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Weiss MN, Mocci E, Zhu S, Davenport MJ, English E, Renn CL, Dorsey SG. Nociceptive and Transcriptomic Responses in a Swine Diabetic Wound Model Treated With a Topical Angiotensin 1 Receptor Antagonist. Nurs Res 2024; 73:118-125. [PMID: 37916845 PMCID: PMC10922245 DOI: 10.1097/nnr.0000000000000704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Painful, treatment-resistant wounds are prevalent among diabetic patients and significantly affect health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Topical treatments may help alleviate pain without risk of dependence or side effects. However, there is a lack of topical wound compounds targeting pain-specific receptors. One possible target is proinflammatory angiotensin 1 receptor (AT1R), which is upregulated in diabetic skin and has been implicated in nociception. OBJECTIVES We investigated the effects of topical valsartan, an AT1R antagonist, on pain (nociceptive thresholds) and gene expression changes (transcriptomics) in a swine model of diabetic wounds. METHODS Eight wounds were surgically induced in diabetic, hyperglycemic Yucatan miniature swine ( n = 4). Topical AT1R antagonist was applied to wounds on one side and vehicle on the other side. Nocifensive testing was conducted at baseline and then weekly, beginning 7 days after wound induction. Mechanical and thermal stimuli were applied to the wound margins until a nocifensive reaction was elicited or a predetermined cutoff was reached. After 7 weeks of testing, tissue from the dorsal horn, dorsal root ganglion, and wounds were sequenced and analyzed with DESeq2. Unbiased pathway analyses using Metascape were conducted on differentially expressed genes. RESULTS There was no significant difference in mechanical tolerance threshold between AT1R antagonist-treated and vehicle-treated wounds ( p = .106). Thermal tolerance was significantly higher in AT1R antagonist-treated wounds compared to vehicle-treated ( p = .015). Analysis of differentially expressed genes revealed enriched pathways of interest: interleukin-18 signaling in dorsal horn laminae IV-V and sensory perception of mechanical stimulus in wound tissue. DISCUSSION In this study, wounds modeling diabetic ulcers were created in hyperglycemic swine and treated with a topical AT1R antagonist. AT1R-antagonist-treated wounds had a higher tolerance threshold than vehicle-treated wounds for thermal hyperalgesia, but not mechanical allodynia. Pathway analyses of differentially expressed genes revealed several pathways of interest for future pain research. Although further studies are needed to confirm the findings, this study can improve nursing care by providing information about a potential future treatment that may be used to decrease pain and improve HRQOL in patients with diabetic wounds.
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Hilgart DR, Iversen MM, Peters AY, Zabriskie MS, Hoareau GL, Vapniarsky N, Clark GA, Shah LM, Rieke V. Non-invasive central nervous system assessment of a porcine model of neuropathic pain demonstrates increased latency of somatosensory-evoked potentials. J Neurosci Methods 2023; 396:109934. [PMID: 37524248 PMCID: PMC10530261 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2023.109934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Revised: 07/01/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND The study of chronic pain and its treatments requires a robust animal model with objective and quantifiable metrics. Porcine neuropathic pain models have been assessed with peripheral pain recordings and behavioral responses, but thus far central nervous system electrophysiology has not been investigated. This work aimed to record non-invasive, somatosensory-evoked potentials (SEPs) via electroencephalography in order to quantitatively assess chronic neuropathic pain induced in a porcine model. NEW METHOD Peripheral neuritis trauma (PNT) was induced unilaterally in the common peroneal nerve of domestic farm pigs, with the contralateral leg serving as the control for each animal. SEPs were generated by stimulation of the peripheral nerves distal to the PNT and were recorded non-invasively using transcranial electroencephalography (EEG). The P30 wave of the SEP was analyzed for latency changes. RESULTS P30 SEPs were successfully recorded with non-invasive EEG. PNT resulted in significantly longer P30 SEP latencies (p < 0.01 [n = 8]) with a median latency increase of 14.3 [IQR 5.0 - 17.5] ms. Histological results confirmed perineural inflammatory response and nerve damage around the PNT nerves. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHOD(S) Control P30 SEPs were similar in latency and amplitude to those previously recorded invasively in healthy pigs. Non-invasive recordings have numerous advantages over invasive measures. CONCLUSIONS P30 SEP latency can serve as a quantifiable neurological measure that reflects central nervous system processing in a porcine model of chronic pain. Advancing the development of a porcine chronic pain model will facilitate the translation of experimental therapies into human clinical trials.
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- David R Hilgart
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Pathology Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
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Fuller AM, Bharde S, Sikandar S. The mechanisms and management of persistent postsurgical pain. FRONTIERS IN PAIN RESEARCH 2023; 4:1154597. [PMID: 37484030 PMCID: PMC10357043 DOI: 10.3389/fpain.2023.1154597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 06/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023] Open
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An estimated 10%-50% of patients undergoing a surgical intervention will develop persistent postsurgical pain (PPP) lasting more than 3 months despite adequate acute pain management and the availability of minimally invasive procedures. The link between early and late pain outcomes for surgical procedures remains unclear-some patients improve while others develop persistent pain. The elective nature of a surgical procedure offers a unique opportunity for prophylactic or early intervention to prevent the development of PPP and improve our understanding of its associated risk factors, such as pre-operative anxiety and the duration of severe acute postoperative pain. Current perioperative pain management strategies often include opioids, but long-term consumption can lead to tolerance, addiction, opioid-induced hyperalgesia, and death. Pre-clinical models provide the opportunity to dissect mechanisms underpinning the transition from acute to chronic, or persistent, postsurgical pain. This review highlights putative mechanisms of PPP, including sensitisation of peripheral sensory neurons, neuroplasticity in the central nervous system and nociceptive signalling along the neuro-immune axis.
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Schneider T, Filip J, Soares S, Sohns K, Carr R, Rukwied R, Schmelz M. Optimized Electrical Stimulation of C-Nociceptors in Humans Based on the Chronaxie of Porcine C-Fibers. THE JOURNAL OF PAIN 2023; 24:957-969. [PMID: 36681314 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2023.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Revised: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Classically, to electrically excite C-nociceptors, rectangular pulses are used with a duration close to the estimated chronaxie of C-fibres (about 2 ms). Recent results using slow depolarizing stimuli suggest longer chronaxies. We therefore set out to optimize C-fiber stimulation based on recordings of single C-nociceptors in-vivo and C-fiber compound-action-potentials (C-CAP) ex-vivo using half-sine shaped stimuli of durations between 1 and 250ms. Single fiber (n = 45) recording in pigs revealed high chronaxie values for C-touch fibers (15.8 ms), polymodal- (14.2 ms) and silent-nociceptors (16.8 ms). Activation thresholds decreased 2 to 3-fold in all fibre classes when increasing the duration of half-sine pulses from 1 to 25 ms (P < .05). C-CAPs strength-duration curves of the pig saphenous nerve (n = 7) showed the highest sensitivity for half-sine durations between 10 and 25 ms. Half-maximum currents for C-CAPS were reduced 3-fold compared to rectangular pulses (P < .01) whereas the opposite was found for A-fiber compound action potentials. Psychophysics in humans (n = 23) revealed that half-sine stimulus durations >10 ms reduced detection thresholds, pain thresholds, and stimulus current amplitudes required to generate a pain rating of 3 on an 11-point Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) as compared to 1 ms rectangular pulses (P < 0.05). Increasing the duration from 1 to 25 ms led to a 4-fold amplitude reduction for pain-thresholds and stimuli caused an axon-reflex flare. Excitability of single polymodal nociceptors in animals paralleled human psychophysics and we conclude optimized half-sine pulses facilitate C-nociceptor activation. PERSPECTIVE: Electrical stimulation with longer lasting half-sine wave pulses preferentially activates C-nociceptors and changes in the strength duration curve may identify nociceptor hyperexcitability in patients with neuropathic pain.
