Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

GSTA4 mediates reduction of cisplatin ototoxicity in female mice

  • Hyo-Jin Park,
  • Mi-Jung Kim,
  • Christina Rothenberger,
  • Ashok Kumar,
  • Edith M. Sampson,
  • Dalian Ding,
  • Chul Han,
  • Karessa White,
  • Kevin Boyd,
  • Senthilvelan Manohar,
  • Yong-Hwan Kim,
  • Maria S. Ticsa,
  • Aaron S. Gomez,
  • Isabela Caicedo,
  • Upal Bose,
  • Paul J. Linser,
  • Takuya Miyakawa,
  • Masaru Tanokura,
  • Thomas C. Foster,
  • Richard Salvi,
  • Shinichi Someya

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12073-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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A common complication of cisplatin-based chemotherapy is hearing loss. Here, Park et al. show that glutathione transferase α4 (GSTA4) contributes to reducing cisplatin toxicity in the inner ear of female mice by removing 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE).