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Osteoarthritis Pain Model Induced by Intra-Articular Injection of Mono-Iodoacetate in Rats
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The effect of low dose intra-articular S(+) ketamine on osteoarthritis in rats: an experimental study
Eugênio Dos Santos Neto1, Pedro Paulo de Alcantara Pedro2, Maria do Socorro de Sousa Cartágenes3
1Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
Background:
This study aimed to investigate the analgesic impact of S(+)-ketamine on pain behavior and synovial inflammation in an osteoarthritis (OA) model.
Methods:
Animals were grouped as follows: OA-Saline (n = 24) and OA-Ketamine (n = 24), OA induced via intra-articular sodium monoiodoacetate (MIA); a Non-OA group (n = 24) served as the control. On the 7th day post OA induction, animals received either saline or S(+)-ketamine (0.5 mg.kg-1). Behavioral and histopathological assessments were conducted up to day 28.
Results:
S(+)-ketamine reduced allodynia from day 7 to 28 and hyperalgesia from day 10 to 28. It notably alleviated weight distribution deficits from day 10 until the end of the study. Significant walking improvement was observed on day 14 in S(+)-ketamine-treated rats. Starting on day 14, OA groups showed grip force decline, which was countered by S(+)-ketamine on day 21. However, S(+)-ketamine did not diminish synovial inflammation.
Conclusion:
Low Intra-articular (IA) doses of S(+)-ketamine reduced MIA-induced OA pain but did not reverse synovial histopathological changes.
Irb Approval Number:
23115 012030/2009-05.
