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  1. Article: Phosphosulindac (OXT-328) prevents and reverses chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy in mice.

    Basu, Aryah / Yang, Jennifer Y / Tsirukis, Vasiliki E / Loiacono, Andrew / Koch, Gina / Khwaja, Ishan A / Krishnamurthy, Mahila / Fazio, Nicholas / White, Emily / Jha, Aayushi / Shah, Shrila / Takmil, Cameron / Bagdas, Deniz / Demirer, Aylin / Master, Adam / Natke, Ernest / Honkanen, Robert / Huang, Liqun / Rigas, Basil

    Frontiers in neuroscience

    2024  Volume 17, Page(s) 1240372

    Abstract: Background: Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), a side effect of chemotherapy, is particularly difficult to treat. We explored whether phosphosulindac (PS), a modified NSAID, could treat CIPN.: Methods: CIPN was induced in male C57BL/6  ...

    Abstract Background: Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), a side effect of chemotherapy, is particularly difficult to treat. We explored whether phosphosulindac (PS), a modified NSAID, could treat CIPN.
    Methods: CIPN was induced in male C57BL/6 J mice by paclitaxel, vincristine or oxaliplatin. Mechanical allodynia was measured with the von Frey test and cold allodynia with the acetone test. To determine the preventive effect of PS, it was administered 2 days before the induction of CIPN. Mouse Lewis lung carcinoma xenografts were used to determine if PS altered the chemotherapeutic efficacy of paclitaxel. Cultured cell lines were used to evaluate the effect of PS on neuroinflammation.
    Results: Treatment with each of the three chemotherapeutic agents used to induce CIPN lowered the mechanical allodynia scores by 56 to 85% depending on the specific agent. PS gel was applied topically 3x/day for 16-22 days to the hind paws of mice with CIPN. This effect was dose-dependent. Unlike vehicle, PS returned mechanical allodynia scores back to pre-CIPN levels. PS had a similar effect on paclitaxel-induced CIPN cold allodynia. Sulindac, a metabolite of PS, had no effect on CIPN. PS significantly prevented CIPN compared to vehicle. Given concomitantly with paclitaxel to mice with lung cancer xenografts, PS relieved CIPN without affecting the anticancer effect of paclitaxel. The enantiomers of PS were equally efficacious against CIPN, suggesting the therapeutic suitability of the racemate PS. There were no apparent side effects of PS. PS suppressed the levels of IL-6, IL-10, CXCL1, and CXCL2 induced by paclitaxel in a neuroblastoma cell line, and macrophage activation to the M1 proinflammatory phenotype.
    Conclusion: Topically applied PS demonstrated broad therapeutic and preventive efficacy against CIPN, preserved the anticancer effect of paclitaxel, and was safe. Its anti-CIPN effect appears to be mediated, in part, by suppression of neuroinflammation. These data support further evaluation of topical PS for the control of CIPN.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-29
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2411902-7
    ISSN 1662-453X ; 1662-4548
    ISSN (online) 1662-453X
    ISSN 1662-4548
    DOI 10.3389/fnins.2023.1240372
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  2. Article ; Online: Unilateral conjunctival Classic Kaposi Sarcoma following a COVID 19 booster.

    White, Emily / Fazio, Nicholas / Tourmouzis, Konstantinos / Ryu, Samuel / Finger, Paul T / Sassoon, Jodi / Keresztes, Roger / Chou, Timothy / Kaplowitz, Kevin / Honkanen, Robert

    American journal of ophthalmology case reports

    2023  Volume 34, Page(s) 101986

    Abstract: Purpose: We describe a case of Classic Kaposi's sarcoma in a functionally monocular patient following a COVID19 vaccine booster and provide compelling evidence that suggests the booster was a relevant co-factor in the initiation of the disease process.!# ...

    Abstract Purpose: We describe a case of Classic Kaposi's sarcoma in a functionally monocular patient following a COVID19 vaccine booster and provide compelling evidence that suggests the booster was a relevant co-factor in the initiation of the disease process.
    Observations: The patient presented with red, irritated conjunctival area described as "bubbling" in her right eye. While her past medical history includes hypercholesterolemia and hypertension, she had no history of a compromised immune system. Her ophthalmologic history is more complex including treatment for glaucoma. The patient has 20/20 uncorrected vision OD and LP OS. Due to her ocular co-morbidities, the patient initially received interferon alpha 2-B qid for 6 weeks. However, topical therapy failed to decrease the size of the conjunctival lesions. After referral to Radiation Oncology, the right eye/orbit was treated with electron beam therapy for 1 month which caused a marked decrease in the size and vascularity of the conjunctival lesions. A slow improvement continued during followup.
    Conclusion and importance: In that the vaccine booster preceded the cancer, it appears etiologic to the appearance of Kaposi's sarcoma. The patient's monocular vision and glaucoma complicated her treatment. This case expands on current concepts of cofactors needed for the development of Kaposi's sarcoma in that vaccine booster administration was relevant to tumor progression and both clinical and mechanistic evidence is presented to support this hypothesis.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-12-26
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Case Reports
    ISSN 2451-9936
    ISSN (online) 2451-9936
    DOI 10.1016/j.ajoc.2023.101986
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  3. Article ; Online: A natural product biflavonoid scaffold with anti-tryptase activity.

    Fazio, Nicholas F / Russell, Michael H / Flinders, Steven M / Gardner, Colin J / Webster, Jace B / Hansen, Marc D H

    Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology

    2020  Volume 394, Issue 1, Page(s) 107–115

    Abstract: Tryptase is a serine protease that is released from mast cells during allergic responses. Tryptase inhibitors are being explored as treatments for allergic inflammation in the skin and respiratory system, most notably asthma. Here we report direct ... ...

    Abstract Tryptase is a serine protease that is released from mast cells during allergic responses. Tryptase inhibitors are being explored as treatments for allergic inflammation in the skin and respiratory system, most notably asthma. Here we report direct tryptase inhibition by natural product compounds. Candidate inhibitors were identified by computational screening of a large (98,000 compounds) virtual library of natural product compounds for tryptase enzymatic site binding. Biochemical assays were used to validate the predicted anti-tryptase activity in vitro, revealing a high (four out of six) success rate for predicting binding using the computational docking model. We further assess tryptase inhibition by a biflavonoid scaffold, whose structure-activity relationship is partially defined by assessing the potency of structurally similar analogs.
    MeSH term(s) Biflavonoids/chemistry ; Biflavonoids/pharmacology ; Biological Products/chemistry ; Biological Products/pharmacology ; Molecular Docking Simulation ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; Tryptases/antagonists & inhibitors ; Tryptases/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Biflavonoids ; Biological Products ; Tryptases (EC 3.4.21.59)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-08-25
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 121471-8
    ISSN 1432-1912 ; 0028-1298
    ISSN (online) 1432-1912
    ISSN 0028-1298
    DOI 10.1007/s00210-020-01959-2
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