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- Tobias Schneider
- Department of Experimental Pain Research, Mannheim Center Translational Neuroscience (MCTN), Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Chronic Pain Unit, Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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- Department of Experimental Pain Research, Mannheim Center Translational Neuroscience (MCTN), Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Pain Research, Mannheim Center Translational Neuroscience (MCTN), Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Pain Research, Mannheim Center Translational Neuroscience (MCTN), Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Pain Research, Mannheim Center Translational Neuroscience (MCTN), Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Pain Research, Mannheim Center Translational Neuroscience (MCTN), Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Pain Research, Mannheim Center Translational Neuroscience (MCTN), Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Werland F, de Col R, Hirth M, Turnquist B, Schmelz M, Obreja O. Mechanical sensitization, increased axonal excitability, and spontaneous activity in C-nociceptors after ultraviolet B irradiation in pig skin. Pain 2021; 162:2002-2013. [PMID: 33449511 DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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ABSTRACT Ultraviolet B (UVB) irradiation induces hyperalgesia in human and animal pain models. We investigated mechanical sensitization, increase in axonal excitability, and spontaneous activity in different C-nociceptor classes after UVB in pig skin. We focused on units with receptive fields covering both irradiated and nonirradiated skin allowing intraindividual comparisons. Thirty-five pigs were irradiated in a chessboard pattern, and extracellular single-fibre recordings were obtained 10 to 28 hours later (152 fibers). Units from the contralateral hind limb served as a control (n = 112). Irradiated and nonirradiated parts of the same innervation territory were compared in 36 neurons; low threshold C-touch fibers (n = 10) and sympathetic efferents (n = 2) were unchanged, but lower mechanical thresholds and higher discharge frequency at threshold were found in mechanosensitive nociceptors (n = 12). Half of them could be activated with nonnoxious brush stimuli in the sunburn. Four of 12 mechanoinsensitive nociceptors were found sensitized to mechanical stimulation in the irradiated part of the receptive field. Activity-dependent slowing of conduction was reduced in the irradiated and in the nonirradiated skin as compared with the control leg, whereas increased ability to follow high stimulation frequencies was restricted to the sunburn (108.5 ± 37 Hz UVB vs 6.3 ± 1 Hz control). Spontaneous activity was more frequent in the sunburn (72/152 vs 31/112). Mechanical sensitization of primary nociceptors and higher maximum after frequency are suggested to contribute to primary hyperalgesia, whereas the spontaneous activity of silent nociceptors might offer a mechanistic link contributing to ongoing pain and facilitated induction of spinal sensitization.
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- Fiona Werland
- Department of Experimental Pain Research, MCTN, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Pain Research, MCTN, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Pain Research, MCTN, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Bethel University, Saint Paul, MI, United States . Dr. Obreja is now with the Klinik für Rheumatologie und Schmerzmedizin, Bethesda Spital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Experimental Pain Research, MCTN, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Pain Research, MCTN, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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Kankowski S, Grothe C, Haastert-Talini K. Neuropathic pain: Spotlighting anatomy, experimental models, mechanisms, and therapeutic aspects. Eur J Neurosci 2021; 54:4475-4496. [PMID: 33942412 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.15266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 04/19/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The International Association for the Study of Pain defines neuropathic pain as "pain arising as a direct consequence of a lesion or disease affecting the somatosensory system". The associated changes can be observed in the peripheral as well as the central nervous system. The available literature discusses a wide variety of causes as predisposing for the development and amplification of neuropathic pain. Further, key interactions within sensory pathways have been discovered, but no common molecular mechanism leading to neuropathic pain has been identified until now. In the first part of this review, the pain mediating lateral spinothalamic tract is described. Different in vivo models are presented that allow studying trauma-, chemotherapy-, virus-, and diabetes-induced neuropathic pain in rodents. We furthermore discuss approaches to assess neuropathic pain in these models. Second, the current knowledge about cellular and molecular mechanisms suggested to underlie the development of neuropathic pain is presented and discussed. A summary of established therapies that are already applied in the clinic and novel, promising approaches closes the paper. In conclusion, the established animal models are able to emulate the diversity of neuropathic pain observed in the clinics. However, the assessment of neuropathic pain in the presented in vivo models should be improved. The determination of common molecular markers with suitable in vitro models would simplify the assessment of neuropathic pain in vivo. This would furthermore provide insights into common molecular mechanisms of the disease and establish a basis to search for satisfying therapeutic approaches.
