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ArticleNeurochemical research2021

C-phycocyanin Mitigates Cognitive Impairment in Doxorubicin-Induced Chemobrain: Impact on Neuroinflammation, Oxidative Stress, and Brain Mitochondrial and Synaptic Alterations.

Chenying Wang, Yuhang Zhao, Lewei Wang, Shunji Pan, Yumei Liu, Sanqiang Li, Dongmei Wang

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Article in Neurochemical research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chenying WangSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023, China.
Yuhang ZhaoHangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, China.
Lewei WangSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023, China.
Shunji PanSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023, China.
Yumei LiuCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China.
Sanqiang LiHenan Centre for Engineering and Technology Research On Prevention and Treatment of Liver Diseases, Luoyang, China. sanqiangli2001@163.com.
Dongmei WangSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023, China. wdmzgadyx@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7920-8626
Henan University of Science and Technology · CNHangzhou Medical College · CN

Funding

Henan Provincial Key Research and Development and Promotion Project 192102310081National Natural Science Foundation of China U1804174Science and Technology Innovation Talents in the Universities of Henan Province 20HASTIT044
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment (CICI) is a common detrimental effect of cancer treatment, occurring in up to 75% of cancer patients. The widely utilized chemotherapeutic agent doxorubicin (DOX) has been implicated in cognitive decline, mostly via cytokine-induced neuroinflammatory and oxidative and mitochondrial damage to brain tissues. C-phycocyanin (CP) has previously been shown to have potent anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and mitochondrial protective properties. Therefore, this present study was aimed to investigate the neuroprotective effects of CP against DOX-elicited cognitive impairment and explore the underlying mechanisms. CP treatment (50 mg/kg) significantly improved behavioral deficits in DOX-treated mice. Furthermore, CP suppressed DOX-induced neuroinflammation and oxidative stress, mitigated mitochondrial abnormalities, rescued dendritic spine loss, and increased synaptic density in the hippocampus of DOX-treated mice. Our results suggested that CP improves established DOX-induced cognitive deficits, which could be explained at least partly by inhibition of neuroinflammatory and oxidant stress and attenuation of mitochondrial and synaptic dysfunction.

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AnimalsChemotherapy-Related Cognitive ImpairmentDendritic SpinesDoxorubicinHippocampusInflammationMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMitochondriaMorris Water Maze TestNeuroprotective AgentsOxidative StressPhycocyaninSynapsesDoxorubicinNeuroprotective AgentsPhycocyaninChemotherapyCognitiveC-phycocyaninDoxorubicinMitochondria

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