cardiac toxicity of anticancer drugs should be reconsidered according to the recently restricted approval for use of dexrazoxane. Anthracycline-based regimens, encapsulated anthracyclines and non-anthracycline regimens should be revisited with regards to antitumour efficacy and cardiac toxicity. Cardiovascular drugs that proved effective in prevention of anthracycline-induced cardiac toxicity in experimental models should be investigated in clinical trials. Finally, the efficacy of cardiovascular drugs that have already been tested in clinical settings should be confirmed and compared with each other in patients in increased numbers.
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- Jean-Jacques Monsuez
- Cardiologie, Hôpital René-Muret, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Seine-Saint-Denis, France.
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Chan A, McGregor SR. Prevalence and management of HER2/neu-positive early breast cancer in a single institution following availability of adjuvant trastuzumab. Intern Med J 2012; 42:267-74. [PMID: 21241440 DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2011.02432.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIM To ascertain the prevalence of HER2/neu-positive early breast cancer (EBC), utilisation of adjuvant trastuzumab and incidence of cardiac toxicity in a community private hospital setting. METHODS Prospective data collected by breast oncologist and surgeons in all women diagnosed with EBC at the Mount Hospital (MH) were reviewed. Women with HER2/neu-positive disease diagnosed between 1 October 2006 and 31 March 2009 were included in this analysis. RESULTS In total, 1128 women with invasive EBC were seen in the 30-month period. All tumours underwent HER2/neu testing by immunohistochemistry, with 61% being evaluated by in situ hybridisation. Time to definitive HER2/neu result improved over time from median of 17 to 14 days. The prevalence of HER2 positivity (by in situ hybridisation) in this cohort was 12%. Uptake of trastuzumab-based treatment was 100% in those patients receiving their treatment at the MH, compared to 52% of the 25 patients treated elsewhere. Ninety-eight per cent of MH patients completed the planned 12 months of therapy, with one patient developing recurrent disease and two patients experiencing significant cardiac toxicity. Chemotherapy relative dose intensity was 98% in HER2/neu-positive and negative patients. At a median of 25 months follow up, actuarial disease-free and overall survival in the HER2/neu-positive cohort is 99% and 100% respectively. CONCLUSION In a community private hospital setting, adjuvant trastuzumab and chemotherapy was delivered optimally, in line with national and international guidelines. Early efficacy and safety results in a non-clinical trial setting underscore the significant benefits achieved with this targeted therapy in HER2/neu-positive EBC.
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- A Chan
- Mount Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
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Serial measurements of NT-proBNP are predictive of not-high-dose anthracycline cardiotoxicity in breast cancer patients. Br J Cancer 2011; 105:1663-8. [PMID: 22068815 PMCID: PMC3242597 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Background: The aim of this study was to assess the value of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in predicting late cardiotoxicity in patients treated with not-high-dose chemotherapy (NHDC), and to compare the predictive value of NT-proBNP and cardiac troponin I (cTnI). Methods: In 71 patients undergoing NHDC with anthracyclines, NT-proBNP and cTnI levels were measured before and 24 h after each NHDC cycle. Left ventricular (LV) function was assessed by echocardiography at baseline, every two NHDC cycles, at the end of chemotherapy, and at 3-, 6- and 12-month follow-up. Results: During NHDC, only NT-proBNP showed abnormal values. According to NT-proBNP behaviour, patients were divided into two groups: group A (n=50) with normal (n=23) or transiently elevated NT-proBNP levels (n=27), and group B (n=21) with persistently elevated NT-proBNP levels. At follow-up, LV impairment was significantly worse in group B than in group A. %Δ (baseline–peak) NT-proBNP was predictive of LV impairment at 3-, 6- and 12-month follow-up, with a cutoff of 36%. Conclusion: Serial measurements of NT-proBNP may be a useful tool for the early detection of patients treated with NHDC at high risk of developing cardiotoxicity.
