Anti-nociceptive effects of Sedum Lineare Thunb. on spared nerve injury-induced neuropathic pain by inhibiting TLR4/NF-?B signaling in the spinal cord in rats - 03/03/21
, Cheng Huang a, b, ⁎ 
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Highlights |
• | SLT maybe acted as a promising therapeutic agent for neuropathic pain. |
• | SLT treatment effectively inhibits SNI-induced the activation of spinal microglia. |
• | SLT exhibits anti-inflammatory effect via re-balancing the cytokines in spinal cord. |
• | SLT reverses SNI-provoked over-expression of spinal TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway. |
Abstract |
Neuropathic pain is still a critical public health problem worldwide. Thereby, the search for novel and more effective strategies against neuropathic pain is urgently considered. It is known that neuroinflammation plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of neuropathic pain. SedumLineare Thunb. (SLT), a kind of Chinese herb originated from the whole grass of Crassulaceae plant, was reported to possess anti-inflammatory activity. However, whether SLT has anti-nociceptive effect on neuropathic pain and its possible underlying mechanisms remains poorly elucidated. In this study, a rat model of neuropathic pain induced by spared nerve injury (SNI)was applied. SLT (p.o.) was administered to SNI rats once every day lasting for 14 days. Pain-related behaviors were assessed by using paw withdrawal threshold (PWT) and CatWalk gait parameters. Expression levels of inflammatory mediators and pain-related signaling molecules in the spinal cord were detected using western blotting assay. The results revealed that SLT (30, 100, and 300 mg/kg, p.o.) treatment for SNI rats ameliorated mechanical hypersensitivity in a dose-dependent manner. Application of SLT at the most effective dose of 100 mg/kg to SNI rats not only significantly blocked microglial activation, but also markedly reduced the protein levels of spinal HMGB1, TLR4, MyD88, TRAF6, IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α, along with an enhancement in gait parameters. Furthermore, SLT treatment dramatically inhibited the phosphorylation levels of both IKK and NF-κB p65 but obviously improved both IκB and IL-10 protein expression in the spinal cord of SNI rats. Altogether, these data suggested that SLT could suppress spinal TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway in SNI rats, which might at least partly contribute to its anti-nociceptive action, indicating that SLT may serveas a potential therapeutic agent for neuropathic pain.
Il testo completo di questo articolo è disponibile in PDF.Abbreviations : SLT, SNI, PWT, HMGB1, TLR4, MyD88, IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, NF-κB, IκB, IKK, TRAF6, SEM, p.o.
Keywords : SedumLineare Thunb, Neuropathic pain, Microglial activation, Cytokine, HMGB1, TLR4/NF-κB signaling
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