Molecular mechanisms of neurotoxicity induced by polymyxins and chemoprevention

C Dai, X Xiao, J Li, GD Ciccotosto… - ACS chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Neurotoxicity is one major unwanted side-effects associated with polymyxin (ie, colistin and
polymyxin B) therapy. Clinically, colistin neurotoxicity is characterized by neurological …

Curcumin attenuates colistin-induced neurotoxicity in N2a cells via anti-inflammatory activity, suppression of oxidative stress, and apoptosis

C Dai, GD Ciccotosto, R Cappai, S Tang, D Li… - Molecular …, 2018 - Springer
Neurotoxicity is an unwanted side-effect seen in patients receiving therapy with the “last-
line” polymyxin antibiotics. This is the first study to show that colistin-induced neurotoxicity in …

Rapamycin confers neuroprotection against colistin-induced oxidative stress, mitochondria dysfunction, and apoptosis through the activation of autophagy and mTOR …

C Dai, GD Ciccotosto, R Cappai, Y Wang… - ACS chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Our previous studies showed that colistin-induced neurotoxicity involves apoptosis and
oxidative damage. The present study demonstrates a neuroprotective effect of rapamycin …

Minocycline attenuates colistin-induced neurotoxicity via suppression of apoptosis, mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress

C Dai, GD Ciccotosto, R Cappai, Y Wang… - Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background: Neurotoxicity is an adverse effect patients experience during colistin therapy.
The development of effective neuroprotective agents that can be co-administered during …

Colistin induced peripheral neurotoxicity involves mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress in mice

C Dai, S Tang, X Biao, X Xiao, C Chen, J Li - Molecular biology reports, 2019 - Springer
Polymyxin is a critical antibiotic against the infection caused by multidrug-resistant gram-
negative bacteria. Neurotoxicity is one of main dose-limiting factors. The present study …

[HTML][HTML] Piceatannol-3′-O-β-D-glucopyranoside attenuates colistin-induced neurotoxicity by suppressing oxidative stress via the NRF2/HO-1 pathway

L Xiong, D Xiang, F Yuan, H Tong, R Yang… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria are the most pressing
problem in treating infectious diseases. As one of the primary drugs for multidrug-resistant …

Colistin-induced apoptosis of neuroblastoma-2a cells involves the generation of reactive oxygen species, mitochondrial dysfunction, and autophagy

C Dai, S Tang, T Velkov, X Xiao - Molecular neurobiology, 2016 - Springer
Neurotoxicity remains a poorly characterized adverse effect associated with colistin therapy.
The aim of the present study was to investigate the mechanism of colistin-induced …

Prevention of colistin-induced neurotoxicity: a narrative review of preclinical data

S Soroudi, G Mousavi, F Jafari, S Elyasi - … -Schmiedeberg's Archives of …, 2024 - Springer
Polymyxin E or colistin is an effective antibiotic against MDR Gram-negative bacteria. Due to
unwanted side effects, the use of this antibiotic has been limited for a long time, but in recent …

Curcumin attenuates colistin-induced peripheral neurotoxicity in mice

C Dai, X Xiao, Y Zhang, B Xiang, D Hoyer… - ACS infectious …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Peripheral neurotoxicity often occurs in patients receiving parenteral polymyxin therapy (ie,
colistin methanesulfonate or polymyxin B). The present study aimed to investigate the …

p53 mediates colistin-induced autophagy and apoptosis in PC-12 cells

L Zhang, D Xie, X Chen, MLR Hughes… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
The mechanism of colistin-induced neurotoxicity is still unknown. Our recent study (L. Zhang,
YH Zhao, WJ Ding, GZ Jiang, ZY Lu, L. Li, JL Wang, J. Li, and JC Li, Antimicrob Agents …