Role of spinal cholecystokinin in neuropathic pain after spinal cord hemisection in rats
- Authors
- Kim, Junesun; Kim, Jung Hoon; Kim, Youngkyung; Cho, Hwi-young; Hong, Seung Kil; Yoon, Young Wook
- Issue Date
- 25-9월-2009
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
- Keywords
- Cholecystokinin; CI-988; Allodynia; Central pain; Spinal cord injury; Neuropathic pain
- Citation
- NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS, v.462, no.3, pp.303 - 307
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
- Volume
- 462
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 303
- End Page
- 307
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/119296
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.07.042
- ISSN
- 0304-3940
- Abstract
- In the present study we determined whether spinal cholecystokinin (CCK) or the cholecystokinin receptor is involved in below-level neuropathic pain of spinal cord injury (SCI). The effect of the CCKB receptor antagonist, CI-988 on mechanical allodynia and the expression level of CCK and CCKB receptor were investigated. Spinal hemisection was done at the T13 level in rats under enflurane anesthesia. CI-988 was administered intraperitoneally and intrathecally and behavioral tests were conducted. After systemic injection, mechanical allodynia was reduced by higher doses of CI-988 (10 and 20 mg/kg). Intrathecal CI-988 (100, 200 and 500 mu g) dose-dependently increased the paw withdrawal threshold in both paws. Following spinal hemisection, CCK mRNA expression increased on the ipsilateral side at the spinal segments caudal to the injury and both sides of the spinal L4-5 segments without any significant changes in CCKB receptor mRNA levels. These results suggest that up-regulation of spinal CCK may contribute to maintenance of mechanical allodynia following SCI and that clinical application of CI-988 or similar drugs may be useful therapeutic agents for management of central neuropathic pain. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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