Electroacupuncture combined with indomethacin enhances antihyperalgesia in inflammatory rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 793-797

  Zhang, Rui Xin ^a   Lao, Lixing ^a   Wang, Xiaoya ^a   Ren, Ke ^b   Berman, Brian B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Complete Freund's adjuvant; Inflammation; NSAID; Pain

Indexed keywords

FREUND ADJUVANT; INDOMETACIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATHERMY; EDEMA; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; EDEMA; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; HEAT; HYPERALGESIA; INDOMETHACIN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME;

CELL FUSING AGENT VIRUS;

EID: 3843140635     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2004.05.010     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Abramson S.B., Weissmann G. The mechanisms of action of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Arthritis Rheum. 32:1989;1-9
2. Berman B., Singh B., Lao L., Hochberg M., Langenberg P., Li H., et al. A randomized trial of acupuncture as an adjunctive therapy in osteoarthritis of the knee. Br. J. Rheumatol. 38:1999;346-354
3. Bourgoin S., Benoliel J.J., Collin E., Mauborgne A., Pohl M., Hamon M., et al. Opioidergic control of the spinal release of neuropeptides. Possible significance for the analgesic effects of opioids. Fundam. Clin. Pharmacol. 8:1994;307-321
4. Cesare P., McNaughton P. Peripheral pain mechanisms. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 7:1997;493-499
5. Chen X., Tanner K., Levine J.D. Mechanical sensitization of cutaneous C-fiber nociceptors by prostaglandin E2 in the rat. Neurosci. Lett. 267:1999;105-108
6. Cheng X. Chinese acupuncture and moxibustion. 1987;Foreign Languages Press, Beijing
7. Deciga-Campos M., Lopez U.G., Reval M.I., Lopez-Munoz F.J. Enhancement of antinociception by co-administration of an opioid drug (morphine) and a preferential cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor (rofecoxib) in rats. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 460:2003;99-107
8. Eisenberg D.M., Davis R.B., Ettner S.L., Appel S., Wilkey S., Van Rompay M., et al. Trends in alternative medicine use in the United States, 1990-1997: results of a follow-up national survey. JAMA. 280:1998;1569-1575
9. Fang J.Q., Aoki E., Yu Y., Sohma T., Kasahara T., Hisamitsu T. Inhibitory effect of electroacupuncture on murine collage arthritis and its possible mechanisms. In Vivo. 13:1999;311-318
10. Ferreira S.H. Peripheral analgesia: mechanism of the analgesic action of aspirin-like drugs and opiate-antagonists. Br. J. Clin. Pharmacol. 10(Suppl. 2):1980;237S-245S
11. Francischi J.N., Chaves C.T., Moura A.C.L., Lima A.S., Rocha O.A., Ferreira-Alves D.L., et al. Selective inhibitors of cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2) induce hypoalgesia in a rat paw model of inflammation. Br. J. Pharmacol. 137:2002;837-844
12. Glaum S.R., Miller R.J., Hammond D.L. Inhibitory actions of delta 1-, delta 2-, and mu-opioid receptor agonists on excitatory transmission in lamina II neurons of adult rat spinal cord. J. Neurosci. 14:1994;4965-4971
13. Han J.S. Acupuncture: neuropeptide release produced by electrical stimulation of different frequencies. Trends Neurosci. 26:2003;17-22
14. Hargreaves K., Dubner R., Brown F., Flores C., Joris J. A new and sensitive method for measuring thermal nociception in cutaneous hyperalgesia. Pain. 32:1988;77-88
15. Immer F.F., Immer-Bansi A.S., Trachsel N., Berdat P.A., Eigenmann V., Curatolo M., et al. Pain treatment with a COX-2 inhibitor after coronary artery bypass operation: a randomized trial. Ann. Thorac. Surg. 75:2003;490-495
16. Katz W.A. Cyclooxygenase-2-selective inhibitors in the management of acute and perioperative pain. Clevel. Clin. J. Med. 69:2002;SI65-SI75
17. Klaassen C.D. Principles of toxicology and treatment of poisoning. Hardman J.G., Limbird L.E., Molinoff P.B., Ruddon R.W., Gilman A.G. Goodman and Gilman's the pharmacological basis of therapeutics. 9th ed.:1996;63-75 McGraw-Hill, New York
18. Lao L., Zhang G., Wei F., Berman B.M., Ren K. Electroacupuncture attenuates behavioral hyperalgesia and selectively reduces spinal Fos protein expression in rats with persistent inflammation. J. Pain. 2:2001;111-117
19. Lao L., Zhang R.-X., Zhang G., Wang X., Berman B., Ren K. A parametric study of electroacupuncture on persistent hyperalgesia and Fos protein expression in rats. Brain Res. 2004
20. Lashbrook J.M., Ossipov M.H., Hunter J.C., Raffa R.B., Tallarida R.J., Porreca F. Synergistic antiallodynic effects of spinal morphine with ketorolac and selective COX1- and COX2-inhibitors in nerve-injured rats. Pain. 82:1999;65-72
21. Ma W., Eisenach J.C. Intraplantar injection of a cyclooxygenase inhibitor ketorolac reduces immunoreactivities of substance P, calcitonin gene-related peptide, and dynorphin in the dorsal horn of rats with nerve injury or inflammation. Neuroscience. 121:2003;681-690
22. Matsuzaki S., Hayashi I., Nara Y., Kamata K., Yamanaka M., Okamoto H., et al. Role of kinin and prostaglandin in cutaneous thermal nociception. Int. Immunopharmacol. 2:2002;2005-2012
23. O'Connor J., Bensky D. Acupuncture: a comprehensive text. 1981;Eastland Press, Chicago
24. Reynolds L.W., Hoo R.K., Brill R.J., North J., Recker D.P., Verburg K.M. The COX-2 specific inhibitor, valdecoxib, is an effective, opioid-sparing analgesic in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty. J. Pain Symptom Manage. 25:2003;133-141
25. Scheiman J.M. The impact of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced gastropathy. Am. J. Manag. Care. 7:2001;S10-S14
26. Stein C., Millan M.J., Herz A. Unilateral inflammation of the hindpaw in rats as a model of prolonged noxious stimulation: alterations in behavior and nociceptive thresholds. Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 31:1988;451-455
27. Stiller R.U., Grubb B.D., Schaible H.G. Neurophysiological evidence for increased kappa opioidergic control of spinal cord neurons in rats with unilateral inflammation at the ankle. Eur. J. Neurosci. 5:1993;1520-1527
28. Vane J.R. Inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis as a mechanism of action for aspirin-like drugs. Nature (New Biol.). 231:1971;232-235
29. Xu R., Guan X., Wang C. Influence of capsaicin treating sciatic nerve on the pain threshold and the effect of acupuncture analgesia of rats. Acupunct. Res. 18:1993;280-284
30. Yonehara N., Sawada T., Matsuura H., Inoki R. Influence of electro-acupuncture on the release of substance P and the potential evoked by tooth pulp stimulation in the trigeminal nucleus caudalis of the rabbit. Neurosci. Lett. 142:1992;53-56
31. Zhang S.P., Zhang J.S., Yung K.K.L., Zhang H.Q. Non-opioid-dependent anti-inflammatory effects of low frequency electroacupuncture. Brain Res. Bull. 62:2004;327-334