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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Combination breast cancer chemotherapy with doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide damages bone and bone marrow in a female rat model |
Author: | Fan, C. Georgiou, K. Morris, H. McKinnon, R. Keefe, D. Howe, P. Xian, C. |
Citation: | Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 2017; 165(1):41-51 |
Publisher: | Springer US |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
ISSN: | 0167-6806 1573-7217 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Chiaming Fan, Kristen R. Georgiou, Howard A. Morris, Ross A. McKinnon, Dorothy M. K. Keefe, Peter R. Howe, Cory J. Xian |
Abstract: | Purpose: Anthracyclines (including doxorubicin) are still the backbone of commonly used breast cancer chemotherapy regimens. Despite increasing use of doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide (AC) combinations for treating breast cancer, their potential to cause adverse skeletal effects remains unclear. Methods: This study examined the effects of treatments with the AC regimen on bone and bone marrow in adult female rats. Results: AC treatment for four cycles (weekly intravenous injection of 2 mg/kg doxorubicin and 20 mg/kg cyclophosphamide) resulted in a reduced volume of trabecular bone at the metaphysis, which was associated with reduced serum levels of 25-hydroxy vitamin D3 and alkaline phosphatase. Reductions in densities of osteocytes and bone lining cells were also observed. In addition, bone marrow was severely damaged, including a severe reduction in bone marrow cellularity and an increase in marrow adipocyte content. Accompanying these changes, there were increases in mRNA expression of adipogenesis regulatory genes (PPARc and FABP4) and an inflammatory cytokine (TNFa) in metaphysis bone and bone marrow. Conclusions: This study indicates that AC chemotherapy may induce some bone loss, due to reduced bone formation, and bone marrow damage, due to increased marrow adiposity. Preventive strategies for preserving the bone and bone marrow microenvironment during anthracycline chemotherapy warrant further investigation. |
Keywords: | Breast cancer chemotherapy Bone loss Bone marrow adiposity Bone marrow damage Bone turnover Osteoclasts |
Description: | Published online: 26 May 2017 |
Rights: | © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2017 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10549-017-4308-3 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1010752 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP120100519 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1042105 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10549-017-4308-3 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 3 Medicine publications |
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