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There is a growing body of evidence indicating that glial cells have causal role in the pathogenesis of pain hypersensitivity following nerve injury. We aimed to examine how chronic constriction injury (CCI) to the sciatic nerve infl uences glia activity markers, cytokine levels and expression of mGlu receptors in the spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia (DRG) as well as features of the neuropathic pain, such as allodynia and hyperalgesia in rats and mice. Our study showed that glial markers (C1q, GFAP), interleukins (IL-1β, IL-6) and mGlu receptor (mGlu5, mGlu3) mRNAs were strongly elevated ipsilaterally in the spinal cord after CCI. Microglial cells were more activated in the spinal cord in contrast to DRG where astrocytic activation prevailed. In the ipsilateral DRG, IL-1α, IL-6, and IL-10 mRNA levels were increased. Western blot analysis showed the presence of IL-1α protein in the DRG and down-regulation of these proteins after CCI. Minocycline and/or pentoxifylline administration reversed the injury-induced changes in glia markers and mGlu receptor mRNAs and protein levels, and signifi cantly attenuated CCI-induced allodynia and hyperalgesia. The implication of glial activation paralleled with upregulation of mGlu receptors in neurodegenerative processes suggests that pharmacological targeting of spinal microglia in chronic pain may provide an effective therapy for controlling clinical pain syndromes. Support: statutory funds of the Institute of Pharmacology, PAS.
Neuropathic pain constitutes a serious therapeutic problem. In most cases polytherapy is necessary. Tramadol and antidepressants have common mechanisms of action and are frequently used together in clinical practice, thus interaction between them is very important. In the present study isobolographic analysis for equivalent doses of drugs was applied to examine the nature of interaction between tramadol and doxepin or venlafaxine in a neuropathic pain model in rats. Allodynia and hyperalgesia were assessed after intraperitoneal administration of each drug alone or in combination. Dose response curves were obtained and ED50 doses were calculated. All drugs were effective in reducing thermal hyperalgesia and mechanical allodynia, however doxepin was more effective than venlafaxine. Combined administration of tramadol and doxepin demonstrated synergistic action in reducing thermal hyperalgesia and additive action in reducing mechanical allodynia. Combined administration of tramadol and venlafaxine showed additive action in reducing hyperalgesia and allodynia. Moreover, combined administration of tramadol and doxepin was more effective than combined administration of tramadol and venlafaxine. The experiments demonstrated that the nature of interaction between tramadol and doxepin is synergistic, which is not the case for tramadol and venlafaxine, what provides a valuable information referring to clinical practice, rationalizing administration of such drug combination.
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common degenerative joint disease, which leads to pain during joint loading and to chronic physical disability. The management of OA is often frustrating for both patients and physicians as adequate pain relief is difficult to achieve and no treatment modality seems to reverse the disease progression. Clearly, OA is a large, unmet medical need, there is a strong need to develop new treatments for OA. Considerable evidence has uncovered new mechanisms underlying the generation and transduction of pain, many of which represent new targets for pharmacological intervention. The endogenous agonist of cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1), anandamide (AEA), also stimulates transient receptor potential vanilloid channel-1 (TRPV1) channels, which instead plays a key role in the induction of inflammation and the development of pain associated with OA. AEA degradation by fatty acid amides hydrolase (FAAH) limits its activity. Inhibiting FAAH, and TRPV1 with the same molecule might produce more efficacious anti-hyperalgesic actions than the targeting of FAAH or TRPV1 alone. An update of the relationship CB1 and TRPV1 channels and their possible implications for OA pain will also be provided. Bases for the possible future development of new therapeutic approaches that might be used for the treatment of pain will be suggested.
Development of neuropathic pain is accompanied by many changes in immune and glial cells. These changes correspond to activation of immune and glial cells that have been shown to influence the opioid effectiveness and can be modulated by minocycline (a potent inhibitor of microglial activation). In earlier study we have demonstrated that function of opioidergic neurons may be modulated by the immune system. These changes have been shown to be responsible for the efficacy of opioids. The aim of our study was to examine the effect of the minocycline-triggered inhibition of microglia activation on the injury-induced changes and the efficacy of mu and delta opioid receptor ligands in a rat model of neuropathic pain (chronic constriction injury to the sciatic nerve). In cell culture studies, we examined the influence of opioids (morphine, DAMGO, DPDPE, deltorphin II) on activated primary cultured rat microglia by using MTT and/or NO assays. All experiments were performed according to the IASP recommendations and were approved by a local Bioethics Committee. On the spinal cord level the injury to the sciatic nerve induced an up-regulation of IL-1beta, IL-6 expression, CX3CR1 and C1q (marker of microglia, macrophage and leukocyte activation). Chronic administration of minocycline not only diminished neuropathic pain-related behavior and C1q-positive cell activation, but also attenuate the changes in proinflammatory factors like IL1beta, IL-6 and CX3CR1 in the spinal cord and DRG. In in vivo experiments, the analgesic effects of mu-opioid (morphine and DAMGO), but not delta-opioid (DPDPE, deltorphin II) receptor ligands were lower in the rats under neuropathic pain. Moreover, the analgesic effects of morphine and DAMGO, but not DPDPE and deltorphin II were significantly potentiated by minocycline chronic administration. Our in vitro findings that non-stimulated microglia cells respond differently to opioids in comparisons with stimulated cells as measured by MTT and/or NO assays, corresponded well with the results of in vivo studies. Our study underlined that inhibition of microglial activation could differently influence analgesic effects of mu- but not delta-opioid ligands in injury-induced pathologies, which may influence the effect of various opioid drugs used in chronic pain therapy.
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