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ArticleMolecular pain

The synergistic effect of treatment with triptolide and MK-801 in the rat neuropathic pain model.

Jian Wang, Yu Qiao, Ri-Sheng Yang, Chun-Kui Zhang, Huang-Hui Wu, Jia-Ji Lin, Ting Zhang, Tao Chen, Yun-Qing Li, Yu-Lin Dong and 1 more

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Article in Molecular pain. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jian Wang1 Department of Anatomy and K. K. Leung Brain Research Centre, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Yu Qiao1 Department of Anatomy and K. K. Leung Brain Research Centre, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Ri-Sheng Yang1 Department of Anatomy and K. K. Leung Brain Research Centre, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Chun-Kui Zhang1 Department of Anatomy and K. K. Leung Brain Research Centre, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Huang-Hui Wu1 Department of Anatomy and K. K. Leung Brain Research Centre, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Jia-Ji Lin1 Department of Anatomy and K. K. Leung Brain Research Centre, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Ting Zhang1 Department of Anatomy and K. K. Leung Brain Research Centre, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Tao Chen1 Department of Anatomy and K. K. Leung Brain Research Centre, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1956-0553
Yun-Qing Li1 Department of Anatomy and K. K. Leung Brain Research Centre, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Yu-Lin Dong1 Department of Anatomy and K. K. Leung Brain Research Centre, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Jin-Lian Li1 Department of Anatomy and K. K. Leung Brain Research Centre, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4304-8058
Air Force Medical University · CNFudan University · CNFuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Triptolide (T10), an active component of Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F, is reported to have potent anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. Additionally, MK-801, a noncompetitive N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, can reduce glutamate toxicity and has a significant analgesic effect on chronic pain. In this study, we tested the possible synergistic analgesic ability by intrathecal administration of T10 and MK-801 for the treatment of neuropathic pain. Single T10 (3, 10, or 30 µg/kg), MK-801 (10, 30, or 90 µg/kg), or a combination of them were intrathecally administrated in rats with spinal nerve ligation. We found that single administration of T10 caused a slow-acting but long-term analgesic effect, while single administration of MK-801 caused a fast-acting but short-term effect. Administration of their combination showed obviously synergic analgesia and the 1:3 ratio of T10 to MK-801 reached the peak effect. Furthermore, application of T10 and/or MK-801 significantly inhibited the activation of microglia and astrocyte and phosphorylation of STAT

Indexed as

AnimalsAstrocytesDisease Models, AnimalDiterpenesDizocilpine MaleateDrug SynergismEpoxy CompoundsHyperalgesiaInjections, SpinalLigationMaleNeuralgiaNeurogliaPhenanthrenesPhosphorylationRats, Sprague-DawleyDiterpenesDizocilpine MaleateEpoxy CompoundsPhenanthrenesReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateSTAT3 Transcription Factortriptolideastrocytecombination medicationmicrogliaMK-801neuropathic painTriptolide (T10)

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PMID29166839
PMCPMC5734437
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