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Diverse characters of Brennan's paw incision model regarding certain parameters in the rat

  • Kumar, Rahul (Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences) ;
  • Gupta, Shivani (Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences) ;
  • Gautam, Mayank (Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences) ;
  • Jhajhria, Saroj Kaler (Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences) ;
  • Ray, Subrata Basu (Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences)
  • Received : 2018.12.27
  • Accepted : 2019.03.12
  • Published : 2019.07.01
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Abstract

Background: Brennan's rodent paw incision model has been extensively used for understanding mechanisms underlying postoperative pain in humans. However, alterations of physiological parameters like blood pressure and heart rate, or even feeding and drinking patterns after the incision have not been documented as yet. Moreover, though eicosanoids like prostaglandins and leukotrienes contribute to inflammation, tissue levels of these inflammatory mediators have never been studied. This work further investigates the antinociceptive effect of protein C after intra-wound administration. Methods: Separate groups of Sprague-Dawley rats were used for quantitation of cyclooxygenase (COX) activity and leukotriene B4 level by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, as well as estimation of cardiovascular parameters and feeding and drinking behavior after paw incision. In the next part, rats were subjected to incision and $10{\mu}g$ of protein C was locally administered by a micropipette. Both evoked and non-evoked pain parameters were then estimated. Results: COX, particularly COX-2 activity and leukotriene B4 levels increased after incision. Hemodynamic parameters were normal. Feeding and drinking were affected on days 1 and 3, and on day 1, respectively. Protein C attenuated non-evoked pain behavior alone up to day 2. Conclusions: Based upon current observations, Brennan's rodent paw incision model appears to exhibit a prolonged period of nociception similar to that after surgery, with minimal interference of physiological parameters. Protein C, which is likely converted to activated protein C in the wound, attenuated the guarding score, which probably represents pain at rest after surgery in humans.

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