Physiology Division of Basic Sciences Department, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
Maternal, Fetal, and Neonatal Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Physiol Rep. 2021 Nov;9(22):e15117. doi: 10.14814/phy2.15117.
Endometriosis is the abnormal growth of endometrial tissue. The goals of the study are: (1) Is any correlation between endometriosis pain and neurotrophins in the serum, dorsal root ganglion (DRG), and peritoneal fluid (PF) in rat models of experimental endometriosis?, (2) Possible therapeutic effects of royal jelly (RJ) on pain scores, size of endometriotic lesion, and neurotrophic factors. Forty-eight Sprague Dawley female rats weighing 205.023 ± 21.54 g were maintained in a standard condition. The rats were randomly divided into one of the six groups: Control (no intervention), Sham-1 (remove of uterine horn), RJ (administration of 200 mg/kg/day RJ for 21 days), Endometriosis (induction of endometriosis), Treatment (induction of endometriosis+administration of 200 mg/kg/day RJ for 21 days), and Sham-2 (induction of endometriosis+administration of water). Formalin test performed for pain evaluation. The levels of Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), nerve growth factor (NGF), substance P, and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The mean pain scores in all three phases of the formalin test were significantly increased by endometriosis induction (p < 0.05). The concentrations of BDNF, NGF, and CGRP in DRG of the endometriosis group were significantly higher than these factors in the Control, Sham-1, and RJ groups (p < 0.05). RJ could significantly (p < 0.001) decrease the mean lesion size and the mean pain score in the late phase (p < 0.05). The present results determine that endometriosis pain may be related to nervous system neurotrophic factors. Treatment with RJ could decrease the size of endometriosis lesions as well as pain scores. The findings may shed light on other complementary and alternative remedies for endometriosis.
子宫内膜异位症是子宫内膜组织的异常生长。本研究的目的是:(1)在实验性子宫内膜异位症大鼠模型中,血清、背根神经节(DRG)和腹腔液(PF)中的神经生长因子与子宫内膜异位症疼痛之间是否存在相关性?(2)蜂王浆(RJ)对疼痛评分、子宫内膜异位症病变大小和神经营养因子的可能治疗作用。48 只体重为 205.023±21.54g 的 Sprague Dawley 雌性大鼠在标准条件下饲养。大鼠随机分为以下六组之一:对照组(无干预)、Sham-1 组(切除子宫角)、RJ 组(每天给予 200mg/kg RJ 治疗 21 天)、子宫内膜异位症组(诱导子宫内膜异位症)、治疗组(诱导子宫内膜异位症+每天给予 200mg/kg RJ 治疗 21 天)和 Sham-2 组(诱导子宫内膜异位症+给予水)。进行福尔马林试验以评估疼痛。通过酶联免疫吸附试验测定脑源性神经营养因子(BDNF)、神经生长因子(NGF)、P 物质和降钙素基因相关肽(CGRP)的水平。福尔马林试验的所有三个阶段的平均疼痛评分均因子宫内膜异位症的诱导而显著增加(p<0.05)。与对照组、Sham-1 组和 RJ 组相比,子宫内膜异位症组 DRG 中 BDNF、NGF 和 CGRP 的浓度明显升高(p<0.05)。RJ 可显著(p<0.001)降低晚期(p<0.05)的平均病变大小和平均疼痛评分。目前的结果表明,子宫内膜异位症疼痛可能与神经系统神经营养因子有关。RJ 治疗可减少子宫内膜异位症病变的大小以及疼痛评分。这些发现可能为子宫内膜异位症提供其他补充和替代疗法。
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