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- Svenja Kankowski
- Institute of Neuroanatomy and Cell Biology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroanatomy and Cell Biology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany.,Center for Systems Neuroscience (ZNS) Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroanatomy and Cell Biology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany.,Center for Systems Neuroscience (ZNS) Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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Werland F, Hirth M, Rukwied R, Ringkamp M, Turnquist B, Jorum E, Namer B, Schmelz M, Obreja O. Maximum axonal following frequency separates classes of cutaneous unmyelinated nociceptors in the pig. J Physiol 2021; 599:1595-1610. [DOI: 10.1113/jp280269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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- Fiona Werland
- Department of Experimental Pain Research, MCTN Medical Faculty Mannheim Heidelberg University Mannheim Germany
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- Department of Experimental Pain Research, MCTN Medical Faculty Mannheim Heidelberg University Mannheim Germany
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- Department of Experimental Pain Research, MCTN Medical Faculty Mannheim Heidelberg University Mannheim Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery Johns Hopkins University Baltimore MD USA
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Bethel University MN USA
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- Section of Clinical Neurophysiology, Department of Neurology Oslo University Hospital Oslo Norway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine University of Oslo Oslo Norway
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- IZKF Neuroscience Research Group, University Hospital RWTH Aachen and Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology University of Erlangen‐Nuremberg Erlangen Germany
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- Department of Experimental Pain Research, MCTN Medical Faculty Mannheim Heidelberg University Mannheim Germany
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- Department of Experimental Pain Research, MCTN Medical Faculty Mannheim Heidelberg University Mannheim Germany
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Behrendt M. Transient receptor potential channels in the context of nociception and pain - recent insights into TRPM3 properties and function. Biol Chem 2020; 400:917-926. [PMID: 30844758 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2018-0455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Accepted: 02/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Potential harmful stimuli like heat, mechanical pressure or chemicals are detected by specialized cutaneous nerve fiber endings of nociceptor neurons in a process called nociception. Acute stimulation results in immediate protective reflexes and pain sensation as a normal, physiological behavior. However, ongoing (chronic) pain is a severe pathophysiological condition with diverse pathogeneses that is clinically challenging because of limited therapeutic options. Therefore, an urgent need exists for new potent and specific analgesics without afflicting adverse effects. Recently, TRPM3, a member of the superfamily of transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channels, has been shown to be expressed in nociceptors and to be involved in the detection of noxious heat (acute pain) as well as inflammatory hyperalgesia (acute and chronic pain). Current results in TRPM3 research indicate that this ion channel might not only be part of yet unraveled mechanisms underlying chronic pain but also has the potential to become a clinically relevant pharmacological target of future analgesic strategies. The aim of this review is to summarize and present the basic features of TRPM3 proteins and channels, to highlight recent findings and developments and to provide an outlook on emerging directions of TRPM3 research in the field of chronic pain.
