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Piriyaprasath K, Kakihara Y, Kurahashi A, Taiyoji M, Kodaira K, Aihara K, Hasegawa M, Yamamura K, Okamoto K. Preventive Roles of Rice- koji Extracts and Ergothioneine on Anxiety- and Pain-like Responses under Psychophysical Stress Conditions in Male Mice. Nutrients 2023; 15:3989. [PMID: 37764773 PMCID: PMC10535605 DOI: 10.3390/nu15183989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 09/07/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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This study determined the effect of daily administration of Rice-koji on anxiety and nociception in mice subjected to repeated forced swim stress (FST). In a parallel experiment, it was determined whether ergothioneine (EGT) contained in Rice-koji displayed similar effects. Anxiety and nociception were assessed behaviorally using multiple procedures. c-Fos and FosB immunoreactivities were quantified to assess the effect of both treatments on neural responses in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN), nucleus raphe magnus (NRM), and lumbar spinal dorsal horn (DH). FST increased anxiety- and pain-like behaviors in the hindpaw. Rice-koji or EGT significantly prevented these behaviors after FST. In the absence of formalin, both treatments prevented decreased FosB expressions in the PVN after FST, while no effect was seen in the NRM and DH. In the presence of formalin, both treatments prevented changes in c-Fos and FosB expressions in all areas in FST mice. Further, in vitro experiments using SH-SY5Y cells were conducted. Rice-koji and EGT did not affect cell viability but changed the level of brain-derived neurotrophic factor. In conclusion, Rice-koji could reduce anxiety and pain associated with psychophysical stress, possibly mediated by the modulatory effects of EGT on neural functions in the brain.
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- Kajita Piriyaprasath
- Division of Oral Physiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata 951-8514, Japan or (K.P.); (M.H.); (K.Y.)
- Department of Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 650000, Thailand
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- Division of Dental Pharmacology, Faculty of Dentistry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata 951-8514, Japan;
- Sakeology Center, Niigata University, Niigata 951-8514, Japan
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- Hakkaisan Brewery Co., Ltd., Minamiuonuma, Niigata 949-7112, Japan; (A.K.); (K.K.)
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- Food Research Center, Niigata Agricultural Research Institute, Kamo 959-1381, Japan; (M.T.); (K.A.)
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- Hakkaisan Brewery Co., Ltd., Minamiuonuma, Niigata 949-7112, Japan; (A.K.); (K.K.)
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- Food Research Center, Niigata Agricultural Research Institute, Kamo 959-1381, Japan; (M.T.); (K.A.)
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- Division of Oral Physiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata 951-8514, Japan or (K.P.); (M.H.); (K.Y.)
- Division of General Dentistry and Dental Clinical Education Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata 951-8514, Japan
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- Division of Oral Physiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata 951-8514, Japan or (K.P.); (M.H.); (K.Y.)
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- Division of Oral Physiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata 951-8514, Japan or (K.P.); (M.H.); (K.Y.)
- Sakeology Center, Niigata University, Niigata 951-8514, Japan
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Bedair AF, Wahid A, El-Mezayen NS, Afify EA. Nicorandil reduces morphine withdrawal symptoms, potentiates morphine antinociception, and ameliorates liver fibrosis in rats. Life Sci 2023; 319:121522. [PMID: 36822314 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2023.121522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2022] [Revised: 02/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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AIMS Chronic liver disease (CLD) is a serious medical condition affecting patients globally and pain management poses a unique challenge. ATP-sensitive potassium channels (KATP) are expressed in nociceptive neurons and hepatic cells. We tested the hypothesis whether morphine and nicorandil, KATP channel opener, alone and in combination possess hepatoprotective, antinociceptive effect and alter morphine physical dependence. MAIN METHODS Intraperitoneal injection (i.p.) of carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) induced liver fibrosis in male Wistar rats. Nicorandil (15 mg/kg/day) was administered per os for two weeks. Morphine (3.8, 5, 10 mg/kg, i.p.) was administered prior to antinociception testing in tail flick and formalin tests. Morphine physical dependence following naloxone injection, fibrotic, oxidative stress markers, and liver histopathology were assessed. KEY FINDINGS Morphine alone, produced insignificant changes of serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), hyaluronic acid (HA), hepatic hydroxyproline (Hyp), malondialdehyde (MDA), and superoxide dismutase (SOD) levels and exerted significant antinociception in the pain models. Nicorandil alone protected against liver damage (decreased serum ALT, AST, HA, hepatic Hyp, MDA, increased SOD levels, improved fibrosis scores). Nicorandil/morphine combination produced remarkable hepatoprotection and persistent analgesia compared to morphine alone as evidenced by reduced (EC50) of morphine. Nicorandil augmented morphine analgesia and markedly decreased withdrawal signs in morphine-dependent rats. SIGNIFICANCE The data showed for the first time, the hepatoprotection and augmented antinociception mediated by nicorandil/morphine combination in liver fibrosis via antioxidant and antifibrotic mechanisms. Nicorandil ameliorated withdrawal signs in morphine dependence in CLD. Thus, combining nicorandil/morphine provides a novel treatment strategy to ameliorate hepatic injury, potentiate antinociception and overcome morphine-induced physical dependence in liver fibrosis.
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- Asser F Bedair
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Pharos University in Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt.
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Hoffmann T, Klemm F, I Kichko T, Sauer SK, Kistner K, Riedl B, Raboisson P, Luo L, Babes A, Kocher L, Carli G, Fischer MJM, Reeh PW. The formalin test does not probe inflammatory pain but excitotoxicity in rodent skin. Physiol Rep 2022; 10:e15194. [PMID: 35340127 PMCID: PMC8957662 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.15194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2021] [Revised: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The most widely used formalin test to screen antinociceptive drug candidates is still apostrophized as targeting inflammatory pain, in spite of strong opposing evidence published. In our rat skin-nerve preparation ex vivo, recording from all classes of sensory single-fibers (n = 32), 30 units were transiently excited by formaldehyde concentrations 1-100 mM applied to receptive fields (RFs) for 3 min, C and Aδ-fibers being more sensitive (1-30 mM) than Aβ-fibers. From 30 mM on, ~1% of the concentration usually injected in vivo, all RFs were defunctionalized and conduction in an isolated sciatic nerve preparation was irreversibly blocked. Thus, formaldehyde, generated a state of 'anesthesia dolorosa' in the RFs in so far as after a quiescent interphase all fibers with unmyelinated terminals developed a second phase of vigorous discharge activity which correlated well in time course and magnitude with published pain-related behaviors. Sural nerve filament recordings in vivo confirmed that higher formalin concentrations (> 42 mM) have to be injected to the skin to induce this second phase of discharge. Patch-clamp and calcium-imaging confirmed TRPA1 as the primary transducer of formaldehyde (10 mM) effects on mouse sensory neurons. However, stimulated CGRP release from isolated skin of TRPA1+/+ and TRPA1-/- mice showed a convergence of the saturating concentration-response curves at 100 mM formaldehyde, which did not occur with nerve and trachea preparations. Finally, skin-nerve recordings from C and Aδ-fibers of TRPA1-/- mice revealed a massive reduction in formaldehyde (30 mM)-evoked discharge. However, the remaining activity was still biphasic, thus confirming additional unspecific excitotoxic actions of the fixative that diffuses along still excitable axons as previously published. The multiplicity of formaldehyde's actions requires extensive discussion and literature review, leading to a fundamental reevaluation of the formalin test.
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- Tal Hoffmann
- Institute of Physiology and PathophysiologyUniversity of Erlangen‐NürnbergErlangenGermany
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- Institute of Physiology and PathophysiologyUniversity of HeidelbergHeidelbergGermany
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- Institute of Physiology and PathophysiologyUniversity of Erlangen‐NürnbergErlangenGermany
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- Institute of Physiology and PathophysiologyUniversity of Erlangen‐NürnbergErlangenGermany
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- Institute of Physiology and PathophysiologyUniversity of Erlangen‐NürnbergErlangenGermany
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- Institute of Physiology and PathophysiologyUniversity of Erlangen‐NürnbergErlangenGermany
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- AstraZeneca, CNS and Pain Innovative Medicines UnitSödertäljeSweden
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- Institute of Physiology and PathophysiologyUniversity of Erlangen‐NürnbergErlangenGermany
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and BiophysicsUniversity of BucharestBucharestRomania
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- Institute of Physiology and PathophysiologyUniversity of HeidelbergHeidelbergGermany
- Laboratoire de PhysiologieCentre Hospitalier Lyon SudFaculté de MédecineUniversité de LyonFrance
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- Institute of Physiology and PathophysiologyUniversity of HeidelbergHeidelbergGermany
- Department of PhysiologyUniversità degli Studi di SienaSienaItaly
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- Institute of Physiology and PathophysiologyUniversity of Erlangen‐NürnbergErlangenGermany
- Center of Physiology and PharmacologyMedical University of ViennaViennaAustria
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- Institute of Physiology and PathophysiologyUniversity of Erlangen‐NürnbergErlangenGermany
- Institute of Physiology and PathophysiologyUniversity of HeidelbergHeidelbergGermany
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Butkevich IP, Mikhailenko VA, Vershinina EA. Neonatal pain modulates in adolescent rats the antinociceptive effects of fluoxetine and buspirone administrated to their depressive dams during gestation. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2021; 99:609-618. [PMID: 33186073 DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2020-0307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Previously, we have shown that the administration of a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor fluoxetine or a 5-HT1A receptor agonist buspirone to stressed rats during gestation causes in the offspring alleviation of formalin-induced pain, strengthened by prenatal stress. We have also found that neonatal inflammatory pain strengthens formalin-induced pain in prenatally unstressed rats in later life. In the present study, we investigated the effect of neonatal inflammatory pain on the time-course of the biphasic pain response in the formalin test in prenatally stressed adolescent rats of both sexes to evaluate whether neonatal pain affects the antinociceptive properties of these drugs administered to their depressed mothers during gestation. Our findings demonstrate that neonatal pain modulates in prenatally stressed rats the antinociceptive effect of fluoxetine and buspirone depending on the level of organization of pain response in the central nervous system, the phase of the time-course of the formalin-induced pain, and sex of the rat.
