PMID- 29033791 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20210924 IS - 1662-5102 (Print) IS - 1662-5102 (Electronic) IS - 1662-5102 (Linking) VI - 11 DP - 2017 TI - Protein Synthesis Inhibition and Activation of the c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase Are Potential Contributors to Cisplatin Ototoxicity. PG - 303 LID - 10.3389/fncel.2017.00303 [doi] LID - 303 AB - Cisplatin has been regarded as an effective and versatile chemotherapeutic agent for nearly 40 years. Though the associated dose-dependent ototoxicity is known, the cellular mechanisms by which cochleovestibular hair cell death occur are not well understood. We have previously shown that aminoglycoside ototoxicity is mediated in part by cytosolic protein synthesis inhibition. Despite a lack of molecular similarity, aminoglycosides were shown to elicit similar stress pathways to cisplatin. We therefore reasoned that there may be some role of protein synthesis inhibition in cisplatin ototoxicity. Employing a modification of the bioorthogonal noncanonical amino acid tagging (BONCAT) method, we evaluated the effects of cisplatin on cellular protein synthesis. We show that cisplatin inhibits cellular protein synthesis in organ of Corti explant cultures. Similar to what was found after gentamicin exposure, cisplatin activates both the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathways. In contrast to aminoglycosides, cisplatin also inhibits protein synthesis in all cochlear cell types. We further demonstrate that the multikinase inhibitor sorafenib completely prevents JNK activation, while providing only moderate hair cell protection. Simultaneous stimulation of cellular protein synthesis by insulin, however, significantly improved hair cell survival in culture. The presented data provides evidence for a potential role of protein synthesis inhibition in cisplatin-mediated ototoxicity. FAU - Nicholas, Brian D AU - Nicholas BD AD - Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States. FAU - Francis, Shimon AU - Francis S AD - Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States. FAU - Wagner, Elizabeth L AU - Wagner EL AD - Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States. FAU - Zhang, Sibo AU - Zhang S AD - Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States. FAU - Shin, Jung-Bum AU - Shin JB AD - Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States. LA - eng GR - R01 DC014254/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 GM008136/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 GM139787/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170927 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Cell Neurosci JT - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience JID - 101477935 PMC - PMC5627031 OTO - NOTNLM OT - BONCAT OT - Cisplatin OT - JNK OT - hair cell OT - inner ear OT - mTOR OT - ototoxicity OT - protein synthesis EDAT- 2017/10/17 06:00 MHDA- 2017/10/17 06:01 PMCR- 2017/01/01 CRDT- 2017/10/17 06:00 PHST- 2017/05/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/09/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/10/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/10/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/10/17 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2017/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fncel.2017.00303 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Cell Neurosci. 2017 Sep 27;11:303. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2017.00303. eCollection 2017.