Acetic acid conditioning stimulus induces long-lasting antinociception of somatic inflammatory pain
Acetic acid conditioning stimulus induces long-lasting antinociception of somatic inflammatory pain
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DOI:
10.1016/s0091-3057(03)00014-5
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发表时间:
2003-03-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Tanabe, T
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作者:
Kurihara, T;Nonaka, T;Tanabe, T
A wide variety of noxious stimuli are known to induce a powerful inhibition of pain sensation evoked at a remote region of the body. Here we show that an intraperitoneal acetic acid (AA) conditioning stimulus produces long-lasting inhibition of formalin-evoked somatic inflammatory pain behavior in mice. This novel long-lasting antinociception was completely blocked by the 5-hydroxytryptamine type 2A/2C (5-HT2A/2C) receptor antagonists, ketanserin and ritanserin, but not by the opioid receptor antagonist, naloxone, and alpha-adrenergic receptor antagonists, phentolamine and yohimbine. In contrast, the 5-HT3/4 receptor antagonist, tropisetron, significantly potentiated this long-lasting antinociception. The conditioning stimulus significantly upregulated the levels of both tryptophan hydroxylase immunoreactivity, in the medulla oblongata and the 5-HT2A/2C receptor mRNA level in the spinal cord. These results suggested that the visceral noxious stimulus caused a long-lasting augmentation of the serotonergic inhibitory system and downregulated the somatic inflammatory nociceptive transmission. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.