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- Marc Behrendt
- Experimental Pain Research, Heidelberg University, Medical Faculty Mannheim, CBTM, Tridomus, Building C, Ludolf-Krehl-Straße 13-17, D-68167 Mannheim, Germany
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Mechanisms of acute and chronic pain after surgery: update from findings in experimental animal models. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 2019; 31:575-585. [PMID: 30028733 DOI: 10.1097/aco.0000000000000646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Management of postoperative pain is still a major issue and relevant mechanisms need to be investigated. In preclinical research, substantial progress has been made, for example, by establishing specific rodent models of postoperative pain. By reviewing most recent preclinical studies in animals related to postoperative, incisional pain, we outline the currently available surgical-related pain models, discuss assessment methods for pain-relevant behavior and their shortcomings to reflect the clinical situation, delineate some novel clinical-relevant mechanisms for postoperative pain, and point toward future needs. RECENT FINDINGS Since the development of the first rodent model of postoperative, incisional pain almost 20 years ago, numerous variations and some procedure-specific models have been emerged including some conceivably relevant for investigating prolonged, chronic pain after surgery. Many mechanisms have been investigated by using these models; most recent studies focussed on endogenous descending inhibition and opioid-induced hyperalgesia. However, surgical models beyond the classical incision model have so far been used only in exceptional cases, and clinical relevant behavioral pain assays are still rarely utilized. SUMMARY Pathophysiological mechanisms of pain after surgery are increasingly discovered, but utilization of pain behavior assays are only sparsely able to reflect clinical-relevant aspects of acute and chronic postoperative pain in patients.
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Castel D, Sabbag I, Meilin S. The effect of local/topical analgesics on incisional pain in a pig model. J Pain Res 2017; 10:2169-2175. [PMID: 28919812 PMCID: PMC5590771 DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s144949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Interest in the development of new topical/local drug administration for blocking pain at peripheral sites, with maximum drug activity and minimal systemic effects, is on the rise. In the review article by Kopsky and Stahl, four critical barriers in the process of research and development of topical analgesics were indicated. The active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) and the formulation are among the major challenges. The road to the development of such drugs passes through preclinical studies. These studies, if planned correctly, should serve as guidance for choosing the right API and formulation. Although rodent models for pain continue to provide valuable data on the mechanisms driving pain, their use in developing topical and localized treatment approaches is limited for technical (intraplate injection area is small) as well as mechanical reasons (non-similarity to human skin and innervation). It has been previously shown that pigs are comparable to humans in ways that make them a better choice for evaluating topical and local analgesics. The aim of this study was to summarize several experiments that used pigs for testing postoperative pain in an incisional pain model (skin incision [SI] and skin and muscle incision [SMI]). At the end of the surgery, the animals were treated with different doses of bupivacaine solution (Marcaine®), bupivacaine liposomal formulation (Exparel®) or ropivacaine solution (Naropin). Von Frey testing demonstrated a decrease in the animals’ sensitivity to mechanical stimulation expressed as an increase in the withdrawal force following local treatment. These changes reflect the clinical condition in the level as well as in the duration of the response. These data indicate a good resemblance between pig and human skin and suggest that use of these animals in the preclinical phase of developing topical analgesics can, to some extent, release the bottleneck.
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- David Castel
- The Neufeld Cardiac Research Institute, Sheba Medical Centre, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv
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- Lahav Research Institute, Kibutz Lahav, Negev
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- Neurology R&D Division, MD Biosciences, Nes-Ziona, Israel
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Chen L, Ilham SJ, Guo T, Emadi S, Feng B. In vitro multichannel single-unit recordings of action potentials from mouse sciatic nerve. Biomed Phys Eng Express 2017; 3:045020. [PMID: 29568573 PMCID: PMC5858727 DOI: 10.1088/2057-1976/aa7efa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Electrode arrays interfacing with peripheral nerves are essential for neuromodulation devices targeting peripheral organs to relieve symptoms. To modulate (i.e., single-unit recording and stimulating) individual peripheral nerve axons remains a technical challenge. Here, we report an in vitro setup to allow simultaneous single-unit recordings from multiple mouse sciatic nerve axons. The sciatic nerve (~30 mm) was harvested and transferred to a tissue chamber, the ~5mm distal end pulled into an adjacent recording chamber filled with paraffin oil. A custom-built multi-wire electrode array was used to interface with split fine nerve filaments. Single-unit action potentials were evoked by electrical stimulation and recorded from 186 axons, of which 49.5% were classed A-type with conduction velocities (CV) greater than 1 m/s and 50.5% were C-type (CV < 1 m/s). The single-unit recordings had no apparent bias towards A- or C-type axons, were robust and repeatable for over 60 minutes, and thus an ideal opportunity to assess different neuromodulation strategies targeting peripheral nerves. For instance, ultrasonic modulation of action potential transmission was assessed using the setup, indicating increased nerve conduction velocity following ultrasound stimulus. This setup can also be used to objectively assess the design of next-generation electrode arrays interfacing with peripheral nerves.
