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The changes of nociception and the signal molecules expression in the dorsal root ganglia and the spinal cord after cold water swimming stress in mice

  • Feng, Jing-Hui (Department of Pharmacology and Institute of Natural Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University) ;
  • Sim, Su-Min (Department of Pharmacology and Institute of Natural Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University) ;
  • Park, Jung-Seok (Department of Physical Education, Hallym University) ;
  • Hong, Jae-Seung (Department of Physical Education, Hallym University) ;
  • Suh, Hong-Won (Department of Pharmacology and Institute of Natural Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University)
  • Received : 2020.10.29
  • Accepted : 2021.02.17
  • Published : 2021.05.01
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Abstract

Several studies have previously reported that exposure to stress provokes behavioral changes, including antinociception, in rodents. In the present study, we studied the effect of acute cold-water (4℃) swimming stress (CWSS) on nociception and the possible changes in several signal molecules in male ICR mice. Here, we show that 3 min of CWSS was sufficient to produce antinociception in tail-flick, hot-plate, von-Frey, writhing, and formalin-induced pain models. Significantly, CWSS strongly reduced nociceptive behavior in the first phase, but not in the second phase, of the formalin-induced pain model. We further examined some signal molecules' expressions in the dorsal root ganglia (DRG) and spinal cord to delineate the possible molecular mechanism involved in the antinociceptive effect under CWSS. CWSS reduced p-ERK, p-AMPKα1, p-AMPKα2, p-Tyk2, and p-STAT3 expression both in the spinal cord and DRG. However, the phosphorylation of mTOR was activated after CWSS in the spinal cord and DRG. Moreover, p-JNK and p-CREB activation were significantly increased by CWSS in the spinal cord, whereas CWSS alleviated JNK and CREB phosphorylation levels in DRG. Our results suggest that the antinociception induced by CWSS may be mediated by several molecules, such as ERK, JNK, CREB, AMPKα1, AMPKα2, mTOR, Tyk2, and STAT3 located in the spinal cord and DRG.

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