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- Irina P Butkevich
- Laboratory of Ontogenesis of the Nervous System, Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory of Ontogenesis of the Nervous System, Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Information Technologies and Mathematical Modeling, Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Jevtić II, Savić Vujović K, Srebro D, Vučković S, Ivanović MD, Kostić-Rajačić SV. Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of novel cis and trans 3-substituted anilidopiperidines. Pharmacol Rep 2020; 72:1069-1075. [PMID: 32613543 DOI: 10.1007/s43440-020-00121-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Revised: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND 4-Anilidopiperidine class of synthetic opioid analgesics, with it's representative fentanyl, are by far the most potent and clinically significant for the treatment of the severe chronic and surgical pain. However, side effects of μ-opioids are often quite serious. In order to improve the pharmacological profile of this class of opioid analgesics, a novel fentanyl analogs were designed, synthesized and evaluated in vivo for their antinociceptive activity. METHODS The title compounds were prepared using known synthetic transformations, including N-bromoacetamide mediated Hofmann rearrangement, highly selective carbamate cleavage with trimethylsilyl iodide and dehydration of carboxamide group to nitrile in the presence of SOCl2. The antinociceptive activity of the synthesized compounds was determined by tail-immersion and formalin test. RESULTS The scalable synthetic route towards novel fentanyl analogs bearing nitrogen groups in position C3 of piperidine ring is designed. In addition, Hofmann rearrangement was substantially improved for the more efficient synthesis of previously published 3-substituted fentanyl analogs. The series of ten fentanyl analogs was tested in vivo for their antinociceptive activity. The most potent compound of the series was found to be cis-4, based on the determined ED50 values in tail-immersion test. CONCLUSION Of ten compounds tested for their antinociceptive activity, compound cis-4 is characterized by high potency, rapid beginning and short duration of action and due to this might be incorporated in different pharmaceutical forms.
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- Ivana I Jevtić
- ICTM-Department of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Njegoševa 12, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 12-16, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia
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Linher-Melville K, Zhu YF, Sidhu J, Parzei N, Shahid A, Seesankar G, Ma D, Wang Z, Zacal N, Sharma M, Parihar V, Zacharias R, Singh G. Evaluation of the preclinical analgesic efficacy of naturally derived, orally administered oil forms of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD), and their 1:1 combination. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0234176. [PMID: 32497151 PMCID: PMC7272035 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Chronic neuropathic pain (NP) is a growing clinical problem for which effective treatments, aside from non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and opioids, are lacking. Cannabinoids are emerging as potentially promising agents to manage neuroimmune effects associated with nociception. In particular, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD), and their combination are being considered as therapeutic alternatives for treatment of NP. This study aimed to examine whether sex affects long-term outcomes on persistent mechanical hypersensitivity 7 weeks after ceasing cannabinoid administration. Clinically relevant low doses of THC, CBD, and a 1:1 combination of THC:CBD extracts, in medium chain triglyceride (MCT) oil, were orally gavaged for 14 consecutive days to age-matched groups of male and female sexually mature Sprague Dawley rats. Treatments commenced one day after surgically inducing a pro-nociceptive state using a peripheral sciatic nerve cuff. The analgesic efficacy of each phytocannabinoid was assessed relative to MCT oil using hind paw mechanical behavioural testing once a week for 9 weeks. In vivo intracellular electrophysiology was recorded at endpoint to characterize soma threshold changes in primary afferent sensory neurons within dorsal root ganglia (DRG) innervated by the affected sciatic nerve. The thymus, spleen, and DRG were collected post-sacrifice and analyzed for long-term effects on markers associated with T lymphocytes at the RNA level using qPCR. Administration of cannabinoids, particularly the 1:1 combination of THC, elicited a sustained mechanical anti-hypersensitive effect in males with persistent peripheral NP, which corresponded to beneficial changes in myelinated Aβ mechanoreceptive fibers. Specific immune cell markers associated with T cell differentiation and pro-inflammatory cytokines, previously implicated in repair processes, were differentially up-regulated by cannabinoids in males treated with cannabinoids, but not in females, warranting further investigation into sexual dimorphisms that may underlie treatment outcomes.
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- Katja Linher-Melville
- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Michael G. DeGroote Pain Clinic, McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Michael G. DeGroote Pain Clinic, McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Zhu YF, Linher-Melville K, Niazmand MJ, Sharma M, Shahid A, Zhu KL, Parzei N, Sidhu J, Haj C, Mechoulam R, Singh G. An evaluation of the anti-hyperalgesic effects of cannabidiolic acid-methyl ester in a preclinical model of peripheral neuropathic pain. Br J Pharmacol 2020; 177:2712-2725. [PMID: 31981216 DOI: 10.1111/bph.14997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Revised: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Chronic neuropathic pain (NEP) is associated with growing therapeutic cannabis use. To promote quality of life without psychotropic effects, cannabinoids other than Δ9-tetrahydrocannabidiol, including cannabidiol and its precursor cannabidiolic acid (CBDA), are being evaluated. Due to its instability, CBDA has been understudied, particularly as an anti-nociceptive agent. Adding a methyl ester group (CBDA-ME) significantly enhances its stability, facilitating analyses of its analgesic effects in vivo. This study examines early treatment efficacy of CBDA-ME in a rat model of peripherally induced NEP and evaluates sex as a biological variable. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH After 14 consecutive days of intraperitoneal CBDA-ME administration at 0.01, 0.1 and 1 μg·kg-1 , commencing 1 day after surgically implanting a sciatic nerve-constricting cuff to induce NEP, the anti-nociceptive efficacy of this cannabinoid was assessed in male and female Sprague-Dawley rats relative to vehicle-treated counterparts. In females, 2 and 4 μg·kg-1 daily doses of CBDA-ME were also evaluated. Behavioural tests were performed for hind paw mechanical and thermal withdrawal thresholds once a week for 8 weeks. At endpoint, in vivo electrophysiological recordings were obtained to characterize soma threshold changes in primary sensory neurons. KEY RESULTS In males, CBDA-ME elicited a significant concentration-dependent chronic anti-hyperalgesic effect, also influencing both nociceptive and non-nociceptive mechanoreceptors, which were not observed in females at any of the concentrations tested. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS Initiating treatment of a peripheral nerve injury with CBDA-ME at an early stage post-surgery provides anti-nociception in males, warranting further investigation into potential sexual dimorphisms underlying this response.
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- Yong Fang Zhu
- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute for Cannabinoid Research, Hebrew University Medical Faculty, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Institute for Cannabinoid Research, Hebrew University Medical Faculty, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Maftei D, Vellani V, Artico M, Giacomoni C, Severini C, Lattanzi R. Abnormal Pain Sensation in Mice Lacking the Prokineticin Receptor PKR2: Interaction of PKR2 with Transient Receptor Potential TRPV1 and TRPA1. Neuroscience 2020; 427:16-28. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2019] [Revised: 11/29/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Nakamori S, Takahashi J, Hyuga S, Yang J, Takemoto H, Maruyama T, Oshima N, Uchiyama N, Amakura Y, Hyuga M, Hakamatsuka T, Goda Y, Odaguchi H, Hanawa T, Kobayashi Y. Analgesic Effects of Ephedra Herb Extract, Ephedrine Alkaloids-Free Ephedra Herb Extract, Ephedrine, and Pseudoephedrine on Formalin-Induced Pain. Biol Pharm Bull 2020; 42:1538-1544. [PMID: 31474713 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b19-00260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The analgesic effect of Ephedra Herb (EH) is believed to be derived from the anti-inflammatory action of pseudoephedrine (Pse). We recently reported that ephedrine alkaloids-free EH extract (EFE) attenuates formalin-induced pain to the same level as that achieved by EH extract (EHE), which suggests that the analgesic effect of EH may not be due to ephedrine alkaloids (EAs). To examine the contribution of EAs to the analgesic effect of EH, mice were injected with formalin to induce a biphasic pain reaction (first phase, 0-5 min; second phase, 10-45 min) at various time points after oral administration of the following test drugs: ephedrine (Eph), Pse, "authentic" EHE from Tsumura & Co. (EHE-Ts), EFE, and EHE that was used as the source of EFE (EHE-To). Biphasic pain was suppressed at 30 min after administration of Eph, EHE-Ts, and EHE-To. At 6 h after administration of EFE, EHE-To, and Pse-and at 4 to 6 h after administration of EHE-Ts-only second-phase pain was suppressed; however, the effect of Pse at 6 h was not significant. These results suggested that EHE has a biphasic analgesic effect against biphasic formalin-induced pain: in the first phase of analgesia (30 min after administration), biphasic pain is suppressed by Eph; in the second phase of analgesia (4-6 h after administration), second-phase pain is alleviated by constituents other than EAs, although Pse may partially contribute to the relief of second-phase pain.
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- Shunsuke Nakamori
- Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University.,Oriental Medicine Research Center of Kitasato University
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University.,Oriental Medicine Research Center of Kitasato University
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- Oriental Medicine Research Center of Kitasato University
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University.,Oriental Medicine Research Center of Kitasato University
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Matsuyama University
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University.,Oriental Medicine Research Center of Kitasato University
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Zhu YF, Kwiecien JM, Dabrowski W, Ungard R, Zhu KL, Huizinga JD, Henry JL, Singh G. Cancer pain and neuropathic pain are associated with A β sensory neuronal plasticity in dorsal root ganglia and abnormal sprouting in lumbar spinal cord. Mol Pain 2018; 14:1744806918810099. [PMID: 30324862 PMCID: PMC6243409 DOI: 10.1177/1744806918810099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Evidence suggests that there are both nociceptive and neuropathic components of cancer-induced pain. We have observed that changes in intrinsic membrane properties and excitability of normally non-nociceptive Aβ sensory neurons are consistent in rat models of peripheral neuropathic pain and cancer-induced pain. This has prompted a comparative investigation of the intracellular electrophysiological characteristics of sensory neurons and of the ultrastructural morphology of the dorsal horn in rat models of neuropathic pain and cancer-induced pain. Neuropathic pain model rats were induced with a polyethylene cuff implanted around a sciatic nerve. Cancer-induced pain model rats were induced with mammary rat metastasis tumour-1 rat breast cancer or MATLyLu rat prostate cancer cells implanted into the distal epiphysis of a femur. Behavioural evidence of nociception was detected using von Frey tactile assessment. Aβ-fibre low threshold mechanoreceptor neurons in both cancer-induced pain and neuropathic pain models exhibited slower dynamics of action potential genesis, including a wider action potential duration and lower action potential amplitude compared to those in control animals. Enhanced excitability of Aβ-fibre low threshold mechanoreceptor neurons was also observed in cancer-induced pain and neuropathic pain models. Furthermore, both cancer-induced pain and neuropathic pain models showed abundant abnormal axonal sprouting in bundles of myelinated axons in the ipsilateral spinal laminae IV and V. The patterns of changes show consistency between rat models of cancer-induced pain and neuropathic pain. These findings add to the body of evidence that animal models of cancer-induced pain and neuropathic pain share features that may contribute to the peripheral and central sensitization and tactile hypersensitivity in both pain states.
