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BRAIN RESEARCH BULLETIN
Volume 181, Issue -, Pages 21-29Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2022.01.006
Keywords
Cisplatin; Calcitriol; Cognitive impairment; Behavioral deficits; BDNF
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- Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran [IR.ARUMS.REC.1399.007]
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Chemotherapy with cisplatin can cause cognitive impairment and behavioral deficits, while reducing hippocampal BDNF levels. However, supplementation with calcitriol can alleviate these effects and upregulate BDNF mRNA. Additionally, calcitriol alone can also modulate BDNF levels.
Chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment such as memory impairment and concentration problems are now extensively recognized as side effects of chemotherapy. These problems reduce the quality of life in patients. Therefore, the present study aims to examine the effects of calcitriol supplementation (100 ng/kg /day for five weeks) on cognitive impairment, behavioral deficits, and hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) changes following cisplatin treatment (5 mg/kg/ once a week for five weeks). We also determined the impact of cisplatin and calcitriol administration on reaction time against the thermal stimulus and muscle strength. Our findings showed that cisplatin administration resulted in a significant increase in anxiety-like behaviors. Treatment of rats with cisplatin also impaired performance in the passive avoidance and novel object recognition tasks which are indicating cognitive deficits. Co-administration of calcitriol prevented the cisplatin-induced behavioral and cognitive impairments. Cisplatin exposure also resulted in enhanced reaction time to the ther-mal stimulus and decreased muscle ability. Besides, hippocampal BDNF levels were reduced in cisplatin-treated rats; however, calcitriol alleviated these effects of cisplatin and up-regulated BDNF mRNA in the hippocampus. In addition, calcitriol alone indicated a significant change in BDNF level compared to the control group. We conclude that increased hippocampal BDNF mediates the beneficial effects of calcitriol against neurotoxicity in cisplatin-exposed rats. However, further studies are required to explore the other mechanisms that mediate the beneficial effect of calcitriol
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