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Experimental myofascial trigger point creation in rodents

  • Datos identificativos

    Identificador: imarina:5132818
    Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina5132818
  • Autores:

    Margalef R, Sisquella M, Bosque M, Romeu C, Mayoral O, Monterde S, Priego M, Guerra-Perez R, Ortiz N, Tomàs J, Santafe M
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    Autor según el artículo: Margalef R, Sisquella M, Bosque M, Romeu C, Mayoral O, Monterde S, Priego M, Guerra-Perez R, Ortiz N, Tomàs J, Santafe M
    Departamento: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques Medicina i Cirurgia
    Autor/es de la URV: Monterde Pérez, Sonia / Ortiz Castellón, Nicolau Antoni / Santafé Martínez, Manuel
    Palabras clave: Spontaneous acetylcholine release Myofascial trigger point Myofascial pain syndrome Endplate noise Animal model myofascial trigger point myofascial pain syndrome endplate noise animal model
    Resumen: Myofascial pain syndrome is one of the most common forms of muscle pain. In this syndrome, pain is originated by the so-called trigger points, which consists of a set of palpable contraction knots in the muscle. It has been proposed that a high, spontaneous neurotransmission may be involved in the generation of these contraction knots. To confirm this hypothesis, we exposed mouse muscles to an anticholinesterasic agent to increase the neurotransmision in the synaptic cleft in two different conditions, in vivo and ex vivo experiments. Using intracellular recordings, a sharp increase in the spontaneous neurotransmission in the levator auris longus muscle and a lower increase in the diaphragm muscle could be seen. Likewise, electromyography recordings reveal an elevated endplate noise in gastrocnemius muscle of treated animals. These changes are associated with structural changes such as abundant neuromuscular contracted zones observed by rhodaminated α-bungarotoxin and the presence of abundant glycosaminoglycans around the contraction knots, as shown by Alcian PAS staining. In a second set of experiments, we aimed at demonstrating that the increases in the neurotransmission reproduced most of the clinical signs associated to a trigger point. We exposed rats to the anticholinesterase agent neostigmine, and 30 min afterward we observed the presence of palpable taut bands, the echocardiographic presence of contraction knots, and local twitch responses upon needle stimulation. In summary, we demonstrated that increased neurotransmission induced trigger points in both rats and mice, as evidenced by glycosaminoglycans around the contraction zones as a novel hallmark of this pathology. NEW & NOTEWORTHY In rodents, when neostigmine was injected subcutaneously, the neuromuscular neurotransmission increased, and several changes can be observed: an elevated endplate noise compared with normal endplate noise, as evidenced by electromyographyc recording; many muscular fibers with contraction knots (narrower sarcomeres and locally thickened muscle fiber) surrounded by infiltration of connective tissue like glycosaminoglycans molecules; and palpable taut bands and local twitch responses upon needle stimulation. Several of these signs are also observed in humans with muscle pain.
    Áreas temáticas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Sports science Sport sciences Saúde coletiva Psicología Physiology (medical) Physiology Nutrição Medicine (miscellaneous) Medicine (all) Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Interdisciplinar Geociências General medicine Farmacia Engenharias iv Educação física Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Biotecnología Biodiversidade Astronomia / física
    Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 87507587
    Direcció de correo del autor: nicolauantoni.ortiz@urv.cat manuel.santafe@urv.cat sonia.monterde@urv.cat
    Identificador del autor: 0000-0002-5462-5108 0000-0001-5580-3757
    Fecha de alta del registro: 2023-07-31
    Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Enlace a la fuente original: https://journals.physiology.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1152/japplphysiol.00248.2018
    URL Documento de licencia: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Journal Of Applied Physiology. 126 (1): 160-169
    Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Margalef R, Sisquella M, Bosque M, Romeu C, Mayoral O, Monterde S, Priego M, Guerra-Perez R, Ortiz N, Tomàs J, Santafe M (2019). Experimental myofascial trigger point creation in rodents. Journal Of Applied Physiology, 126(1), 160-169. DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00248.2018
    DOI del artículo: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00248.2018
    Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Año de publicación de la revista: 2019
    Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications
  • Palabras clave:

    Medicine (Miscellaneous),Physiology,Physiology (Medical),Sport Sciences,Sports Science
    Spontaneous acetylcholine release
    Myofascial trigger point
    Myofascial pain syndrome
    Endplate noise
    Animal model
    myofascial trigger point
    myofascial pain syndrome
    endplate noise
    animal model
    Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros
    Sports science
    Sport sciences
    Saúde coletiva
    Psicología
    Physiology (medical)
    Physiology
    Nutrição
    Medicine (miscellaneous)
    Medicine (all)
    Medicina veterinaria
    Medicina iii
    Medicina ii
    Medicina i
    Interdisciplinar
    Geociências
    General medicine
    Farmacia
    Engenharias iv
    Educação física
    Ciências biológicas iii
    Ciências biológicas ii
    Ciências biológicas i
    Ciências ambientais
    Biotecnología
    Biodiversidade
    Astronomia / física
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