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ArticleScientific reports2017

Serum protein changes in a rat model of chronic pain show a correlation between animal and humans.

Elisa Bellei, Antonietta Vilella, Emanuela Monari, Stefania Bergamini, Aldo Tomasi, Aurora Cuoghi, Simona Guerzoni, Letizia Manca, Michele Zoli, Luigi Alberto Pini

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elisa BelleiDepartment of Diagnostic and Clinical Medicine and Public Health, Proteomic Lab, Center for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via del Pozzo 71, 41124, Modena, Italy.
Antonietta VilellaDepartment of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, Center for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Campi 287, 41125, Modena, Italy.
Emanuela MonariDepartment of Diagnostic and Clinical Medicine and Public Health, Proteomic Lab, Center for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via del Pozzo 71, 41124, Modena, Italy.
Stefania BergaminiDepartment of Diagnostic and Clinical Medicine and Public Health, Proteomic Lab, Center for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via del Pozzo 71, 41124, Modena, Italy.
Aldo TomasiDepartment of Diagnostic and Clinical Medicine and Public Health, Proteomic Lab, Center for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via del Pozzo 71, 41124, Modena, Italy.
Aurora CuoghiDepartment of Diagnostic and Clinical Medicine and Public Health, Proteomic Lab, Center for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via del Pozzo 71, 41124, Modena, Italy.
Simona GuerzoniDepartment of Diagnostic and Clinical Medicine and Public Health, Proteomic Lab, Center for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via del Pozzo 71, 41124, Modena, Italy.
Letizia MancaDepartment of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, Center for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Campi 287, 41125, Modena, Italy.
Michele ZoliDepartment of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, Center for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Campi 287, 41125, Modena, Italy.
Luigi Alberto PiniDepartment of Diagnostic and Clinical Medicine and Public Health, Proteomic Lab, Center for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via del Pozzo 71, 41124, Modena, Italy.
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In previous works we showed the overexpression of some proteins in biological fluids from patients suffering chronic pain. In this proteomic study we analysed serum from a rat model of neuropathic pain obtained by the chronic constriction injury (CCI) of sciatic nerve, at two time intervals, 2 and 5 weeks after the insult, to find proteins involved in the expression or mediation of pain. Sham-operated and CCI rats were treated with saline or indomethacin. Two weeks after ligation, we identified three serum proteins overexpressed in CCI rats, two of which, alpha-1-macroglobulin and vitamin D-binding protein (VDBP), remained increased 5 weeks post-surgery; at this time interval, we found increased levels of further proteins, namely apolipoprotein A-I (APOA1), apolipoprotein E (APOE), prostaglandin-H2 D-isomerase (PTGDS) and transthyretin (TTR), that overlap the overexpressed proteins found in humans. Indomethacin treatment reversed the effects of ligation. The qPCR analysis showed that transcript levels of APOA1, APOE, PTGDS and VDBP were overexpressed in the lumbar spinal cord (origin of sciatic nerve), but not in the striatum (an unrelated brain region), of CCI rats treated with saline 5 weeks after surgery, demonstrating that the lumbar spinal cord is a possible source of these proteins.

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Blood ProteinsAnimalsBiomarkersChronic PainDisease Models, AnimalGene Expression ProfilingHumansMaleProteomicsRatsReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionReproducibility of ResultsBiomarkersBlood Proteins

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