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- Yong Fang Zhu
- 1 Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,2 Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- 2 Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,3 Department of Clinical Pathomorphology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
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- 4 Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
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- 1 Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,2 Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- 2 Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- 5 Department of Medicine, Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- 6 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- 1 Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,2 Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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Tadros MA, Zouikr I, Hodgson DM, Callister RJ. Excitability of Rat Superficial Dorsal Horn Neurons Following a Neonatal Immune Challenge. Front Neurol 2018; 9:743. [PMID: 30245664 PMCID: PMC6137193 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Previous studies have shown that neonatal exposure to a mild inflammatory challenge, such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS, Salmonella enteriditis) results in altered pain behaviors later in life. To further characterize the impact of a neonatal immune challenge on pain processing, we examined the excitability of superficial dorsal horn (SDH) neurons following neonatal LPS exposure and subsequent responses to noxious stimulation at three time-points during early postnatal development. Wistar rats were injected with LPS (0.05 mg/kg i.p.) or saline on postnatal days (PNDs) 3 and 5, and later subjected to the formalin test at PNDs 7, 13, and 22. One hour after formalin injection into the plantar hindpaw, animals were euthanized (Ketamine, 100 mg/kg i.p.) and transverse slices from the lumbosacral spinal cord were prepared. Whole-cell patch-clamp recordings were made from SDH neurons (KCH3SO4-based internal, 22–24°C) on the ipsi- and contralateral sides of the spinal cord. Depolarising current steps were injected into SDH neurons to categorize action potential (AP) discharge. In both saline- and LPS-treated rats we observed age-related increases the percentage of neurons exhibiting tonic-firing, with concurrent decreases in single-spiking, between PND 7 and 22. In contrast, neonatal exposure to LPS failed to alter the proportions of AP discharge patterns at any age examined. We also assessed the subthreshold currents that determine AP discharge in SDH neurons. The rapid outward potassium current, IAr decreased in prevalence with age, but was susceptible to neonatal LPS exposure. Peak IAr current amplitude was greater in ipsilateral vs. contralateral SDH neurons from LPS-treated rats. Spontaneous excitatory synaptic currents (sEPSCs) were recorded to assess network excitability. Age-related increases were observed in sEPSC frequency and time course, but not peak amplitude, in both saline- and LPS-treated rats. Furthermore, sEPSC frequency was higher in ipsilateral vs. contralateral SDH neurons in LPS-treated animals. Taken together, these data suggest a neonatal immune challenge does not markedly affect the intrinsic properties of SDH neurons, however, it can increase the excitability of local spinal cord networks via altering the properties of rapid A-type currents and excitatory synaptic connections. These changes, made in neurons within spinal cord pain circuits, have the capacity to alter nociceptive signaling in the ascending pain pathway.
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- Melissa A Tadros
- Faculty of Health and Hunter Medical Research Institute, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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- Laboratory for Molecular Mechanisms of Thalamus Development, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- Laboratory of Neuroimmunology, School of Psychology, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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- Faculty of Health and Hunter Medical Research Institute, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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Rat model of cancer-induced bone pain: changes in nonnociceptive sensory neurons in vivo. Pain Rep 2017; 2:e603. [PMID: 29392218 PMCID: PMC5741358 DOI: 10.1097/pr9.0000000000000603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2017] [Revised: 04/15/2017] [Accepted: 04/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Nonnociceptive sensory neurons relate to transient episodes of intense pain that characterize neuropathic pain. They are involved in the peripheral sensitization and tactile hypersensitivity. Introduction: Clinical data on cancer-induced bone pain (CIBP) suggest extensive changes in sensory function. In a previous investigation of an animal model of CIBP, we have observed that changes in intrinsic membrane properties and excitability of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) nociceptive neurons correspond to mechanical allodynia and hyperalgesia. Objectives: To investigate the mechanisms underlying changes in nonnociceptive sensory neurons in this model, we have compared the electrophysiological properties of primary nonnociceptive sensory neurons at <1 and >2 weeks after CIBP model induction with properties in sham control animals. Methods: Copenhagen rats were injected with 106 MAT-LyLu rat prostate cancer cells into the distal femur epiphysis to generate a model of CIBP. After von Frey tactile measurement of mechanical withdrawal thresholds, the animals were prepared for acute electrophysiological recordings of mechanically sensitive neurons in the DRG in vivo. Results: The mechanical withdrawal threshold progressively decreased in CIBP model rats. At <1 week after model induction, there were no changes observed in nonnociceptive Aβ-fiber DRG neurons between CIBP model rats and sham rats. However, at >2 weeks, the Aβ-fiber low-threshold mechanoreceptors (LTMs) in CIBP model rats exhibited a slowing of the dynamics of action potential (AP) genesis, including wider AP duration and lower AP amplitude compared with sham rats. Furthermore, enhanced excitability of Aβ-fiber LTM neurons was observed as an excitatory discharge in response to intracellular injection of depolarizing current into the soma. Conclusion: After induction of the CIBP model, Aβ-fiber LTMs at >2 weeks but not <1 week had undergone changes in electrophysiological properties. Importantly, changes observed are consistent with observations in models of peripheral neuropathy. Thus, Aβ-fiber nonnociceptive primary sensory neurons might be involved in the peripheral sensitization and tumor-induced tactile hypersensitivity in CIBP.
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Liu CC, Cheng JT, Hung KC, Chia YY, Tan PH. Lentiviral vector-encoded microRNA-based shRNA-mediated gene knockdown of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in skin reduces pain. Brain Behav 2017; 7:e00587. [PMID: 28127509 PMCID: PMC5256174 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2016] [Revised: 08/03/2016] [Accepted: 08/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE RNA polymerase II promoters that drive the expression of rationally designed primary microRNA-based shRNA, for example, shRNAmir, can produce more potent gene knockdown than RNA polymerase III promoters. Antagonists of peripheral N methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors that do not interfere with central glutamate processing would prevent the development of adverse central nervous system effects. Thus, in this study, we examined the effects of gene silencing and antinociception on formalin- and Complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA)-induced pain in rats by subcutaneously injecting a lentiviral vector encoding a shRNAmir that targets the NR1 subunit of the NMDA receptor. METHODS Rats received intradermal injections of different doses of NR1 shRNAmir at different time points before injection of formalin. Pain behavior was assessed by monitoring the paw flinch response, paw withdrawal threshold, and thermal withdrawal latency. We then analyzed NR1 messenger RNA and protein expression in skin and the L5 dorsal root ganglion (DRG). RESULTS We found that intradermal injection of 1, 5, and 10 μg of shRNAmir significantly inhibited flinch responses (p < .05). Administration of 5 μg of shRNAmir resulted in the attenuation of CFA-induced mechanical allodynia, but did not affect the time spent on the rotarod. Real-time polymerase chain reaction and western blotting revealed that NR1 mRNA and protein levels were significantly lower in all NR1 shRNAmir1 groups than in controls (p < .05). There was a significant reduction in the percentage of NR1- and pERK-positive neurons in the DRG ipsilateral to shRNAmir treated paws (p < .05). The effect of antinociception and inhibition of NR1 expression by NR1 shRNAmir was evident on day 3 and persisted for 7 days after injection of 5 μg of vector. CONCLUSION Peripheral administration of the vector-encoded NR1 shRNAmir is a promising therapy for persistent inflammatory pain.
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- Chien-Cheng Liu
- Department of Anesthesiology E-DA Hospital Kaohsiung Taiwan; Department of Biological Sciences National Sun Yat-Sen University Kaohsiung Taiwan
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- Department of Biological Sciences National Sun Yat-Sen University Kaohsiung Taiwan
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- Department of Anesthesiology E-DA Hospital Kaohsiung Taiwan
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- Department of Anesthesiology Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital Kaohsiung Taiwan
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- Department of Anesthesiology E-DA Hospital Kaohsiung Taiwan; School of MedicineI-Shou University Kaohsiung Taiwan
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Perez-Sanchez J, Lorenzo LE, Lecker I, Zurek AA, Labrakakis C, Bridgwater EM, Orser BA, De Koninck Y, Bonin RP. α5GABAAReceptors Mediate Tonic Inhibition in the Spinal Cord Dorsal Horn and Contribute to the Resolution Of Hyperalgesia. J Neurosci Res 2016; 95:1307-1318. [DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2016] [Revised: 10/02/2016] [Accepted: 10/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy; University of Toronto; Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Department of Biological Applications and Technology; University of Ioannina; Ioannina Greece
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- University of Toronto, Department of Physiology; Toronto Ontario Canada
- University of Toronto, Department of Anesthesia; Toronto Ontario Canada
- Department of Anesthesia; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec; Québec Canada
- Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience; Université Laval; Québec Canada
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- Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec; Québec Canada
- Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy; University of Toronto; Toronto Ontario Canada
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Woller SA, Ravula SB, Tucci FC, Beaton G, Corr M, Isseroff RR, Soulika AM, Chigbrow M, Eddinger KA, Yaksh TL. Systemic TAK-242 prevents intrathecal LPS evoked hyperalgesia in male, but not female mice and prevents delayed allodynia following intraplantar formalin in both male and female mice: The role of TLR4 in the evolution of a persistent pain state. Brain Behav Immun 2016; 56:271-80. [PMID: 27044335 PMCID: PMC4917460 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2016.03.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2015] [Revised: 03/22/2016] [Accepted: 03/31/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Pain resulting from local tissue injury or inflammation typically resolves with time. Frequently, however, this pain may unexpectedly persist, becoming a pathological chronic state. Increasingly, the innate and adaptive immune systems are being implicated in the initiation and maintenance of these persistent conditions. In particular, Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signaling has been shown to mediate the transition to a persistent pain state in a sex-dependent manner. In the present work, we explored this contribution using the TLR4 antagonist, TAK-242. METHODS Male and female C57Bl/6 mice were given intravenous (IV), intrathecal (IT), or intraperitoneal (IP) TAK-242 prior to IT delivery of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), and tactile reactivity was assessed at regular intervals over 72-h. Additional groups of mice were treated with IP TAK-242 prior to intraplantar formalin, and flinching was monitored for 1-h. Tactile reactivity was assessed at 7-days after formalin delivery. RESULTS LPS evoked TNF release from male and female macrophages and RAW267.4 cells, which was blocked in a concentration dependent fashion by TAK-242. In vivo, IT LPS evoked tactile allodynia to a greater degree in male than female mice. TAK-242, given by all routes, prevented development of IT LPS-induced tactile allodynia in male animals, but did not reverse their established allodynia. TLR4 deficiency and TAK-242 treatment attenuated IT LPS-induced allodynia in male, but not female mice. In the formalin model, pre-treatment with TAK-242 did not affect Phase 1 or Phase 2 flinching, but prevented the delayed tactile allodynia in both male and unexpectedly in female mice (Phase 3). CONCLUSIONS Together, these results suggest that TAK-242 is a TLR4 antagonist that has efficacy after systemic and intrathecal delivery and confirms the role of endogenous TLR4 signaling in triggering the development of a delayed allodynia in both male and female mice.
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- Sarah A Woller
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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- Epigen Biosciences Inc., 10225 Barnes Canyon Road, Suite A104, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
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- Epigen Biosciences Inc., 10225 Barnes Canyon Road, Suite A104, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
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- Epigen Biosciences Inc., 10225 Barnes Canyon Road, Suite A104, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA; Shriners Hospital for Children, Northern California, Sacramento, CA, USA.
