The aqueous extract of Armadillidium vulgare Latreille alleviates neuropathic pain via inhibiting neuron-astrocyte crosstalk mediated by the IL-12-IFN-γ-IFNGR-CXCL10 pathway.

IF 4.8 2区 医学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MEDICINAL
Yujie Yang, Shen Zhang, Jin Yang, Changheng Yao, Xue Li, Wenling Dai, Jihua Liu
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Abstract

Ethnopharmacological relevance: Armadillidium vulgare Latreille (AV), the dried body of pillbug, was originally described in Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica. As a common analgesic in animal-based traditional Chinese medicine, it is mainly used to relieve pain, promoting diuresis, relieving fatigue and so on. Our work demonstrated that AV could alleviate various types of acute and chronic pain including neuropathic pain (NP). And transcriptome sequencing analysis revealed that AV could suppress CXCL10 to alleviate NP, however, the upstream mechanisms governing CXCL10 synthesis remain vague.

Aim of the study: The research's goal was to identify the mechanism via which AV regulates CXCL10 to ameliorate NP.

Materials and methods: Chronic constriction injury (CCI) to the sciatic nerve was used to induce the NP model 14 days following surgery. To identify cell signaling pathways, various approaches were used, including transcriptome sequencing, western blotting, immunofluorescence, as well as ELISA. The in vitro assay involved the cultivation of neuron PC12 cells and astrocyte C6 cells.

Results: Both in vivo and in vitro results demonstrated that IL-12/IL-18 enhanced IFN-γ production in spinal neurons, which acted on IFN-γ receptors on neurons and astrocytes to upregulate CXCL10 expression in these cells, illustrating the pivotal role of IL-12 in the crosstalk between neurons and astrocytes. The role of IL-12 in pain regulation was elucidated for the first time within the nervous system. Additionally, its synergistic interaction with IL-18 on the downstream IFN-γ-CXCL10 pathway dramatically altered the activation of neurons and astrocytes. And AV could suppress CXCL10 to alleviate NP by mediating the IL-12-IFN-γ-IFNGR signaling pathway.

Conclusions: We explored a new target for NP by regulating neuron-astrocyte crosstalk and provided a theoretical basis for AV in clinical use.

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Journal of ethnopharmacology
Journal of ethnopharmacology 医学-全科医学与补充医学
CiteScore
10.30
自引率
5.60%
发文量
967
审稿时长
77 days
期刊介绍: The Journal of Ethnopharmacology is dedicated to the exchange of information and understandings about people''s use of plants, fungi, animals, microorganisms and minerals and their biological and pharmacological effects based on the principles established through international conventions. Early people confronted with illness and disease, discovered a wealth of useful therapeutic agents in the plant and animal kingdoms. The empirical knowledge of these medicinal substances and their toxic potential was passed on by oral tradition and sometimes recorded in herbals and other texts on materia medica. Many valuable drugs of today (e.g., atropine, ephedrine, tubocurarine, digoxin, reserpine) came into use through the study of indigenous remedies. Chemists continue to use plant-derived drugs (e.g., morphine, taxol, physostigmine, quinidine, emetine) as prototypes in their attempts to develop more effective and less toxic medicinals.
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