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KOREAN JOURNAL OF PAIN
Volume 34, Issue 4, Pages 394-404Publisher
KOREAN PAIN SOC
DOI: 10.3344/kjp.2021.34.4.394
Keywords
Key Words; Chronic Pain; Constriction; Pathologic; Fibrosis; Hyperalgesia; Inflamma-tion; Injections; Epidural; Low Back Pain; Polydeoxyribonucleotides; Radiculopathy; Receptor; Adenosine A2A; Spinal Stenosis
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- Pharma Re-search Co., Korea
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The study found that epidural injection of PDRN significantly improved mechanical allodynia and motor dysfunction in a rat model, mediated by the spinal adenosine A2A receptor. Additionally, no epineurial inflammation or fibrosis was observed in the epidural PDRN groups on histopathological examination.
Background: We aimed to investigate the effect of epidural polydeoxyribonucleotide (PDRN) on mechanical allodynia and motor dysfunction in a rat model of lumbar foraminal stenosis (LFS). Methods: This study was conducted in two stages, using male Sprague-Dawley rats. The rats were randomly divided into eight groups. In the first stage, the groups were as follows: vehicle (V), sham (S), and epidural PDRN at 5 (P5), 8 (P8), and 10 (P10) mg/kg; and in the second stage, they were as follows: intraperitoneal PDRN 8 mg/ kg, epidural 3,7-dimethyl-1-propargilxanthine (DMPX) (0.1 mg/kg), and DMPX (0.1 mg/kg). The LFS model was established, except for the S group. After an epidural injection of the test solutions, von Frey and treadmill tests were conducted for 3 weeks. Subsequently, histopathologic examinations were conducted in the V, S, P5, and P10 groups. Results: A total of 65 rats were included. The P8 and P10 groups showed significant recovery from mechanical allodynia and motor dysfunction at all time points after drug administration compared to the V group. These effects were abolished by concomitant administration of DMPX. On histopathological examination, no epineurial inflammation or fibrosis was observed in the epidural PDRN groups. Conclusions: Epidural injection of PDRN significantly improves mechanical allodynia and motor dysfunction in a rat model of LFS, which is mediated by the spinal adenosine A2A receptor. The present data support the need for further research to determine the role of epidural PDRN in spinal stenosis treatment.
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