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Zhu YF, Ungard R, Seidlitz E, Zacal N, Huizinga J, Henry JL, Singh G. Differences in electrophysiological properties of functionally identified nociceptive sensory neurons in an animal model of cancer-induced bone pain. Mol Pain 2016; 12:12/0/1744806916628778. [PMID: 27030711 PMCID: PMC4994860 DOI: 10.1177/1744806916628778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2015] [Accepted: 12/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Bone cancer pain is often severe, yet little is known about mechanisms generating this type of chronic pain. While previous studies have identified functional alterations in peripheral sensory neurons that correlate with bone tumours, none has provided direct evidence correlating behavioural nociceptive responses with properties of sensory neurons in an intact bone cancer model. Results In a rat model of prostate cancer-induced bone pain, we confirmed tactile hypersensitivity using the von Frey test. Subsequently, we recorded intracellularly from dorsal root ganglion neurons in vivo in anesthetized animals. Neurons remained connected to their peripheral receptive terminals and were classified on the basis of action potential properties, responses to dorsal root stimulation, and to mechanical stimulation of the respective peripheral receptive fields. Neurons included C-, Aδ-, and Aβ-fibre nociceptors, identified by their expression of substance P. We suggest that bone tumour may induce phenotypic changes in peripheral nociceptors and that these could contribute to bone cancer pain. Conclusions This work represents a significant technical and conceptual advance in the study of peripheral nociceptor functions in the development of cancer-induced bone pain. This is the first study to report that changes in sensitivity and excitability of dorsal root ganglion primary afferents directly correspond to mechanical allodynia and hyperalgesia behaviours following prostate cancer cell injection into the femur of rats. Furthermore, our unique combination of techniques has allowed us to follow, in a single neuron, mechanical pain-related behaviours, electrophysiological changes in action potential properties, and dorsal root substance P expression. These data provide a more complete understanding of this unique pain state at the cellular level that may allow for future development of mechanism-based treatments for cancer-induced bone pain.
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- Yong Fang Zhu
- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Muley MM, Krustev E, McDougall JJ. Preclinical Assessment of Inflammatory Pain. CNS Neurosci Ther 2015; 22:88-101. [PMID: 26663896 DOI: 10.1111/cns.12486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2015] [Revised: 10/28/2015] [Accepted: 10/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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While acute inflammation is a natural physiological response to tissue injury or infection, chronic inflammation is maladaptive and engenders a considerable amount of adverse pain. The chemical mediators responsible for tissue inflammation act on nociceptive nerve endings to lower neuronal excitation threshold and sensitize afferent firing rate leading to the development of allodynia and hyperalgesia, respectively. Animal models have aided in our understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms responsible for the generation of chronic inflammatory pain and allowed us to identify and validate numerous analgesic drug candidates. Here we review some of the commonly used models of skin, joint, and gut inflammatory pain along with their relative benefits and limitations. In addition, we describe and discuss several behavioral and electrophysiological approaches used to assess the inflammatory pain in these preclinical models. Despite significant advances having been made in this area, a gap still exists between fundamental research and the implementation of these findings into a clinical setting. As such we need to characterize inherent pathophysiological pathways and develop new endpoints in these animal models to improve their predictive value of human inflammatory diseases in order to design safer and more effective analgesics.
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- Milind M Muley
- Departments of Pharmacology and Anaesthesia, Pain Management & Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Departments of Pharmacology and Anaesthesia, Pain Management & Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Departments of Pharmacology and Anaesthesia, Pain Management & Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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Fischer M, Carli G, Raboisson P, Reeh P. The interphase of the formalin test. Pain 2014; 155:511-521. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2013] [Revised: 11/21/2013] [Accepted: 11/21/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Hayashi H, Iwata M, Tsuchimori N, Matsumoto T. Activation of peripheral KCNQ channels attenuates inflammatory pain. Mol Pain 2014; 10:15. [PMID: 24555569 PMCID: PMC3936840 DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-10-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2013] [Accepted: 02/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background Refractory chronic pain dramatically reduces the quality of life of patients. Existing drugs cannot fully achieve effective chronic pain control because of their lower efficacy and/or accompanying side effects. Voltage-gated potassium channels (KCNQ) openers have demonstrated their analgesic effect in preclinical and clinical studies, and are thus considered to be a potential therapeutic target as analgesics. However, these drugs exhibit a narrow therapeutic window due to their imposed central nerve system (CNS) side effects. To clarify the analgesic effect by peripheral KCNQ channel activation, we investigated whether the analgesic effect of the KCNQ channel opener, retigabine, is inhibited by intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) administration of the KCNQ channel blocker, 10, 10-bis (4-Pyridinylmethyl)-9(10H) -anthracenone dihydrochloride (XE-991) in rats. Results Oral administration (p.o.) of retigabine showed an anticonvulsant effect on maximal electronic seizures and an analgesic effect on complete Freund’s adjuvant-induced thermal hyperalgesia. However, impaired motor coordination and reduced exploratory behavior were also observed at the analgesic doses of retigabine. Administration (i.c.v.) of XE-991 reversed the retigabine-induced anticonvulsant effect, impaired motor coordination and reduced exploratory behavior but not the analgesic effect. Moreover, intraplantar administration of retigabine or an additional KCNQ channel opener, N-(6-Chloro-pyridin-3-yl)-3,4-difluoro-benzamide (ICA-27243), inhibited formalin-induced nociceptive behavior. Conclusions Our findings suggest that the peripheral sensory neuron is the main target for KCNQ channel openers to induce analgesia. Therefore, peripheral KCNQ channel openers that do not penetrate the CNS may be suitable analgesic drugs as they would prevent CNS side effects.
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- Pharmaceutical Research Division, Inflammation Drug Discovery Unit, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Wang S, Song L, Tan Y, Ma Y, Tian Y, Jin X, Lim G, Zhang S, Chen L, Mao J. A functional relationship between trigeminal astroglial activation and NR1 expression in a rat model of temporomandibular joint inflammation. PAIN MEDICINE 2012; 13:1590-600. [PMID: 23110394 DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01511.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To examine the hypothesis that glial activation would regulate the expression of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit 1 (NR1) in the trigeminal subnucleus caudalis (Sp5C) after temporomandibular joint (TMJ) inflammation. METHODS Inflammation of TMJ was produced in rats by injecting 50 μL complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) into unilateral TMJ space. Sham control rats received incomplete Freund's adjuvant injection. Mechanical nociception in the affected and non-affected TMJ site was tested by using a digital algometer. Fractalkine, fluorocitrate, and/or MK801 were intracisternally administrated to examine the relationship between astroglial activation and NR1 upregulation. RESULTS CFA TMJ injection resulted in persistent ipsilateral mechanical hyperalgesia 1, 3, and 5 days after CFA injection. The inflammation also induced significant upregulation of CX3C chemokine receptor 1 and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) beginning on day 1 and of NR1 beginning on day 3 within the ipsilateral Sp5C. Intracisternal administration of fluorocitrate for 5 days blocked the development of mechanical hyperalgesia as well as the upregulation of GFAP and NR1 in the Sp5C. Conversely, intracisternal injection of fractalkine for 5 days exacerbated the expression of NR1 in Sp5C and mechanical hyperalgesia induced by TMJ inflammation. Moreover, once daily intracisternal fractalkine administration for 5 days in naïve rats induced the upregulation of NR1 and mechanical hyperalgesia. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that astroglial activation contributes to the mechanism of TMJ pain through the regulation of NR1 expression in Sp5C.
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- Shuxing Wang
- MGH Center for Translational Pain Research, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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Zhu YF, Wu Q, Henry JL. Changes in functional properties of A-type but not C-type sensory neurons in vivo in a rat model of peripheral neuropathy. J Pain Res 2012; 5:175-92. [PMID: 22792004 PMCID: PMC3392709 DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s26367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background The aim of this study was to compare primary sensory neurons in controls and in an animal neuropathic pain model in order to understand which types of neurons undergo changes associated with peripheral neuropathy. On the basis of intracellular recordings in vivo from somata, L4 sensory dorsal root ganglion neurons were categorized according to action potential configuration, conduction velocity, and receptive field properties to mechanical stimuli. Methods Intracellular recordings were made from functionally identified dorsal root ganglion neurons in vivo in the Mosconi and Kruger animal model of peripheral neuropathic pain. Results In this peripheral neuropathy model, a specific population of Aβ-fiber low threshold mechanoreceptor neurons, which respond normally to innocuous mechanical stimuli, exhibited differences in action potential configuration and conduction velocity when compared with control animals. No abnormal conduction velocity, action potential shapes, or tactile sensitivity of C-fiber neurons were encountered. Conclusion This study provides evidence for defining a potential role of Aβ-fiber low threshold mechanoreceptor neurons that might contribute to peripheral neuropathic pain.
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- Yong Fang Zhu
- Michael G DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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He JW, Tian F, Liu H, Peng YB. Cerebrovascular responses of the rat brain to noxious stimuli as examined by functional near-infrared whole brain imaging. J Neurophysiol 2012; 107:2853-65. [PMID: 22378174 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00050.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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While near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy has been increasingly used to detect stimulated brain activities with an advantage of dissociating regional oxy- and deoxyhemoglobin concentrations simultaneously, it has not been utilized much in pain research. Here, we investigated and demonstrated the feasibility of using this technique to obtain whole brain hemodynamics in rats and speculated on the functional relevance of the NIR-based hemodynamic signals during pain processing. NIR signals were emitted and collected using a 26-optodes array on rat's dorsal skull surface after the removal of skin. Following the subcutaneous injection of formalin (50 μl, 3%) into a hindpaw, several isolable brain regions showed hemodynamic changes, including the anterior cingulate cortex, primary/secondary somatosensory cortexes, thalamus, and periaqueductal gray (n = 6). Time courses of hemodynamic changes in respective regions matched with the well-documented biphasic excitatory response. Surprisingly, an atypical pattern (i.e., a decrease in oxyhemoglobin concentration with a concomitant increase in deoxyhemoglobin concentration) was seen in phase II. In a separate group of rats with innocuous brush and noxious pinch of the same area (n = 11), results confirmed that the atypical pattern occurred more likely in the presence of nociception than nonpainful stimulation, suggesting it as a physiological substrate when the brain processes pain. In conclusion, the NIR whole brain imaging provides a useful alternative to study pain in vivo using small-animal models. Our results support the notion that neurovascular response patterns depend on stimuli, bringing attention to the interpretation of vascular-based neuroimaging data in studies of pain.
