title: [Effect of Asu-AVT on electroacupuncture (EA) analgesia].
abstract: The Asu-AVT (1,6-aminosuberic acid -8-arginine-vasotocin) in an analogue of 8-arginine-vasotocin (AVT) which is one of pineal hormones. The effect of Asu-AVT on the pain threshold and EA analgesia was studied in rats. An increase of 16.2-41.5% in pain threshold was observed within 70 min. after ivc of Asu-AVT (75ng), while the Asu-AVT injection in combination with EA produced a significant increase of 164.6-309.1% in pain threshold, which was much higher than that in the saline-EA group (p < 0.05-0.01). The effect of Atu-AVT is analogous to that of oxytocin and arginine-vasopressin. The data indicate ivc of ASu-AVT not only elevates the pain threshold, but also enhances the EA analgesia. These results suggest that the pineal hormone, AVT may play a role in the EA analgesia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Second military Medical University, Shanghai.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D015667:Acupuncture Analgesia; D000818:Animals; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000494:pharmacology; D015671:Electroacupuncture; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D008297:Male; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000494:pharmacology; D017288:Pain Threshold / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014668:Vasotocin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: C083358:vasotocin, Asu(1,6)-Arg(8)-; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D010121:Oxytocin; D014668:Vasotocin