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ArticleMolecular pain2011

Inhibition of p38-MAPK signaling pathway attenuates breast cancer induced bone pain and disease progression in a murine model of cancer-induced bone pain.

Devki Sukhtankar, Alec Okun, Anupama Chandramouli, Mark A Nelson, Todd W Vanderah, Anne E Cress, Frank Porreca, Tamara King

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Article in Molecular pain, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Quercetin reduces Ehrlich tumor-induced cancer pain in mice.Analytical cellular pathology (Amsterdam) · 2015
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  14. Tumor cell p38 MAPK: A trigger of cancer bone osteolysis.Cancer cell & microenvironment · 2015
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  16. Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme Ubc13 controls breast cancer metastasis through a TAK1-p38 MAP kinase cascade.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2014
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  19. Disease modification of breast cancer-induced bone remodeling by cannabinoid 2 receptor agonists.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2013
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Devki SukhtankarDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
Alec Okun
Anupama Chandramouli
Mark A Nelson
Todd W Vanderah
Anne E Cress
Frank Porreca
Tamara King
University of Arizona · US

Funding

VITAMIN AP30CA023074 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI Dan Theodorescu · 1985 to 2026
$110.2M
Human Prostate Cancer Metastasis and Laminin Binding IntegrinsR01CA159406 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI CRESS, ANNE E · 2011 to 2015
$1.5M
Ontogeny of spinal glutamate receptors in nociceptionK01DA016431 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI KING, TAMARA E · 2002 to 2006
$572k
Effects of Sustained Opiates on Bone Metastasis and PainR21DA019877 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI KING, TAMARA E · 2005 to 2006
$410k
NCI NIH HHS CA23074NCI NIH HHS P30 CA023074NCI NIH HHS R01 CA159406NIDA NIH HHS DA016431NIDA NIH HHS DA019877
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMechanisms driving cancer-induced bone pain are poorly understood. A central factor implicated to be a key player in the process of tumorigenesis, osteoclastogenesis and nociception is p38 MAPK. We determined the role of p38 MAPK in a mouse model of breast cancer induced bone pain in which mixed osteolytic and osteoblastic remodeling occurs.

resultsIn cancer-treated mice, acute as well as chronic inhibition of p38 MAPK with SB203580 blocked flinching and guarding behaviors in a dose-dependent manner whereas no effect on thresholds to tactile stimuli was observed. Radiographic analyses of bones demonstrated that chronic inhibition of p38 MAPK reduced bone loss and incidence of spontaneous fracture in cancer-treated mice. Histological analysis of bones collected from mice treated with the p38 MAPK inhibitor showed complete absence of osteoblastic growth in the intramedullary space as well as significantly reduced tumor burden.

conclusionsBlockade of non-evoked pain behaviors but not hypersensitivity suggests differences in the underlying mechanisms of specific components of the pain syndrome and a possibility to individualize aspects of pain management. While it is not known whether the role of p38 MAPK signaling can be expanded to other cancers, the data suggest a need for understanding molecular mechanisms and cellular events that initiate and maintain cancer-induced bone pain for effective management for both ongoing pain as well as breakthrough pain.

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AnimalsBone RemodelingBreast NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorFemaleFemurImidazolesMicep38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesPain ManagementPyridinesSignal TransductionImidazolesp38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesPyridinesSB 203580

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PMCPMC3212934
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