WANG Shao-jun, TAN Lian-hong, LIU Jun-ling. Effect of Electroacupuncture at Different Acupoints on Expression of Cervico-spinal GDNF and BDNF and Their Receptor Genes in Neck-incision Pain Rats[J]. Acupuncture research, 2012, 37(5): 351-356.
DOI:
WANG Shao-jun, TAN Lian-hong, LIU Jun-ling. Effect of Electroacupuncture at Different Acupoints on Expression of Cervico-spinal GDNF and BDNF and Their Receptor Genes in Neck-incision Pain Rats[J]. Acupuncture research, 2012, 37(5): 351-356. DOI: 10.13702/j.1000-0607.2012.05.004.
Effect of Electroacupuncture at Different Acupoints on Expression of Cervico-spinal GDNF and BDNF and Their Receptor Genes in Neck-incision Pain Rats
Objective To observe the effect of electroacupuncture(EA) of "Futu"(LI 18)
etc.on the expression of genes of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor(GDNF)
brain-derived neurotrophic factor(BDNF) and their receptors in the cervico-spinal cord in neck-incision pain rats
so as to study its mechanism underlying incision-pain relief.Methods A total of 50 Sprague Dawley male rats were randomly divided into normal
model(incision pain)
EA-Futu(LI 18)
EA-Hegu(LI 4)-Neiguan(PC 6
LI 4-PC 6) and EA-Zusanli(ST 36)-Yanglingquan(GB 34
ST 36-GB 34) groups(n=10/group).A 1.5 cm long longitudinal incision was made along the midline of the neck under anesthesia to duplicate neck-incision pain model.Thermal pain threshold(PT) was measured before and after modeling and after the treatment
respectively.EA(1-2 mA
2 Hz/100 Hz) was applied to bilateral LI 18
PC 6-LI 4 and ST 36-GB 34 for 30 min.The expression of genes of GDNF and its receptor GFRα-1
and BDNF and its receptors TrkA
TrkB in the spinal cord(C1-C4) tissue was detected by quantitative real-time-PCR.Results In comparison with pre-modeling in the same one group
the thermal PT levels were decreased obviously in the model
LI 18
LI 4-PC 6 and ST 36-GB 34 groups after neck incision(P<0.05).Compared with the model group
the PT levels were increased markedly in LI 18
LI 4-PC 6 and ST 36-GB 34 groups after the EA treatment(P<0.05).Correspondingly
the expression levels of spinal GDNF mRNA and GFRα-1 mRNA were obviously lower
as well as BDNF mRNA was markedly higher in the model group than in the control group(P<0.05)
and those of TrkA mRNA and TrkB mRNA were increased slightly in the model group than in the control group(P>0.05).In comparison with the model group
the expression levels of spinal GDNF mRNA and GFRα-1 mRNA were up-regulated considerably(P<0.001)
whereas those of BDNF mRNA
TrkA mRNA and TrkB mRNA were decreased slightly(P>0.05) in the LI 18
LI 4-PC 6 and ST 36-GB 34 groups after EA treatment.Conclusion EA stimulation can significantly suppress pain reaction of neck incision
which is closely associated with its effects in up-regulating the expression of GDNF and its receptor GFRa-1 genes in the cervical spinal cord(C1-C4).
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