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Title: N-acetylcysteine protects against the anxiogenic response to cisplatin in rats
Authors: Vukovic R.
Kumburovic I.
Jovic J.
Jovicic, Nemanja
Stankovic J.
Mihailovic, Vladimir
Djuric M.
Velickovic S.
Arnaut A.
Selakovic, Dragica
Rosic, Gvozden
Issue Date: 2019
Abstract: © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Since cisplatin therapy is usually accompanied with numerous toxicities, including neurotoxicity, that involve tissue oxidative damage, the aim of this study was to evaluate the possible protective effect of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) on the anxiogenic response to cisplatin (CIS). Thirty-two male Wistar albino rats divided into four groups (control, cisplatin, NAC, and CIS + NAC). All treatments were delivered intraperitoneally. On day one, the control and cisplatin groups received saline while the NAC and CIS + NAC groups were administered with NAC (500 mg/kg). On the fifth day, the control group received saline while the CIS group was treated with cisplatin (7.5 mg/kg), the NAC group again received NAC (500 mg/kg), and the CIS + NAC group was simultaneously treated with cisplatin and NAC (7.5 and 500 mg/kg, respectively). Behavioral testing, performed on the tenth day in the open field (OF) and elevated plus maze (EPM) tests, revealed the anxiogenic effect of cisplatin that was significantly attenuated by NAC. The hippocampal sections evaluation showed increased oxidative stress (increased lipid peroxidation and decline in antioxidant enzymes activity) and proapoptotic action (predominantly by diminished antiapoptotic gene expression) following a single dose of cisplatin. NAC supplementation along with cisplatin administration reversed the prooxidative and proapoptotic effects of cisplatin. In conclusion, the results obtained in this study confirmed that antioxidant supplementation with NAC may attenuate the cisplatin-induced anxiety. The mechanism of anxiolytic effect achieved by NAC may include the decline in oxidative damage that down regulates increased apoptosis and reverses the anxiogenic action of cisplatin.
URI: https://scidar.kg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/8273
Type: article
DOI: 10.3390/biom9120892
SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-85077004804
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Faculty of Science, Kragujevac

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