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- L Chen
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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Introduction Local anesthetic infusion techniques have been reported to reduce opiate requirements and pain scores following different kinds of surgery, including orthopedic surgery, inguinal hernia, and Cesarean surgery in women. Methods PRF-108 and PRF-110 formulations were applied to the wound space in an incisional model in pigs to test the hypothesis that these formulations have better and longer analgesic effects than the commercially available ropivacaine solution (Naropin®, AstraZeneca). Results The data show significantly better analgesic activity with PRF-108 and PRF-110 compared to ropivacaine. The duration of the analgesic efficacy of PRF-108 and PRF-110 was at least five times longer than that was measured following treatment with ropivacaine. The data further suggest that active clearance from the injection site (the wound) is much slower for PRF-108 and PRF-110 than for the commercial ropivacaine solution. Conclusion Assessing the local concentration of PRF compounds and commercially available ropivacaine solution suggests that active clearance from the injection site (the wound) is much slower for PRF-108 and PRF-110 than for ropivacaine. Funding PainReform. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s40122-015-0043-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Castel D, Sabbag I, Brenner O, Meilin S. Peripheral Neuritis Trauma in Pigs: A Neuropathic Pain Model. THE JOURNAL OF PAIN 2016; 17:36-49. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2015.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2015] [Revised: 09/21/2015] [Accepted: 09/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Lewin GR, Nykjaer A. Pro-neurotrophins, sortilin, and nociception. Eur J Neurosci 2014; 39:363-74. [PMID: 24494677 PMCID: PMC4232910 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2013] [Revised: 11/13/2013] [Accepted: 11/28/2013] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Nerve growth factor (NGF) signaling is important in the development and functional maintenance of nociceptors, but it also plays a central role in initiating and sustaining heat and mechanical hyperalgesia following inflammation. NGF signaling in pain has traditionally been thought of as primarily engaging the classic high-affinity receptor tyrosine kinase receptor TrkA to initiate sensitization events. However, the discovery that secreted proforms of nerve NGF have biological functions distinct from the processed mature factors raised the possibility that these proneurotrophins (proNTs) may have distinct function in painful conditions. ProNTs engage a novel receptor system that is distinct from that of mature neurotrophins, consisting of sortilin, a type I membrane protein belonging to the VPS10p family, and its co-receptor, the classic low-affinity neurotrophin receptor p75NTR. Here, we review how this new receptor system may itself function with or independently of the classic TrkA system in regulating inflammatory or neuropathic pain.
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- Gary R Lewin
- Department of Neuroscience, Molecular Physiology of Somatic Sensation Group, Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rössle Str. 10, 13122, Berlin, Germany
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Gigliuto C, De Gregori M, Malafoglia V, Raffaeli W, Compagnone C, Visai L, Petrini P, Avanzini MA, Muscoli C, Viganò J, Calabrese F, Dominioni T, Allegri M, Cobianchi L. Pain assessment in animal models: do we need further studies? J Pain Res 2014; 7:227-36. [PMID: 24855386 PMCID: PMC4020878 DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s59161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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In the last two decades, animal models have become important tools in understanding and treating pain, and in predicting analgesic efficacy. Although rodent models retain a dominant role in the study of pain mechanisms, large animal models may predict human biology and pharmacology in certain pain conditions more accurately. Taking into consideration the anatomical and physiological characteristics common to man and pigs (median body size, digestive apparatus, number, size, distribution and communication of vessels in dermal skin, epidermal-dermal junctions, the immunoreactivity of peptide nerve fibers, distribution of nociceptive and non-nociceptive fiber classes, and changes in axonal excitability), swines seem to provide the most suitable animal model for pain assessment. Locomotor function, clinical signs, and measurements (respiratory rate, heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, electromyography), behavior (bright/quiet, alert, responsive, depressed, unresponsive), plasma concentration of substance P and cortisol, vocalization, lameness, and axon reflex vasodilatation by laser Doppler imaging have been used to assess pain, but none of these evaluations have proved entirely satisfactory. It is necessary to identify new methods for evaluating pain in large animals (particularly pigs), because of their similarities to humans. This could lead to improved assessment of pain and improved analgesic treatment for both humans and laboratory animals.
