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Tender T, Rahangdale RR, Nampoothiri M, Raychaudhuri R, Mutalik S, Sharma K, Chandrashekar H R. Revamped mini-αA-crystallin showed improved skin permeation and therapeutic activity against melittin-induced toxicity. Toxicon 2024; 239:107611. [PMID: 38211805 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2024.107611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2023] [Revised: 12/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
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Melittin is honey bee venom's primary and most toxic pharmacologically active component. Melittin causes haemolysis, lymphocyte lysis, long-term pain, localised inflammation followed by rhabdomyolysis, and severe renal failure. Renal failure or cardiovascular complications could lead to the victim's death. Severe honey bee bites are treated with general medication involving antihistaminic, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic drugs, as a specific treatment option is unavailable. An earlier study showed the anti-hemolysis and anti-lymphocyte lysis activity of mini- αA-crystallin (MAC), a peptide derived from human eye lens alpha-crystallin. MAC's use has often been restricted despite its high therapeutic potential due to its poor skin permeability. This study compared the skin permeation, anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities of natural peptide MAC and its modified version (MAC-GRD) formed by attaching cell-penetrating peptide (CPP) and GRD amino residues into MAC. Gel formulations were prepared for MAC and MAC-GRD peptides using carbopol (1% w/w), Tween 80 (1%), and ethanol (10%). An ex-vivo skin permeation study was performed using a vertical-type Franz diffusion apparatus. Preclinical in-vivo experiments were conducted to compare the native and modified peptide formulations against melittin-induced toxicity in Wistar rats. MAC gel, MAC-GRD gel and 1% hydrocortisone cream significantly reduced the melittin-induced writhing (20.16 ± 0.792) response in rats with 15.16 ± 0.47, 11.16 ± 0.477 and 12.66 ± 0.66 wriths, respectively. There was a significant reduction in melittin-induced inflammation when MAC-GRD gel was applied immediately after melittin administration. At 0.5, 1, 3, and 5 h, the MAC-GRD-treated rat paws were 0.9 ± 0.043 mm, 0.750 ± 0.037 mm, 0.167 ± 0.0070 mm, and 0.133 ± 0.031 mm thick. Administration of melittin resulted in reduced GSH (antioxidant) levels (47.33 ± 0.760 μg/mg). However, treatment with MAC-GRD gel (71.167 ± 0.601 μg/mg), MAC gel (65.167 ± 1.138 μg/mg), and 1% hydrocortisone (68.33 ± 0.667 μg/mg) significantly increased the antioxidant enzyme levels. MAC-GRD gel significantly reduced the elevated MDA levels (6.933 ± 0.049 nmol/mg) compared to the melittin group (12.533 ± 0.126 nmol/mg), followed by the 1% hydrocortisone (7.367 ± 0.049 nmol/mg) and MAC gel (7.917 ± 0.048 nmol/mg). MAC-GRD demonstrated more skin permeability and superior anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antioxidant activities when compared to MAC gel. When compared to standard 1% hydrocortisone cream, MAC-GRD had better anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antioxidant, and comparable action in anti-oxidant restoration against melittin. These findings suggest that the developed MAC-GRD gel formulation could help to treat severe cases of honey bee stings.
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- Tenzin Tender
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 576104, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 576104, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 576104, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 576104, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 576104, India
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65212, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 576104, India.
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Jayaraj S, Samanta R, Agrawal A, Shrestha S. Multimodal imaging and management of multiple retained corneal bee stingers. BMJ Case Rep 2023; 16:e255939. [PMID: 37336628 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2023-255939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/21/2023] Open
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- Sreeram Jayaraj
- Ophthalmology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences - Rishikesh, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
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- Ophthalmology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences - Rishikesh, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
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- Ophthalmology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences - Rishikesh, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
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- Ophthalmology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences - Rishikesh, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
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Wang L, Fu LL, Deng ZR, Zhang J, Zu MD, Wu JC, Wang Y. Overexpression of BDNF in the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray regulates the behavior of epilepsy-migraine comorbid rats. Brain Behav 2022; 12:e2594. [PMID: 35557046 PMCID: PMC9226826 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.2594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Revised: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) overexpression in the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray (vlPAG) on behavioral changes in epilepsy-migraine comorbid rats. METHOD We used an adeno-associated virus (AAV)-mediated vector to supplement BDNF in the vlPAG area prior to the establishment of a pilocarpine-nitroglycerin (Pilo-NTG) combination-induced comorbid model of epilepsy and migraine. Seizure- and migraine-related behaviors were analyzed. Cell loss and apoptosis in vlPAG were detected through hematoxylin-eosin (HE) and TUNEL staining. Immunofluorescence staining analyses were employed to detect expressions of BDNF and its receptor, tyrosine kinase B (TrkB), in vlPAG. Immunohistochemical staining was conducted to detect expressions of c-Fos and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in the trigeminal nucleus caudalis (TNC) and trigeminal ganglion (TG). RESULTS Comparing to control group, AAV-BDNF injected comorbid group showed lower pain sensitivity, scratching head, and spontaneous seizures accompanied by the downregulation of c-Fos labeling neurons and CGRP immunoreactivity in the TNC and TG. However, these changes were still significantly higher in the comorbid group than those in both epilepsy and migraine groups under the same intervention. CONCLUSION These data demonstrated that supplying BDNF to vlPAG may protect structural and functional abnormalities in vlPAG and provide an antiepileptic and analgesic therapy.
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- Long Wang
- Department of Neurology, The Second People's Hospital of Hefei, Hefei, China.,Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second People's Hospital of Hefei, Hefei, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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Hwang SM, Jo YY, Cohen CF, Kim YH, Berta T, Park CK. Venom Peptide Toxins Targeting the Outer Pore Region of Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1 in Pain: Implications for Analgesic Drug Development. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23105772. [PMID: 35628583 PMCID: PMC9147560 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23105772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Revised: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) ion channel plays an important role in the peripheral nociceptive pathway. TRPV1 is a polymodal receptor that can be activated by multiple types of ligands and painful stimuli, such as noxious heat and protons, and contributes to various acute and chronic pain conditions. Therefore, TRPV1 is emerging as a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of various pain conditions. Notably, various peptides isolated from venomous animals potently and selectively control the activation and inhibition of TRPV1 by binding to its outer pore region. This review will focus on the mechanisms by which venom-derived peptides interact with this portion of TRPV1 to control receptor functions and how these mechanisms can drive the development of new types of analgesics.
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- Sung-Min Hwang
- Gachon Pain Center and Department of Physiology, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon 21999, Korea; (S.-M.H.); (Y.-H.K.)
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- Gil Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gachon University, Incheon 21565, Korea;
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- Pain Research Center, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45242, USA;
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- Gachon Pain Center and Department of Physiology, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon 21999, Korea; (S.-M.H.); (Y.-H.K.)
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- Pain Research Center, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45242, USA;
- Correspondence: (T.B.); (C.-K.P.)
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- Gachon Pain Center and Department of Physiology, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon 21999, Korea; (S.-M.H.); (Y.-H.K.)
- Correspondence: (T.B.); (C.-K.P.)
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Insect stings and the resulting itch are a ubiquitous problem. Stings by members of the insect order Hymenoptera, which includes sawflies, wasps, bees and ants, and especially by bees and wasps are extremely common, with 56–94% of the population being stung at least once in their lifetime. The complex process of venom activity and inflammation causes local reactions with pain and pruritus, sometimes anaphylactic reactions and more seldomly, as in case of numerous stings, systemic intoxication. We reviewed the literature regarding itch experienced after Hymenoptera stings, but found no study that placed a specific focus on this topic. Hymenoptera venoms are composed of many biologically active substances, including peptide toxins and proteinaceous toxins. Peptide toxins from bee venom cause cell lysis and ion channel modulation in the peripheral and central nervous systems, while toxins from wasp venom induce mast cell degranulation and chemotaxis of polymorphonuclear leukocytes in the skin. The proteinaceous toxins cause a disruption of the cell membranes and necrotic cell death, degradation of hyaluronan (an extracellular matrix glycosaminoglycan), increased vascular permeability, hemolysis, as well as activated platelet aggregation. Mediators which could be directly involved in the venom-induced pruritus include histamine and tryptase released from mast cells, interleukin-4 and interleukin-13 from Th2 lymphocytes, as well as leukotriene C4. We postulate that a pruriceptive itch is induced due to the pharmacological properties of Hymenoptera venoms.
