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Papers: 12 Aug 2023 - 18 Aug 2023

RESEARCH TYPE:
Review


Molecular/Cellular, Neurobiology, Pharmacology/Drug Development

PAIN TYPE:
Neuropathic Pain


2023 Aug 11


Curr Neuropharmacol


37581321

Interleukin-17: a putative novel pharmacological target for pathological pain.

Authors

Gao SJ, Liu L, Li DY, Liu DQ, Zhang LQ, Wu JY, Song FH, Zhou YQ, Mei W

Abstract

Pathological pain imposes a huge burden on the economy and the lives of patients. At pre- sent, drugs used for the treatment of pathological pain have only modest efficacy and are also plagued by adverse effects and risk for misuse and abuse. Therefore, understanding the mechanisms of patho- logical pain is essential for the development of novel analgesics. Several lines of evidence indicate that interleukin-17 (IL-17) is upregulated in rodent models of pathological pain in the periphery and central nervous system. Besides, the administration of IL-17 antibody alleviated pathological pain. Moreover, IL-17 administration led to mechanical allodynia which was alleviated by the IL-17 antibody. In this review, we summarized and discussed the therapeutic potential of targeting IL-17 for pathological pain. The upregulation of IL-17 promoted the development of pathological pain by promoting neuroin- flammation, enhancing the excitability of dorsal root ganglion neurons, and promoting the communi- cation of glial cells and neurons in the spinal cord. In general, the existing research shows that IL-17 is an attractive therapeutic target for pathologic pain, but the underlying mechanisms still need to be in- vestigated.