Paeoniflorin and Albiflorin Attenuate Neuropathic Pain via MAPK Pathway in Chronic Constriction Injury Rats

被引:46
作者
Zhou, Jianyu [1 ,2 ]
Wang, Linyuan [1 ]
Wang, Jingxia [1 ]
Wang, Chun [1 ]
Yang, Zhihui [3 ]
Wang, Chenglong [1 ]
Zhu, Yingli [1 ]
Zhang, Jianjun [1 ]
机构
[1] Beijing Univ Chinese Med, 11 Beisanhuandonglu, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China
[2] Chengde Med Univ, Chengde 067000, Hebei, Peoples R China
[3] Univ Florida, Dept Psychiat, Gainesville, FL 32608 USA
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
N-TERMINAL KINASE; ACTIVATED PROTEIN-KINASE; SPINAL-CORD ASTROCYTES; PRIMARY AFFERENT NEURONS; NERVE LIGATION; CENTRAL SENSITIZATION; MECHANICAL ALLODYNIA; RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; JNK ACTIVATION; SOFT CORAL;
D O I
10.1155/2016/8082753
中图分类号
R [医药、卫生];
学科分类号
10 ;
摘要
Neuropathic pain remains as the most frequent cause of suffering and disability around the world. The isomers paeoniflorin (PF) and albiflorin (AF) are major constituents extracted from the roots of Paeonia (P.) lactiflora Pall. Neuroprotective effect of PF has been demonstrated in animal models of neuropathologies. However, only a few studies are related to the biological activities of AF and no report has been published on analgesic properties of AF about neuropathic pain to date. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of AF and PF against CCI-induced neuropathic pain in rat and explore the underlying mechanism. We had found that both PF and AF could inhibit the activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) pathway in spinal microglia and subsequent upregulated proinflammatory cytokines (interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)). AF further displayed remarkable effects on inhibiting the activation of astrocytes, suppressing the overelevated expression of phosphorylation of c-Jun N-terminal kinases (p-JNK) in astrocytes, and decreasing the content of chemokine CXCL1 in the spinal cord. These results suggest that both PF and AF are potential therapeutic agents for neuropathic pain, which merit further investigation.
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