期刊
JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES
卷 108, 期 3, 页码 341-347出版社
JAPANESE PHARMACOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.08207FP
关键词
interleukin-6 (IL-6); neuropathic pain; partial sciatic nerve ligation; peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma (PPAR gamma); tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)
资金
- Japan Society for Promotion of Science [18613014]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [18613014] Funding Source: KAKEN
To clarify the role of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma (PPAR gamma) in neuropathic pain, we examined the effect of pioglitazone, a PPAR gamma agonist, on tactile allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia in a neuropathic pain model. Mice were subjected to partial sciatic nerve ligation (PSL) and given pioglitazone (1-25 mg/kg, p.o.) once daily. PPAR gamma was distributed in the neurons of the dorsal root ganglion and the dorsal horn of the spinal cord and in the adipocytes at the epineurium of the sciatic nerve in naive mice. PSL elicited tactile allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia for two weeks. Administration of pioglitazone for the first week after PSL attenuated thermal hyperalgesia and tactile allodynia, which was dose-dependent and blocked by GW9662 (2 mg/kg, i.p.), a PPAR gamma antagonist. Administration of pioglitazone for the second week also relieved tactile allodynia, but administration one week before PSL had no effect. A single administration of pioglitazone to mice on day 7 of PSL did not alter tactile allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia. PSL-induced upregulation of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-6, which are essential for neuropathic pain, was suppressed by pioglitazone for the first week. This suggests that pioglitazone alleviates neuropathic pain through attenuation of proinflammatory cytokine upregulation by PPAR gamma stimulation.
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