Carrageenan-induced thermal hyperalgesia in the mouse: role of nerve growth factor and the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway.
Brain Res
; 876(1-2): 48-54, 2000 Sep 08.
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| ID: mdl-10973592
ABSTRACT
NGF is an important link between inflammation and hyperalgesia and interacts with many different mediators of inflammation, including the MAPK signaling pathway. In these studies, carrageenan-induced thermal hyperalgesia was evaluated in the mouse and the role of NGF and the MAPK pathway investigated. Carrageenan induced a time-dependent inflammation and thermal hyperalgesia, which was maximal 4 h post administration. Both indomethacin (0.3, 1.0 and 10 mg/kg s.c., 30 min pre-carrageenan) and morphine (0.4, 1.2, 4.0 mg/kg; s.c., 30 min pre-hyperalgesia measurement) significantly inhibited carrageenan-induced thermal hyperalgesia and indomethicin inhibited paw inflammation, demonstrating the model as suitable for the assessment of anti-hyperalgesic and anti-inflammatory agents. Anti-NGF (0.67 mg/kg sc, 60 min pre-carrageenan) produced a significant inhibition of thermal hyperalgesia, but not inflammation. NGF itself produced a time-dependent hyperalgesia, but not inflammation, following intraplantar injection. The specific MAPK pathway inhibitor, PD98059 (0.1, 0.3 and 1 mg/kg sc, 30 min pre-carrageenan) significantly inhibited carrageenan-induced hyperalgesia, but not inflammation. These data demonstrate a role for both NGF and the MAPK signaling pathway in the production of thermal hyperalgesia, but not inflammation, in the mouse.
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01-internacional
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Assunto principal:
Carragenina
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Proteínas Quinases Ativadas por Mitógeno
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Fator de Crescimento Neural
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Temperatura Alta
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Hiperalgesia
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Brain Res
Ano de publicação:
2000
Tipo de documento:
Article