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Pain ; 108(1-2): 180-91, 2004 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15109522

RESUMO

Snakebites constitute a serious public health problem in Central and South America, where species of the lancehead pit vipers (genus Bothrops) cause the majority of accidents. Bothrops envenomations are very painful, and this effect is not neutralized by antivenom treatment. Two variants of secretory phospholipases A2 (sPLA2), corresponding to Asp49 and Lys49 PLA2s, have been isolated from Bothrops asper venom. These sPLA2s induce hyperalgesia in rats following subcutaneous injection. However, venom in natural Bothrops bites is frequently delivered intramuscularly, thereby potentially reaching peripheral nerve bundles. Thus, the present series of experiments tested whether these sPLA2s could exert pain-enhancing effects following administration around healthy sciatic nerve. Both were found to produce mechanical allodynia ipsilateral to the injection site; no thermal hyperalgesia was observed. As no prior study has examined potential spinal mechanisms underlying sPLA2 actions, a series of anatomical and pharmacological studies were performed. These demonstrated that both sPLA2s produce activation of dorsal horn astrocytes and microglia that is more prominent ipsilateral to the site of injection. As proinflammatory cytokines and nitric oxide have each been previously implicated in spinally mediated pain facilitation, the effect of pharmacological blockade of these substances was tested. The results demonstrate that mechanical allodynia induced by both sPLA2s is blocked by interleukin-1 receptor antagonist, anti-rat interleukin-6 neutralizing antibody, the anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-10, and a nitric oxide synthesis inhibitor (L-NAME). As a variety of immune cells also produce and release sPLA2s during inflammatory states, the data may have general implications for the understanding of inflammatory pain.


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Venenos de Crotalídeos/farmacologia , Citocinas/metabolismo , Neuroglia/fisiologia , Óxido Nítrico/metabolismo , Fosfolipases A/farmacologia , Ciática , Animais , Anticorpos/farmacologia , Biomarcadores , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Temperatura Alta , Hiperalgesia/induzido quimicamente , Hiperalgesia/imunologia , Hiperalgesia/metabolismo , Interleucina-10/farmacologia , Interleucina-6/imunologia , Vértebras Lombares , Masculino , NG-Nitroarginina Metil Éster/farmacologia , Pressão , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Receptores de Interleucina-1/antagonistas & inibidores , Ciática/induzido quimicamente , Ciática/imunologia , Ciática/metabolismo , Medula Espinal/citologia
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