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Inhibition Of Cysteine Protease By Platinum (Ii) Diamine Complexes, Chaitanya Rapolu Dec 2011

Inhibition Of Cysteine Protease By Platinum (Ii) Diamine Complexes, Chaitanya Rapolu

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Chemotherapy is the first line of treatment used in cancer. Chemotherapy drugs such as cisplatin, carboplatin and oxaliplatin are used in treatment. Cisplatin enters the cell through copper transporter CTR1 by passive diffusion and bind to DNA and proteins. Cisplatin is found to inhibit several enzymes targeting cysteine, histidine and methionine residues, which are expected to be responsible for its anticancer activity. A better understanding of how the size and shape and leaving ligands of platinum complexes affect cysteine protease, papain enzyme are studied. This could give new ways to optimize anticancer activity. The activity of papain enzyme was measured …


The Protective Effect Of Dexamethasone And Lactate Against Cisplatin-Induced Ototoxicity, Ari̇f Şanli, Sedat Aydin, Zeynep Alev Sarisoy, Mustafa Paksoy, Emi̇n Ayduran, Özlem Çelebi̇ Erdi̇vanli Jan 2011

The Protective Effect Of Dexamethasone And Lactate Against Cisplatin-Induced Ototoxicity, Ari̇f Şanli, Sedat Aydin, Zeynep Alev Sarisoy, Mustafa Paksoy, Emi̇n Ayduran, Özlem Çelebi̇ Erdi̇vanli

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

To compare the protective effect of dexamethasone and lactate against cisplatin-induced ototoxicity. Materials and methods: Thirty Wistar rats were randomly divided into 4 groups. After the rats were sedated with intraperitoneal (IP) ketamine hydrochloride (50 mg/kg) and xylazine (7.5 mg/kg), baseline ABRs (auditory brainstem evoked responses) were measured in response to clicks and tone pips of 4, 8, 12, and 16 kHz. After auditory thresholds were determined, the animals received drug administration as follows: Group 1 (n: 6) received intratympanic (IT) saline (0.9% NaCl) solution, Group 2 (n: 8) IP cisplatin (20 mg/kg) alone, Group 3 (n: 8) IT dexamethasone …