title: Increased production of nitric oxide stimulated by interferon-gamma from peripheral blood monocytes in patients with complex regional pain syndrome.
abstract: This study examines immediate nitric oxide (NO) release from monocytes following interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) challenge in patients with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). Study patients exhibited the following: (1), mechanical allodynia; (2), evidence of either vasomotor or sudomotor disturbance; and (3), concordant painful allodynia documented with quantitative sensory testing that was temporarily abolished with sympathetic block. Ten subjects (CRPS, N=5; control, N=5) were enrolled. Peripheral blood monocytes were challenged with 100 microl of IL-1beta (1 ng), IFN-gamma (1 ng), TNF-alpha (0.01 ng), and normal saline (NS) and the resultant immediate NO release measured. Subjects with CRPS exhibited a statistically significant increase in NO release in response to IFN-gamma (P<0.012) compared with controls. The NO responses to IFN-gamma in excess of NS (P<0.025) and as the ratio IFN-gamma/NS (P<0.022) were also significantly increased.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA. chartrick@beaumont.edu
authors.forename: Craig T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Hartrick
mesh_terms: D020918:Complex Regional Pain Syndromes / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D009000:Monocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D007371:Interferon-gamma