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ArticleCurrent medical science2020

Specific Patterns of Spinal Metabolite Ratio Underlying α-Me-5-HT-evoked Pruritus Compared with Compound 48/80 Based on Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.

Ying-le Chen, Zhi-Gang He, Qian Wang, Hong-Bing Xiang, Li Fan, Jun Xiong

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Ying-le ChenDepartment of Anesthesiology, the First Affiliated Quanzhou Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, 362000, China.
Zhi-Gang HeEmergency Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
Qian WangDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
Hong-Bing XiangDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
Li FanDepartment of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China. fanleeeee@163.com.
Jun XiongHepatobiliary Surgery Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China. oldxiong@qq.com.
Huazhong University of Science and Technology · CNFujian Medical University · CNUnion Hospital · CN

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Abstract

Mechanisms of pruritus are implicated in the dysregulation of the metabolites in the spinal cord. We investigated pruritus behavioral testing in three groups of young adult male C57Bl/6 mice, including one group treated with normal saline, while the other groups intradermally injected with α-Me-5-HT (histamine-independent pruritogen), compound 48/80 (histamine-dependent pruritogen) at the nape skin of the neck, respectively. Proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) was used to compare spinal metabolites from the vertebral cervical among three groups, and to study the association of spinal metabolite ratio and pruritus intensity. The MRS-measured N-acetylaspartate-to-myoinositol ratio (NAA/Ins) was significantly correlated with the number of scratches between normal saline group and 48/80 group or α-Me-5-HT group (both P<0.0001), indicating that NAA/Ins may be a robust surrogate marker of histamine-independent/dependent pruritogen. There was significant difference in Glu/Ins between normal saline group and 48/80 group (P=0.017), indicating that Glu/Ins may be a surrogate marker of histamine-dependent pruritogen, while GABA/Ins was highly significantly different between normal saline group and α-Me-5-HT group (P=0.008), suggesting that GABA/Ins may be a surrogate marker of histamine-independent pruritogen. MRS may reflect the extent of pruritus intensity elicited by α-Me-5-HT and compound 48/80 with sensitivity similar to the number of scratches, and above potential markers need to be further validated in pre-clinical and clinical treatment trials.

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AnimalsAspartic AcidBiomarkersInjections, IntradermalInositolMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLp-Methoxy-N-methylphenethylamineProton Magnetic Resonance SpectroscopyPruritusSerotoninSpinal Cordalpha-methylserotoninAspartic AcidBiomarkersInositolN-acetylaspartatep-Methoxy-N-methylphenethylamineSerotoninitchmetabolomicsproton nuclear magnetic resonancepruritus intensityspinal cord

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