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Abstract Title:

Electroacupuncture induces antihyperalgesic effect through endothelin-B receptor in the chronic phase of a mouse model of complex regional pain syndrome type I.

Abstract Source:

Pflugers Arch. 2018 12 ;470(12):1815-1827. Epub 2018 Aug 10. PMID: 30094478

Abstract Author(s):

Leidiane Mazzardo-Martins, Daiana Cristina Salm, Elisa C Winkelmann-Duarte, Júlia Koerich Ferreira, Daniela Dero Lüdtke, Kamilla Pamplona Frech, Luiz Augusto Oliveira Belmonte, Verônica Vargas Horewicz, Anna Paula Piovezan, Francisco José Cidral-Filho, Ari Ojeda Ocampo Moré, Daniel Fernandes Martins

Article Affiliation:

Leidiane Mazzardo-Martins

Abstract:

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a disorder that involves abnormal inflammation and nerve dysfunction frequently resistant to a broad range of treatments. Peripheral nerve stimulation with electroacupuncture (EA) has been widely used in different clinical conditions to control pain and inflammation; however, the use of EA in the treatment of CRPS is under investigation. In this study, we explore the effects of EA on hyperalgesia and edema induced in an animal model of chronic post-ischemia pain (CPIP model) and the possible involvement of endothelin receptor type B (ET) in this effect. Female Swiss mice were subjected to 3 h hind paw ischemia/reperfusion CPIP model. EA treatment produced time-dependent inhibition of mechanical and cold hyperalgesia, as well as edema in CPIP mice. Peripheral administration (i.pl.) of BQ-788 (10 nmol), an ETantagonist, prevented EA-induced antihyperalgesia while intrathecal administration prolonged EA's effect. Additionally, peripheral pre-treatment with sarafotoxin (SRTX S6c, 30 pmol, ETagonist) increased EA anti-hyperalgesic effect. Furthermore, the expression of peripheral ETreceptors was increased after EA treatments, as measured by western blot. These results may suggest that EA's analgesic effect is synergic with ETreceptor activation in the periphery, as well as central (spinal cord) ETreceptor blockade. These data support the use of EA as a nonpharmacological approach for the management of CRPS-I, in an adjuvant manner to ETreceptor targeting drugs.

Study Type : Animal Study

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