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Changes in the Expressions of Iba1 and Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide in Adjacent Lumbar Spinal Segments after Lumbar Disc Herniation in a Rat Model

Title
Changes in the Expressions of Iba1 and Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide in Adjacent Lumbar Spinal Segments after Lumbar Disc Herniation in a Rat Model
Author
황세진
Keywords
Multisegmental; Neural Pathways; Lumbar Disc Herniation; Microglia; Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; Neuropathic Pain
Issue Date
2015-12
Publisher
KOREAN ACAD MEDICAL SCIENCES
Citation
JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE, v. 30, NO 12, Page. 1902-1910
Abstract
Lumbar disc herniation is commonly encountered in clinical practice and can induce sciatica due to mechanical and/or chemical irritation and the release of proinflammatory cytokines. However, symptoms are not confined to the affected spinal cord segment. The purpose of this study was to determine whether multisegmental molecular changes exist between adjacent lumbar spinal segments using a rat model of lumbar disc herniation. Twenty-nine male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to either a sham-operated group (n = 10) or a nucleus pulposus (NP)-exposed group (n = 19). Rats in the NP-exposed group were further subdivided into a significant pain subgroup (n = 12) and a no significant pain subgroup (n = 7) using mechanical pain thresholds determined von Frey filaments. Immunohistochemical stainings of microglia (ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1; Iba1), astrocytes (glial fibrillary acidic protein; GFAP), calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), and transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) was performed in spinal dorsal horns and dorsal root ganglions (DRGs) at 10 days after surgery. It was found immunoreactivity for Iba1-positive microglia was higher in the L5 (P = 0.004) dorsal horn and in the ipsilateral L4 (P = 0.009), L6 (P = 0.002), and S1 (P = 0.002) dorsal horns in the NP-exposed group than in the sham-operated group. The expression of CGRP was also significantly higher in ipsilateral L3, L4, L6, and S1 segments and in L5 DRGs at 10 days after surgery in the NP-exposed group than in the sham-operated group (P < 0.001). Our results indicate that lumbar disc herniation upregulates microglial activity and CGRP expression in many adjacent and ipsilateral lumbar spinal segments.
URI
https://synapse.koreamed.org/DOIx.php?id=10.3346/jkms.2015.30.12.1902http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11754/29392
ISSN
1011-8934; 1598-6357
DOI
10.3346/jkms.2015.30.12.1902
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