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The mediation of interleukin‑17 and chemokine ligand 2 in pelvic pain of experimental autoimmune prostatitis

  • Authors:
    • Xiaodong Liu
    • Shicheng Fan
    • Mingxing Zheng
    • Jianheng Chen
    • Jianhua Zhang
    • Hao Li
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  • Published online on: May 11, 2017     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2017.4448
  • Pages: 51-58
  • Copyright: © Liu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

The present study aimed to determine the expression and mediation of interleukin‑17 (IL‑17) and chemokine ligand 2 (CCL2) in a rat model with experimental autoimmune prostatitis (EAP). A total of 44 Sprague Dawley (SD) rats were used in the present study. Of these, a total of 20 two‑month‑old SD rats were randomly divided into a normal control (n=10) and a model group (EAP group, n=10). The remaining 24 two‑month old SD rats were treated in the same way as EAP rats and subsequently randomly divided into a tacrolimus group (n=8), a celecoxib group (n=8) and a normal saline (NS) control group (n=8). Rats in the EAP and normal control groups underwent the Von Frey filaments behavioral test; rats in the tacrolimus, celecoxib and normal saline groups received a pain test following intervention treatment. Prostate tissues of SD rats in each group were harvested for reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT‑qPCR) and western blot analysis to observe the expression of IL‑17 and CCL2. In the pain‑reaction test, the occurrence of abnormal pain in the EAP group was significantly higher compared with the control group (P<0.001). The celecoxib group experienced a significant decrease in pain at day 10 compared with the NS group (P<0.01), while the decrease in pain experienced by the tacrolimus group was only significant at day 30 (P<0.001) and the pain experienced by the NS group decreased slightly over this same period. Results of RT‑qPCR and western blot analysis indicated that, compared with the control group, the expression of IL‑17 and CCL2 in the prostate tissue of EAP rats was significantly upregulated 50 days following modeling (P<0.05). On day 30 following intervention, the expression of IL‑17 and CCL2 in the prostate of rats in the tacrolimus and celecoxib groups was significantly downregulated compared with the NS group (P<0.05). Therefore, the results of the current study demonstrate that IL‑17 and CCL2 serve a vital role in the morbidity of the experimental autoimmune prostatitis and may also have a mediation effect on pelvic pain associated with chronic prostatitis.
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Liu X, Fan S, Zheng M, Chen J, Zhang J and Li H: The mediation of interleukin‑17 and chemokine ligand 2 in pelvic pain of experimental autoimmune prostatitis. Exp Ther Med 14: 51-58, 2017
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Liu, X., Fan, S., Zheng, M., Chen, J., Zhang, J., & Li, H. (2017). The mediation of interleukin‑17 and chemokine ligand 2 in pelvic pain of experimental autoimmune prostatitis. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 14, 51-58. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2017.4448
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Liu, X., Fan, S., Zheng, M., Chen, J., Zhang, J., Li, H."The mediation of interleukin‑17 and chemokine ligand 2 in pelvic pain of experimental autoimmune prostatitis". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 14.1 (2017): 51-58.
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Liu, X., Fan, S., Zheng, M., Chen, J., Zhang, J., Li, H."The mediation of interleukin‑17 and chemokine ligand 2 in pelvic pain of experimental autoimmune prostatitis". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 14, no. 1 (2017): 51-58. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2017.4448