Journal: Journal of Pain Research
Article Title: Electroacupuncture Alleviates KOA-Induced Pain and Cartilage Degeneration via NGF/TrkA Pathway
doi: 10.2147/JPR.S560506
Figure Lengend Snippet: EA intervention inhibits TrkA expression in CGRP + neurons in DRG of KOA model rats. ( A ) Representative immunofluorescence images of TrkA in DRG from saline group, MIA group, MIA + sham EA group and EA group. Scale bar = 200 µm. ( B ) Quantification of the number of TrkA + cells in DRG across the four groups (per group, n = 3). *p < 0.05; ns: not significant. ( C ) Representative images of double-labelling immunostaining of TrkA + with CGRP + , IB4 + , NF200 + in DRG sections from the saline, MIA, MIA + sham EA, and MIA + EA groups, scale bars = 200 µm. ( D) Pie chart summarizing the proportion of TrkA co-localization in IB4 + , CGRP + , and NF200 + neurons in KOA model rats. Three sections were analyzed per rat, and the results were averaged. ( E ) Quantification of the percentage of CGRP + neurons co-expressing TrkA in the DRG across the four groups (per group, n = 3). **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001; ns: ns: not significant. ( F ) Quantification of the percentage of IB4 + neurons co-expressing TrkA in the DRG across the four groups (per group, n = 3). *p < 0.05; ns: not significant. ( G ) Quantification of the percentage of NF200 + neurons co-expressing TrkA in the DRG across the four groups (per group, n = 3).
Article Snippet: Goat anti-β-NGF antibody (3 μg/mL, R&D Systems, USA), goat anti-TrkA antibody (3 μg/mL, R&D Systems, USA), rabbit anti-PGP9.5 antibody (1:800, Abcam, UK), rabbit anti-TNF-α antibody (1:1000, Abcam, UK), rabbit anti-IL-1β antibody (1:1000, Abcam, UK), rabbit anti-CGRP antibody (1:400, Cell Signaling Technology, USA), mice anti-NF200 antibody (1:200, Cell Signaling Technology, USA), Isolectin B4 (BSI-B4, 1:1000, Sigma-Aldrich, USA).
Techniques: Expressing, Immunofluorescence, Saline, Immunostaining