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Aufschnaiter A, Kohler V, Khalifa S, Abd El-Wahed A, Du M, El-Seedi H, Büttner S. Apitoxin and Its Components against Cancer, Neurodegeneration and Rheumatoid Arthritis: Limitations and Possibilities. Toxins (Basel) 2020; 12:toxins12020066. [PMID: 31973181 PMCID: PMC7076873 DOI: 10.3390/toxins12020066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2019] [Revised: 01/18/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2020] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Natural products represent important sources for the discovery and design of novel drugs. Bee venom and its isolated components have been intensively studied with respect to their potential to counteract or ameliorate diverse human diseases. Despite extensive research and significant advances in recent years, multifactorial diseases such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and neurodegenerative diseases remain major healthcare issues at present. Although pure bee venom, apitoxin, is mostly described to mediate anti-inflammatory, anti-arthritic and neuroprotective effects, its primary component melittin may represent an anticancer therapeutic. In this review, we approach the possibilities and limitations of apitoxin and its components in the treatment of these multifactorial diseases. We further discuss the observed unspecific cytotoxicity of melittin that strongly restricts its therapeutic use and review interesting possibilities of a beneficial use by selectively targeting melittin to cancer cells.
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- Andreas Aufschnaiter
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Svante Arrheniusväg 16, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden;
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Svante Arrheniusväg 20C, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden; (V.K.); (S.K.)
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Svante Arrheniusväg 20C, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden; (V.K.); (S.K.)
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- Department of Bee Research, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, 12627 Giza, Egypt;
- Pharmacognosy Group, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala University, Biomedical Centre, Box 574, 751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Menoufia University, 32512 Shebin El-Kom, Egypt
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- School of Food Science and Technology, National Engineering Research Center of Seafood, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116024, China;
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- Pharmacognosy Group, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala University, Biomedical Centre, Box 574, 751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Menoufia University, 32512 Shebin El-Kom, Egypt
- International Research Center for Food nutrition and safety, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
- Correspondence: (H.E.-S.); (S.B.)
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Svante Arrheniusväg 20C, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden; (V.K.); (S.K.)
- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Humboldtstraße 50, 8010 Graz, Austria
- Correspondence: (H.E.-S.); (S.B.)
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Jagua-Gualdrón A, Peña-Latorre JA, Fernadez-Bernal RE. Apitherapy for Osteoarthritis: Perspectives from Basic Research. Complement Med Res 2020; 27:184-192. [PMID: 31896107 DOI: 10.1159/000505015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Osteoarthritis is one of the most common rheumatic disease in the world and one of the leading causes of disability in the elderly. There is still no curative management for the disease, so the search for new therapeutic alternatives continues. -Apitherapy is a therapeutic tool based on the use of beehive products used since ancient times and, at present, their mechanism of action begins to be known. Many of the mechanisms of action of the beehive products are useful for chronic articular pathophysiological processes such as those described in osteoarthritis. This article presents a review of the current state of understanding of the mechanisms through which bee venom, propolis, honey, pollen, and royal jelly may act on osteoarthritis.
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- Andrés Jagua-Gualdrón
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, .,Apitherapy Investigation and Development Group, Sociedad Colombiana de Apiterapia - Colombian Apitherapy Society, Bogotá, Colombia,
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- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.,Apitherapy Investigation and Development Group, Sociedad Colombiana de Apiterapia - Colombian Apitherapy Society, Bogotá, Colombia.,Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Apitherapy Investigation and Development Group, Sociedad Colombiana de Apiterapia - Colombian Apitherapy Society, Bogotá, Colombia.,Universidad Provada del Valle, Cochabamba Bolivia Medical Director Medizen Bolivia, Cochabamba, Bolivia
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Wang RR, Wang Y, Guan SM, Li Z, Kokane S, Cao FL, Sun W, Li CL, He T, Yang Y, Lin Q, Chen J. Synaptic Homeostasis and Allostasis in the Dentate Gyrus Caused by Inflammatory and Neuropathic Pain Conditions. Front Synaptic Neurosci 2018; 10:1. [PMID: 29445338 PMCID: PMC5797731 DOI: 10.3389/fnsyn.2018.00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2017] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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It has been generally accepted that pain can cause imbalance between excitation and inhibition (homeostasis) at the synaptic level. However, it remains poorly understood how this imbalance (allostasis) develops in the CNS under different pain conditions. Here, we analyzed the changes in both excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission and modulation of the dentate gyrus (DG) under two pain conditions with different etiology and duration. First, it was revealed that the functions of the input-output (I/O) curves for evoked excitatory postsynaptic currents (eEPSCs) following the perforant path (PP) stimulation were gained under both acute inflammatory and chronic neuropathic pain conditions relative to the controls. However, the functions of I/O curves for the PP-evoked inhibitory postsynaptic currents (eIPSCs) differed between the two conditions, namely it was greatly gained under inflammatory condition, but was reduced under neuropathic condition in reverse. Second, both the frequency and amplitude of miniature IPSCs (mIPSCs) were increased under inflammatory condition, however a decrease in frequency of mIPSCs was observed under neuropathic condition. Finally, the spike discharge of the DG granule cells in response to current injection was significantly increased by neuropathic pain condition, however, no different change was found between inflammatory pain condition and the control. These results provide another line of evidence showing homeostatic and allostatic modulation of excitatory synaptic transmission by inhibitory controls under different pathological pain conditions, hence implicating use of different therapeutic approaches to maintain the homeostasis between excitation and inhibition while treating different conditions of pathological pain.
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- Rui-Rui Wang
- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
- Key Laboratory of Brain Stress and Behavior, People’s Liberation Army, Xi’an, China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
- Key Laboratory of Brain Stress and Behavior, People’s Liberation Army, Xi’an, China
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- School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
- Key Laboratory of Brain Stress and Behavior, People’s Liberation Army, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States
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- Department of Neurology, The 88th Hospital of People’s Liberation Army, Tai’an, China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
- Key Laboratory of Brain Stress and Behavior, People’s Liberation Army, Xi’an, China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
- Key Laboratory of Brain Stress and Behavior, People’s Liberation Army, Xi’an, China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
- Key Laboratory of Brain Stress and Behavior, People’s Liberation Army, Xi’an, China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
- Key Laboratory of Brain Stress and Behavior, People’s Liberation Army, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
- Key Laboratory of Brain Stress and Behavior, People’s Liberation Army, Xi’an, China
- Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China
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Lee SMK, Lee S, Park JH, Park JJ, Lee S. A close look at an integrative treatment package for Bell's palsy in Korea. Complement Ther Clin Pract 2017; 26:76-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2016.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2016] [Accepted: 12/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Im EJ, Kim SJ, Hong SB, Park JK, Rhee MH. Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Bee Venom in BV2 Microglial Cells: Mediation of MyD88-Dependent NF-κB Signaling Pathway. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 2016; 2016:3704764. [PMID: 27563334 DOI: 10.1155/2016/3704764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2016] [Accepted: 06/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Bee venom has long been used as a traditional folk medicine in Korea. It has been reportedly used for the treatment of arthritis, cancer, and inflammation. Although its anti-inflammatory activity in lipopolysaccharide- (LPS-) stimulated inflammatory cells has been reported, the exact mechanism of its anti-inflammatory action has not been fully elucidated. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the anti-inflammatory mechanism of bee venom in BV2 microglial cells. We first investigated whether NO production in LPS-activated BV2 cells was inhibited by bee venom, and further iNOS mRNA and protein expressions were determined. The mRNA and protein levels of proinflammatory cytokines were examined using semiquantitative RT-PCR and immunoblotting, respectively. Moreover, modulation of the transcription factor NF-κB by bee venom was also investigated using a luciferase assay. LPS-induced NO production in BV2 microglial cells was significantly inhibited in a concentration-dependent manner upon pretreatment with bee venom. Bee venom markedly reduced the mRNA expression of COX-2, TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6 and suppressed LPS-induced activation of MyD88 and IRAK1 and phosphorylation of TAK1. Moreover, NF-κB translocation by IKKα/β phosphorylation and subsequent IκB-α degradation were also attenuated. Thus, collectively, these results indicate that bee venom exerts its anti-inflammatory activity via the IRAK1/TAK1/NF-κB signaling pathway.
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Melittin is a basic 26-amino-acid polypeptide that constitutes 40-60% of dry honeybee (Apis mellifera) venom. Although much is known about its strong surface activity on lipid membranes, less is known about its pain-producing effects in the nervous system. In this review, we provide lines of accumulating evidence to support the hypothesis that melittin is the major pain-producing substance of bee venom. At the psychophysical and behavioral levels, subcutaneous injection of melittin causes tonic pain sensation and pain-related behaviors in both humans and animals. At the cellular level, melittin activates primary nociceptor cells through direct and indirect effects. On one hand, melittin can selectively open thermal nociceptor transient receptor potential vanilloid receptor channels via phospholipase A2-lipoxygenase/cyclooxygenase metabolites, leading to depolarization of primary nociceptor cells. On the other hand, algogens and inflammatory/pro-inflammatory mediators released from the tissue matrix by melittin's pore-forming effects can activate primary nociceptor cells through both ligand-gated receptor channels and the G-protein-coupled receptor-mediated opening of transient receptor potential canonical channels. Moreover, subcutaneous melittin up-regulates Nav1.8 and Nav1.9 subunits, resulting in the enhancement of tetrodotoxin-resistant Na(+) currents and the generation of long-term action potential firing. These nociceptive responses in the periphery finally activate and sensitize the spinal dorsal horn pain-signaling neurons, resulting in spontaneous nociceptive paw flinches and pain hypersensitivity to thermal and mechanical stimuli. Taken together, it is concluded that melittin is the major pain-producing substance of bee venom, by which peripheral persistent pain and hyperalgesia (or allodynia), primary nociceptive neuronal sensitization, and CNS synaptic plasticity (or metaplasticity) can be readily induced and the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying naturally-occurring venomous biotoxins can be experimentally unraveled.
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- Jun Chen
- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China.
- Key Laboratory of Brain Stress and Behavior, PLA, Xi'an, 710038, China.
- Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, 100069, China.
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- School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China
- Key Laboratory of Brain Stress and Behavior, PLA, Xi'an, 710038, China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China
- Key Laboratory of Brain Stress and Behavior, PLA, Xi'an, 710038, China
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Wang Y, Lu YF, Li CL, Sun W, Li Z, Wang RR, He T, Yang F, Yang Y, Wang XL, Guan SM, Chen J. Involvement of Rac1 signalling pathway in the development and maintenance of acute inflammatory pain induced by bee venom injection. Br J Pharmacol 2016; 173:937-50. [PMID: 26700000 DOI: 10.1111/bph.13413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2015] [Revised: 12/10/2015] [Accepted: 12/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Rho GTPase, Rac1, is involved in the pathogenesis of neuropathic pain induced by malformation of dendritic spines in the spinal dorsal horn (sDH) neurons. In the present study, the contribution of spinal Rac1 to peripheral inflammatory pain was studied. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Effects of s.c. bee venom (BV) injection on cellular localization of Rac1 in the rat sDH was determined with double labelling immunofluorescence. Activation of Rac1 and its downstream effector p21-activated kinase (PAK), ERKs and p38 MAPK in inflammatory pain states was evaluated with a pull-down assay and Western blotting. The preventive and therapeutic analgesic effects of intrathecal administration of NSC23766, a selective inhibitor of Rac1, on BV-induced spontaneous nociception and pain hypersensitivity were investigated. KEY RESULTS Rac1 labelling was mainly localized within neurons in both the superficial and deep layers of the sDH in rats of naïve, vehicle-treated and inflamed (BV injected) groups. GTP-Rac1-PAK and ERKs/p38 were activated following s.c. BV injection. Post-treatment with intrathecal NSC23766 significantly inhibited GTP-Rac1 activity and phosphorylation of Rac1-PAK, ERKs and p38 MAPK in the sDH. Both pre-treatment and post-treatment with intrathecal NSC23766 dose-dependently attenuated the paw flinches, primary thermal and mechanical hyperalgesia and the mirror-image thermal hyperalgesia induced by BV injection, but without affecting the baseline pain sensitivity and motor coordination. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS The spinal GTP-Rac1-PAK-ERK/p38MAPK signalling pathway is involved in both the development and maintenance of peripheral inflammatory pain and can be used as a potential molecular target for developing a novel therapeutic strategy for clinical pain.
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- Yan Wang
- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China.,Institute for Functional Brain Disorders, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China.,Key Laboratory of Brain Stress and Behavior, PLA, Xi'an, 710038, China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China.,Institute for Functional Brain Disorders, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China.,Key Laboratory of Brain Stress and Behavior, PLA, Xi'an, 710038, China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China.,Institute for Functional Brain Disorders, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China.,Key Laboratory of Brain Stress and Behavior, PLA, Xi'an, 710038, China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China.,Institute for Functional Brain Disorders, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China.,Key Laboratory of Brain Stress and Behavior, PLA, Xi'an, 710038, China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China.,Institute for Functional Brain Disorders, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China.,Key Laboratory of Brain Stress and Behavior, PLA, Xi'an, 710038, China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China.,Institute for Functional Brain Disorders, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China.,Key Laboratory of Brain Stress and Behavior, PLA, Xi'an, 710038, China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China.,Institute for Functional Brain Disorders, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China.,Key Laboratory of Brain Stress and Behavior, PLA, Xi'an, 710038, China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China.,Institute for Functional Brain Disorders, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China.,Key Laboratory of Brain Stress and Behavior, PLA, Xi'an, 710038, China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China.,Institute for Functional Brain Disorders, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China.,Key Laboratory of Brain Stress and Behavior, PLA, Xi'an, 710038, China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China.,Institute for Functional Brain Disorders, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China.,Key Laboratory of Brain Stress and Behavior, PLA, Xi'an, 710038, China
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- School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China.,Institute for Functional Brain Disorders, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China.,Key Laboratory of Brain Stress and Behavior, PLA, Xi'an, 710038, China.,Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, 100069, China
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Cao FL, Su XJ, Wang Y, Xu M, Shan L. Antinociceptive effects of systemic tanshinone IIA on visceral and somatic persistent nociception and pain hypersensitivity in rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2014; 124:74-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2014.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2014] [Revised: 04/17/2014] [Accepted: 05/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Li L, Luo R, Fan P, Guo Y, Wang HS, Ma SJ, Zhao Y. Role of peripheral purinoceptors in the development of bee venom-induced nociception: a behavioural and electrophysiological study in rats. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2014; 41:902-10. [PMID: 25115823 DOI: 10.1111/1440-1681.12293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2014] [Revised: 06/18/2014] [Accepted: 07/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Colocalization of purinergic P2X and P2Y receptors in dorsal root ganglion sensory neurons implies that these receptors play an integrative role in the nociceptive transmission process under inflammatory conditions. In the present study, behavioural and in vivo electrophysiological methods were used to examine the peripheral role of P2 receptors in the persistent nociceptive responses induced by subcutaneous bee venom injection (2 mg/mL) in. Sprague-Dawley rats Local pretreatment with the wide-spectrum P2 receptor antagonist pyridoxalphosphate-6-azophenyl-2',4'-disulphonic acid (PPADS; 1 mmol/L, 50 μL) 10 min prior to s.c. bee venom injection significantly suppressed the duration of spontaneous nociceptive lifting/licking behaviour, inhibited mechanical hyperalgesia and decreased the firing of spinal dorsal horn wide dynamic range neurons in response to bee venom, without affecting primary thermal and mirror-image hyperalgesia. The localized antinociceptive action of PPADS was not due to a systemic effect, because application of the same dose of PPADS to the contralateral side was not effective. The results suggest that activation of peripheral P2 receptors is involved in the induction of nociceptive responses, mechanical hyperalgesia and the excitation of sensory spinal neurons.
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- Li Li
- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, China
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Danneels EL, Gerlo S, Heyninck K, Van Craenenbroeck K, De Bosscher K, Haegeman G, de Graaf DC. How the venom from the ectoparasitoid Wasp nasonia vitripennis exhibits anti-inflammatory properties on mammalian cell lines. PLoS One 2014; 9:e96825. [PMID: 24821138 PMCID: PMC4018385 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Accepted: 04/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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With more than 150,000 species, parasitoids are a large group of hymenopteran insects that inject venom into and then lay their eggs in or on other insects, eventually killing the hosts. Their venoms have evolved into different mechanisms for manipulating host immunity, physiology and behavior in such a way that enhance development of the parasitoid young. The venom from the ectoparasitoid Nasonia vitripennis inhibits the immune system in its host organism in order to protect their offspring from elimination. Since the major innate immune pathways in insects, the Toll and Imd pathways, are homologous to the NF-κB pathway in mammals, we were interested in whether a similar immune suppression seen in insects could be elicited in a mammalian cell system. A well characterized NF-κB reporter gene assay in fibrosarcoma cells showed a dose-dependent inhibition of NF-κB signaling caused by the venom. In line with this NF-κB inhibitory action, N. vitripennis venom dampened the expression of IL-6, a prototypical proinflammatory cytokine, from LPS-treated macrophages. The venom also inhibited the expression of two NF-κB target genes, IκBα and A20, that act in a negative feedback loop to prevent excessive NF-κB activity. Surprisingly, we did not detect any effect of the venom on the early events in the canonical NF-κB activation pathway, leading to NF-κB nuclear translocation, which was unaltered in venom-treated cells. The MAP kinases ERK, p38 and JNK are other crucial regulators of immune responses. We observed that venom treatment did not affect p38 and ERK activation, but induced a prolonged JNK activation. In summary, our data indicate that venom from N. vitripennis inhibits NF-κB signaling in mammalian cells. We identify venom-induced up regulation of the glucocorticoid receptor-regulated GILZ as a most likely molecular mediator for this inhibition.
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- Ellen L. Danneels
- Laboratory of Zoophysiology, Department of Physiology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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- VIB Department of Medical Protein Research, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Eukaryotic Gene Expression and Signal Transduction, Department of Physiology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Eukaryotic Gene Expression and Signal Transduction, Department of Physiology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Eukaryotic Gene Expression and Signal Transduction, Department of Physiology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Zoophysiology, Department of Physiology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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Li L, Luo R, Guo Y, Yao F, Cao D, Ma S, Wang J, Wang H, Zhao Y. The inhibitory effect of somatostatin receptor activation on bee venom-evoked nociceptive behavior and pCREB expression in rats. Biomed Res Int 2014; 2014:251785. [PMID: 24895558 DOI: 10.1155/2014/251785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2014] [Revised: 03/31/2014] [Accepted: 04/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The present study examined nociceptive behaviors and the expression of phosphorylated cAMP response element-binding protein (pCREB) in the dorsal horn of the lumbar spinal cord and the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) evoked by bee venom (BV). The effect of intraplantar preapplication of the somatostatin analog octreotide on nociceptive behaviors and pCREB expression was also examined. Subcutaneous injection of BV into the rat unilateral hindpaw pad induced significant spontaneous nociceptive behaviors, primary mechanical allodynia, primary thermal hyperalgesia, and mirror-thermal hyperalgesia, as well as an increase in pCREB expression in the lumbar spinal dorsal horn and DRG. Octreotide pretreatment significantly attenuated the BV-induced lifting/licking response and mechanical allodynia. Local injection of octreotide also significantly reduced pCREB expression in the lumbar spinal dorsal horn and DRG. Furthermore, pretreatment with cyclosomatostatin, a somatostatin receptor antagonist, reversed the octreotide-induced inhibition of the lifting/licking response, mechanical allodynia, and the expression of pCREB. These results suggest that BV can induce nociceptive responses and somatostatin receptors are involved in mediating the antinociception, which provides new evidence for peripheral analgesic action of somatostatin in an inflammatory pain state.
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Venoms are evolutionarily fine-tuned mixtures of small molecules, peptides, and proteins-referred to as toxins-that have evolved to specifically modulate and interfere with the function of diverse molecular targets within the envenomated animal. Many of the identified toxin targets are membrane receptors and ion channels. Due to their high specificity, toxins have emerged as an invaluable tool set for the molecular characterization of ion channels, and a selected group of toxins even have been developed into therapeutics. More recently, TRP ion channels have been included as targets for venomous toxins. In particular, a number of apparently unrelated peptide toxins target the capsaicin receptor TRPV1 to produce inflammatory pain. These toxins have turned out to be invaluable for structural and functional characterizations of the capsaicin receptor. If toxins will serve similar roles for other TRP ion channels, only future will tell.
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- Jan Siemens
- Department of Pharmacology, University Clinic Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 366, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany,
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Alvarez-Fischer D, Noelker C, Vulinović F, Grünewald A, Chevarin C, Klein C, Oertel WH, Hirsch EC, Michel PP, Hartmann A. Bee venom and its component apamin as neuroprotective agents in a Parkinson disease mouse model. PLoS One 2013; 8:e61700. [PMID: 23637888 PMCID: PMC3630120 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2012] [Accepted: 03/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Bee venom has recently been suggested to possess beneficial effects in the treatment of Parkinson disease (PD). For instance, it has been observed that bilateral acupoint stimulation of lower hind limbs with bee venom was protective in the acute 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) mouse model of PD. In particular, a specific component of bee venom, apamin, has previously been shown to have protective effects on dopaminergic neurons in vitro. However, no information regarding a potential protective action of apamin in animal models of PD is available to date. The specific goals of the present study were to (i) establish that the protective effect of bee venom for dopaminergic neurons is not restricted to acupoint stimulation, but can also be observed using a more conventional mode of administration and to (ii) demonstrate that apamin can mimic the protective effects of a bee venom treatment on dopaminergic neurons. Using the chronic mouse model of MPTP/probenecid, we show that bee venom provides sustained protection in an animal model that mimics the chronic degenerative process of PD. Apamin, however, reproduced these protective effects only partially, suggesting that other components of bee venom enhance the protective action of the peptide.
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- Daniel Alvarez-Fischer
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UMR_S 975 - UMR 7725, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences, ICM, Therapeutique Experimentale de la Neurodegenerescence, Paris, France
- Inserm, U 975, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences, ICM, Therapeutique Experimentale de la Neurodegenerescence, Paris, France
- CNRS, UMR 7225, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences, ICM, Therapeutique Experimentale de la Neurodegenerescence, Paris, France
- ICM, Therapeutique Experimentale de la Neurodegenerescence, Paris, France
- Department of Neurology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UMR_S 975 - UMR 7725, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences, ICM, Therapeutique Experimentale de la Neurodegenerescence, Paris, France
- Inserm, U 975, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences, ICM, Therapeutique Experimentale de la Neurodegenerescence, Paris, France
- CNRS, UMR 7225, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences, ICM, Therapeutique Experimentale de la Neurodegenerescence, Paris, France
- ICM, Therapeutique Experimentale de la Neurodegenerescence, Paris, France
- Department of Neurology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche S677, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Paris, France
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- Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UMR_S 975 - UMR 7725, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences, ICM, Therapeutique Experimentale de la Neurodegenerescence, Paris, France
- Inserm, U 975, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences, ICM, Therapeutique Experimentale de la Neurodegenerescence, Paris, France
- CNRS, UMR 7225, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences, ICM, Therapeutique Experimentale de la Neurodegenerescence, Paris, France
- ICM, Therapeutique Experimentale de la Neurodegenerescence, Paris, France
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- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UMR_S 975 - UMR 7725, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences, ICM, Therapeutique Experimentale de la Neurodegenerescence, Paris, France
- Inserm, U 975, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences, ICM, Therapeutique Experimentale de la Neurodegenerescence, Paris, France
- CNRS, UMR 7225, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences, ICM, Therapeutique Experimentale de la Neurodegenerescence, Paris, France
- ICM, Therapeutique Experimentale de la Neurodegenerescence, Paris, France
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- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UMR_S 975 - UMR 7725, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences, ICM, Therapeutique Experimentale de la Neurodegenerescence, Paris, France
- Inserm, U 975, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences, ICM, Therapeutique Experimentale de la Neurodegenerescence, Paris, France
- CNRS, UMR 7225, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences, ICM, Therapeutique Experimentale de la Neurodegenerescence, Paris, France
- ICM, Therapeutique Experimentale de la Neurodegenerescence, Paris, France
- Département de Neurologie, Pôle des Maladies du Système Nerveux, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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Adade CM, Oliveira IRS, Pais JAR, Souto-Padrón T. Melittin peptide kills Trypanosoma cruzi parasites by inducing different cell death pathways. Toxicon 2013; 69:227-39. [PMID: 23562368 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2013.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2012] [Revised: 02/05/2013] [Accepted: 03/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are components of the innate immune response that represent desirable alternatives to conventional pharmaceuticals, as they have a fast mode of action, a low likelihood of resistance development and can act in conjunction with existing drug regimens. AMPs exhibit strong inhibitory activity against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, fungi, viruses, metazoans and other parasites, such as the protozoan Leishmania. Melittin is a naturally occurring AMP, which comprises 40-50% of the dry weight of Apis mellifera venom. Our group has recently shown that crude A. mellifera venom is lethal to Trypanosoma cruzi, the Chagas disease etiologic agent, and generates a variety of cell death phenotypes among treated parasites. Here, we demonstrate that the melittin affected all of T. cruzi developmental forms, including the intracellular amastigotes. The ultrastructural changes induced by melittin suggested the occurrence of different programmed cell death pathways, as was observed in A. mellifera-treated parasites. Autophagic cell death appeared to be the main death mechanism in epimastigotes. In contrast, melittin-treated trypomastigotes appeared to be dying via an apoptotic mechanism. Our findings confirm the great potential of AMPs, including melittin, as a potential source of new drugs for the treatment of neglected diseases, such as Chagas disease.
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- Camila M Adade
- Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Ultraestrutura, Departamento de Microbiologia Geral, Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, bloco I, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941-590, Brazil
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Chagas disease chemotherapy is based on drugs that exhibit toxic effects and have limited efficacy, such as Benznidazole. Therefore, research into new chemotherapeutic agents from natural sources needs to be exploited. Apis mellifera venom consists of many biologically active molecules and has been reported to exhibit remarkable anti-cancer effects, often promoting an apoptosis-like death phenotype. This study demonstrates that A. mellifera venom can affect the growth, viability and ultrastructure of all Trypanosoma cruzi developmental forms, including intracellular amastigotes, at concentrations 15- to 100-fold lower than those required to cause toxic effects in mammalian cells. The ultrastructural changes induced by the venom in the different developmental forms led us to hypothesize the occurrence of different programmed cell death pathways. Autophagic cell death, characterized by the presence of autophagosomes-like organelles and a strong monodansyl cadaverine labelling, appears to be the main death mechanism in epimastigotes. In contrast, increased TUNEL staining, abnormal nuclear chromatin condensation and kDNA disorganization was observed in venom-treated trypomastigotes, suggesting cell death by an apoptotic mechanism. On the other hand, intracellular amastigotes presented a heterogeneous cell death phenotype profile, where apoptosis-like death seemed to be predominant. Our findings confirm the great potential of A. mellifera venom as a source for the development of new drugs for the treatment of neglected diseases such as Chagas disease.
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Yu YQ, Zhao ZY, Chen XF, Xie F, Yang Y, Chen J. Activation of tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channel NaV1.9 in rat primary sensory neurons contributes to melittin-induced pain behavior. Neuromolecular Med 2012; 15:209-17. [PMID: 23264124 DOI: 10.1007/s12017-012-8211-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2012] [Accepted: 11/29/2012] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Tetrodotoxin-resistant (TTX-R) sodium channels NaV1.8 and NaV1.9 in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons play important roles in pathological pain. We recently reported that melittin, the major toxin of whole bee venom, induced action potential firings in DRG neurons even in the presence of a high concentration (500 nM) of TTX, indicating the contribution of TTX-R sodium channels. This hypothesis is fully investigated in the present study. After subcutaneous injection of melittin, NaV1.8 and NaV1.9 significantly upregulate mRNA and protein expressions, and related sodium currents also increase. Double immunohistochemical results show that NaV1.8-positive neurons are mainly medium- and small-sized, whereas NaV1.9-positive ones are only small-sized. Antisense oligodeoxynucleotides (AS ODNs) targeting NaV1.8 and NaV1.9 are used to evaluate functional significance of the increased expressions of TTX-R sodium channels. Behavioral tests demonstrate that AS ODN targeting NaV1.9, but not NaV1.8, reverses melittin-induced heat hypersensitivity. Neither NaV1.8 AS ODN nor NaV1.9 AS ODN affects melittin-induced mechanical hypersensitivity. These results provide previously unknown evidence that upregulation of NaV1.9, but not NaV1.8, in small-sized DRG neurons contributes to melittin-induced heat hypersensitivity. Furthermore, melittin-induced biological effect indicates a potential strategy to study properties of TTX-R sodium channels.
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- Yao-Qing Yu
- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain and Institute for Functional Brain Disorders, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, #1 Xinsi Road, Baqiao, Xi'an, 710038, People's Republic of China
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Ding J, Zhang JR, Wang Y, Li CL, Lu D, Guan SM, Chen J. Effects of a non-selective TRPC channel blocker, SKF-96365, on melittin-induced spontaneous persistent nociception and inflammatory pain hypersensitivity. Neurosci Bull 2012; 28:173-81. [PMID: 22466128 DOI: 10.1007/s12264-012-1213-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Melittin is the main peptide in bee venom and causes both persistent spontaneous nociception and pain hypersensitivity. Our recent studies indicated that both transient receptor potential (TRP) vanilloid receptor 1 (TRPV1) and canonical TRPs (TRPCs) are involved in mediating the melittin-induced activation of different subpopulations of primary nociceptive cells. Here, we further determined whether TRPC channels are involved in melittin-induced inflammatory nociceptive responses in behavioral assays. METHODS The anti-nociceptive and anti-hyperalgesic effects of localized peripheral administration of three doses of the non-selective TRPC antagonist, SKF-96365 (1-{β-[3-(4-methoxyphenyl)propoxy]-4-methoxyphenyl}-1H-imidazole hydrochloride), were evaluated in melittin tests. Pain-related behaviors were rated by counting the number of paw flinches, and measuring paw withdrawal thermal latency (s) and paw withdrawl mechanical threshold (g), over a 1-h time-course. RESULTS Localized peripheral SKF-96365 given before melittin prevented, and given after melittin significantly suppressed, the melittin-evoked persistent spontaneous nociception. Pre-blockade and post-suppression of activation of primary nociceptive activity resulted in decreased hypersensitivity to both thermal and mechanical stimuli applied to the primary injury site of the ipsilateral hindpaw, despite dose-effect differences between thermal and mechanical hyperalgesia. However, local administration of SKF-96365 into the contralateral hindpaw had no significant effect on any pain-associated behaviors. In addition, SKF-96365 had no effect on baseline threshold for either thermal or mechanical sensitivity under normal conditions. CONCLUSION Besides TRPV1, SKF-96365-sensitive TRPC channels might also be involved in the pathophysiological processing of melittin-induced inflammatory pain and hypersensitivity. Therapeutically, SKF-96365 is equally effective in preventing primary thermal and mechanical hyperalgesia as well as persistent spontaneous nociception. However, this drug is likely to be more effective in the relief of thermal hyperalgesia than mechanical hyperalgesia when applied 5 min after establishment of primary afferent activation.
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- Jing Ding
- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain and Institute for Functional Brain Disorders, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710038, China
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Sun Y, Li XQ, Sahbaie P, Shi XY, Li WW, Liang DY, Clark JD. miR-203 regulates nociceptive sensitization after incision by controlling phospholipase A2 activating protein expression. Anesthesiology 2012; 117:626-38. [PMID: 22846677 DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31826571aa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND After incision keratinocytes in the epidermis become activated to produce a range of pain-related mediators. microRNA 203 (miR-203) is known to be involved in keratinocyte growth, differentiation, and skin inflammation. We hypothesized that one or more of these mediators might be under the control of miR-203. METHODS The expression of miR-203 and its target gene, phospholipase A2 activating protein (PLAA), were examined after hind paw incision in mice. We investigated the local effect of intraplantar PLAA peptide injection in normal mice and the effects of a selective secretory phospholipase A2 inhibitor (HK064) on PLAA or incision-induced mechanical allodynia. Last, we investigated the role of substance P signaling in regulating miR-203 and PLAA expression in vitro and in vivo. RESULTS Levels of miR-203 were strongly down-regulated in keratinocytes after incision. Informatics-based approaches identified PLAA as a likely candidate for regulation by miR-203. PLAA caused mechanical allodynia and conditioned place aversion but not thermal sensitization. HK064 reduced mechanical allodynia after incision and after intraplantar injection of PLAA. Using preprotachykinin gene knockout mice or with neurokinin-1 selective antagonist LY303870 treatment, we observed that substance P-mediated signaling was also required for miR-203 and PLAA regulation after incision. Finally, using the rat epidermal keratinocyte cell line, we observed that a miR-203 mimic molecule could block the substance P-induced increase in PLAA expression observed under control conditions. CONCLUSIONS miR-203 may regulate expression of the novel nociceptive mediator PLAA after incision. Furthermore, the regulation of miR-203 and PLAA levels is reliant upon intact substance P signaling.
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Ding J, Xiao Y, Lu D, DU YR, Cui XY, Chen J. Effects of SKF-96365, a TRPC inhibitor, on melittin-induced inward current and intracellular Ca2+ rise in primary sensory cells. Neurosci Bull 2011; 27:135-42. [PMID: 21614096 DOI: 10.1007/s12264-011-1018-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Melittin (MEL) is a major component of bee venom and can produce both persistent spontaneous nociception and pain hypersensitivity when injected subcutaneously in the periphery. The present study aimed to examine the roles of transient receptor potential canonical (TRPC) channels in mediation of MEL-induced activation of primary nociceptive cells. METHODS Whole-cell patch-clamp and laser scanning confocal calcium detection were used to evaluate the effects of SKF-96365, a TRPC inhibitor, applied on the acutely isolated dorsal root ganglion (DRG) cells of rat, on MEL-induced increase in intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) and inward current. RESULTS Under voltage-clamp mode, 43.9% (40/91) DRG cells were evoked to give rise to the inward current by 2 μmol/L MEL, which could be significantly suppressed by 3 doses of SKF-96365 (1, 5 and 10 μmol/L) in a dose-dependent manner. Of the other 210 cells, 67.6% responded to MEL with an intracellular Ca(2+) rise, as revealed by confocal calcium imaging. Of these MEL-sensitive cells, 46.5% (66/142) were suppressed by the highest dose of SKF-96365. CONCLUSION MEL-induced activation of small to medium-sized DRG cells can be suppressed by SKF-96365, suggesting the involvement of TRPC channels in the mediation of MEL-induced activation of primary nociceptive cells.
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- Jing Ding
- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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Cao FL, Shang GW, Wang Y, Yang F, Li CL, Chen J. Antinociceptive effects of intragastric DL-tetrahydropalmatine on visceral and somatic persistent nociception and pain hypersensitivity in rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2011; 100:199-204. [PMID: 21889526 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2011.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2011] [Revised: 08/11/2011] [Accepted: 08/20/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Although tetrahydropalmatine (THP), an alkaloid constituent of plants from the genera Stephania and Corydalis, is known to have analgesic property, the antinociceptive effects of THP have not been well evaluated experimentally and the appropriate indications for treatment of clinical pain remain unclear. In the present study, nociceptive and inflammatory models of both somatic and visceral origins were used to assess the antinociceptive and antihyperalgesic effects of intragastric (i.g.) pretreatment of dl-THP in rats. In the bee venom (BV) test that has been well established experimentally, i.g. pretreatment of three doses of dl-THP (20, 40, 60 mg/kg, body weight) resulted in less stably antinociceptive effect on the BV-induced persistent paw flinches that are known to be processed by spinal nociceptive circuit, however the drug of the two higher doses produced distinct suppression of the BV-induced persistent nociception rated by nociceptive score that reflects both spinal and supraspinal mediation. Similarly, the antinociception of dl-THP (60 mg/kg) was only significant for phase 1 but not for phase 2 of the formalin-induced persistent paw flinches, however, the inhibition was distinct for both phase 1 and phase 2 of the formalin nociceptive score. For the antihyperalgesic effect, in contrast, pretreatment of dl-THP (60 mg/kg) produced significant inhibition of both primary hyperalgesia to either thermal or mechanical stimuli and the mirror-image thermal hyperalgesia identified in the BV test. In the acetic acid writhing test, the number of writhes was completely blocked at the first 5-min interval followed by a sustained suppression in the remaining period of the whole time course comparing to the vehicle control. These data suggest that i.g. pre-administration of dl-THP could more effectively inhibit visceral nociception as well as thermal and mechanical inflammatory pain hypersensitivity (hyperalgesia) than persistent nociception. Moreover, the drug is likely to produce more effectiveness on supraspinally processed nociceptive behaviors than spinally mediated nociceptive behaviors, implicating an action of THP at the supraspinal level.
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- Fa-Le Cao
- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain and Institute for Functional Brain Disorders, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710038, PR China
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Du YR, Xiao Y, Lu ZM, Ding J, Xie F, Fu H, Wang Y, Strong JA, Zhang JM, Chen J. Melittin activates TRPV1 receptors in primary nociceptive sensory neurons via the phospholipase A2 cascade pathways. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2011; 408:32-7. [PMID: 21453681 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.03.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2011] [Accepted: 03/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Previous studies demonstrated that melittin, the main peptide in bee venom, could cause persistent spontaneous pain, primary heat and mechanical hyperalgesia, and enhance the excitability of spinal nociceptive neurons. However, the underlying mechanism of melittin-induced cutaneous hypersensitivity is unknown. Effects of melittin applied topically to acutely dissociated rat dorsal root ganglion neurons were studied using whole-cell patch clamp and calcium imaging techniques. Melittin induced intracellular calcium increases in 60% of small (<25 μm) and medium (<40 μm) diameter sensory neurons. In current clamp, topical application of melittin evoked long-lasting firing in 55% of small and medium-sized neurons tested. In voltage clamp, melittin evoked inward currents in sensory neurons in a concentration-dependent manner. Repeated application of melittin caused increased amplitude of the inward currents. Most melittin-sensitive neurons were capsaicin-sensitive, and 65% were isolectin B4 positive. Capsazepine, the TRPV1 receptor inhibitor, completely abolished the melittin-induced inward currents and intracellular calcium transients. Inhibitions of signaling pathways showed that phospholipase A(2), but not phospholipase C, was involved in producing the melittin-induced inward currents. Inhibitors of cyclooxygenases (COX) and lipoxygenases (LOX), two key components of the arachidonic acid metabolism pathway, each partially suppressed the inward current evoked by melittin. Inhibitors of protein kinase A (PKA), but not of PKC, also abolished the melittin-induced inward currents. These results indicate that melittin can directly excite small and medium-sized sensory neurons at least in part by activating TRPV1 receptors via PLA2-COXs/LOXs cascade pathways.
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- Yi-Ru Du
- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, PR China
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Chen J, Lariviere WR. The nociceptive and anti-nociceptive effects of bee venom injection and therapy: a double-edged sword. Prog Neurobiol 2010; 92:151-83. [PMID: 20558236 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2010.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2009] [Revised: 03/31/2010] [Accepted: 06/08/2010] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Bee venom injection as a therapy, like many other complementary and alternative medicine approaches, has been used for thousands of years to attempt to alleviate a range of diseases including arthritis. More recently, additional theraupeutic goals have been added to the list of diseases making this a critical time to evaluate the evidence for the beneficial and adverse effects of bee venom injection. Although reports of pain reduction (analgesic and antinociceptive) and anti-inflammatory effects of bee venom injection are accumulating in the literature, it is common knowledge that bee venom stings are painful and produce inflammation. In addition, a significant number of studies have been performed in the past decade highlighting that injection of bee venom and components of bee venom produce significant signs of pain or nociception, inflammation and many effects at multiple levels of immediate, acute and prolonged pain processes. This report reviews the extensive new data regarding the deleterious effects of bee venom injection in people and animals, our current understanding of the responsible underlying mechanisms and critical venom components, and provides a critical evaluation of reports of the beneficial effects of bee venom injection in people and animals and the proposed underlying mechanisms. Although further studies are required to make firm conclusions, therapeutic bee venom injection may be beneficial for some patients, but may also be harmful. This report highlights key patterns of results, critical shortcomings, and essential areas requiring further study.
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- Jun Chen
- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain and Institute for Functional Brain Disorders, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, 1 Xinsi Road, Baqiao District, Xi'an 710038, PR China.
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Brigatte P, Cury Y, de Souza BM, Baptista-Saidemberg NB, Saidemberg DM, Gutierrez VP, Palma MS. Hyperalgesic and edematogenic effects of peptides isolated from the venoms of honeybee (Apis mellifera) and neotropical social wasps (Polybia paulista and Protonectarina sylveirae). Amino Acids 2010; 40:101-11. [DOI: 10.1007/s00726-010-0512-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2009] [Accepted: 02/03/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Pain is a complex experience consisting of sensory-discriminative, affective-motivational, and cognitive-evaluative dimensions. Now it has been gradually known that noxious information is processed by a widely-distributed, hierarchically- interconnected neural network, referred to as neuromatrix, in the brain. Thus, identifying the multiple neural networks subserving these functional aspects and harnessing this knowledge to manipulate the pain response in new and beneficial ways are challenging tasks. Albeit with elaborate research efforts on the cortical responses to painful stimuli or clinical pain, involvement of the hippocampal formation (HF) in pain is still a matter of controversy. Here, we integrate previous animal and human studies from the viewpoint of HF and pain, sequentially representing anatomical, behavioral, electrophysiological, molecular/biochemical and functional imaging evidence supporting the role of HF in pain processing. At last, we further expound on the relationship between pain and memory and present some unresolved issues.
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- Ming-Gang Liu
- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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Park JT, Lee JY, Lee YB, Kang DY. The effects of bee venom pretreatment of an acupoint on inflammation and hyperalgesia induced by peptidoglycan. Korean J Anesthesiol 2009; 57:483-492. [PMID: 30625910 DOI: 10.4097/kjae.2009.57.4.483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Systemic injection of peptidoglycan (PGN) special polymers, which are the primary structural components of most bacterial cell walls, leads to acute inflammation and pain behavior. This study was conducted to confirm that an intraplantar injection of PGN evoked hindpaw inflammation and hyperalgesia, and to evaluate the effects of bee venom (BV) pretreatment of an acupoint on PGN induced inflammation and hyperalgesia. METHODS Inflammation and hyperalgesia were induced by injecting PGN into the plantar surface of one hindpaw of the rats. Inflammation and hyperalgesia were then evaluated by measuring the thickness of the hindpaw using a caliper and the paw withdrawal time (PWT) in response to noxious thermal stimulus (48degrees C hot water). In addition, spinal cord c-fos expression was quantitatively analyzed. The BV pretreatment was injected at the acupoint located 5 mm lower and 5 mm lateral to the anterior tubercle of the tibia in the hind limb. RESULTS The PGN groups showed increased in paw thickness and spinal c-fos expression two hours after PGN injection, as well as decreased PWT in response to noxious thermal stimulus for each tested time. BV pretreatment of the acupoint was found to inhibit hindpaw thickness and led to a significant increase in PWT, but did not significantly inhibit spinal cord c-fos expression induced by PGN injection. CONCLUSIONS These results indicated that BV pretreatment has both an anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive effect in PGN induced inflammatory pain, which suggests that peptidoglycan may be useful as an inflammatory agent for inflammatory pain models.
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- Jong Taek Park
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
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Yu YQ, Zhao F, Chen J. Activation of ERK1/2 in the primary injury site is required to maintain melittin-enhanced wind-up of rat spinal wide-dynamic-range neurons. Neurosci Lett 2009; 459:137-41. [PMID: 19427362 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2008] [Revised: 04/10/2009] [Accepted: 05/04/2009] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Peripheral modulation of wind-up enhancement induced by peripheral tissue injury is investigated in rat spinal wide-dynamic-range (WDR) neurons. After subcutaneous (s.c.) injection of melittin, a pain-related peptidergic component separated from bee venom, the responsiveness of spinal cord WDR neuron to repeated suprathreshold (1.5T, the intensity threshold) electrical stimuli is enhanced. Comparing with the less effects on early response (0-100 ms), melittin significantly increases late response (100 ms to the next stimulus artifact) and after-discharge (starting from 2s after the last stimulus artifact) with 189% and 546%, respectively. Peripheral administration of a specific MEK inhibitor, 1,4-diamino-2,3-dicyano-1,4-bis-[o-aminophenylmercapto] butadiene (U0126, 1 microg) gradually suppresses, but not completely blocks melittin-enhanced wind-up to the similar level of baseline. The inhibitions of U0126 are mainly on late response and after-discharge with 49% and 65%, respectively. Peripheral administration of three doses of U0126 (0.1, 1, 10 microg) has no effects on melittin-induced local paw edema regardless of either pre- or post-treatment of the drug. We conclude that peripheral ERKs pathway in the primary injury site is required to maintain melittin-enhanced wind-up of rat spinal cord wide-dynamic-range neurons.
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- Yao-Qing Yu
- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain and Institute for Functional Brain Disorders, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710038, PR China
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Silva TC, De Paula Moura S, Ramos HR, De Araujo PS, Bueno Da Costa MH. Design of a Modern Liposome and Bee Venom Formulation for the Traditional VIT-Venom Immunotherapy. J Liposome Res 2008; 18:353-68. [DOI: 10.1080/08982100802518046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Tatiana C. Silva
- Laboratório de Microesferas e Lipossomas
- Departamento de Medicina, Disciplina de Clínica Médica-UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia Molecular, (Centro de Biotecnologia), Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brasil
- Departamento de Bioquímica-Instituto de Química-USP, São Paulo, Brasil
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Li MM, Yu YQ, Fu H, Xie F, Xu LX, Chen J. Extracellular signal-regulated kinases mediate melittin-induced hypersensitivity of spinal neurons to chemical and thermal but not mechanical stimuli. Brain Res Bull 2008; 77:227-32. [PMID: 18725270 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2008.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2008] [Revised: 06/29/2008] [Accepted: 07/25/2008] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Subcutaneous melittin injection causes central plasticity at the spinal level in wide-dynamic-range (WDR) neurons, which are hypersensitive to various nociceptive stimuli. Previous behavioral studies demonstrated that the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2(ERK1/2), p38 MAPK, and c-Jun N-terminal kinase are involved in both peripheral and spinal processing of melittin-induced nociception and hypersensitivity. Yet the functional roles of the three MAPKs vary among different stimulus modalities, and must be further studied at the cellular level in vivo. In this report, extracellular single unit recordings were performed to investigate whether activation of ERK1/2 in the primary injury site of melittin is essential to the establishment of a spinally sensitized state. Localized peripheral administration of a single dose of the MEK inhibitor U0126 (1 μg/10 μl) significantly suppressed neuronal hyper-responsiveness to thermal stimulus and chemical (melittin)-induced tonic firing of WDR neurons after full establishment of a spinally sensitized state. However, U0126 failed to affect mechanical hypersensitivity to both noxious and non-noxious stimuli. Melittin-induced enhancement of thermal hypersensitivity was also greatly inhibited by a single dose of capsazepine, a thermal nociceptor (TRPV1) blocker. These results suggest that activation of the ERK signaling pathway in the periphery is likely necessary for maintenance of a spinally sensitized state; activation of ERK1/2 in the primary injury site may regulate TRPV1, leading to dorsal horn hypersensitivity to thermal and chemical stimuli. ERK signaling pathways are not likely to be associated with melittin-induced dorsal horn hypersensitivity to mechanical stimuli.
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- Meng-Meng Li
- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain and Institute for Functional Brain Disorders, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, #1 Xinsi Road, Baqiao, Xi'an 710038, PR China
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Cui XY, Dai Y, Wang SL, Yamanaka H, Kobayashi K, Obata K, Chen J, Noguchi K. Differential activation of p38 and extracellular signal-regulated kinase in spinal cord in a model of bee venom-induced inflammation and hyperalgesia. Mol Pain 2008; 4:17. [PMID: 18445299 PMCID: PMC2391153 DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-4-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2008] [Accepted: 04/30/2008] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Background Honeybee's sting on human skin can induce ongoing pain, hyperalgesia and inflammation. Injection of bee venom (BV) into the intraplantar surface of the rat hindpaw induces an early onset of spontaneous pain followed by a lasting thermal and mechanical hypersensitivity in the affected paw. The underlying mechanisms of BV-induced thermal and mechanical hypersensitivity are, however, poorly understood. In the present study, we investigated the role of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) in the generation of BV-induced pain hypersensitivity. Results We found that BV injection resulted in a quick activation of p38, predominantly in the L4/L5 spinal dorsal horn ipsilateral to the inflammation from 1 hr to 7 d post-injection. Phosphorylated p38 (p-p38) was expressed in both neurons and microglia, but not in astrocytes. Intrathecal administration of the p38 inhibitor, SB203580, prevented BV-induced thermal hypersensitivity from 1 hr to 3 d, but had no effect on mechanical hypersensitivity. Activated ERK1/2 was observed exclusively in neurons in the L4/L5 dorsal horn from 2 min to 1 d, peaking at 2 min after BV injection. Intrathecal administration of the MEK inhibitor, U0126, prevented both mechanical and thermal hypersensitivity from 1 hr to 2 d. p-ERK1/2 and p-p38 were expressed in neurons in distinct regions of the L4/L5 dorsal horn; p-ERK1/2 was mainly in lamina I, while p-p38 was mainly in lamina II of the dorsal horn. Conclusion The results indicate that differential activation of p38 and ERK1/2 in the dorsal horn may contribute to the generation and development of BV-induced pain hypersensitivity by different mechanisms.
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- Xiu-Yu Cui
- Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan.
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Lu ZM, Xie F, Fu H, Liu MG, Cao FL, Hao J, Chen J. Roles of peripheral P2X and P2Y receptors in the development of melittin-induced nociception and hypersensitivity. Neurochem Res 2008; 33:2085-91. [PMID: 18404374 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-008-9689-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2007] [Accepted: 03/26/2008] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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A recent report from our laboratory shows that subcutaneous (s.c.) injection of melittin could induce persistent spontaneous nociception (PSN) and primary thermal or mechanical hyperalgesia. However, the exact peripheral mechanisms underlying melittin-induced multiple pain-related behaviors remain unclear. In this study, behavioral tests combined with pharmacological manipulations were used to explore potential roles of local P2X and P2Y receptors in melittin-induced inflammatory pain and hyperalgesia. Post-treatment of the primary injury site with s.c. injection of A-317491 (a potent P2X(3)/P2X(2/3) receptor antagonist) and Reactive Blue 2 (a potent P2Y receptor antagonist) could significantly suppress the development of melittin-evoked PSN and hypersensitivity (thermal and mechanical). Our control experiments demonstrated that local administration of either antagonist into the contralateral hindpaw produced no significant effect on any kind of pain-associated behaviors. Taken together, these data indicate that activation of P2X and P2Y receptors might be essential to the maintenance of melittin-induced primary thermal and mechanical hyperalgesia as well as on-going pain.
