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GENE THERAPY
卷 19, 期 1, 页码 101-108出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/gt.2011.76
关键词
morphine tolerance; cytokines; TNF soluble receptor
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资金
- NIH [DA020078, DA026734, DA025527, NS066792]
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- NINDS [NS038850]
- NIDDK [DK044935]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES [P01DK044935] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE [R01NS038850, R01NS044507, R01NS066792] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE [R03DA020078, R03DA026734, R21DA025527] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Opiate/narcotic analgesics are the most effective treatments for chronic severe pain, but their clinical utility is often hampered by the development of analgesic tolerance. Recent evidence suggests chronic morphine may activate glial cells to release proinflammatory cytokines. In this study, we used herpes simplex virus (HSV) vector-based gene transfer to dorsal root ganglion to produce a local release of p55 tumor necrosis factor (TNF) soluble receptor in the spinal cord in rats with morphine tolerance. Subcutaneous inoculation of HSV vectors expressing p55 TNF soluble receptor into the plantar surface of the hindpaws enhanced the antinociceptive effect of acute morphine in rats. Subcutaneous inoculation of those vectors into hindpaws also delayed the development of chronic morphine tolerance in rats. TNF soluble receptor expressed by HSV vector reduced gene transcription of spinal TNF alpha and interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) induced by repeated morphine. Furthermore, we found that TNF soluble receptor mediated by HSV reversed the upregulation of protein level of TNF alpha and IL-1 beta and phosphorylation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase induced by repeated morphine. These results support the concept that proinflammatory cytokines may have an important role in the pathogenesis induced by morphine. This study provides a novel approach to treating morphine tolerance. Gene Therapy (2012) 19, 101-108; doi:10.1038/gt.2011.76; published online 26 May 2011
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