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- Carmelo Gigliuto
- Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- ISAL Foundation, Institute for Research on Pain, Torre Pedrera, Rimini, Italy
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Parma, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Center for Tissue Engineering (CIT), INSTM UdR of Pavia, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy ; Department of Occupational Medicine, Ergonomy and Disability, Laboratory of Nanotechnology, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, IRCCS, Veruno, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica 'G Natta' and Unità di Ricerca Consorzio INSTM, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Transplant Immunology/Cell Factory, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico "San Matteo", Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Health Science, University Magna Grecia of Catanzaro and Centro del Farmaco, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Roma, Italy
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- University of Pavia, Department of Surgical, Clinical, Paediatric and Diagnostic Science, General Surgery 1, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- University of Pavia, Department of Surgical, Clinical, Paediatric and Diagnostic Science, General Surgery 1, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- University of Pavia, Department of Surgical, Clinical, Paediatric and Diagnostic Science, General Surgery 1, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Pain Therapy Service, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia ; Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Paediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- University of Pavia, Department of Surgical, Clinical, Paediatric and Diagnostic Science, General Surgery 1, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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Lewin GR, Lechner SG, Smith ESJ. Nerve growth factor and nociception: from experimental embryology to new analgesic therapy. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2014; 220:251-282. [PMID: 24668476 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-45106-5_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
Nerve growth factor (NGF) is central to the development and functional regulation of sensory neurons that signal the first events that lead to pain. These sensory neurons, called nociceptors, require NGF in the early embryo to survive and also for their functional maturation. The long road from the discovery of NGF and its roles during development to the realization that NGF plays a major role in the pathophysiology of inflammatory pain will be reviewed. In particular, we will discuss the various signaling events initiated by NGF that lead to long-lasting thermal and mechanical hyperalgesia in animals and in man. It has been realized relatively recently that humanized function blocking antibodies directed against NGF show remarkably analgesic potency in human clinical trials for painful conditions as varied as osteoarthritis, lower back pain, and interstitial cystitis. Thus, anti-NGF medication has the potential to make a major impact on day-to-day chronic pain treatment in the near future. It is therefore all the more important to understand the precise pathways and mechanisms that are controlled by NGF to both initiate and sustain mechanical and thermal hyperalgesia. Recent work suggests that NGF-dependent regulation of the mechanosensory properties of sensory neurons that signal mechanical pain may open new mechanistic avenues to refine and exploit relevant molecular targets for novel analgesics.
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- Gary R Lewin
- Department of Neuroscience, Molecular Physiology of Somatic Sensation, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rössle Str. 10, 13122, Berlin, Germany,
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Hirth M, Rukwied R, Gromann A, Turnquist B, Weinkauf B, Francke K, Albrecht P, Rice F, Hägglöf B, Ringkamp M, Engelhardt M, Schultz C, Schmelz M, Obreja O. Nerve growth factor induces sensitization of nociceptors without evidence for increased intraepidermal nerve fiber density. Pain 2013; 154:2500-2511. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.07.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2013] [Revised: 07/09/2013] [Accepted: 07/19/2013] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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