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Neuroinflammation and mechanisms of neuropathic pain development
Kalynovska, Nataliia ; Paleček, Jiří (advisor) ; Krůšek, Jan (referee) ; Hejnová, Lucie (referee)
Neuropathic pain represents a possible outcome of neural tissue injury; it occurs also as a concomitant symptom of different diseases or as a side effect of several treatments. Up to date, it constitutes a great challenge in clinical practice, as currently available treatments are still unsatisfactory. Mechanism-based treatment approaches are promising strategy in neuropathic pain management. However, there is still a lack of information about the exact mechanisms involved in the development and/or maintenance of neuropathic pain. This Doctoral Thesis is aimed to explore the mechanisms underlying the development of neuropathic pain states in different models. The principal part of this work is focused on the study of anti-inflammatory effect of Angiotensin II receptor type 1 (AT1R) blocker, losartan, in two different models of peripheral neuropathy: paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy (PIPN) and spinal nerve ligation (SNL). The work also aimed to access the involvement of spinal transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) channels in the process of neuronal activation induced by paclitaxel (PAC) and chemokine CCL2 treatment. In order to fulfil the abovementioned aims, behavioral, immunohistochemical and molecular methods were used. For every model of peripheral neuropathy, the...
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