title: Exposing cardiomyocytes to subclinical concentrations of doxorubicin rapidly reduces their creatine transport.
abstract: Doxorubicin is commonly used to treat leukemia, lymphomas, and solid tumors, such as soft tissue sarcomas or breast cancer. A major side effect of doxorubicin therapy is dose-dependent cardiotoxicity. Doxorubicin's effects on cardiac energy metabolism are emerging as key elements mediating its toxicity. We evaluated the effect of doxorubicin on [(14)C]creatine uptake in rat neonatal cardiac myocytes and HL-1 murine cardiac cells expressing the human creatine transporter protein. A significant and irreversible decrease in creatine transport was detected after an incubation with 50-100 nmol/l doxorubicin. These concentrations are well below peak plasma levels (5 μmol/l) and within the ranges (25-250 nmol/l) for steady-state plasma concentrations reported after the administration of 15-90 mg/m(2) doxorubicin for chemotherapy. The decrease in creatine transport was not solely because of increased cell death due to doxorubicin's cytotoxic effects. Kinetic analysis showed that doxorubicin decreased V(max), K(m), and creatine transporter protein content. Cell surface biotinylation experiments confirmed that the amount of creatine transporter protein present at the cell surface was reduced. Cardiomyocytes rely on uptake by a dedicated creatine transporter to meet their intracellular creatine needs. Our findings show that the cardiomyocellular transport capacity for creatine is substantially decreased by doxorubicin administration and suggest that this effect may be an important early event in the pathogenesis of doxorubicin-mediated cardiotoxicity.
authors: Surgery Department, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
authors: Marcus D
authors: MD
authors: Darrabie
authors: Antonio Jose Luis
authors: AJ
authors: Arciniegas
authors: Jose Gabriel
authors: JG
authors: Mantilla
authors: Rajashree
authors: R
authors: Mishra
authors: Miguel Pinilla
authors: MP
authors: Vera
authors: Lucia
authors: L
authors: Santacruz
authors: Danny O
authors: DO
authors: Jacobs
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000633:toxicity*; D001692:Biological Transport; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D003401:Creatine / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D015536:Down-Regulation; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000633:toxicity*; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; C080679:creatine transporter; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003401:Creatine