%0 Journal Article
%T OATP1B2 deficiency protects against paclitaxel-induced neurotoxicity
%A Alessia Chiorazzi
%A Alex Sparreboom
%A Alice A. Gibson
%A Alix F. Leblanc
%A Guido Cavaletti
%A Jason A. Sprowl
%A Kevin M. Huang
%A Kristen W. Hong
%A Lara E. Sucheston-Campbell
%A Marissa S. Pioso
%A Maryam B. Lustberg
%A Mingqing Chen
%A Olivia Costa
%A Paola Alberti
%A Peter de Bruijn
%A Raquel E. Reinbolt
%A Ron H. Mathijssen
%A Shuiying Hu
%A Tatiana Florea
%A Vamsi Chodisetty
%A W. David Arnold
%J The Journal of Clinical Investigation
%D 2018
%R 10.1172/JCI96160
%X Paclitaxel is among the most widely used anticancer drugs and is known to cause a dose-limiting peripheral neurotoxicity, the initiating mechanisms of which remain unknown. Here, we identified the murine solute carrier organic anion¨Ctransporting polypeptide B2 (OATP1B2) as a mediator of paclitaxel-induced neurotoxicity. Additionally, using established tests to assess acute and chronic paclitaxel-induced neurotoxicity, we found that genetic or pharmacologic knockout of OATP1B2 protected mice from mechanically induced allodynia, thermal hyperalgesia, and changes in digital maximal action potential amplitudes. The function of this transport system was inhibited by the tyrosine kinase inhibitor nilotinib through a noncompetitive mechanism, without compromising the anticancer properties of paclitaxel. Collectively, our findings reveal a pathway that explains the fundamental basis of paclitaxel-induced neurotoxicity, with potential implications for its therapeutic management
%U https://www.jci.org/articles/view/96160