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- Ji-Wei He
- Dept. of Psychology Univ. of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019-0528, USA
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Déciga-Campos M, Arriaga-Alba M, Ventura-Martínez R, Aguilar-Guadarrama B, Rios MY. Pharmacological and Toxicological Profile of Extract from Heliopsislongipes and Affinin. Drug Dev Res 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ddr.21002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Myrna Déciga-Campos
- Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación; Escuela Superior de Medicina; Instituto Politécnico Nacional; México D.F.; México
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- Laboratorio de Investigación en Microbiología; Dirección de Investigación y Enseñanza; Hospital Juárez de México; México D.F.; México
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- Departamento de Farmacología; Facultad de Medicina de la; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM); México D.F.; México
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- Centro de Investigaciones Químicas; Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca; Morelos; México
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Sokolov AY, Lyubashina OA, Panteleev SS. Spinal trigeminal neurons demonstrate an increase in responses to dural electrical stimulation in the orofacial formalin test. J Headache Pain 2011; 13:75-82. [PMID: 22116533 PMCID: PMC3253149 DOI: 10.1007/s10194-011-0404-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2011] [Accepted: 11/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Primary headaches are often associated with pain in the maxillofacial region commonly classified under the term “orofacial pain” (OFP). In turn, long-lasting OFP can trigger and perpetuate headache as an independent entity, which is able to persist after the resolution of the main disorder. A close association between OFP and headache complicates their cause and effect definition and leads to misdiagnosis. The precise mechanisms underlying this phenomenon are poorly understood, partly because of the deficiency of research-related findings. We combined the animal models of OFP and headache—the orofacial formalin test and the model of trigeminovascular nociception—to investigate the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying their comorbidity. In anesthetized rats, the ongoing activity of single convergent neurons in the spinal trigeminal nucleus was recorded in parallel to their responses to the electrical stimulation of the dura mater before and after the injection of formalin into their cutaneous receptive fields. Subcutaneous formalin resulted not only in the biphasic increase in the ongoing activity, but also in an enhancement of neuronal responses to dural electrical stimulation, which had similar time profile. These results demonstrated that under tonic pain in the orofacial region a nociceptive signaling from the dura mater to convergent trigeminal neurons is significantly enhanced apparently because of the development of central sensitization; this may contribute to the comorbidity of OFP and headache.
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- Alexey Y Sokolov
- Valdman Institute of Pharmacology, St. Petersburg Pavlov State Medical University, Lev Tolstoy street 6/8, St. Petersburg, 197022, Russia.
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Shi GN, Liu YL, Lin HM, Yang SL, Feng YL, Reid PF, Qin ZH. Involvement of cholinergic system in suppression of formalin-induced inflammatory pain by cobratoxin. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2011; 32:1233-8. [PMID: 21841815 PMCID: PMC4010082 DOI: 10.1038/aps.2011.65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2011] [Accepted: 04/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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AIM To investigate the analgesic effect of cobratoxin (CTX), a long-chain α-neurotoxin from Thailand cobra venom, in a rat model of formalin-induced inflammatory pain. METHODS Inflammatory pain was induced in SD rats via injecting 5% formalin (50 μL) into the plantar surface of their right hind paw. CTX and other agents were ip administered before formalin injection. The time that the animals spent for licking the injected paw was counted every 5 min for 1 h. RESULTS CTX (25, 34, and 45 μg/kg) exhibited a dose-dependent analgesic effect during the phase 1 (0-15 min) and phase 2 (20-60 min) response induced by formalin. Pretreatment with naloxone (0.5 or 2.5 mg/kg) did not block the analgesic effect of CTX. Pretreatment with atropine at 5 mg/kg, but not at 2.5 mg/kg, antagonized the analgesic effect of CTX. Treatment with the nonselective nAChR antagonist mecamylamine (3 mg/kg) inhibited the analgesic effects of CTX in Phase 1 and Phase 2 responses, while with the selective α7-nAChR antagonist methyllycaconitine (3 mg/kg) antagonized the effect of CTX only in the Phase 1 response. Treatment with the α7-nAChR agonist PNU282987 (3 mg/kg) significantly reduced the formalin-induced phase 2 pain response, but only slightly reduced the Phase 1 pain response. CONCLUSION The results suggest that CTX exerts an antinociceptive effect in formalin-induced inflammatory pain, which appears to be mediated by mAChR and α7-nAChR.
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- Gao-na Shi
- Department of Pharmacology, Soochow University School of Pharmacy, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Soochow University School of Pharmacy, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Soochow University School of Pharmacy, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Soochow University School of Pharmacy, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Jiangxi University of Chinese Traditional Medicine, Nanchang 330004, China
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- ReceptoPharm Inc, Fortlaudale, Florida 33336, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Soochow University School of Pharmacy, Suzhou 215123, China
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Bonin RP, Labrakakis C, Eng DG, Whissell PD, De Koninck Y, Orser BA. Pharmacological enhancement of δ-subunit-containing GABA(A) receptors that generate a tonic inhibitory conductance in spinal neurons attenuates acute nociception in mice. Pain 2011; 152:1317-1326. [PMID: 21396779 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2010] [Revised: 12/13/2010] [Accepted: 02/03/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The development of new strategies for the treatment of acute pain requires the identification of novel nonopioid receptor targets. This study explored whether δ-subunit-containing GABA(A)Rs (δGABA(A)Rs) in neurons of the spinal cord dorsal horn generate a tonic inhibitory conductance in vitro and whether δGABA(A)R activity regulates acute nociception. Whole-cell recordings revealed that δGABA(A)Rs generate a tonic inhibitory conductance in cultured spinal neurons and lamina II neurons in spinal cord slices. Increasing δGABA(A)R function by applying the δGABA(A)R-preferring agonist 4,5,6,7-tetrahydroisoxazolo [5,4-c]pyridine-3-ol (THIP) increased the tonic current and inhibited neuronal excitability in spinal neurons from wild-type (WT) but not δ subunit null-mutant (Gabrd(-/-)) mice. In behavioral studies, baseline δGABA(A)R activity did not regulate acute nociception; however, THIP administered intraperitoneally or intrathecally attenuated acute nociception in WT but not Gabrd(-/-) mice. In the formalin nociception assay, the phase 1 response was similar for WT and Gabrd(-/-) mice. In contrast, the phase 2 response, which models central sensitization, was greater in Gabrd(-/-) mice than WT. THIP administered intraperitoneally or intrathecally inhibited phase 1 responses of WT but not Gabrd(-/-) mice and had no effect on phase 2 responses of WT mice. Surprisingly, THIP reduced the enhanced phase 2 response in Gabrd(-/-) mice. Together, these results suggest that δGABA(A)Rs in spinal neurons play a major physiological and pharmacological role in the regulation of acute nociception and central sensitization. Spinal δ-subunit-containing GABA(A) receptors were identified with electrophysiological methods and behavioral models as novel targets for the treatment of acute pain.
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- Robert P Bonin
- Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8 Unité de neurosciences cellulaires et moléculaires, Centre de Recherche Université Laval Robert-Giffard, Quebec, Canada G1J 2G3 Department of Psychiatry & Neuroscience, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada G1J 2G3 Departments of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8 Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8 Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8 Department of Anesthesia, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3M5
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Effects of intrathecal isoflurane administration on nociception and Fos expression in the rat spinal cord. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2011; 28:112-9. [DOI: 10.1097/eja.0b013e328340514a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Wang S, Zhang L, Ma Y, Chen L, Tian Y, Mao J, Martyn JJA. Nociceptive behavior following hindpaw burn injury in young rats: response to systemic morphine. PAIN MEDICINE 2010; 12:87-98. [PMID: 21143761 DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.01021.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Develop a burn injury model in young age rats. BACKGROUND Management of pain after burn injury in pediatric patients is an unresolved clinical issue. METHODS A burn injury model in young rats of 3-4 weeks old was developed by briefly immersing the dorsal part of the right hindpaw in a hot water bath (85°C) for 12 seconds under pentobarbital anesthesia. RESULTS Burn injury, but not sham control, induced nociceptive behaviors (mechanical allodynia, thermal hyperalgesia) when examined on post-injury day 2, 4, and 7. In burn-injured rats, there was the upregulated expression of the NR1 subunit of the N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor, Akt1, Akt2, and protein kinase C γ (PKCγ), but downregulated expression of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (NOS), inducible NOS, and glycogen synthase kinase-3β, within the spinal cord dorsal horn ipsilateral to burn injury. Moreover, intraperitoneal administration of a clinically available NMDA receptor antagonist dextromethorphan (30 mg/kg, once daily × 7 days beginning on day 7 after burn injury) attenuated mechanical allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia in burn-injured rats. Different from our previous finding in adult burn-injured rats; however, burn injury in young rats of this age did not spontaneously shift the morphine antinociceptive response curve to the right within the dose range used in the study when exposed to morphine for the first time, suggesting that the development of intrinsic tolerance to morphine antinociception may be different from adult rats following burn injury. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that this model may be used to explore the mechanisms of burn injury-induced nociception in young rats and to differentiate the sequelae from burn injury between adult and young rats under certain experimental conditions.
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- Shuxing Wang
- MGH Center for Translational Pain Research, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Haghparast A, Naderi N, Khani A, Lashgari R, Motamedi F. Formalin-Induced Differential Activation of Nucleus Cuneiformis Neurons in the Rat: An Electrophysiological Study. THE JOURNAL OF PAIN 2010; 11:32-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2008] [Revised: 04/12/2009] [Accepted: 05/22/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Ruiz G, Baños JE. Heat Hyperalgesia Induced by Endoneurial Nerve Growth Factor and the Expression of Substance P in Primary Sensory Neurons. Int J Neurosci 2009; 119:185-203. [DOI: 10.1080/00207450802333920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Munro G. Pharmacological assessment of the rat formalin test utilizing the clinically used analgesic drugs gabapentin, lamotrigine, morphine, duloxetine, tramadol and ibuprofen: Influence of low and high formalin concentrations. Eur J Pharmacol 2009; 605:95-102. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2009.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2008] [Revised: 12/11/2008] [Accepted: 01/05/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Fukumoto N, Obama Y, Kitamura N, Niimi K, Takahashi E, Itakura C, Shibuya I. Hypoalgesic behaviors of P/Q-type voltage-gated Ca2+ channel mutant mouse, rolling mouse Nagoya. Neuroscience 2009; 160:165-73. [PMID: 19248821 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.02.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2008] [Revised: 02/13/2009] [Accepted: 02/15/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Rolling mouse Nagoya (tg(rol)) is a spontaneously occurring P/Q-type voltage-gated Ca2+ channel (VGCC) mutant mouse. A P/Q-type VGCC with the tg(rol) mutation has lower voltage sensitivity of activation, and mice with a homozygous genotype (tg(rol)/tg(rol)) but not with a heterozygous genotype (tg(rol)/+) show impaired motor coordination of the hind limbs. To investigate the roles of P/Q-type VGCC in pain sensing mechanisms, behavioral responses of adult tg(rol) mice to thermal, mechanical and chemical nociceptive stimuli were examined by the plantar, tail-flick, von Frey and formalin tests. The latency of the withdrawal response to thermal stimuli in the plantar or tail-flick tests was significantly longer in tg(rol)/tg(rol) mice than in tg(rol)/+ and wild-type (+/+) mice, and in tg(rol)/+ mice than in +/+ mice. The withdrawal response to mechanical stimuli in the von Frey test was lower in tg(rol)/tg(rol) mice than in +/+ mice. Although the licking time during the first 5 min after the formalin injection was similar among all of the three genotypes, that during 5-60 min was significantly shorter in tg(rol)/tg(rol) mice than in tg(rol)/+ and +/+ mice, and in tg(rol)/+ mice than in +/+ mice. Artificial inflammation induced by injection of complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) into a hind paw significantly enhanced the withdrawal response recorded in the plantar and von Frey tests regardless of the mouse genotype. The CFA-enhanced response in the tg(rol)/tg(rol) mice was similar to the response in +/+ mice without the CFA injection. These results suggest that tg(rol) mutant mice show hypoalgesic responses caused by a lower sensitivity to nociceptive thermal, mechanical and chemical stimuli. It is concluded that the P/Q-type VGCC has a pro-nociceptive role and that the tg(rol) mutant mouse may be a useful tool to investigate the role of the P/Q-type VGCC in pain sensing mechanisms.
