ArticleBehavioural brain research2019
Evaluation of the effects of chemotherapy-induced fatigue and pharmacological interventions in multiple mouse behavioral assays.
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Abstract
Fatigue is a common symptom in many diseases and disorders and can reduce quality of life, yet lacks an adequate pharmacological intervention. To identify and develop such interventions, and to better understand fatigue, additional preclinical research is necessary. However, despite numerous mouse behavioral assays reportedly detecting fatigue-like behavior, the assumption that fatigue-like behavior is detected in many assays has not been validated through a cross-assay study. Thus, we modeled fatigue in mice by administering 5-fluorouracil, a chemotherapy drug known to cause fatigue in humans and fatigue-like behavior in mice, then evaluated its effects via voluntary wheel running activity (VWRA), locomotor activity in the open field test (OFT), immobility in the forced swim test (FST), and distance run in the treadmill fatigue test (TFT) and treadmill exercise capacity test. Additionally, taltirelin or methylphenidate was administered to alleviate fatigue-like behavior. As a result of 5-fluorouracil treatment, VWRA and the TFT were markedly reduced, indicating fatigue. The OFT, FST, and treadmill exercise capacity test, however, failed to detect fatigue-like behavior. Interestingly, both taltirelin and methylphenidate alleviated fatigue-like behavior in TFT. These data suggest that, of the current assays, only the TFT and VWRA should be expected to detect fatigue-like behavior. Moreover, this study provides additional evidence that taltirelin may provide a novel treatment for chemotherapy-induced fatigue and warrants further evaluation as an anti-fatigue therapeutic.
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