Trametinib suppresses chemotherapy-induced cold and mechanical allodynia via inhibition of extracellular-regulated protein kinase 1/2 activation.
Autor: | Tsubaki M; Division of Pharmacotherapy, Kindai University School of Pharmacy Kowakae, Higashi-Osaka, Japan., Takeda T; Division of Pharmacotherapy, Kindai University School of Pharmacy Kowakae, Higashi-Osaka, Japan., Matsumoto M; Division of Pharmacotherapy, Kindai University School of Pharmacy Kowakae, Higashi-Osaka, Japan., Kato N; Division of Pharmacotherapy, Kindai University School of Pharmacy Kowakae, Higashi-Osaka, Japan., Asano RT; Division of Pharmacotherapy, Kindai University School of Pharmacy Kowakae, Higashi-Osaka, Japan., Imano M; Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Kindai University Osakasayama, Osaka, Japan., Satou T; Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Kindai University Osakasayama, Osaka, Japan., Nishida S; Division of Pharmacotherapy, Kindai University School of Pharmacy Kowakae, Higashi-Osaka, Japan. |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Zdroj: | American journal of cancer research [Am J Cancer Res] 2018 Jul 01; Vol. 8 (7), pp. 1239-1248. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Jul 01 (Print Publication: 2018). |
Abstrakt: | Chemotherapy-induced neuropathy is a common, dose-dependent adverse effect of some anti-cancer drugs and leads to discontinuation of chemotherapy and detrimental dose reductions, thereby affecting the quality of life of cancer patients. Currently, no treatment can effectively prevent or treat chemotherapy-induced neuropathy. Therefore, understanding its underlying molecular mechanisms may help to identify novel therapies for treating it. Some disease-induced neuropathy involve the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), such as extracellular-regulated protein kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2). In the present study, we investigated whether ERK1/2 inhibition can prevent chemotherapy-induced neuropathy. We found that trametinib, an MEK inhibitor, suppressed oxaliplatin-, paclitaxel-, vincristine-, and bortezomib-induced cold and mechanical allodynia in mice. In addition, treatment with oxaliplatin, paclitaxel, vincristine, or bortezomib enhanced ERK1/2 and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) phosphorylation in the spinal cord lumbar segments 4-6, and when combined with trametinib, can prevent chemotherapy-induced neuropathy via the suppression of ERK1/2 activation, but does not affect JNK activation. In conclusion, we demonstrated that the disruption of this pathway by MEK inhibitors suppresses oxaliplatin-, paclitaxel-, vincristine-, and bortezomib-induced neuropathy. This suggests that inhibition of the MEK/ERK pathway could prevent chemotherapy-induced neuropathy and MEK inhibitors could be used in combination with anti-tumor drugs during pharmacotherapy. Competing Interests: None. |
Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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