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ArticleComparative medicine2011

Development of a mouse model for assessing fatigue during chemotherapy.

Maria A Ray, Rita A Trammell, Steve Verhulst, Sophia Ran, Linda A Toth

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Article in Comparative medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Maria A RayDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, USA.
Rita A Trammell
Steve Verhulst
Sophia Ran
Linda A Toth

Funding

Mechanisms of Fatigue in a Chronic Viral DiseaseR01AI080576 · NIAID · SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCH OF MED · PI TOTH, LINDA A · 2008 to 2012
$1.8M
NIAID NIH HHS R011-AI080576NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI080576
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fatigue and disturbed sleep are common problems for cancer patients and affect both quality of life and compliance with treatment. Fatigue may be associated with cancer itself and with the treatment, particularly for therapies with neurotoxic side effects. To develop a model system for evaluation of chemotherapy-related fatigue, we studied mice treated with either a commonly used formulation of the chemotherapeutic agent paclitaxel (paclitaxel; Taxol), which is known to have neurotoxic properties, or a nano- particle formulation of paclitaxel (nab-paclitaxel; Abraxane) that is reported to have greater potency and efficacy yet fewer side effects than does paclitaxel. Mice were treated with 1 of these 2 agents (10 mg/kg IV daily for 5 consecutive days) and were monitored from 1 wk before through 4 wk after treatment. Dependent measures included running wheel activity, locomotor activity on the cage floor, core temperature, sleep patterns, CBC count, serum cytokine and chemokine concentrations, and neurologic assessment. For both drugs, mice showed the most severe perturbations of activity during the first recovery week after drug administration. Mice treated with paclitaxel showed greater neutropenia and motor deficits than did mice treated with nab-paclitaxel. However, deficits had largely resolved by 4 wk after administration of either drug. We conclude that these measures provide an assessment of chemotherapy-related fatigue that potentially can distinguish toxicity associated with different formulations of the same agent.

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Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsMiceModels, AnimalAnimalsCircadian RhythmFatigueFemaleMaleMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLNanoparticlesNeoplasmsNeurologic ExaminationPaclitaxelSleepPaclitaxel

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PMID21535922
PMCPMC3079813

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