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ArticleBiomedicines2021

Fumagillin Attenuates Spinal Angiogenesis, Neuroinflammation, and Pain in Neuropathic Rats after Chronic Constriction Injury.

Zhi-Hong Wen, Shi-Ying Huang, Hsiao-Mei Kuo, Chao-Ting Chen, Nan-Fu Chen, Wu-Fu Chen, Kuan-Hao Tsui, Hsin-Tzu Liu, Chun-Sung Sung

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Article in Biomedicines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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  1. Intrathecal STAT3 inhibitor Bt354 ameliorates chronic constriction injury-induced nociceptive sensitization by modulating neuroinflammation.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025
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9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhi-Hong WenDepartment of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 804201, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-4411-044X
Shi-Ying HuangCollege of Ocean Food and Biological Engineering, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0370-1553
Hsiao-Mei KuoDepartment of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 804201, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-5749-7757
Chao-Ting ChenDepartment of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 804201, Taiwan.
Nan-Fu ChenDepartment of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung 802301, Taiwan.
Wu-Fu ChenDepartment of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 804201, Taiwan.
Kuan-Hao TsuiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung 813414, Taiwan.
Hsin-Tzu LiuDepartment of Medical Research, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien 970473, Taiwan.
Chun-Sung SungDepartment of Anesthesiology, Division of Pain Management, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 112201, Taiwan.
National Sun Yat-sen University · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWHualien Tzu Chi Medical Center · TWJimei University · CN

Funding

Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan MOST 105-2314-B-075-011-MY2 and MOST 109-2314-B-075-045-MY3
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAngiogenesis in the central nervous system is visible in animal models of neuroinflammation and bone cancer pain. However, whether spinal angiogenesis exists and contributes to central sensitization in neuropathic pain remains unclear. This study analyzes the impact of angiogenesis on spinal neuroinflammation in neuropathic pain.

methodsRats with chronic constriction injury (CCI) to the sciatic nerve underwent the implantation of an intrathecal catheter. Fumagillin or vascular endothelial growth factor-A antibody (anti-VEGF-A) was administered intrathecally. Nociceptive behaviors, cytokine immunoassay, Western blot, and immunohistochemical analysis assessed the effect of angiogenesis inhibition on CCI-induced neuropathic pain.

resultsVEGF, cluster of differentiation 31 (CD31), and von Willebrand factor (vWF) expressions increased after CCI in the ipsilateral lumbar spinal cord compared to that in the contralateral side of CCI and control rats from post-operative day (POD) 7 to 28, with a peak at POD 14. Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), and IL-6 concentrations, but not IL-10 levels, also increased in the ipsilateral spinal cord after CCI. Fumagillin and anti-VEGF-A reduced CCI-induced thermal hyperalgesia from POD 5 to 14 and mechanical allodynia from POD 3 to 14. Fumagillin reduced CCI-upregulated expressions of angiogenic factors and astrocytes. Furthermore, fumagillin decreased TNF-α and IL-6 amounts and increased IL-10 levels at POD 7 and 14, but not IL-1β concentrations.

conclusionsFumagillin significantly ameliorates CCI-induced nociceptive sensitization, spinal angiogenesis, and astrocyte activation. Our results suggest that angiogenesis inhibitor treatment suppresses peripheral neuropathy-induced central angiogenesis, neuroinflammation, astrocyte activation, and neuropathic pain.

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angiogenesisastrocytesfumagillinneuroinflammationneuropathic pain

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