The Mystery of Chemotherapy Brain: Kynurenines, Tubulin and Biophoton Release.


Author: Sordillo PP1, Sordillo LA2

Affiliation: <sup>1</sup>Department of Hematology-Oncology, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, U.S.A. peldv1@gmail.com.

<sup>2</sup>Departments of Physics and Electrical Engineering, The City College of New York, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Conference/Journal: Anticancer Res.
Date published: 2020 Mar
Other:
 Volume ID: 40   ,  Issue ID: 3   ,  Pages: 1189-1200   ,  Special Notes: doi: 10.21873/anticanres.14061.   ,  Word Count: 125  
    The majority of patients receiving chemotherapy experience post-chemotherapy cognitive impairment, sometimes referred to as "chemo brain" or "chemo fog." The cognitive impairment associated with this syndrome can be severe, and can sometimes last for many years after therapy discontinuation. Despite extensive investigations, its etiology is unknown. We argue that chemo brain results from damage to tubulin within microtubules. This damage can occur directly from tubulin inhibitors such as taxanes, epothilones or vinca alkaloids. Other chemotherapies stimulate increased mitochondrial activity and biophoton release. This results in abnormal tryptophan metabolism and excess production of neurotoxic kynurenines, which, in turn, damage microtubules.



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KEYWORDS: Chemo brain; NAD; biophoton; cognition; kynurenine; review; tryptophan; tubulin



PMID: 32132016  DOI: 10.21873/anticanres.14061