The 5-HT2A receptor potassium-chloride cotransporter 2 signaling pathway in a rat incision pain model

Autor: Buwei Yu, Weifeng Yu, Lijiao Chen, Rong Dong
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine. 12:3583-3588
ISSN: 1792-1015
1792-0981
Popis: Postoperative pain is a critical problem in clinical pain administration. Due to the unclear formation mechanism of postoperative pain, the treatment of postoperative pain is still in the symptomatic treatment stage and lacking satisfactory analgesic effect. Postoperative pain can be simulated by using a rat incision pain model. We observed changes in pain-related behavior of rats affected by the 5-hydroxytryptamine 2A receptor (5-HT2AR) agonist, TCB-2, and antagonist, ketanserin, through intrathecal delivery. The transcription and translation level of potassium-chloride cotransporter 2 (KCC2) in the spinal cord was also measured to investigate the role of the 5-HT2AR-KCC2 pathway in the mechanism of incision pain. Compared with the control group, rats in the incision pain group had decreased mechanical withdrawal threshold (MWT), with significant differences on day 1-7 after surgery, and significant decreases in thermal withdrawal latency (TWL) on days 1, 2, 3 and 6 (P
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