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- Zhuo-Min Lu
- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain and Institute for Functional Brain Disorders, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, #1 Xinsi Road, Baqiao, Xi'an 710038, People's Republic of China
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Hao J, Liu MG, Yu YQ, Cao FL, Li Z, Lu ZM, Chen J. Roles of peripheral mitogen-activated protein kinases in melittin-induced nociception and hyperalgesia. Neuroscience 2008; 152:1067-75. [PMID: 18329815 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.12.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2007] [Revised: 12/12/2007] [Accepted: 12/27/2007] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Recently, we have reported that melittin, a major toxic peptide of the whole bee venom, plays a central role in production of local inflammation, nociception and hyperalgesia following the experimental honeybee's sting. However, the exact peripheral mechanisms underlying melittin-induced multiple pain-related behaviors are still less characterized. In the present study, we sought to investigate the potential roles of peripheral mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) in melittin-induced nociception and hyperalgesia by pre- and post-administration of three MAPK inhibitors, namely U0126 (1 mug, 10 mug) for extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), SP600125 (10 mug, 100 mug) for c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) and SB239063 (10 mug, 100 mug) for p38 MAPK, into the local inflamed area of one hind paw of rats. Both pre- and post-treatment with three drugs significantly suppressed the occurrence and maintenance of melittin-evoked persistent spontaneous nociception (PSN) and primary heat hyperalgesia, with little antinociceptive effect on mechanical hyperalgesia. In vehicle-treated group, ipsilateral injection of melittin produced no impact on thermal and mechanical sensitivity of the other hind paw, suggesting no occurrence of contralateral heat and mechanical hyperalgesia in the melittin test. In addition, local administration of each inhibitor into the contralateral hind paw exerted no significant influence on either PSN or heat/mechanical hyperalgesia tested in the primary injured hind paw, excluding the systemically pharmacological effects of the three drugs. Furthermore, local administration of the three compounds in naïve animals, respectively, did not change the basal pain sensitivity to either thermal or mechanical stimuli, suggesting lack of peripherally functional roles of the three MAPK subfamily members in normal pain sensitivity under the physiological state. Taken together, we conclude that activation of peripheral MAPKs, including ERK, JNK and p38, might contribute to the induction and maintenance of persistent ongoing pain and primary heat hyperalgesia in the melittin test. However, they are not likely to be involved in the processing of melittin-induced primary mechanical hyperalgesia, implicating a mechanistic separation between mechanical and thermal hyperalgesia in the periphery.
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- J Hao
- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain and Institute for Functional Brain Disorders, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 1# Xinsi Road, Baqiao District, Xi'an 710038, PR China
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Cao FL, Liu MG, Hao J, Li Z, Lu ZM, Chen J. Different roles of spinal p38 and c-Jun N-terminal kinase pathways in bee venom-induced multiple pain-related behaviors. Neurosci Lett 2007; 427:50-4. [PMID: 17923327 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2007] [Revised: 08/24/2007] [Accepted: 09/05/2007] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Our previous studies have established the idea that different types of pain induced by subcutaneous bee venom (BV) injection might be mediated by different spinal signaling pathways. To further testify this hypothesis, the present investigation was designed to detect whether spinal p38 and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) pathways are equally or differentially involved in the development of persistent spontaneous nociception (PSN), primary heat and mechanical hyperalgesia, and mirror-image heat (MIH) hypersensitivity in the BV model, by evaluating the effects of intrathecal (i.t.) pre-administration of a p38 inhibitor SB239063 and a JNK inhibitor SP600125 in the conscious rat. The results showed that i.t. pre-treatment with either SB239063 or SP600125 caused a significant prevention of BV-induced persistent paw flinching reflex in a dose-related manner, with the former exhibiting much stronger inhibition than the latter. Moreover, the same doses of SB239063 and SP600125 also exhibited different suppressive actions on the induction of primary heat hyperalgesia and MIH hypersensitivity. That is, SP600125 produced a larger increase of thermal latency than SB239063 in the injected paw, whereas SB239063 mainly affected the value measured in the non-injected paw. Pre-treatment with neither SB239063 nor SP600125 had any effect on BV-evoked mechanical hyperalgesia. Taken together, these data suggest that activation of p38 in the spinal cord preferentially contributes to the development of PSN and MIH hypersensitivity under pathological state, while spinal JNK signaling pathways might play more important roles in inducing primary heat hyperalgesia.
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Guo SW, Liu MG, Long YL, Ren LY, Lu ZM, Yu HY, Hou JF, Li H, Gao CY, Cui XY, An YY, Li J, Zhao LF, Chen J. Region- or state-related differences in expression and activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs) in naïve and pain-experiencing rats. BMC Neurosci 2007; 8:53. [PMID: 17650295 PMCID: PMC1949833 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-8-53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2007] [Accepted: 07/24/2007] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), one member of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) family, has been suggested to regulate a diverse array of cellular functions, including cell growth, differentiation, survival, as well as neuronal plasticity. Recent evidence indicates a role for ERKs in nociceptive processing in both dorsal root ganglion and spinal cord. However, little literature has been reported to examine the differential distribution and activation of ERK isoforms, ERK1 and ERK2, at different levels of pain-related pathways under both normal and pain states. In the present study, quantitative blot immunolabeling technique was used to determine the spatial and temporal expression of ERK1 and ERK2, as well as their activated forms, in the spinal cord, primary somatosensory cortex (SI area of cortex), and hippocampus under normal, transient pain and persistent pain states. RESULTS In naïve rats, we detected regional differences in total expression of ERK1 and ERK2 across different areas. In the spinal cord, ERK1 was expressed more abundantly than ERK2, while in the SI area of cortex and hippocampus, there was a larger amount of ERK2 than ERK1. Moreover, phosphorylated ERK2 (pERK2), not phosphorylated ERK1 (pERK1), was normally expressed with a high level in the SI area and hippocampus, but both pERK1 and pERK2 were barely detectable in normal spinal cord. Intraplantar saline or bee venom injection, mimicking transient or persistent pain respectively, can equally initiate an intense and long-lasting activation of ERKs in all three areas examined. However, isoform-dependent differences existed among these areas, that is, pERK2 exhibited stronger response than pERK1 in the spinal cord, whereas ERK1 was more remarkably activated than ERK2 in the S1 area and hippocampus. CONCLUSION Taken these results together, we conclude that: (1) under normal state, while ERK immunoreactivity is broadly distributed in the rat central nervous system in general, the relative abundance of ERK1 and ERK2 differs greatly among specific regions; (2) under pain state, either ERK1 or ERK2 can be effectively phosphorylated with a long-term duration by both transient and persistent pain, but their response patterns differ from each other across distinct regions; (3) The long-lasting ERKs activation induced by bee venom injection is highly correlated with our previous behavioral, electrophysiological, morphological and pharmacological observations, lending further support to the functional importance of ERKs-mediated signaling pathways in the processing of negative consequences of pain associated with sensory, emotional and cognitive dimensions.
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Affiliation(s)
- She-Wei Guo
- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, P. R. China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, P. R. China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, P. R. China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain and Institute for Functional Brain Disorders, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710038, P. R. China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain and Institute for Functional Brain Disorders, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710038, P. R. China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain and Institute for Functional Brain Disorders, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710038, P. R. China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain and Institute for Functional Brain Disorders, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710038, P. R. China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, P. R. China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, P. R. China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, P. R. China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, P. R. China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, P. R. China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, P. R. China
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, P. R. China
- Institute for Biomedical Sciences of Pain and Institute for Functional Brain Disorders, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710038, P. R. China
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Han S, Lee K, Yeo J, Kweon H, Woo S, Lee M, Baek H, Park K. Inhibitory effect of bee venom against ultraviolet B induced MMP-11 and MMP-3 in human dermal fibroblasts. Journal of Apicultural Research 2007; 46:94-98. [DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2007.11101374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/14/2023]
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