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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
20
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-10-5
pubmed:abstractText
Rheumatoid arthritis is characterized by erosive inflammation of the joints, new bone proliferation, and ankylosis, leading to severely reduced locomotion and intense chronic pain. In a model of this disease, adjuvant-induced polyarthritis in the rat, neurons involved in pain transmission and control undergo plastic changes, especially at the spinal level. These changes affect notably neurons that contain opioids, such as enkephalins deriving from preproenkephalin A (PA) precursor protein. Using recombinant herpes simplex virus containing rat PA cDNA, we enhanced enkephalin synthesis in sensory neurons of polyarthritic rats. This treatment markedly improved locomotion and reduced hyperalgesia. Furthermore, the progression of bone destruction slowed down, which is the most difficult target to reach in the treatment of patients suffering from arthritis. These data demonstrate the therapeutic efficacy of enkephalin overproduction in a model of systemic inflammatory and painful chronic disorder.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7881-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11588161-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11588161-Arthritis, pubmed-meshheading:11588161-Arthritis, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:11588161-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:11588161-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:11588161-Enkephalins, pubmed-meshheading:11588161-Freund's Adjuvant, pubmed-meshheading:11588161-Ganglia, Spinal, pubmed-meshheading:11588161-Gene Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:11588161-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:11588161-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:11588161-Herpesvirus 1, Human, pubmed-meshheading:11588161-Hindlimb, pubmed-meshheading:11588161-Hyperalgesia, pubmed-meshheading:11588161-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11588161-Neurons, Afferent, pubmed-meshheading:11588161-Pain Measurement, pubmed-meshheading:11588161-Protein Precursors, pubmed-meshheading:11588161-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11588161-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:11588161-Severity of Illness Index, pubmed-meshheading:11588161-Terminal Repeat Sequences, pubmed-meshheading:11588161-Treatment Outcome
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Therapeutic efficacy in experimental polyarthritis of viral-driven enkephalin overproduction in sensory neurons.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U288, NeuroPsychoPharmacologie Moléculaire, Cellulaire, et Fonctionnelle and Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 75013 Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't