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Jensen SA, Hasbak P, Mortensen J, Sørensen JB. Fluorouracil Induces Myocardial Ischemia With Increases of Plasma Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Lactic Acid but Without Dysfunction of Left Ventricle. J Clin Oncol 2010; 28:5280-6. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.27.3953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Purpose Fluorouracil (FU) is a cornerstone of colorectal cancer treatment; however, it has clinical and subclinical influence on the heart. This study aimed to clarify the pathophysiology, risk factors, and long-term effects of FU cardiotoxicity. Patients and Methods The study prospectively accrued colorectal cancer patients (n = 106) completely resected and adjuvantly treated with FU and oxaliplatin according to the FOLFOX4 regimen (infusional FU, folinic acid, and oxaliplatin). Serial measurements were made of systolic and diastolic features of the left ventricle by radionuclide ventriculography, plasma levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), lactic acid, and ECG before chemotherapy, immediately after a treatment infusion, and at follow-up 2 weeks after cessation of the intended 12 treatment courses and were further evaluated by multivariate regression analysis that included cardiovascular history and its risk factors. Results In the entire cohort, NT-proBNP significantly increased from baseline 14.5 ± 3.2 pmol/L (mean ± standard error) to 28.3 ± 5.3 pmol/L during FU therapy (P < .001). Nine patients (8.5%) with cardiotoxicity had significantly higher NT-proBNP of 55.3 ± 40.8 pmol/L compared with 25.4 ± 4.1 pmol/L in those without (P < .001). In multivariate analysis, the FU-induced rise of NT-proBNP was significantly higher in females (P < .001). Plasma lactic acid significantly increased from baseline (1.3 ± 0.1 mmol/L to 1.8 ± 0.1 mmol/L) during FU therapy (P < .001). Left ventricular ejection fraction at baseline of 0.66 ± 0.01 remained unchanged at 0.65 ± 0.01 during FU therapy and 0.66 ± 0.01 at follow-up (P = .4). Conclusion FU therapy generally induces myocardial neuroendocrine changes with increasing plasma NT-proBNP and lactic acid but without long-term dysfunction of the left ventricle. The usability of NT-proBNP as a predictive marker for FU cardiotoxicity remains to be clarified.
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- From the Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
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- From the Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
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Monsuez JJ, Charniot JC, Vignat N, Artigou JY. Cardiac side-effects of cancer chemotherapy. Int J Cardiol 2010; 144:3-15. [PMID: 20399520 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 281] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2009] [Revised: 02/27/2010] [Accepted: 03/06/2010] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The spectrum of cardiac side-effects of cancer chemotherapy has expanded with the development of combination, adjuvant and targeted chemotherapies. Their administration in multiple regimens has increased greatly, including in older patients and in patients with cardiovascular and/or coronary artery disease (CAD). Cardiac toxicity of anthracyclines involves oxidative stress and apoptosis. Early detection combines 2D-echocardiography and/or radionuclide angiography and recent methods such as tissue Doppler imaging, strain rate echocardiography and sampling of serial troponin and/or NT-proBNP levels. Dexrazoxane has proven effective in the prevention of dose-related toxicity in children and adults. High doses of the alkylating drugs cyclophosphamide and ifosfamide may result in a reversible heart failure and in life-threatening arrhythmias. Myocardial ischemia induced by the antimetabolites 5-fluorouracil and capecitabine impacts prognosis of patients with prior CAD. Severe arrhythmias may complicate administration of microtubule inhibitors. Targeted therapies with the antibody-based tyrosine kinases (TK) inhibitors trastuzumab and, to a lesser extent, alemtuzumab induce heart failure or asymptomatic LV dysfunction in 1-4% and 10%, respectively. Cetuximab and rituximab induce hypotension, whereas bevacizumab may promote severe hypertension and venous thromboembolism. Small molecule TK inhibitors may also elicit LV dysfunction, in only few patients treated with imatinib mesylate, but in a substantially higher proportion of those receiving the multitargeted TK inhibitor sunitinib or the recently approved drugs erlotinib, lapatinib and dasatinib. Management of patients at increased cardiovascular risk associated with advancing age, previous CAD or targeted therapies may be optimized by referral to a cardiologist in a cross-specialty teamwork.
