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ArticleBMC complementary medicine and therapies2024

Analgesic effects of oral Yokukansan on acute postoperative pain and involvement of the serotonin nervous system: a mouse model study.

Shuichiro Kurita, Mika Sasaki, Moegi Tanaka, Yoshinori Kuwabara, Yukino Ogasawara, Hiroshi Baba, Yoshinori Kamiya

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Shuichiro KuritaDivision of Anesthesiology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo ward, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan.
Mika SasakiDivision of Anesthesiology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo ward, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan.
Moegi TanakaDivision of Anesthesiology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo ward, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan.
Yoshinori KuwabaraDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Yanagido 1-1, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan.
Yukino OgasawaraDivision of Kampo Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nihon Pharmaceutical University, 10281 Komuro, Ina, 362-0806, Japan.
Hiroshi BabaDivision of Anesthesiology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo ward, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan.
Yoshinori KamiyaDivision of Anesthesiology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo ward, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan. yoshinori.kamiya@gmail.com.

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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 19K18288Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 18H02897
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Abstract

backgroundYokukansan, a traditional Japanese medicine (Kampo), has been widely used to treat neurosis, dementia, and chronic pain. Previous in vitro studies have suggested that Yokukansan acts as a partial agonist of the 5-HT

methodsA mouse model of postoperative pain was created by plantar incision, and Yokukansan was administered orally the day after paw incision. Pain thresholds for mechanical and heat stimuli were examined in a behavioral experiment. In addition, to clarify the involvement of the serotonergic nervous system, we examined the analgesic effects of Yokukansan in mice that were serotonin-depleted by para-chlorophenylalanine (PCPA) treatment and intrathecal administration of NAN-190, 5-HT

resultsOrally administered Yokukansan increased the pain threshold dose-dependent in postoperative pain model mice. Pretreatment of para-chlorophenylalanine dramatically suppressed serotonin immunoreactivity in the spinal dorsal horn without changing the pain threshold after the paw incision. The analgesic effect of Yokukansan tended to be attenuated by para-chlorophenylalanine pretreatment and significantly attenuated by intrathecal administration of 2.5 µg of NAN-190 compared to that in postoperative pain model mice without para-chlorophenylalanine treatment and NAN-190 administration.

conclusionThis study demonstrated that oral administration of Yokukansan has acute analgesic effects in postoperative pain model mice. Behavioral experiments using serotonin-depleted mice and mice intrathecally administered with a 5-HT

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AnalgesicsDisease Models, AnimalDrugs, Chinese HerbalPostoperative PainAdministration, OralAnimalsMaleMiceMice, Inbred ICRReceptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1ASerotoninAnalgesicsDrugs, Chinese HerbalReceptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1ASerotoninYi-Gan SanAnalgesiaPlantar incision modelPostoperative painSerotoninYokukansan

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