OBJECTIVE: Cisplatin (CDDP) is known to frequently cause nausea and vomiting, renal injury as a side effect. There are many kinds of 5-HT3 receptor antagonists, which are one of the basic antiemetic drugs for nausea and vomiting by cancer chemotherapy, such as the first generation ondansetron, granisetron, the second generation palonosetron. It is suggested that ondansetron may be a risk factor for the onset of CDDP-induced acute kidney injury (AKI). Therefore, in this study, the effect of various 5-HT3 receptor antagonists on CDDP-induced renal injury was examined.
METHODS: C57BL/6 mice were intraperitoneally administered with CDDP. Renal function was evaluated by serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen. Histological damage in the cortex of HE‐stained kidney sections was scored. Various 5-HT3 receptor antagonists were administered 30 minutes before administration of CDDP.
RESULTS: CDDP-induced renal injury got significantly worse by pre-administration of ondansetron, but not by pretreatment of palonosetron compared with cisplatin alone group.
CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that the second generation 5-HT3 receptor antagonist may have less effect on CDDP‐induced AKI than the first generation.