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- N Fukumoto
- Department of Veterinary Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, 101, South 4th, Koyama, Tottori 6808553, Japan
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Tanabe M, Nagatani Y, Saitoh K, Takasu K, Ono H. Pharmacological assessments of nitric oxide synthase isoforms and downstream diversity of NO signaling in the maintenance of thermal and mechanical hypersensitivity after peripheral nerve injury in mice. Neuropharmacology 2008; 56:702-8. [PMID: 19111753 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2008.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2008] [Revised: 12/01/2008] [Accepted: 12/07/2008] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) isoforms and NO downstream signal pathways involved spinally in the maintenance of thermal and mechanical hypersensitivity were assessed in a mouse model of neuropathic pain developing after partial ligation of the sciatic nerve. Intrathecal injection of the NOS inhibitor N(G)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME), the highly selective neuronal NOS (nNOS) inhibitor N(omega)-propyl-l-arginine and the potent selective inducible NOS (iNOS) inhibitor 2-amino-5,6-dihydro-6-methyl-4H-1,3-thiazine hydrochloride (AMT) exerted dose-dependent analgesic effects on thermal and mechanical hypersensitivity, which were assessed by the plantar and von Frey tests, respectively, suggesting that both nNOS and iNOS participate in producing NO to maintain neuropathic pain. Since the selective inhibitor of NO-sensitive guanylyl cyclase 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ) and the guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP)-dependent protein kinase (PKG) inhibitor Rp-8-pCPT-cGMPS intrathecally exerted dose-dependent analgesic effects on thermal and mechanical hypersensitivity, spinally released NO most likely stimulates the NO-cGMP-PKG pathway. Moreover, the superoxide dismutase mimetic 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPOL), a potent superoxide scavenger, reduced thermal and mechanical hypersensitivity when administered intrathecally, suggesting that spinal release of superoxide, which can then react with NO to produce peroxynitrite, also appears to mediate neuropathic pain. Finally, intrathecal injection of phenyl-N-tert-butylnitrone (PBN), a reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenger, ameliorated thermal and mechanical hypersensitivity, thus further confirming the importance of ROS including NO and superoxide in the maintenance of neuropathic pain. Together, the present results demonstrate that NO, produced presumably via nNOS and iNOS in the spinal cord, mediates the maintenance of neuropathic pain following peripheral nerve injury through both the NO-cGMP-PKG and the NO-peroxynitrite pathways.
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- Mitsuo Tanabe
- Laboratory of CNS Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, 3-1 Tanabe-dori, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8603, Japan.
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Hwang HJ, Kim P, Kim CJ, Lee HJ, Shim I, Yin CS, Yang Y, Hahm DH. Antinociceptive effect of amygdalin isolated from Prunus armeniaca on formalin-induced pain in rats. Biol Pharm Bull 2008; 31:1559-64. [PMID: 18670089 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.31.1559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Amygdalin is a plant glucoside isolated from the stones of rosaceous fruits, such as apricots, peaches, almond, cherries, and plums. To investigate the pain-relieving activity of amygdalin, we induced pain in rats through intraplantar injection of formalin, and evaluated the antinociceptive effect of amygdalin at doses of 0.1, 0.5, 1.0, and 10.0 mg/kg-body weight by observing nociceptive behavior such as licking, biting and shaking, the number of Fos-immunoreactive neurons in the spinal cord, and the mRNA expression of inflammatory cytokines in the plantar skin. The intramuscular injection of amygdalin significantly reduced the formalin-induced tonic pain in both early (the initial 10 min after formalin injection) and late phases (10-30 min following the initial formalin injection). During the late phase, amygdalin did reduce the formalin-induced pain in a dose-dependent manner in a dose range less than 1 mg/kg. Molecular analysis targeting c-Fos and inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-1 beta (IL-1beta) also showed a significant effect of amygdalin, which matched the results of the behavioral pain analysis. These results suggest that amygdalin is effective at alleviating inflammatory pain and that it can be used as an analgesic with anti-nociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities.
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- Hye-Jeong Hwang
- Acupuncture & Meridian Science Research Center, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea
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Governing role of primary afferent drive in increased excitation of spinal nociceptive neurons in a model of sciatic neuropathy. Exp Neurol 2008; 214:219-28. [PMID: 18773893 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2008.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2008] [Revised: 07/31/2008] [Accepted: 08/10/2008] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Previously we reported that the cuff model of peripheral neuropathy, in which a 2 mm polyethylene tube is implanted around the sciatic nerve, exhibits aspects of neuropathic pain behavior in rats similar to those in humans and causes robust hyperexcitation of spinal nociceptive dorsal horn neurons. The mechanisms mediating this increased excitation are not known and remain a key unresolved question in models of peripheral neuropathy. In anesthetized adult male Sprague-Dawley rats 2-6 weeks after cuff implantation we found that elevated discharge rate of single lumbar (L(3-4)) wide dynamic range (WDR) neurons persists despite acute spinal transection (T9) but is reversed by local conduction block of the cuff-implanted sciatic nerve; lidocaine applied distal to the cuff (i.e. between the cuff and the cutaneous receptive field) decreased spontaneous baseline discharge of WDR dorsal horn neurons approximately 40% (n=18) and when applied subsequently proximal to the cuff, i.e. between the cuff and the spinal cord, it further reduced spontaneous discharge by approximately 60% (n=19; P<0.05 proximal vs. distal) to a level that was not significantly different from that of naive rats. Furthermore, in cuff-implanted rats WDR neurons (n=5) responded to mechanical cutaneous stimulation with an exaggerated afterdischarge which was reversed entirely by proximal nerve conduction block. These results demonstrate that the hyperexcited state of spinal dorsal horn neurons observed in this model of peripheral neuropathy is not maintained by tonic descending facilitatory mechanisms. Rather, on-going afferent discharges originating from the sciatic nerve distal to, at, and proximal to the cuff maintain the synaptically-mediated gain in discharge of spinal dorsal horn WDR neurons and hyperresponsiveness of these neurons to cutaneous stimulation. Our findings reveal that ectopic afferent activity from multiple regions along peripheral nerves may drive CNS changes and the symptoms of pain associated with peripheral neuropathy.
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Dudhgaonkar SP, Tandan SK, Kumar D, Arunadevi R, Prakash VR. Synergistic interaction between meloxicam and aminoguanidine in formalin-induced nociception in mice. Eur J Pain 2007; 12:321-8. [PMID: 17703974 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2007.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2007] [Revised: 06/26/2007] [Accepted: 06/26/2007] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to examine the nature of interaction between cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor meloxicam and inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibitor aminoguanidine in formalin-induced nociception in mice and the possible therapeutic advantage. METHODS Antinociceptive effect of meloxicam (1, 3, 10 and 30 mg/kg, oral) and aminoguanidine (10, 30, 100 and 300 mg/kg, oral) and their combinations was examined in formalin-induced paw licking model in mice. Analysis of variance and isobolographic method were employed to identify the nature of antinociceptive interaction. RESULTS Higher doses of meloxicam (10 and 30 mg/kg) and aminoguanidine (100 and 300 mg/kg) produced significant reduction in paw licking time (antinociceptive) in late phase of formalin-induced nociception. Combination of sub-threshold dose of meloxicam (3 mg/kg) with increasing doses of aminoguanidine (10, 30, 100 and 300 mg/kg) resulted in synergistic antinociceptive effect. Similarly, co-administration of sub-threshold dose of aminoguanidine (30 mg/kg) with increasing doses of meloxicam (1, 3, 10 and 30 mg/kg) produced significant reduction in formalin-induced paw licking behaviour. The experimental ED(50) for combination with their confidence limits are below the confidence interval of theoretical line of additive interaction, suggesting synergistic nature of interaction between meloxicam and aminoguanidine in isobolographic analysis. CONCLUSION Co-administration of meloxicam and aminoguanidine showed synergistic antinociceptive effect which might possibly reduce gastrointestinal toxicity associated with the use of meloxicam.
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- Shailesh P Dudhgaonkar
- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, 243122 Uttar Pradesh, India
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Tsuda M, Ishii S, Masuda T, Hasegawa S, Nakamura K, Nagata K, Yamashita T, Furue H, Tozaki-Saitoh H, Yoshimura M, Koizumi S, Shimizu T, Inoue K. Reduced pain behaviors and extracellular signal-related protein kinase activation in primary sensory neurons by peripheral tissue injury in mice lacking platelet-activating factor receptor. J Neurochem 2007; 102:1658-1668. [PMID: 17662046 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.04796.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Peripheral tissue injury causes the release of various mediators from damaged and inflammatory cells, which in turn activates and sensitizes primary sensory neurons and thereby produces persistent pain. The present study investigated the role of platelet-activating factor (PAF), a phospholipid mediator, in pain signaling using mice lacking PAF receptor (pafr-/- mice). Here we show that pafr-/- mice displayed almost normal responses to thermal and mechanical stimuli but exhibit attenuated persistent pain behaviors resulting from tissue injury by locally injecting formalin at the periphery as well as capsaicin pain and visceral inflammatory pain without any alteration in cytoarchitectural or neurochemical properties in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons and a defect in motor function. However, pafr-/- mice showed no alterations in spinal pain behaviors caused by intrathecally administering agonists for N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) and neurokinin(1) receptors. A PAFR agonist evoked an intracellular Ca(2+) response predominantly in capsaicin-sensitive DRG neurons, an effect was not observed in pafr-/- mice. By contrast, the PAFR agonist did not affect C- or Adelta-evoked excitatory post-synaptic currents in substantia gelatinosa neurons in the dorsal horn. Interestingly, mice lacking PAFR showed reduced phosphorylation of extracellular signal-related protein kinase (ERK), an important kinase for the sensitization of primary sensory neurons, in their DRG neurons after formalin injection. Furthermore, U0126, a specific inhibitor of the ERK pathway suppressed the persistent pain by formalin. Thus, PAFR may play an important role in both persistent pain and the sensitization of primary sensory neurons after tissue injury.
