title: Nerve growth factor prevention of aged-rat sympathetic neuron injury by cisplatin, vincristine and taxol--in vitro explant study.
abstract: We examined the preventive effects of nerve growth factor (NGF) against neurotoxicity induced in aged rats by anticancer drugs such as cisplatin, vincristine and taxol using a superior cervical ganglion explant culture system. The inhibition of neurite outgrowth by cisplatin, vincristine and taxol was markedly prevented by co-treatment with NGF. The neurite and nerve cell populations were well preserved in vincristine and taxol, whereas cisplatin reduced these populations as compared with control even when treated with NGF. These results indicate that, just as in young adult rats, NGF prevents toxic sympathetic nerve injury induced by vincristine and taxol even in aged rats, but does not protect against cisplatin-induced nerve cell injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Nagoya University, School of Medicine, Showa, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayakawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Niwa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doyu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sobue
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000633:toxicity*; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000633:toxicity*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000633:toxicity*; D005260:Female; D020932:Nerve Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016501:Neurites / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000633:toxicity*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017783:Superior Cervical Ganglion / Q000166:cytology; D014750:Vincristine / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D014750:Vincristine; D020932:Nerve Growth Factor; D017239:Paclitaxel; D002945:Cisplatin