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- Jean-Jacques Monsuez
- AP-HP, Hôpital René Muret, Cardiologie, Policlinique médicale, Université Paris-13, Faculté de Médecine de Bobigny, 93270 Sevran, France.
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Lainscak M, Anker MS, von Haehling S, Anker SD. Biomarkers for chronic heart failure : diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic challenges. Herz 2010; 34:589-93. [PMID: 20024637 DOI: 10.1007/s00059-009-3316-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Cardiac biomarkers are very important in diagnosis, risk stratification, and management of patients with heart failure. Although not meeting all criteria for an ideal biomarker, natriuretic peptides primarily have a diagnostic and prognostic role. Other routinely available and newly emerging biomarkers have a complementary role in patient management; thus multimarker strategy might be warranted in future. The quest for a single marker or a combination is ongoing and several established, widely available biomarkers might have been overlooked in the field of heart failure. The authors review some of those biomarkers and speculate on the possible roles of combining two or more of them.
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- Mitja Lainscak
- Division of Applied Cachexia Research, Department of Cardiology, Campus Virchow Clinic, Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
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Jourdain P, Lefèvre G, Oddoze C, Sapin V, Dievart F, Jondeau G, Meune C, Galinier M. [NT-proBNP in practice: from chemistry to medicine]. Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris) 2009; 58:165-179. [PMID: 19457468 DOI: 10.1016/j.ancard.2009.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2009] [Accepted: 03/03/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Since the introduction of routine assay for natriuretic peptides, there are a growing number of clinical applications for those new tests. Numerous studies have defined analytical characteristics and clinical interest of NT-proBNP assay. Originally limited to acute heart failure diagnosis in the emergency room, NT-proBNP assay has now a wide number of applications. This literature review presents the "state of art" of this marker, detailing NT-proBNP physiological recent knowledge and its recognized or investigated clinical applications.
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- P Jourdain
- Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier René-Dubos, Pontoise, France
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Cil T, Kaplan AM, Altintas A, Akin AM, Alan S, Isikdogan A. Use of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide to assess left ventricular function after adjuvant doxorubicin therapy in early breast cancer patients: a prospective series. Clin Drug Investig 2009; 29:131-7. [PMID: 19133708 DOI: 10.2165/0044011-200929020-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Anthracyclines are well established and highly efficacious antineoplastic agents for various haematopoietic and solid tumours, such as breast cancer. The main adverse effect of anthracycline therapy is cardiotoxicity. The aim of this prospective study was to determine the role of plasma levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in assessing left ventricular function in early breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant anthracycline treatment. METHODS Thirty-three newly diagnosed breast cancer patients who received a total doxorubicin dosage of 240 mg/m2 over four treatment cycles as part of adjuvant chemotherapy after curative breast surgery were included in this study. Venous NT-proBNP levels were measured before and at the end of doxorubicin therapy. Left ventricular function was measured by echocardiography conducted 3 weeks after surgery and at the end of doxorubicin therapy. RESULTS NT-proBNP levels were significantly higher in patients (n=10) with decreased left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) [p=0.02]. There was no difference in LVEF (p=0.164) or NT-proBNP levels (p=0.844) between the patients who had high NT-proBNP levels and those who had normal NT-proBNP levels before doxorubicin chemotherapy. None of the factors studied (breast cancer grade, estrogen receptor status, progesterone receptor status, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 status, age) was found to be significantly related to NT-proBNP. CONCLUSION The association between higher NT-proBNP levels and reduced LVEF in asymptomatic breast cancer patients after doxorubicin administration could be an early indication of subclinical acute anthracycline cardiotoxicity. Furthermore, breast cancer patients experiencing a progressive increase in NT-proBNP levels might be in a higher risk group for acute anthracycline cardiotoxicity.
