Thalidomide treatment attenuates chemotherapy-induced gonadal toxicity

Fertil Steril. 2011 Feb;95(2):819-22. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.09.020.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate gonadal-protective properties of thalidomide in a mouse model of chemotherapy-induced ovarian failure. Administration of thalidomide before alkylating chemotherapy preserved ovarian follicles and lead to the resumption of normal estrous cyclicity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Retracted Publication

MeSH terms

  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors / administration & dosage
  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / adverse effects*
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Cell Count
  • Cytoprotection / drug effects
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Down-Regulation
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
  • Female
  • Gonads / drug effects
  • Gonads / pathology
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Ovary / drug effects*
  • Ovary / pathology
  • Primary Ovarian Insufficiency / chemically induced*
  • Primary Ovarian Insufficiency / pathology
  • Primary Ovarian Insufficiency / prevention & control*
  • Thalidomide / administration & dosage
  • Thalidomide / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors
  • Thalidomide