title: Neuromodulation of synovitis: capsaicin effect on severity of experimental arthritis.
abstract: This study addresses the effect of capsaicin on the severity of inflammation in experimental arthritis in the cat. Animals were sensitized with methylated bovine serum albumin (mBSA) and sequential serum antibody levels measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Synovitis was induced by intra-articular injection of mBSA. Histopathology revealed marked inflammatory cell infiltration and synovial cell hypercellularity, in comparison with the saline-injected control joint which showed no synovitis. In animals given intra-articular capsaicin concurrently with mBSA, there was consistently a diminution in the severity of inflammation compared with contralateral joints receiving mBSA alone. In this experimental system capsaicin appears to moderate the severity of inflammation in feline antigen-induced arthritis.
authors: Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ont., Canada.
authors: R D
authors: RD
authors: Inman
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Chiu
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Rabinovich
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Marshall
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D001168:Arthritis; D001169:Arthritis, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D002211:Capsaicin / Q000276:immunology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002415:Cats; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000276:immunology; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000276:immunology; D013585:Synovitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; C029180:methylated bovine serum albumin; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine; D002211:Capsaicin