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. 2019 Nov 27;146(5):3743–3769. doi: 10.1121/1.5132711

TABLE V.

Anti-oxidant agents assessed in guinea pig hearing loss models.

Drugs Effect Reference
D-Methionine Prevention of ABR and ATPase activities induced by cisplatin Cheng et al. (2005)
Attenuation of threshold shifts induced by gentamicin Sha and Schacht (2000)
Reduction of kanamycin-induced ototoxicity Campbell et al. (2016)
Rescuing noise-induced permanent threshold shift Lo et al. (2013); Alagic et al. (2011); Cheng et al. (2008)
For further details in several species, against cisplatin-, carboplatin-, aminoglycoside- and noise-induced hearing loss and hair cell loss see Campbell et al. (2007)
N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) No protective effect on kanamycin-induced hearing loss, on the contrary, produced a more severe hearing loss and more severe cochlear damage Bock et al. (1983)
Preventive effect on cisplatin ototoxicity by NAC transtympanic administration Choe et al. (2004)
Otoprotection from cisplatin ototoxicity Mohan et al. (2014)
Protective effects on noise-induced hearing loss Fetoni et al. (2009b)
Mitoquinone (MitoQ) Prevention of ototoxicity induced by cisplatin Tate et al. (2017)
Attenuation of gentamicin-induced cochlear damage and hearing loss Ojano-Dirain et al. (2014)
Limited protection against amikacin-induced hearing loss and cochlear damage Dirain et al. (2018)
NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) (iNOS inhibitor) Reduction of ABR threshold shifts induced by cisplatin Watanabe et al. (2000)
Reduction of noise-induced cochlear damage Diao et al. (2007); Inai et al. (2012)
Aminoguanidine (iNOS inhibitor) Prevention of hearing loss induced by gentamicin combined with furosemide Liu et al. (2008).
Glutathione (GSH) Attenuation of the progression of hearing loss and threshold shift induced by gentamicin, depending on nutritional status Garetz et al. (1994); Lautermann et al. (1995a)
Attenuation of hearing loss by GSH supplementation under low protein diet Ohinata et al. (2000)
Reduction of NIHL Yamasoba et al. (1998)
Ebselen (2-phenyl-1,2-benzisoselenazol-3(2H)-one) Attenuation of noise-induced cochlear damage, by prevention of noise-induced excitotoxicity and threshold shift Pourbakht and Yamasoba (2003); Yamasoba et al. (2005)
Sodium thiosulfate Chemoprotectant against carboplatin-induced ototoxicity Neuwelt et al. (1996); Muldoon et al. (2000)
Complete prevention of cisplatin-induced hearing loss by local delivery into cochlea or middle ear Wang et al. (2003a); Stocks et al. (2004); Berglin et al. (2011)
Alpha-tocopherol Protective effects against gentamicin ototoxicity Fetoni et al. (2003); Fetoni et al. (2004a)
Protective effects against cisplatin ototoxicity Fetoni et al. (2004b)
Attenuation of noise induced cochlear damage Hou et al. (2003)
Radical scavengers (Edaravone and Tempol) Inconsistent effects on aminoglycoside-induced ototoxicity Song and Schacht (1996)
Protection of the cochleae from acoustic trauma Takemoto et al. (2004) Tanaka et al. (2005) Minami et al. (2007)
Iron chelators Complete functional and morphological protection from gentamicin ototoxicity Song and Schacht (1996); Sha and Schacht (1997); Song et al. (1997); Sinswat et al. (2000)
Protection against ototoxicity induced by neomycin, kanamycin and streptomycin Conlon et al. (1998); Song et al. (1998)
Attenuation of NIHL Yamasoba et al. (1999b)
Salicylate Reduction of auditory threshold shifts and protection of auditory sensory cells against gentamicin Sha and Schacht (1999).
Protection of the OHC against cisplatin ototoxicity at low doses Hyppolito et al. (2006)
Allopurinol Otoprotective effect after noise exposure Franzé et al. (2003)
Idebenone, a coenzyme Q10 analogue Reduction of threshold shifts, apoptotic activation and hair cell loss induced by noise Sergi et al. (2006); Fetoni et al. (2008); Fetoni et al. (2009a)
Ferulic acid (4-hydroxy 3-methoxycinnamic acid) Protective effect on PTS in NIHL Fetoni et al. (2010); Fetoni et al. (2011)