Apoptosis, necroptosis, and pyroptosis as alternative cell death pathways induced by chemotherapeutic agents?

Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer. 2023 Nov 17:189024. doi: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2023.189024. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFor decades, common chemotherapeutic drugs have been established to trigger apoptosis, the preferred immunologically "silent" form of cell death. The primary objective of this review was to show that various FDA-approved chemotherapeutic drugs, including cisplatin, cyclosporine, doxorubicin, etoposide, 5-fluorouracil, gemcitabine, paclitaxel, or vinblastine can trigger necroptosis and pyroptosis. We aimed to provide the advantages and disadvantages of the induction of the given type of cell death by chemotherapeutical agents. Moreover, we give a short overview of the molecular mechanism of each type of cell death and indicate the existing crosstalks between cell death types. Finally, we provide a comparison of cell death types to facilitate the exploration of cell death types induced by other chemotherapeutical agents. Understanding the cell death pathway induced by a drug can lessen side effects and assist the discovery of new combinations with synergistic effects and low systemic toxicity.PMID:37980943 | DOI:10.1016/j.bbcan.2023.189024
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