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- Timucin Cil
- Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
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Natriuretic peptides and other biomarkers in chronic heart failure: From BNP, NT-proBNP, and MR-proANP to routine biochemical markers. Int J Cardiol 2009; 132:303-11. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.11.149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2008] [Revised: 11/17/2008] [Accepted: 11/26/2008] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Although amino-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptides (NT-proBNP) are useful for the diagnosis or exclusion of heart failure (HF), this marker may identify a wide range of disease processes other than HF. Indeed, elevation of NT-proBNP may occur in a number of heart diseases (including heart muscle disease, valve disease, rhythm abnormalities, pulmonary hypertension, and cytotoxic injury to the heart) and in disease processes other than primary cardiac illnesses, including gram-negative sepsis. Importantly, although NT-proBNP may increase in settings other than HF, the presence and severity of such NT-proBNP release is often significantly associated with risk for adverse outcome. Accordingly, elevation of NT-proBNP in the context of non-HF situations should not be regarded as a "false-positive" finding, and elevated NT-proBNP values should not be discarded without consideration of the serious adverse outcomes associated with the elevation. Future studies will be necessary to further understand the utility of NT-proBNP testing in states other than cardiovascular disease.
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Perik P, Rikhof B, de Jong F, Verweij J, Gietema J, van der Graaf W. Results of plasma N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide and cardiac troponin monitoring in GIST patients do not support the existence of imatinib-induced cardiotoxicity. Ann Oncol 2008; 19:359-61. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdm468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Zuppinger C, Timolati F, Suter TM. Pathophysiology and diagnosis of cancer drug induced cardiomyopathy. Cardiovasc Toxicol 2007; 7:61-6. [PMID: 17652805 DOI: 10.1007/s12012-007-0016-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/1999] [Revised: 11/30/1999] [Accepted: 11/30/1999] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The clinical manifestations of anti-cancer drug associated cardiac side effects are diverse and can range from acutely induced cardiac arrhythmias to Q-T interval prolongation, changes in coronary vasomotion with consecutive myocardial ischemia, myocarditis, pericarditis, severe contractile dysfunction, and potentially fatal heart failure. The pathophysiology of these adverse effects is similarly heterogeneous and the identification of potential mechanisms is frequently difficult since the majority of cancer patients is not only treated with a multitude of cancer drugs but might also be exposed to potentially cardiotoxic radiation therapy. Some of the targets inhibited by new anti-cancer drugs also appear to be important for the maintenance of cellular homeostasis of normal tissue, in particular during exposure to cytotoxic chemotherapy. If acute chemotherapy-induced myocardial damage is only moderate, the process of myocardial remodeling can lead to progressive myocardial dysfunction over years and eventually induce myocardial dysfunction and heart failure. The tools for diagnosing anti-cancer drug associated cardiotoxicity and monitoring patients during chemotherapy include invasive and noninvasive techniques as well as laboratory investigations and are mostly only validated for anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity and more recently for trastuzumab-associated cardiac dysfunction.
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- Christian Zuppinger
- Swiss Cardiovascular Center Bern, Cardiology, Inselspital, University Hospital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
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van den Heuvel RHH, Curti B, Vanoni MA, Mattevi A. Glutamate synthase: a fascinating pathway from L-glutamine to L-glutamate. Cell Mol Life Sci 2004; 61:669-81. [PMID: 15052410 PMCID: PMC11138638 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-003-3316-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Glutamate synthase is a multicomponent iron-sulfur flavoprotein belonging to the class of N-terminal nucleophile amidotransferases. It catalyzes the conversion of L-glutamine and 2-oxoglutarate into two molecules of L-glutamate. In recent years the X-ray structures of the ferredoxin-dependent glutamate synthase and of the a subunit of the NADPH-dependent glutamate synthase have become available. Thanks to X-ray crystallography, it is now known that the ammonia reaction intermediate is transferred via an intramolecular tunnel from the amidotransferase domain to the synthase domain over a distance of about 32A. Although ammonia channeling is a recurrent theme for N-terminal nucleophile and triad-type amidotransferases, the molecular mechanisms of ammonia transfer and its control are different for each known amidotransferase. This review focuses on the intriguing mechanism of action and self-regulation of glutamate synthase with a special focus on the structural data.
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- R. H. H. van den Heuvel
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pavia, via Abbiategrasso 207, 27100 Pavia, Italy
- Department of Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Sorbonnelaan 16, 3584 Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Milan, via Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Milan, via Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pavia, via Abbiategrasso 207, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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