Effect Of Dietary Protein Levels On The Genesis Of Repair Tissue In Rats [influência Do Teor Protéico Da Dieta Sobre A Gênese Do Tecido De Reparo Em Ratos.]

The objective of this study was to verify if the diet protein level affects the genesis of the repair tissue in rats submitted to a poly-chloro-vinyl (PVC) sponge implantation, as well as to analyse the possible alterations in the synthesis of the mucopolysaccharides acids (glucosaminoglycans) by the histophotometry technique. Forty five Wistar weanling male rats, at 21 days of age, were divided into three experimental groups; the groups were fed diets al 6%, 15% and 40% protein level from casein source, during at 69 days period. The animals which received the low protein diet (6%) presented an inhibition in the evolution and maturation of the granulation tissue mainly in the 4th, 7th and 10th days after the sponge PVC implantation. It was also observed that there was less infiltration of the inflammatory cells, less fibroblasts proliferation, reduction of the collagen fibers synthesis, neovascularization decreased and an inhibition of the mucopolysaccharide acids synthesis.42441441

Ascending Nociceptive Control Contributes To The Antinociceptive Effect Of Acupuncture In A Rat Model Of Acute Pain

Acupuncture-induced analgesia depends on the activation of endogenous pain modulation pathways. In this study, we asked whether ascending nociceptive control (ANC), a form of pain-induced analgesia, contributes to the antinociceptive effect of acupuncture. To answer this question, we tested the ability of procedures that block ANC-induced analgesia, at peripheral, spinal, nucleus accumbens and rostral ventral medulla levels, to block acupuncture-induced analgesia. Acupuncture at ST36 (Zusanli), a widely used acupoint located in the hind limb, induced potent heterosegmental antinociception in the orofacial formalin test. The magnitude of this antinociceptive effect was similar to that induced by an intraplantar injection of capsaicin, a procedure classically used to activate ANC. The antinociceptive effect of acupuncture was blocked by sciatic C-fibers depletion (1% perineural capsaicin), spinal administration of a μ-opioid (Cys2,Tyr3,Orn5,Pen7amide,.2 μg) or of a GABAA (bicuculline,.3 μg) receptor antagonist, intra-nucleus accumbens administration of a μ-opioid receptor antagonist (Cys2,Tyr3,Orn5,Pen7amide, 1 μg), or intrarostral ventral medulla administration of a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist (mecamylamine,.6 μg). In addition, acupuncture at ST36 and/or upper lip formalin induced c-Fos expression in the nucleus accumbens and in rostral ventral medulla. On the basis of these results, we propose that ANC contributes to the antinociceptive effect of acupuncture. Perspective This article presents a novel mechanism of acupuncture analgesia, contributing to the understanding of its scientific basis. 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Effect Of Pain Chronification And Chronic Pain On An Endogenous Pain Modulation Circuit In Rats

We tested the hypothesis that chronic pain development (pain chronification) and ongoing chronic pain (chronic pain) reduce the activity and induce plastic changes in an endogenous analgesia circuit, the ascending nociceptive control. An important mechanism mediating this form of endogenous analgesia, referred to as capsaicin-induced analgesia, is its dependence on nucleus accumbens μ-opioid receptor mechanisms. Therefore, we also investigated whether pain chronification and chronic pain alter the requirement for nucleus accumbens μ-opioid receptor mechanisms in capsaicin-induced analgesia. We used an animal model of pain chronification in which daily subcutaneous prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) injections into the rat's hind paw for 14days, referred to as the induction period of persistent hyperalgesia, induce a long-lasting state of nociceptor sensitization referred to as the maintenance period of persistent hyperalgesia, that lasts for at least 30days following the cessation of the PGE2 treatment. The nociceptor hypersensitivity was measured by the shortening of the time interval for the animal to respond to a mechanical stimulation of the hind paw. We found a significant reduction in the duration of capsaicin-induced analgesia during the induction and maintenance period of persistent mechanical hyperalgesia. Intra-accumbens injection of the μ-opioid receptor selective antagonist Cys2,Tyr3,Orn5,Pen7amide (CTOP) 10min before the subcutaneous injection of capsaicin into the rat's fore paw blocked capsaicin-induced analgesia. 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The Contribution Of Transient Receptor Potential Ankyrin 1 (trpa1) To The In Vivo Nociceptive Effects Of Prostaglandin E2

Aims Although evidence suggest that TRPA1 mediates some effects of prostaglandins, it is not known whether TRPA1 contributes to the in vivo nociceptive effects of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), a key mediator of inflammatory pain. Main methods To address this issue, the effect of the pharmacological blockade of TRPA1 or of its gene silencing on the hyperalgesia induced in the rat paw by PGE2 or its downstream signaling molecules, protein kinase A (PKA) or protein kinase C-epsilon (PKCε), was evaluated. TRPA1 expression on dorsal root ganglia cells was assessed by western blot. Key findings The pharmacological blockade of local TRPA1 by its selective antagonist, HC 030031 decreased and reversed PGE2-induced hyperalgesia. The TRPA1 gene silencing induced by intrathecal pre-treatment with antisense oligodeoxynucleotide blocked PGE 2-induced hyperalgesia and strongly reduced TRPA1 expression in dorsal root ganglia cells (L5 and L6). 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