PMID- 27655256 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170315 LR - 20181113 IS - 1573-6903 (Electronic) IS - 0364-3190 (Linking) VI - 41 IP - 12 DP - 2016 Dec TI - Intrathecal Injection of Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Ameliorates Neuropathic Pain in Rats. PG - 3250-3260 AB - Neuropathic pain (NP) is a clinically incurable disease with miscellaneous causes, complicated mechanisms and available therapies show poor curative effect. Some recent studies have indicated that neuroinflammation plays a vital role in the occurrence and promotion of NP and anti-inflammatory therapy has the potential to relieve the pain. During the past decades, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) with properties of multipotentiality, low immunogenicity and anti-inflammatory activity have showed excellent therapeutic effects in cell therapy from animal models to clinical application, thus aroused great attention. However there are no reports about the effect of intrathecal human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (HUC-MSCs) on NP which is induced by peripheral nerve injury. Therefore, in this study, intrathecally transplanted HUC-MSCs were utilized to examine the effect on neuropathic pain induced by a rat model with spinal nerve ligation (SNL), so as to explore the possible mechanism of those effects. As shown in the results, the HUC-MSCs transplantation obviously ameliorated SNL-induced mechanical allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia, which was related to the inhibiting process of neuroinflammation, including the suppression of activated astrocytes and microglia, as well as the significant reduction of pro-inflammatory cytokines Interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) and Interleukin -17A (IL-17A) and the up-regulation of anti-inflammatory cytokine Interleukin -10 (IL-10). Therefore, through the effect on glial cells, pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokine, the targeting intrathecal HUC-MSCs may offer a novel treatment strategy for NP. FAU - Chen, Chunxiu AU - Chen C AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. FAU - Chen, Fengfeng AU - Chen F AD - Huaxi MR Research Center, Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. FAU - Yao, Chengye AU - Yao C AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. FAU - Shu, Shaofang AU - Shu S AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. FAU - Feng, Juan AU - Feng J AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. AD - Department of Anesthesia, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of South China, Henyang, China. FAU - Hu, Xiaoling AU - Hu X AD - Department of Anesthesia, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of South China, Henyang, China. FAU - Hai, Quan AU - Hai Q AD - Sichuan Province Regenerative Medicine Engineering Technology Research Center, Chengdu, China. FAU - Yao, Shanglong AU - Yao S AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. FAU - Chen, Xiangdong AU - Chen X AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. xiangdong_chen@yahoo.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160921 PL - United States TA - Neurochem Res JT - Neurochemical research JID - 7613461 RN - 0 (Interleukin-17) RN - 0 (Interleukin-1beta) RN - 130068-27-8 (Interleukin-10) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Astrocytes/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Hyperalgesia/etiology/physiopathology/therapy MH - Inflammation/etiology/metabolism/therapy MH - Interleukin-10/metabolism MH - Interleukin-17/metabolism MH - Interleukin-1beta/metabolism MH - Ligation MH - Male MH - *Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation MH - Microglia/metabolism MH - Neuralgia/etiology/physiopathology/*therapy MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Spinal Nerves/injuries MH - Umbilical Cord/*cytology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Astrocyte OT - Mesenchymal stem cells OT - Microglia OT - Neuropathic pain OT - Spinal nerve ligation EDAT- 2016/09/23 06:00 MHDA- 2017/03/16 06:00 CRDT- 2016/09/23 06:00 PHST- 2016/04/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/08/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/08/23 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/09/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/03/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/09/23 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s11064-016-2051-5 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s11064-016-2051-5 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurochem Res. 2016 Dec;41(12):3250-3260. doi: 10.1007/s11064-016-2051-5. Epub 2016 Sep 21.