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- Makoto Tsuda
- Department of Molecular and System Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanPrecursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO) of Japan Science and Technology Agency, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and System Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanPrecursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO) of Japan Science and Technology Agency, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and System Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanPrecursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO) of Japan Science and Technology Agency, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and System Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanPrecursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO) of Japan Science and Technology Agency, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and System Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanPrecursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO) of Japan Science and Technology Agency, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and System Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanPrecursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO) of Japan Science and Technology Agency, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and System Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanPrecursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO) of Japan Science and Technology Agency, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and System Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanPrecursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO) of Japan Science and Technology Agency, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and System Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanPrecursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO) of Japan Science and Technology Agency, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and System Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanPrecursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO) of Japan Science and Technology Agency, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and System Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanPrecursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO) of Japan Science and Technology Agency, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and System Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanPrecursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO) of Japan Science and Technology Agency, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and System Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanPrecursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO) of Japan Science and Technology Agency, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanDepartment of Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan
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Castellanos DA, Daniels LA, Morales MP, Hama AT, Sagen J. Expansion of formalin-evoked Fos-immunoreactivity in rats with a spinal cord injury. Neurosci Res 2007; 58:386-93. [PMID: 17531342 PMCID: PMC2211738 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2007.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2006] [Revised: 04/24/2007] [Accepted: 04/26/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Peripheral tissue injury as well as spinal cord injury (SCI) may lead to sensitization of dorsal horn neurons and alterations in nociceptive processing. Thus, peripheral injuries experienced by SCI patients, even if not initially perceived, could result in a persistent and widespread activation of dorsal horn neurons and emerge as chronic pain with interventive repair or modest recovery from SCI. To visualize the spinal neuron response to peripheral tissue injury following complete SCI in rats, the neural transcription factor Fos was quantitated in the spinal cord. Two weeks following either a complete transection of the spinal cord at the level of T8 or a sham surgery (laminectomy), rats were injected with formalin into the left hind paw. Sham-operated rats demonstrated biphasic hind paw pain-related behavior following formalin injection, but transected rats displayed fewer behaviors in the second (tonic) phase. Stereological analysis of the sham group revealed that the extent of formalin-induced Fos expression was within the lumbar dorsal horn, with numerous Fos-like immunoreactive profiles in the ipsilateral dorsal horn and some contralateral immunoreactive profiles. In contrast, the level of Fos-like immunoreactivity in the transected group was significantly elevated and expanded in range compared to the sham group, with increases observed in the normal laminar distribution regions, as well as multi-segmentally through sacral levels and increases in the contralateral dorsal horn segments. The data demonstrate that widespread activation of spinal, especially dorsal horn, neurons following peripheral insult can occur in the injured spinal cord, despite reduced pain responsiveness, and suggests that exaggerated pain may emerge as spinal recovery or repair progresses.
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- Daniel A Castellanos
- The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, R-48, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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Bai ZT, Liu T, Pang XY, Chai ZF, Ji YH. Suppression by intrathecal BmK IT2 on rat spontaneous pain behaviors and spinal c-Fos expression induced by formalin. Brain Res Bull 2007; 73:248-53. [PMID: 17562390 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2006] [Revised: 02/04/2007] [Accepted: 03/14/2007] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The central anti-nociception of BmK IT2, a sodium channel modulator from scorpion Buthus martensi Karsh (BmK) was investigated in this study. It was found that the formalin-induced rat spontaneous flinches and spinal c-Fos expression could be significantly suppressed by intrathecal BmK IT2 pre- or post-formalin injection in a dose-dependent manner. The time course of inhibitory effect exerted by intrathecal BmK IT2 on spontaneous flinches was longer in the pre-treatment group than in post-treatment group. This was consistent with the stronger suppression on spinal c-Fos expression exerted by intrathecal BmK IT2 pre-treatment. In addition, the suppression by intrathecal BmK IT2 on formalin-induced c-Fos expression in superficial laminae was more significant than that in deeper laminae. These results indicate that BmK IT2 can induce central anti-nociceptive response and might thus be a valuable molecular tool for the understanding of pain mechanisms.
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- Zhan-Tao Bai
- College of Life Sciences, Yanan University, Yanan 716000, PR China
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Butkevich IP, Barr GA, Vershinina EA. Sex differences in formalin-induced pain in prenatally stressed infant rats. Eur J Pain 2007; 11:888-94. [PMID: 17379552 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2007.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2006] [Revised: 01/29/2007] [Accepted: 02/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The aim of this work was to study the effects of prenatal stress on nociceptive responses in the formalin test in female and male infant (7-day-old) Long-Evans hooded rats. Prenatally stressed infant rats displayed biphasic flinching+ shaking behavior whereas non-stressed animals showed only a weak second phase. Pain sensitivity in prenatally stressed males was significantly greater than that of prenatally non-stressed males during the second phase only; there were no differences in pain sensitivity between prenatally stressed and non-stressed females. Moreover prenatally stressed male rats pups demonstrated that the second phase of the response to formalin was enhanced relative to the second phase in stressed females. The current and previous data [Butkevich IP, Barr GA, Mikhailenko VA, Otellin VA. Increased formalin-induced pain and expression of fos neurons in the lumbar spinal cord of prenatally stressed infants rats. Neurosci Lett 2006a;403:222-226] show increased tonic pain in prenatally stressed infant rats and a large increase in the number of formalin-induced fos-like immunoreactivity in the spinal cord dorsal horn. There is a concomitant decrease in serotonin-like immunoreactivity in the lumbar spinal cord dorsal horn [Butkevich IP, Barr GA, Otellin VA. Effect of prenatal stress on behavioral and neural indices of formalin-induced pain in infant rats. Abstracts, 35th Annual Meeting of Soc. For Neurosci. 2005a. Program No. 512.4 Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience]. Given the decreased level of perinatal testosterone in prenatally stressed rats to which infant males are more sensitive than females, we suggest that these hormonal, behavioral and neuronal indices are strongly interrelated in prenatally stressed 7-day-old rat pups and that the decreased surge of testosterone may contribute to the increased behavioral response in the second phase in male rat pups. Mechanisms underlying the behavioral pain response induced by inflammation in prenatally stressed rat pups are characterized by sexual dimorphism even prior to the activational effects of sex hormones.
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- Irina P Butkevich
- Laboratory of Ontogeny of Nervous System, I.P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology, The Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia.
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Guindon J, Desroches J, Beaulieu P. The antinociceptive effects of intraplantar injections of 2-arachidonoyl glycerol are mediated by cannabinoid CB2 receptors. Br J Pharmacol 2006; 150:693-701. [PMID: 17179944 PMCID: PMC2013873 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 2-arachidonoyl glycerol (2-AG) is an endogenous cannabinoid with central antinociceptive properties. Its degradation is catalysed by monoacylglycerol lipase (MGL) whose activity is inhibited by URB602, a new synthetic compound. The peripheral antinociceptive effects of 2-AG and URB602 in an inflammatory model of pain are not yet determined. We have evaluated these effects with and without the cannabinoid CB(1) (AM251) and CB(2) (AM630) receptor antagonists. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Inflammation was induced in rat hind paws by intraplantar injection of formalin. Nociception was assessed behaviourally over the next 60 min, in 19 experimental groups: (1) control; (2-6) 2-AG (0.01-100 microg); (7) AM251 (80 microg); (8) AM251+2-AG (10 microg); (9) AM630 (25 microg); (10) AM630+2-AG (10 microg); (11-16) URB602 (0.1-500 microg); (17) 2-AG+URB602 (ED(50)); (18) AM251+URB602 (ED(50)); (19) AM630+URB602 (ED(50)). Drugs were injected s.c. in the dorsal surface of the hind paw (50 microl), 15 min before formalin injection into the same paw. KEY RESULTS 2-AG and URB602 produced dose-dependent antinociceptive effects for the late phases of the formalin test with ED(50) of 0.65+/-0.455 mug and 68+/-14.3 microg, respectively. Their combination at ED(50) doses produced an additive antinociceptive effect. These effects were inhibited by AM630 but not by AM251 for 2-AG and by the two cannabinoid antagonists for URB602. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Locally injected 2-AG and URB602 decreased pain behaviour in a dose-dependent manner in an inflammatory model of pain. The antinociceptive effect of 2-AG was mediated by the CB(2) receptor.
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MESH Headings
- Analgesics, Non-Narcotic/administration & dosage
- Analgesics, Non-Narcotic/pharmacology
- Animals
- Arachidonic Acids/administration & dosage
- Arachidonic Acids/pharmacology
- Biphenyl Compounds/administration & dosage
- Biphenyl Compounds/pharmacology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Endocannabinoids
- Enzyme Inhibitors/administration & dosage
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Glycerides/administration & dosage
- Glycerides/pharmacology
- Indoles/administration & dosage
- Male
- Monoacylglycerol Lipases
- Pain Measurement
- Piperidines/administration & dosage
- Pyrazoles/administration & dosage
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB1/drug effects
- Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB1/metabolism
- Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB2/drug effects
- Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB2/metabolism
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- J Guindon
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal Québec, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal Québec, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal Québec, Canada
- Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal Québec, Canada
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Hu WP, Zhang C, Li JD, Luo ZD, Amadesi S, Bunnett N, Zhou QY. Impaired pain sensation in mice lacking prokineticin 2. Mol Pain 2006; 2:35. [PMID: 17107623 PMCID: PMC1660571 DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-2-35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2006] [Accepted: 11/15/2006] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Prokineticins (PKs), consisting of PK1 and PK2, are a pair of newly identified regulatory peptides. Two closely related G-protein coupled receptors, PKR1 and PKR2, mediate the signaling of PKs. PKs/PKRs participate in the regulation of diverse biological processes, ranging from development to adult physiology. A number of studies have indicated the involvement of PKs/PKRs in nociception. Here we show that PK2 is a sensitizer for nociception. Intraplantar injection of recombinant PK2 resulted in a strong and localized hyperalgesia with reduced thresholds to nociceptive stimuli. PK2 mobilizes calcium in dissociated dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. Mice lacking the PK2 gene displayed strong reduction in nociception induced by thermal and chemical stimuli, including capsaicin. However, PK2 mutant mice showed no difference in inflammatory response to capsaicin. As the majority of PK2-responsive DRG neurons also expressed transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV1) and exhibited sensitivity to capsaicin, TRPV1 is likely a significant downstream molecule of PK2 signaling. Taken together, these results reveal that PK2 sensitize nociception without affecting inflammation.
