Effect of cisplatin on respiratory activity in neonatal rats

Abstract One side effect of cisplatin, a cytotoxic platinum anticancer drug, is peripheral neuropathy; however, its central nervous system effects remain unclear. We monitored respiratory nerve activity from the C4 ventral root in brainstem and spinal cord preparations from neonatal rats (P0–3) to investigate its central effects. Bath application of 10–100 μM cisplatin for 15–20 min dose-dependently decreased the respiratory rate and increased the amplitude of C4 inspiratory activity. These effects were not reversed after washout. In separate perfusion experiments, cisplatin application to the medulla decreased the respiratory rate, and application to the spinal cord increased the C4 burst amplitude without changing the burst rate. Application of other platinum drugs, carboplatin or oxaliplatin, induced no change of respiratory activity. A membrane potential analysis of respiratory-related neurons in the rostral medulla showed that firing frequencies of action potentials in the burst phase tended to decrease during cisplatin application. In contrast, in inspiratory spinal motor neurons, cisplatin application increased the peak firing frequency of action potentials during the inspiratory burst phase. The increased burst amplitude and decreased respiratory frequency were partially antagonized by riluzole and picrotoxin, respectively. Taken together, cisplatin inhibited respiratory rhythm via medullary inhibitory system activation and enhanced inspiratory motor nerve activity by changing the firing property of motor neurons..

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:475

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Pflügers Archiv - 475(2022), 2 vom: 27. Okt., Seite 233-248

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ota, Shinichiro [VerfasserIn]
Onimaru, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]
Izumizaki, Masahiko [VerfasserIn]

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Brainstem-spinal cord
Carboplatin
Cisplatin
Newborn rat
Oxaliplatin respiratory activity

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10.1007/s00424-022-02762-z

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OLC2080323989