Electroacupuncture Alleviates Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Neuropathic Pain via the TRPV1-Mediated CaMKII/CREB Pathway in Rats.
J Mol Neurosci
; 74(3): 79, 2024 Aug 20.
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ABSTRACT
Diabetic neuropathic pain (DNP) is a diabetic complication that causes severe pain and deeply impacts the quality of the sufferer's daily life. Currently, contemporary clinical treatments for DNP generally exhibit a deficiency in effectiveness. Electroacupuncture (EA) is recognized as a highly effective and safe treatment for DNP with few side effects. Regrettably, the processes via which EA alleviates DNP are still poorly characterized. Transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) and phosphorylated calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (p-CaMKII) are overexpressed on spinal cord dorsal horn (SCDH) in DNP rats, and co-localization is observed between them. Capsazepine, a TRPV1 antagonist, effectively reduced nociceptive hypersensitivity and downregulated the overexpression of phosphorylated CaMKIIα in rats with DNP. Conversely, the CaMKII inhibitor KN-93 did not have any impact on TRPV1. EA alleviated heightened sensitivity to pain caused by nociceptive stimuli and downregulated the level of TRPV1, p-CaMKIIα, and phosphorylated cyclic adenosine monophosphate response element-binding protein (p-CREB) in DNP rats. Intrathecal injection of capsaicin, on the other hand, reversed the above effects of EA. These findings indicated that the CaMKII/CREB pathway on SCDH is located downstream of TRPV1 and is affected by TRPV1. EA alleviates DNP through the TRPV1-mediated CaMKII/CREB pathway.
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Electroacupuntura
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Ratas Sprague-Dawley
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Proteína de Unión a Elemento de Respuesta al AMP Cíclico
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Neuropatías Diabéticas
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Canales Catiónicos TRPV
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Proteína Quinasa Tipo 2 Dependiente de Calcio Calmodulina
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Animals
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J Mol Neurosci
Asunto de la revista:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
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NEUROLOGIA
Año:
2024
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Article
País de afiliación:
China