bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/743419; this version posted August 21, 2019. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. Paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy is caused by epidermal ROS and mitochondrial damage through conserved MMP-13 activation Anthony M. Cirrincione1#, Adriana D. Pellegrini2#, Jessica R. Dominy2, Marisa E. Benjamin1, Irina Utkina- Sosunova3, Francesco Lotti3, Stanislava Jergova4, Jacqueline Sagen4, and Sandra Rieger1* 1 University of Miami, Department of Biology, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Miller School of Medicine, 1301 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146 2 MDI Biological Laboratory, 159 Old Bar Harbor Road, Salisbury Cove, ME 04672 3 Columbia University Medical Center, Center for Motor Neuron Biology and Disease, Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032 4 University of Miami, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1095 Northwest 14th Terrace, Miami # These authors contributed equally to the manuscript. *Correspondence to: Sandra Rieger, University of Miami, Department of Biology, 1301 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146, Phone: (305) 284-9935, Fax: (305) 284-3035, E-mail:
[email protected] Classification: Biological Sciences, Medical Sciences Keywords Chemotherapy, neuropathy, paclitaxel, Taxol, MMP, mitochondria, keratinocytes, mammalian Author Contributions A.M.C. generated and analyzed data and edited the manuscript. A.D.P. generated data, analyzed data, and edited the manuscript. M.B. assisted with cloning and edited the manuscript. J.D. generated and analyzed data. S.R. designed the study, generated some of the data, assisted with experimental issues, analyzed the data, and wrote and edited the manuscript.