[Electroacupuncture intervention relieves pain possibly by promoting MOR endocytosis in locus coeruleus in bone cancer pain rats with morphine tolerance].
[Electroacupuncture intervention relieves pain possibly by promoting MOR endocytosis in locus coeruleus in bone cancer pain rats with morphine tolerance].
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10.13702/j.1000-0607.180635
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2019-03-25
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Liang, Yi
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Shi, Ren-Yi;Fu, Tao-Fang;Liang, Yi
OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on pain behavior and expression of -opioid receptor (MOR) and Rab5 (an important protein molecule for internalization of MOR) in the locus coeruleus (LC) region in bone cancer pain (BCP) rats with morphine tolerance (MT), so as to explore its mechanisms underlying improvement of BCP and MT.METHODS: The present study included two parts. In the first part, 23 female SD rats were randomized into sham BCP (n=6), BCP (n=9) and BCP+MT (n=8) groups, and in the second part, 61 female SD rats were randomized into 5 groups: sham BCP (n=11), BCP (n=11), BCP+MT (n=13), BCP+MT+EA (n=13) and BCP+MT+sham EA (n=13). The BCP morphine tolerance (BCP+MT) model was established by injection of 10 L of human Walker 256 breast cancer cells (MRMT-1 breast cancer cells, 1 x104 cells/L) into the bone marrow cavity at the upper part of the left tibia and intraperitoneal injection of morphine hydrochloride (10 mg/kg, once per 12 h, for 11 successive days). On day 21 after inoculation, EA (2 Hz/100 Hz, 0.5-1.5 mA, increasing 0.5 mA every 10 min) was began to applied to bilateral "Zusanli" (ST30) and "Kunlun" (BL60) immediately after the first intraperitoneal injection of morphine. The treatment was performed for 30 min every time, once daily for 7 successive days. The paw withdrawal threshold (PWT) was detected before and 10, 11, 21, 22, 24, 26 and 28 days after inoculation. The immunoactivity of MOR and Rab5 proteins in the LC region was detected by immunofluorescence histochemistry.RESULTS: In the first part of the study, at the 10th day after inoculation of cancer cells, the PWT of the BCP and BCP+MT groups was significantly lower than that of the sham BCP group (P