ArticlePloS one2015
Inhibition of Spinal Interlukin-33/ST2 Signaling and Downstream ERK and JNK Pathways in Electroacupuncture Analgesia in Formalin Mice.
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- Electroacupuncture ameliorates incisional pain via suppressing IL-33 signaling-related macrophage infiltration and ROS overproduction in incised skin.Chinese medicine · 2026Article
- IL-33/ST2 drives inflammatory pain via CCL2 signaling and activation of TRPV1 and TRPM8.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Preclinical Animal Models to Investigate the Role of NaLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Exploring macrophage and nerve interaction in endometriosis-associated pain: the inductive role of IL-33.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025Article
- Inhibition of Spinal Interleukin-33 Attenuates Peripheral Inflammation and Hyperalgesia in Experimental Arthritis.Molecular neurobiology · 2022Article
- Decreased intracellular IL-33 impairs endometrial receptivity in women with adenomyosis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
- Sex and dose-dependent antinociceptive effects of the JNK (c-Jun N-terminal kinase) inhibitor SU 3327 are mediated by CBBrain research bulletin · 2021Article
- Red nucleus IL-33 facilitates the early development of mononeuropathic pain in male rats by inducing TNF-α through activating ERK, p38 MAPK, and JAK2/STAT3.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2021Article
- The Role of Neuroglial Crosstalk and Synaptic Plasticity-Mediated Central Sensitization in Acupuncture Analgesia.Neural plasticity · 2021Review
- Role of Neuroimmune Crosstalk in Mediating the Anti-inflammatory and Analgesic Effects of Acupuncture on Inflammatory Pain.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Review
- Determining 5HTFrontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
- IL-33 enhances macrophage release of IL-1β and promotes pain and inflammation in gouty arthritis.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2020Article
- Electroacupuncture Inhibits the Activity of Astrocytes in Spinal Cord in Rats with Visceral Hypersensitivity by Inhibiting P2YEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Article
- Neuraxial Cytokines in Pain States.Frontiers in immunology · 2019Review
- Possible Involvement of PTEN Signaling Pathway in the Anti-apoptotic Effect of Electroacupuncture Following Ischemic Stroke in Rats.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2018Article
- IL-33/ST2 signaling contributes to radicular pain by modulating MAPK and NF-κB activation and inflammatory mediator expression in the spinal cord in rat models of noncompressive lumber disk herniation.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2018Article
- Expression and Function of IL-33/ST2 Axis in the Central Nervous System Under Normal and Diseased Conditions.Frontiers in immunology · 2018Review
- Exploring the Mechanisms of Electroacupuncture-Induced Analgesia through RNA Sequencing of the Periaqueductal Gray.International journal of molecular sciences · 2017Article
- Electroacupuncture Attenuates Induction of Inflammatory Pain by Regulating Opioid and Adenosine Pathways in Mice.Scientific reports · 2017Article
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Abstract
Although acupuncture is widely used to manage pain, it remains highly controversial, largely due to the lack of a clear mechanism for its benefits. Here, we investigated the role of IL-33, a novel interleukin (IL)-1 family member, and its receptor ST2 in the analgesic effects of electroacupuncture (EA) on formalin-induced inflammatory pain. The results showed that 1) EA stimulation of ipsilateral Zusanli (ST 36) and Yanglingquan (GB 34) acupoints for 30 min remarkably suppressed the two phases of formalin-induced spontaneous pain; 2) subcutaneous or intrathecal administration of recombinant IL-33 (rIL-33) significantly inhibited the analgesic effect of EA, whereas the ST2 antibody potentiated EA analgesia in formalin mice; 3) EA treatment decreased the up-regulation of IL-33 and ST2 protein following formalin injection; and 4) the suppression of the formalin-induced expression of spinal phosphorylated ERK and JNK induced by EA treatment was significantly attenuated following subcutaneous rIL-33 delivery, and was further decreased by the ST2 antibody. These data suggest that EA alleviates formalin-induced inflammatory pain, at least partially, by inhibiting of spinal IL-33/ST2 signaling and the downstream ERK and JNK pathways.
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