• Anesthesiology · May 2002

    Effects of analgesics on delayed postherpetic pain in mice.

    • Ichiro Takasaki, Atsushi Sasaki, Tsugunobu Andoh, Hiroshi Nojima, Kimiyasu Shiraki, and Yasushi Kuraishi.
    • Department of Applied Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan.
    • Anesthesiology. 2002 May 1;96(5):1168-74.

    BackgroundPostherpetic neuralgia is pain that persists long after the disappearance of the cutaneous lesions of herpes zoster. However, the mechanisms of this delayed pain are unclear. Herpes simplex virus infection induces cutaneous lesions and pain-related responses in mice. The authors examined whether such responses would persist after the disappearance of the cutaneous lesions and whether some analgesics would be effective against them.MethodsFemale BALB/c mice were inoculated with herpes simplex virus type 1 on the unilateral hind paw. Pain-related responses of hind paw were determined using von Frey filaments. Beginning 5 days after inoculation, mice were given perorally the antiherpes agent acyclovir five times a day for 7 days. Effects of morphine (3-5 mg/kg subcutaneously), gabapentin (30-100 mg/kg perorally), mexiletine (10-30 mg/kg intraperitoneally), and diclofenac (30 mg/kg intraperitoneally) on pain-related responses were examined on days 25-35 after inoculation.ResultsViral inoculation induced cutaneous lesions and pain-related responses beginning on day 5 after inoculation. Acyclovir treatment healed all skin lesions by day 15 after inoculation. Approximately half of the mice given acyclovir showed pain-related responses at least until day 40 after inoculation. Morphine, gabapentin, and mexiletine dose-dependently inhibited pain-related responses, but diclofenac had no effects.ConclusionsThe authors show a mouse model of delayed postherpetic pain. This may be useful for manifesting the mechanisms of postherpetic neuralgia and the factors contributing to the transition from acute herpetic pain to delayed postherpetic pain. This may also be useful for the development of new analgesics against postherpetic neuralgia.

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