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- Wang-Ping Hu
- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Departments of Surgery and Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Departments of Surgery and Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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Luvisetto S, Marinelli S, Panasiti MS, D'Amato FR, Fletcher CF, Pavone F, Pietrobon D. Pain sensitivity in mice lacking the Ca(v)2.1alpha1 subunit of P/Q-type Ca2+ channels. Neuroscience 2006; 142:823-32. [PMID: 16890369 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.06.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2006] [Revised: 05/29/2006] [Accepted: 06/22/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The role of voltage-gated Ca(2+) (Ca(V)) channels in pain mechanisms has been the object of intense investigation using pharmacological approaches and, more recently, using mutant mouse models lacking the Ca(V)alpha(l) pore-forming subunit of N-, R- and T-type channels. The role of P/Q-type channels in nociception and pain transmission has been investigated by pharmacological approaches but remains to be fully elucidated. To address this issue, we have analyzed pain-related behavioral responses of null mutant mice for the Ca(V)2.1alpha(1) subunit of P/Q-type channels. Homozygous null mutant Ca(V)2.1alpha(1)-/- mice developed dystonia at 10-12 days after birth and did not survive past weaning. Tested at ages where motor deficit was either absent or very mild, Ca(V)2.1alpha(1)-/- mice showed reduced tail withdrawal latencies in the tail-flick test and reduced abdominal writhes in the acetic acid writhing test. Adult heterozygous Ca(V)2.1alpha(1)+/- mice did not show motor deficits in the rotarod and activity cage tests and did not show alterations in pain responses in the tail-flick test and the acetic acid writhing test. Strikingly, they showed a reduced licking response during the second phase of formalin-induced inflammatory pain and a reduced mechanical allodynia in the chronic constriction injury model of neuropathic pain. Our findings show that P/Q-type channels play an antinociceptive role in sensitivity to non-injurious noxious thermal stimuli and a pronociceptive role in inflammatory and neuropathic pain states, pointing to an important role of Ca(V)2.1 channels in central sensitization.
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- S Luvisetto
- CNR Institute of Neuroscience, Section of Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology, Via del Fosso di Fiorano 64, 00143 Roma, Italy.
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Huang J, Chang JY, Woodward DJ, Baccalá LA, Han JS, Wang JY, Luo F. Dynamic neuronal responses in cortical and thalamic areas during different phases of formalin test in rats. Exp Neurol 2006; 200:124-34. [PMID: 16603156 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2006.01.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2005] [Revised: 01/11/2006] [Accepted: 01/17/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Although formalin-induced activity in primary afferent fibers and spinal dorsal horn is well described, the forebrain neural basis underlying each phase of behavior in formalin test has not yet been clarified. The present study was designed to investigate the cortical and thalamic neuronal responses and interactions among forebrain areas during different phases after subcutaneous injection of formalin. Formalin-induced neuronal activities were simultaneously recorded from primary somatosensory cortex (SI), anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and medial dorsal (MD) and ventral posterior (VP) thalamus during different phases (i.e., first phase, interphase, second phase and third recovery phase starting from 70 min after injection) of formalin test, using a multi-channel, single-unit recording technique. Our results showed that, (i) unlike the responses in primary afferent fibers and spinal dorsal horn, many forebrain neurons displayed monophasic excitatory responses in the first hour after formalin injection, except a small portion of neurons which exhibited biphasic responses; (ii) the response patterns of many cortical and thalamic neurons changed from excitatory to inhibitory at the end of the second phase; (iii) the direction of information flow also changed dramatically, i.e., from cortex to thalamus and from the medial to the lateral pathway in the first hour, but reversed in phase 3. These results indicate that the changes of activity pattern in forebrain networks may underlie the emerging and subsiding of central sensitization-induced pain behavior in the second phase of formalin test.
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- Jin Huang
- Neuroscience Research Institute, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China
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Lindfors PH, Võikar V, Rossi J, Airaksinen MS. Deficient nonpeptidergic epidermis innervation and reduced inflammatory pain in glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor family receptor alpha2 knock-out mice. J Neurosci 2006; 26:1953-60. [PMID: 16481427 PMCID: PMC6674922 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4065-05.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Most unmyelinated nociceptive neurons that mediate pain and temperature sensation from the skin bind isolectin B4 (IB4)-lectin and express Ret, the common signaling component of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) family. One of these factors, neurturin, is expressed in the epidermis, whereas its GDNF family receptor alpha2 (GFRalpha2) is expressed in the majority of unmyelinated Ret-positive sensory neurons. However, the physiological roles of endogenous neurturin signaling in primary sensory neurons are poorly understood. Here, we show that the vast majority (approximately 85%) of IB4 binding and P2X3 purinoreceptor-positive neurons, but virtually none of the calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) or vanilloid receptor transient receptor potential vanilloid 1-positive neurons in mouse dorsal root ganglion (DRG) express GFRalpha2. In GFRalpha2 knock-out (KO) mice, the IB4-binding and P2X3-positive DRG neurons were present but reduced in size, consistent with normal number but reduced caliber of unmyelinated axons in a cutaneous nerve. Strikingly, nonpeptidergic (CGRP-negative) free nerve endings in footpad epidermis were >70% fewer in GFRalpha2-KO mice than in their wild-type littermates. In contrast, the density of CGRP-positive epidermal innervation remained unaffected. In the formalin test, the KO mice showed a normal acute response but a markedly attenuated persistent phase, indicating a deficit in inflammatory pain response. Behavioral responses of GFRalpha2-KO mice to innocuous warm and noxious heat were not blunted; the mice were actually markedly hypersensitive to noxious cold in tail immersion test. Overall, our results indicate a critical role for endogenous GFRalpha2 signaling in maintaining the size and terminal innervation of the nonpeptidergic class of cutaneous nociceptors in vivo.
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Kim OS, Lee WY, Yoo BH, Lim YH, Kim SO. Improvement of Spinal Central Pain by Brachial Plexus Block -A case report-. Korean J Pain 2006. [DOI: 10.3344/kjp.2006.19.2.241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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- Ok Sun Kim
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Sanggye Paik Hospital, college of Medicine, Inje University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Sanggye Paik Hospital, college of Medicine, Inje University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Sanggye Paik Hospital, college of Medicine, Inje University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Sanggye Paik Hospital, college of Medicine, Inje University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Dental Hospital, School of Dentistry, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea
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You HJ, Cao DY, Yuan B, Arendt-Nielsen L. Sex differences in the responses of spinal wide-dynamic range neurons to subcutaneous formalin and in the effects of different frequencies of conditioning electrical stimulation. Neuroscience 2006; 138:1299-307. [PMID: 16426769 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.11.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2005] [Revised: 11/14/2005] [Accepted: 11/20/2005] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate sex-related differences in nociception elicited by s.c. injection of different concentrations (1-5%) of formalin. S.c. formalin-induced biphasic (early and late phases) persistent nociception was assessed by extracellularly recording the spontaneous activities of single spinal dorsal horn wide-dynamic range neurons in anesthetized male and female rats. The nociceptive responses of the dorsal horn wide-dynamic range neurons following s.c. injection of 5%, but not 1% and 2.5%, formalin in female rats were significantly stronger than the responses obtained in male rats. However, these concentration-dependent differences with respect to different sexes existed only in the late, but not the early, phase of formalin-induced nociception in intact, not spinal rats. The 5% formalin-induced late phase nociception in male rats was significantly depressed by 15 min of repeated conditioning electrical stimulation at a frequency of 5 Hz as well as 50 Hz during and after the period of conditioning electrical stimulation (intensity: 1 mA; pulse duration: 1 ms). In contrast, the inhibitory effect of 50 Hz conditioning electrical stimulation on the 5% formalin-elicited late phase response in female rats was markedly greater in magnitude and longer in duration than that of 5 Hz conditioning electrical stimulation. No significant depressive effects of 5 Hz conditioning electrical stimulation on formalin-induced nociception were found in female rats, indicating that the distinct effects of conditioning electrical stimulation at different frequencies are different in animals of opposite sexes. In conclusion, s.c. administration of different concentrations of formalin shows a distinct sex-related difference in its late tonic nociception of spinal nociceptive sensory neurons. Sex differences in formalin-induced tonic nociception are stimulus intensity dependent and related to the modulation from the supraspinal regions. S.c. formalin-induced late phase nociception in female rats is only sensitive to depression at a frequency of 50 Hz, but not 5 Hz, of conditioning electrical stimulation. This suggests that the involvement of the central mechanisms in the antinociceptive effects of conditioning electrical stimulation may be different at various frequencies of stimulation.
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- H-J You
- Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction, Laboratory for Experimental Pain Research, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7 D-3, DK-9220 Aalborg, Denmark.
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Sevostianova N, Danysz W, Bespalov AY. Analgesic effects of morphine and loperamide in the rat formalin test: interactions with NMDA receptor antagonists. Eur J Pharmacol 2005; 525:83-90. [PMID: 16297905 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2005.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2005] [Revised: 09/27/2005] [Accepted: 10/07/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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To reveal peripheral components of opiate analgesia, effects of loperamide, opioid agonist which does not penetrate the blood-brain barrier, were examined in formalin and acute thermal pain tests in comparison with morphine. Formalin administration induces pain behaviour such licking/biting of injected paw expressed as two phases. The first phase is caused by C-fibre activation due to peripheral stimulation, the second phase attributed to ongoing input from peripheral site, leading to spinal hyperexcitability, which is dependent on N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor activation. Loperamide (3-10 mg/kg) and morphine (6 mg/kg) reduced formalin-induced nociceptive behaviours and these effects were reversed by naloxone methiodide (0.03-10 mg/kg), opioid receptor antagonist which poorly penetrates the blood-brain barrier. Loperamide action was enhanced only by centrally active NMDA receptor antagonists memantine (3 mg/kg) and CGP 37849 (3 mg/kg), but not by NMDA/glycineB receptor antagonists showing weak or no central nervous system (CNS) activity. Present results suggest that central NMDA receptor blockade may be necessary to enhance analgesia induced through peripheral opioid mechanisms in formalin-evoked nociception.
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- Natalja Sevostianova
- Merz Pharmaceuticals GmbH, Eckenheimer Landstrasse 100, 60318 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Mravec B, Bodnar I, Uhereczky G, Nagy GM, Kvetnansky R, Palkovits M. Formalin attenuates the stress-induced increase in plasma epinephrine levels. J Neuroendocrinol 2005; 17:727-32. [PMID: 16219001 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2005.01365.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Subcutaneous (s.c.) injection of formalin into rats is frequently used as a painful stressor that produces a three-phase nociceptive response. We have shown previously that s.c. administered formalin (0.2 ml of 4% solution per 100 g body weight) unexpectedly attenuated the increase of plasma epinephrine levels in rats exposed to exteroceptive stressors (handling, immobilisation). To clarify the mechanism(s) responsible for this phenomenon, the effect of formalin applications on epinephrine plasma levels was investigated in various experimental conditions. Subcutaneous application of formalin combined with exposures of animals to an interoceptive stressor, insulin-induced hypoglycaemia, significantly attenuated the stress-induced increase in plasma epinephrine levels, whereas plasma norepinephrine levels remained highly elevated. Moreover, administration of formalin to unstressed animals also manifested signs of an attenuated epinephrine secretion. Interestingly, intraperitoneal administration of formalin did not reduce the elevated levels of plasma epinephrine. We suggest that formalin attenuates epinephrine secretion from the adrenal medulla most probably via irritation of s.c. somatosensory receptors. We hypothesise that the irritation of the primary sensory afferents fibres might reduce the activity of the sympathetic preganglionic neurones innervating adrenal medullary chromaffin cells. Further investigations are required to establish whether the observed reduction of epinephrine secretion from the adrenal medulla is controlled by either spinal or supraspinal neuronal circuits.
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- B Mravec
- Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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