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ArticleFrontiers in molecular neuroscience2016

Decreased Endomorphin-2 and μ-Opioid Receptor in the Spinal Cord Are Associated with Painful Diabetic Neuropathy.

Zhen-Zhen Kou, Fa-Ping Wan, Yang Bai, Chun-Yu Li, Jia-Chen Hu, Guo-Tao Zhang, Ting Zhang, Tao Chen, Ya-Yun Wang, Hui Li and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zhen-Zhen KouDepartment of Anatomy and K.K. Leung Brain Research Centre, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China.
Fa-Ping WanDepartment of Anatomy and K.K. Leung Brain Research Centre, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China.
Yang BaiDepartment of Anatomy and K.K. Leung Brain Research Centre, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China.
Chun-Yu LiDepartment of Anatomy and K.K. Leung Brain Research Centre, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China.
Jia-Chen HuDepartment of Anatomy and K.K. Leung Brain Research Centre, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China.
Guo-Tao ZhangDepartment of Anatomy and K.K. Leung Brain Research Centre, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China.
Ting ZhangDepartment of Anatomy and K.K. Leung Brain Research Centre, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China.
Tao ChenDepartment of Anatomy and K.K. Leung Brain Research Centre, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China.
Ya-Yun WangDepartment of Anatomy and K.K. Leung Brain Research Centre, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China.
Hui LiDepartment of Anatomy and K.K. Leung Brain Research Centre, The Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an, China.
Yun-Qing LiDepartment of Anatomy and K.K. Leung Brain Research Centre, The Fourth Military Medical UniversityXi'an, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Fudan UniversityShanghai, China.
Air Force Medical University · CNFudan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN) is one of the most common complications in the early stage of diabetes mellitus (DM). Endomorphin-2 (EM2) selectively activates the μ-opioid receptor (MOR) and subsequently induces antinociceptive effects in the spinal dorsal horn. However, the effects of EM2-MOR in PDN have not yet been clarified in the spinal dorsal horn. Therefore, we aimed to explore the role of EM2-MOR in the pathogenesis of PDN. The main findings were the following: (1) streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats exhibited hyperglycemia, body weight loss and mechanical allodynia; (2) in the spinal dorsal horn, the expression levels of EM2 and MOR decreased in diabetic rats; (3) EM2 protein concentrations decreased in the brain, lumbar spinal cord and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in diabetic rats but were unchanged in the plasma; (4) the frequency but not the amplitude of spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic currents (sEPSCs) was significantly higher in diabetic rats than in control rats; and (5) intrathecal injection of EM2 for 14 days in the early stage of PDN partially alleviated mechanical allodynia and reduced MOR expression in diabetic rats. Our results demonstrate that the EM2-MOR signal may be involved in the early stage of PDN.

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endomorphin 2painful diabetic neuropathyratspinal cordμ-opioid receptor

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