title: Neurotoxicity of platinum compounds: comparison of the effects of cisplatin and oxaliplatin on the human neuroblastoma cell line SH-SY5Y.
abstract: The main dose-limiting side effect of cancer treatment with platinum compounds is peripheral neurotoxicity. To investigate the intracellular mechanisms of platinum drugs neurotoxicity we have studied the effects of cisplatin and oxaliplatin on the human neuroblastoma cell line SH-SY5Y. Both platinum compounds are toxic causing cellular death by inducing apoptosis but oxaliplatin is less neurotoxic than cisplatin. The study of the proteins involved in the intracellular transduction pathways that may cause apoptotic death, revealed a very similar pattern of changes after exposure to cisplatin or oxaliplatin. In particular, as demonstrated by densitometric analysis, after exposure to both platinum compounds the total amount of the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 was significantly reduced. Conversely, the amount of the pro-apoptotic protein p53 significantly increased. Caspases 3 and 7 were activated, but their activation was a late event, indicating a secondary role in the apoptotic process. Among the mitogen activated protein kinases, only the p38 protein was activated (phosphorylated) early enough to have a possible role in inducing apoptosis, possibly through p53 stabilization. The results of the present study and the data of the literature demonstrate that the ways in which cisplatin and oxaliplatin are neurotoxic are very similar and include not only DNA damage, but also the modulation of specific molecules involved in regulating the cellular equilibrium between apoptotic death and the cell cycle.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Tecnologie Biomediche, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Donzelli
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carfì
authors.forename: Mariarosaria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miloso
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Strada
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Galbiati
authors.forename: Martine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bayssas
authors.forename: Genevieve
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Griffon-Etienne
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cavaletti
authors.forename: Maria Grazia
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Petruccioli
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tredici
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000633:toxicity*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D053148:Caspase 3; D053179:Caspase 7; D020169:Caspases / Q000187:drug effects; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000633:toxicity*; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D020287:In Situ Nick-End Labeling; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds / Q000633:toxicity*; D000077150:Oxaliplatin; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000187:drug effects; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D000077150:Oxaliplatin; C505407:CASP3 protein, human; C505520:CASP7 protein, human; D053148:Caspase 3; D053179:Caspase 7; D020169:Caspases; D002945:Cisplatin