中国组织工程研究 ›› 2022, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (26): 4199-4204.doi: 10.12307/2022.824

• 组织构建实验造模 experimental modeling in tissue construction • 上一篇    下一篇

枢经热疗对神经病理性疼痛模型大鼠的镇痛作用及机制

覃  勤,夏  天,李月发,张铃羚,秦海霞   

  1. 广西中医药大学,广西壮族自治区南宁市  530023
  • 收稿日期:2021-09-30 接受日期:2021-12-03 出版日期:2022-09-18 发布日期:2022-03-08
  • 通讯作者: 夏天,广西中医药大学在读博士,副教授,广西中医药大学,广西壮族自治区南宁市 530023
  • 作者简介:覃勤,女,1980年生,广西壮族自治区南宁市人,汉族,2015年广西中医药大学毕业,硕士,副主任护师,主要从事中医方面的研究。
  • 基金资助:
    广西壮族自治区科技厅课题青年科学基金项目(QJJ18003),项目负责人:夏天

Analgesic effect and mechanism of pivot meridian hyperthermia in a rat model of neuropathological pain

Qin Qin, Xia Tian, Li Yuefa, Zhang Lingling, Qin Haixia   

  1. Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530023, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
  • Received:2021-09-30 Accepted:2021-12-03 Online:2022-09-18 Published:2022-03-08
  • Contact: Xia Tian, MD candidate, Associate professor, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530023, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
  • About author:Qin Qin, Master, Associate chief nurse, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530023, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
  • Supported by:
    the Youth Science Fund of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Science and Technology Department, No. QJJ18003 (to XT)

摘要:

文题释义:
神经病理性疼痛:是指由躯体感觉系统的损害或疾病导致的疼痛。根据感觉神经系统受损的部位,神经病理性疼痛可分为周围神经病理性疼痛和中枢神经病理性疼痛。属于临床常见疼痛类型,由神经系统的器质性损害或功能性异常引起,常表现为慢性疼痛,持续时间一般超过3个月,且常见合并焦虑、抑郁、失眠等精神障碍。
枢经热疗:是在中医枢经学说理论指导下的外治法,认为少阳为阳经之枢、少阴为阴经之枢,其循行经络均为气血阴阳活跃的部分,用局部热敷的方法,可达到舒筋活血、通络止痛作用。

背景:枢经热疗是在中医枢经学说理论指导下的外治法,已有研究证明其对神经病理性疼痛可能有较好疗效,但具体疗效证据及作用机制尚不明确。
目的:以神经病理性疼痛大鼠模型为观察对象,根据行为学指标和分子生物学指标观察枢经热疗对大鼠的镇痛作用,探讨其相关作用机制。
方法:健康雄性SD大鼠80只,随机分成空白对照组、模型对照组、热疗组、中药热疗组,每组20只。后3组采用L5脊神经结扎术制备神经病理性疼痛大鼠模型,热疗组使用45 ℃盐水浸泡棉垫热敷大鼠双侧足少阳胆经循行部位;中药热疗组使用45 ℃中药液浸泡棉垫热敷大鼠双侧足少阳胆经循行部位。治疗1次/d,每次热敷15 min后开始行为学检测,分别测定机械缩足阈值和热缩足潜伏期;连续治疗14 d后取材,检测大鼠脊髓组织2型囊泡膜谷氨酸转运体和Toll样受体4蛋白表达水平。
结果与结论:①行为学指标方面,治疗第7,14天后,热疗组和中药热疗组的机械缩足阈值显著高于模型对照组,热缩足潜伏期显著长于模型对照组(P < 0.05),其中中药热疗组疗效优于热疗组(P < 0.05);②信号通路相关蛋白表达水平方面,热疗组和中药热疗组大鼠脊髓中的2型囊泡膜谷氨酸转运体和Toll样受体4表达水平均显著低于模型对照组(P < 0.05),其中热疗组和中药热疗组比较差异无显著性意义(P > 0.05);③提示枢经热疗对于神经病理性疼痛大鼠具有明显的镇痛作用,其作用机制可能与2型囊泡膜谷氨酸转运体/Toll样受体4信号通路的抑制有关。
缩略语:2型囊泡膜谷氨酸转运体:vesicular glutamate transporter 2,VGLUT2;Toll样受体4:toll-like receptor 4,TLR4

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7941-5361 (覃勤) 

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:组织构建;骨细胞;软骨细胞;细胞培养;成纤维细胞;血管内皮细胞;骨质疏松;组织工程

关键词: 神经病理性疼痛, 枢经热疗, 镇痛, 2型囊泡膜谷氨酸转运体, Toll样受体4, 中药, 大鼠

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Pivot meridian hyperthermia is an external treatment method guided by the central meridian theory of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Studies have shown that it may have a better effect on neuropathic pain, but the specific efficacy evidence and mechanism of action are still unclear. 
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the analgesic effect of pivot meridian hyperthermia in a rat model of neuropathological pain and its mechanism based on behavior indicators and molecular biological indicators. 
METHODS: Eighty male healthy Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into a blank control group, a model control group, a hyperthermia group, and a TCM hyperthermia group, with 20 rats in each group. In the last three groups, the L5 spinal nerve was ligated to prepare the rat model of neuropathic pain. In the hyperthermia group, cotton pads soaked in 45°C saline were used to heat the gall bladder meridian circulation parts of the rats’ bilateral feet. In the TCM hyperthermia group, cotton pads soaked in 45°C Chinese medicinal solution were applied to heat the gall bladder meridian circulation parts of the rats’ bilateral feet. Treatment in each group was performed once a day. Behavior testing was started after 15 minutes of each hot compress, to measure paw withdrawal mechanical threshold and paw withdrawal thermal latency. The expression levels of vesicular glutamate transporter 2 and Toll-like receptor 4 protein in rat spinal cord tissue were detected after 14 days of continuous treatment. 
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Compared with the model control group, paw withdrawal mechanical threshold was significantly higher and paw withdrawal thermal latency was significantly lower in the hyperthermia and TCM hyperthermia groups at 7 and 14 days of treatment (P < 0.05). Moreover, the TCM hyperthermia group showed better efficacy than the hyperthermia group (P < 0.05). Compared with the model control group, the expression levels of vesicular glutamate transporter 2 and Toll-like receptor 4 protein were significantly lower in the hyperthermia and TCM hyperthermia groups (P < 0.05). However, there was no significant difference between the hyperthermia and TCM hyperthermia groups (P > 0.05). To conclude, pivot meridian hyperthermia has a significant analgesic effect in neuropathological pain rats, and its mechanism may be related to inhibiting vesicular glutamate transporter 2/Toll-like receptor 4 signaling pathways.

Key words: neuropathological pain, pivot meridian hyperthermia, analgesia, vesicular glutamate transporter 2, Toll-like receptor 4 protein, traditional Chinese medicine, rat

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