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Papers: 2 Jan 2021 - 8 Jan 2021


Animal Studies


2020 Dec 29


Cancers (Basel)


13


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A Fenofibrate Diet Prevents Paclitaxel-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Mice.

Authors

Caillaud M, Patel NH, Toma W, White A, Thompson D, Mann J, Tran TH, Roberts JL, Poklis JL, Bigbee JW, Fang X, Gewirtz DA, Damaj IM
Cancers (Basel). 2020 Dec 29; 13(1).
PMID: 33383736.

Abstract

Paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy (PIPN) is a major adverse effect of this chemotherapeutic agent that is used in the treatment of a number of solid malignancies. PIPN leads notably to burning pain, cold and mechanical allodynia. PIPN is thought to be a consequence of alterations of mitochondrial function, hyperexcitability of neurons, nerve fiber loss, oxidative stress and neuroinflammation in dorsal root ganglia (DRG) and spinal cord (SC). Therefore, reducing neuroinflammation could potentially attenuate neuropathy symptoms. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α (PPAR-α) nuclear receptors that modulate inflammatory responses can be targeted by non-selective agonists, such as fenofibrate, which is used in the treatment of dyslipidemia.