Anticancer drugs effects on renal, retinal, neuronal and cardiovascular events
Class | Agents | Adverse outcomes | Mechanisms | References |
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Nephropathy | ||||
mTOR inhibitors | EverolimusTemsirolimus | Increased creatinineIncreased UAE | Hyperglycaemia and urinary infections | [67, 104, 105] |
Multi-target TKIs | PazopanibSunitinibSorafenibAxitinib | Increased UAENephrotic syndrome | Glomerular endothelial damage;Podocyte damage | [67, 104, 107, 108] |
Anti-VEGF | BevacizumabAflibercept | Increased UAE | Glomerular endothelial damage;Podocyte damage | [104, 107, 108] |
ICIs | IpilimumabNivolumabPembrolizumab | Acute interstitial nephritis | Delayed hyper-sensitivity with granulomatous reaction (CD4+ T cells and macrophage activation, gamma-interferon production);Podocyte damage | [108–110] |
Retinopathy | ||||
Anti-oestrogen | Tamoxifen | Retinal exudates and haemorrhages | Retinal thromboembolism | [111–114] |
Alkylating agents | CisplatinCarboplatinCarmustine | Retinal ischaemia and neovascularization | Retinal thrombosis with vascular occlusion (phospholipase A2 and platelet hyperactivation) | [114, 115] |
ICIs | Nivolumab | Retinal vessels occlusionRetinal thinning | Autoimmune (abs against retinal proteins) | [116] |
Oral anti-VEGF | PazopanibSunitinibSorafenib | Retinal vessels bleeding/occlusion Retinal detachmentMacular oedema | Alterations of choroidal vascular permeability;Microvascular events (microemboli) | [119] |
MAPK inhibitors | SelumetinibBinimetinibPimasertib | Retinal vessels occlusionRetinal detachmentSubretinal fluid | Alterations of choroidal vascular permeability;Autoimmune (abs against retinal proteins) | [117–120] |
Neuropathy | ||||
IMIDs | Talidomide | Sensory neuropathy | Inhibition neurotrophic factors (NGF, NF-kB);Reduced angiogenic factors | [121, 122] |
Proteasome inhibitor | Bortezomib | Sensory and autonomic neuropathy | Inhibition neurotrophic factors (NF-kB);Autoimmune;miRNA dysregulation (miR-20a, -29b, -34a, -128, -181, -342-3p, -17-92) | [121–123] |
Cardiovascular disease | ||||
Anthracyclines | DoxorubicinEpirubicinIdarubicin | LV dysfunction/HF | Increased ROS;Mitochondrial dysfunction;Apoptosis | [124, 125, 128, 129] |
Anti-HER2 drugs | TrastuzumabLapatinibPertuzumab | LV dysfunction/HFHypertension | ErbB2 inhibition with apoptosis of cardiomyocytes | [124, 125, 128, 130] |
Anti-VEGF and Multi-target TKIs | Bevacizumab Pazopanib SunitinibSorafenib VandetanibRegorafenibAxitinib | LV dysfunction/HFHypertensionMyocardial ischemia (rare)Atherosclerosis | NO-mediated dysregulation of endothelial homeostasis | [124, 128] |
Anti BCR-ABL1 | Imatinib NilotinibPonatinib | QTc prolongationHF | Increased ROS;Mitochondrial dysfunction;Cardiomyocytes apoptosis | [124, 128] |
ICIs | IpilimumabNivolumabPembrolizumab | Rare cases of: - Myocardial fibrosis - Immune myocarditis - Cardiomyopathy - Acute HF - Lethal myocarditis | Immune-mediated damages | [124, 132] |
Proteasome inhibitors | BortezomibCarfilzomibIxazomibOprozomib | LV dysfunctionHypertensionMyocardial infarction (rare)Cardiac arrest (rare) | Increased ROS;Mitochondrial dysfunction | [128, 131] |
Antimetabolites | 5-FUCapecitabineGemcitabine | Coronary spasms/ischemia | Increased ROS;NO reduction;Increased thrombogenicity | [127, 128] |
Taxanes | DocetaxelPaclitaxel | BradycardiaLV dysfunctionIschemia | Alteration of tubulin polymerisation and cell division;Stimulation of histamine receptors | [126, 128] |
indicates the uncertainty of the evidence on this item; mTOR: mammalian target of rapamycin; UAE: urinary albumin excretion; TKIs: tyrosine kinase inhibitors; VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor; ICIs: immune checkpoint inhibitors; Abs: antibodies; MAPK: mitogen-activated protein kinase; IMIDs: immunomodulatory drugs; NGF: nerve growth factor; NF-kB: nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells; miRNA: microRNA; LV: left ventricular; HF: heart failure; ROS: reactive oxygen species; HER2: human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; NO: nitric oxide; BCR-ABL: breakpoint cluster region Abelson gene; QTc: corrected QT; 5-FU: 5-Fluorouracil
The authors gratefully acknowledge professor Giuliana Arcidiacono, English and Anglo-American language PhD., University of Catania, for the language revision of the manuscript.
AM wrote the first draft of the manuscript; PV, FM, RV, and LS wrote sections of the manuscript. All authors contributed to manuscript revision, read and approved the submitted version.
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