Expression of Spinal c-fos in a Rat Model of Postoperative Pain / 대한마취과학회지
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
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: 328-334, 2008.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The oncogene, c-fos, is a useful marker of nociceptive neurons activated by various types of pain.However, the relationship between c-fos and acute pain induced by surgical incision has not been studied.The purpose of this study was to describe the expression of spinal c-fos in a rat model of postoperative pain.METHODS:
Sprague-Dawley rats were used to enumerate spinal fos-like immunoreactive (fos-LI)-positive neurons after making sham, skin, or skin-muscle incisions on the plantar surface of the rat hindpaw. The spinal cords were divided into the following 4 segments for immunohistochemical detection of fos-LI at 3 time points after the incision (4 hours, POD1, and POD3)thoracic, upper lumbar, lower lumbar, and sacral.For analysis of the laminar distribution of fos-LI, the dorsal horn was divided into three regions (I-II, III-IV, and V-VI).RESULTS:
The number of fos-LI was increased in the ipsilateral spinal dorsal horn in the lower lumbar segment 4 hours post-incision and was significantly greater in rats with skin-muscle incisions than in rats with skin-alone incisions.In the skin-muscle group, laminae I-II and V-VI had a greater number of fos-LI neurons than laminae III-IV.The increase in number of spinal fos-LI neurons normalized by POD1 and POD3.CONCLUSIONS:
c-fos expression is confined to neurons of the spinal dorsal horn known to be activated by nociceptive stimulation. The larger the injury elicited, the greater the expression of c-fos, suggesting that the expression of c-fos can serve as a useful marker of activated nociceptive neurons caused by acute pain following surgical incision.Further study is required to elucidate why the degree of tissue injury affects the laminar distribution of c-fos expression.
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Main subject:
Oncogenes
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Pain, Postoperative
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Skin
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Spinal Cord
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Nociceptors
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Salicylamides
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Rats, Sprague-Dawley
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Acute Pain
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Horns
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Neurons
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Animals
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
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