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Hyperalgesia and Edema Responses Induced by Rat Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Incubated with Carrageenin

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The aim of this study was to verify the role played by mononuclear cells in an acute (nonimmune) inflammatory reaction. Mononuclear cells purified from rat peripheral blood were incubated for 1, 2, or 24 h with 100 or 250 μg/ml carrageenin (Cg). The resultant donor supernatant was injected into recipient rats to test its ability to induce hyperalgesia (reduction in threshold for paw pressure) and edema (increase in paw volume). Mononuclear cell supernatants (MnS) induced a significant time- and dose-dependent hyperalgesia and edema in rat paws, which reached a maximal effect at 3 h, lasted for 6 h, and returned to basal levels at 24 h of injection. Prostaglandins and cytokines (interleukin 1, 2, 6, 8, and tumor necrosis factor alpha) accounted for the hyperalgesia induced by MnS, as it was reduced (40 to 90%) by synthesis inhibitors such as indomethacin, dexamethasone, rolipram, and cyclosporin added to the cultures at a microgram dose-range. Edema was dependent on serotonin release in rat paws. These results indicate that mononuclear cells may be important contributors to acute inflammatory reactions, especially under those conditions where pain is an important component.

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    Marcos Antonio De Resende, Webster Glayser Pimenta Dos Rei, Leani De Souza Máximo Pereira & Janetti Nogueira de Francischi

  2. Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    Wanderley Ferreira, Maria Helena de Lima Perez Garcia & Marcelo Matos Santoro

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De Resende, M.A., Dos Rei, W.G.P., Pereira, L.D.S.M. et al. Hyperalgesia and Edema Responses Induced by Rat Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Incubated with Carrageenin. Inflammation 25, 277–285 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012812124461

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