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AURIS NASUS LARYNX
卷 30, 期 3, 页码 219-225出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0385-8146(03)00049-X
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caspase activated deoxyribonuclease (CAD); caspase 3 (CPP32); terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end-labeling (TUNEL); apoptosis; cisplatin (CDDP); cochlea of the ear; cochleotoxicity
Cisplatin, an anti-cancer drug, is known to induce apoptosis. During apoptosis, double-stranded DNA is broken into single-stranded DNA by the action of caspases and caspase activated deoxyribonuclease (CAD). We immunohistochemically examined the cochlea of guinea pigs for signs of the apoptosis after the administration of cisplatin. Cisplatin (10 mg/kg b.w.) was intraperitoneally injected to guinea pigs and 3 days later, the animals were sacrificed by intracardiac perfusion of 4% paraformaldehyde. The temporal bones were then removed and immunohistochemically stained for CAD and caspase 3, using the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end-labelling method. CAD was observed in the stria vascularis and the spiral ligament. Caspase 3 was also detected in the stria vascularis, the spiral ligament and the supporting cells of the organ of Corti. These findings suggest that apoptosis is involved in the cochlear damage observed in cancer patients treated with cisplatin. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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