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PHYTOMEDICINE
Volume 67, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2019.153166
Keywords
Loganin; Chronic constriction injury; Neuropathic pain; NF-kappa B; Proinflammatory cytokines; Schwann cells
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- Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan [MOST 106-2320-B-037-009-MY3, MOST 107-2811-B-037-515]
- Fooyin University Hospital Research Foundation, Taiwan [FHeHR-108-05]
- Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital Research Foundation, Taiwan [KMUH105-5R35, KMUH106-6R43]
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Background: Peripheral nerve injury can produce chronic and ultimately neuropathic pain. The chronic constriction injury (CCI) model has provided a deeper understanding of nociception and chronic pain. Loganin is a well-known herbal medicine with glucose-lowering action and neuroprotective activity. Purpose: This study investigated the molecular mechanisms by which loganin reduced CCI-induced neuropathic pain. Methods: Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into four groups: sham, sham+ loganin, CCI and CCI + loganin. Loganin (1 or 5 mg/kg/day) was injected intraperitoneally once daily for 14 days, starting the day after CCI. For behavioral testing, mechanical and thermal responses were assessed before surgery and on d1, d3, d7 and d14 after surgery. Sciatic nerves (SNs) were collected to measure proinflammatory cytokines. Proximal and distal SNs were collected separately for Western blotting and immunofluorescence studies. Results: Thermal hyperalgesia and mechanical allodynia were reduced in the loganin-treated group as compared to the CCI group. Loganin (5 mg/kg/day) prevented CCI from inducing proinflammatory cytokines (TNF-alpha, IL-1 beta), inflammatory proteins (TNF-alpha, IL-1 beta, pNF kappa B, pIKBA kappa B, iNOS) and receptor (TNFR1, IL-1R), adaptor protein (TRAF2) of TNF-alpha, and Schwann cell demyelination and axonal damage. Loganin also blocked I kappa B phosphorylation (p-I kappa B). Double immunofluorescent staining further demonstrated that pNF kappa B/pI kappa B protein was reduced by loganin in Schwann cells on d7 after CCI. In the distal stumps of injured SN, Schwann cell demyelination was correlated with pain behaviors in CCI rats. Conclusion: Our findings indicate that loganin improves CCI-induced neuroinflammation and pain behavior by downregulating TNF-alpha/IL-1 beta-dependent NF-kappa B activation.
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