Evidence of substance P autocrine circuitry that involves TNF-α, IL-6, and PGE2 in endogenous pyrogen-induced fever

2016 ◽  
Vol 293 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haissa Oliveira Brito ◽  
Felipe L. Barbosa ◽  
Renata Cristiane dos Reis ◽  
Daniel Fraga ◽  
Beatriz S. Borges ◽  
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2003 ◽  
Vol 1643 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 75-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonina Azzolina ◽  
Antonella Bongiovanni ◽  
Nadia Lampiasi

2015 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Wen Chen ◽  
Jann-Inn Tzeng ◽  
Min-Fei Lin ◽  
Ching-Hsia Hung ◽  
Jhi-Joung Wang

BackgroundTranscutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is often used for management of chronic pain.ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to investigate whether TENS altered postincisional allodynia, substance P, and proinflammatory cytokines in a rat model of skin-muscle incision and retraction (SMIR).DesignThis was an experimental study.MethodsHigh-frequency (100-Hz) TENS therapy began on postoperative day 3 and was administered for 20 minutes daily to SMIR-operated rats by self-adhesive electrodes delivered to skin innervated via the ipsilateral dorsal rami of lumbar spinal nerves L1–L6 for the next 27 days. The expressions of substance P, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and interleukin-1beta (IL-1β) in the spinal cord and mechanical sensitivity to von Frey stimuli (4g and 10g) were evaluated.ResultsThe SMIR-operated rats displayed a marked hypersensitivity to von Frey stimuli on postoperative day 3. In contrast to the SMIR-operated rats, SMIR-operated rats after TENS administration showed a quick recovery of mechanical hypersensitivity. On postoperative days 3, 16, and 30, SMIR-operated rats exhibited an upregulation of substance P and cytokines (TNF-α, IL-6, and IL-1β) in the spinal cord, whereas SMIR-operated rats after TENS therapy inhibited that upregulation. By contrast, the placebo TENS following SMIR surgery did not alter mechanical hypersensitivity and the levels of spinal substance P, TNF-α, IL-6, and IL-1β.LimitationsThe experimental data are limited to animal models and cannot be generalized to postoperative pain in humans.ConclusionsThe results revealed that TENS attenuates prolonged postoperative allodynia following SMIR surgery. Increased levels of spinal substance P and proinflammatory cytokines, activated after SMIR surgery, are important in the processing of persistent postsurgical allodynia. The protective effect of TENS may be related to the suppression of spinal substance P and proinflammatory cytokines in SMIR-operated rats.


Cytokine ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonina Azzolina ◽  
Patrizia Guarneri ◽  
Nadia Lampiasi

1998 ◽  
Vol 117 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshimichi Okayama ◽  
Yoshihiro Ono ◽  
Tsugio Nakazawa ◽  
Martin Church ◽  
Masatomo Mori
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2013 ◽  
Vol 48 (19) ◽  
pp. 1414-1420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ludvig J Backman ◽  
Daniella E Eriksson ◽  
Patrik Danielson

Neuroreport ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 8 (13) ◽  
pp. 2961-2964 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberta Cocchiara ◽  
Antonella Bongiovanni ◽  
Giuseppe Albeggiani ◽  
Antonina Azzolina ◽  
Domenico Geraci
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1997 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 445-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcia R. Saban ◽  
Ricardo Saban ◽  
Dale Bjorling ◽  
Mary Haak-Frendscho

2015 ◽  
Vol 156 (47) ◽  
pp. 1892-1897
Author(s):  
Erzsébet Fehér

Neuropeptide Y and substance P were thought to play a role in the function of immune cells and in amplification or elimination of the inflammatory processes. In hepatitis the number of both neuropeptide Y and substance P immunoreactive nerve fibres are increased, where the increase of neoropeptide Y is significant. A large number of lymphocytes and mast cells are also stained for neuropeptide Y and substance P. Very close associations (less than 1 µm) were observed between neuropeptide Y immunoreactive nerve fibres and immune cells stained also with neuropeptide Y. Some immune cells were also found to be immunoreactive for tumor necrosis factor-α and NF-κB. Some of the SP IR immunocells were also stained for TNF-α and nuclear factor kappaB. Based on these data it is hypothesized that neuropeptid Y and substance P released from nerve fibres and immune cells play a role in inflammation and elimination of inflammation in hepatitis. Orv. Hetil., 2015, 156(47), 1892–1897.


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