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- Abelson, Klas S. P., et al.
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Voluntary ingestion of nut paste for administration of buprenorphine in rats and mice
- 2012
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Ingår i: Laboratory Animals. - : SAGE Publications. - 0023-6772 .- 1758-1117. ; 46:4, s. 349-351
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- An adequate analgesic strategy is important to improve the postoperative recovery and welfare of laboratory rats and mice. It is desirable that the method for administering the drug is non-invasive and stress-free. We have previously validated a method for administering buprenorphine in a nut paste for voluntary ingestion. This method has many advantages over parenteral administration. To use the method in a successful way, however, it is important to prepare and administer the mix correctly. The present paper describes in detail how to implement the method, by means of habituation, presentation, adequate concentrations and amounts of buprenorphine/nut paste, and dosage of buprenorphine to rats and mice.
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- Dahlin, Joakim, et al.
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The Suspended Formalin Test : A Method Designed for Studying Formalin-Induced Behaviour in the Speke's Hingeback Tortoise (Kinixys spekii)
- 2012
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science. - 0901-3393. ; 39:1, s. 11-15
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The present study aimed to develop a method for testing pain-related behaviour induced by formalin in theSpeke’s hingeback tortoise (Kinixys spekii). These animals retract their head and limbs into their shell whenapproached, making behavioural testing almost impossible. It was found that suspending the animals in theair, facing away from the observer, made the animals keep their limbs out of the shell. Subcutaneous injectionof formalin induced easily identifiable and quantifiable behaviours that lasted for 20 minutes. Contraryto the biphasic effect of formalin observed in rats and mice, the response in tortoises was monophasic. Thesuspended formalin test may be useful for studying nociceptive mechanisms in tortoises, which in turn willbe important for a further understanding of the nociceptive system in reptiles as well as in mammals.
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- Goldkuhl, Renee, et al.
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Effects of Voluntarily-ingested Buprenorphine on Plasma Corticosterone Levels, Body Weight, Water Intake, and Behaviour in Permanently Catheterised Rats
- 2010
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Ingår i: In Vivo. - 0258-851X .- 1791-7549. ; 24:2, s. 131-135
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study investigated the peri- and postoperative effect of pre-emptive analgesia through voluntary ingestion of buprenorphine in Nutella (R), in male Sprague-Dawley rats. An arterial catheter was inserted and the rats were connected to an automated blood sampling device (AccuSampler (R)). Blood samples were drawn up to 18 h after surgery and the plasma concentrations of corticosterone were quantified. Postoperative changes in water intake and body weight were recorded, and the behaviour of the rats was analysed during two 30-min periods. Pre-emptive oral buprenorphine treatment reduced the plasma corticosterone levels in the postoperative period, compared to controls treated with local anaesthetics. Buprenorphine-treated rats consumed more water and maintained body weight better. Behavioural observations indicated that buprenorphine changed the behaviour in non-operated rats but there was no difference in the operated rats. The present study strengthens the hypothesis that pre-emptive oral buprenorphine in Nutella is suitable for treatment of postoperative pain in rats.
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- Goldkuhl, Renée, et al.
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Impact of Surgical Severity and Analgesic Treatment on Plasma Corticosterone in Rats during Surgery
- 2010
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Ingår i: European Surgical Research. - : S. Karger AG. - 0014-312X .- 1421-9921. ; 44:2, s. 117-123
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Tissue injury and anaesthesia during surgery induce a stress response associated with increased glucocorticoid secretion from the adrenal glands. This response alters the normal physiology and may cause postoperative morbidity, as well as affect the results during acute experiments. The aim of the present investigation was to study the effect of surgical severity and analgesic treatment on circulating corticosterone in male Sprague-Dawley rats. Male rats were treated with either lidocaine infiltrated during surgery, buprenorphine (0.05 or 0.1 mg/kg subcutaneously) or saline subcutaneously. Each treatment group was subjected to either arterial catheterisation or arterial catheterisation and laparotomy. A catheter was inserted in the common carotid artery and blood was collected during surgery and during anaesthesia 6 h after surgery. Lidocaine treatment reduced the corticosterone levels compared to saline treatment after catheterisation but not after laparotomy. Buprenorphine treatment reduced the corticosterone levels during the first hour after surgery after both catheterisation and laparotomy. The higher buprenorphine dose led to an earlier and more pronounced reduction, especially after laparotomy. In the present study, the corticosterone response during surgery in laboratory rats is correlated with the severity of the procedure, and buprenorphine reduces the surgical stress response more effectively than lidocaine treatment.
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- Goldkuhl, Renée, et al.
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Plasma concentrations of corticosterone and buprenorphine in rats subjected to jugular vein catheterization
- 2010
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Ingår i: Laboratory Animals. - : SAGE Publications. - 0023-6772 .- 1758-1117. ; 44:4, s. 337-343
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The present study investigated the postoperative plasma concentrations of corticosterone and buprenorphine in male Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rats, treated with buprenorphine administered either through subcutaneous (SC) injection or through voluntary ingestion (VI). The animals were treated with buprenorphine for pre-emptive analgesia prior to surgical placement of a jugular catheter, followed by automated blood sampling during 96 h. Buprenorphine was administered on a regular basis throughout the experiment, and blood was collected on selected time points. Body weight was measured before and 96 h after surgery. It was found that the two rat stocks responded in a similar manner to both buprenorphine treatments, with the exception of body weight change in Wistar rats, in which body weight was reduced after SC treatment. The plasma concentration of corticosterone was significantly higher in the SC-treated animals than in the VI-treated animals during the first 18 h of the study, while plasma buprenorphine concentration was at least as high and more even over time after VI treatment. The present study shows that buprenorphine administration through VI is suitable for both Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rats, with lower stress response and higher plasma concentrations of buprenorphine than after the traditional SC route of administration.
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- Jacobsen, K. R., et al.
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Voluntary ingestion of buprenorphine in mice
- 2011
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Ingår i: Animal Welfare. - 0962-7286. ; 20:4, s. 591-596
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Buprenorphine is a widely used analgesic for laboratory rodents. Administration of the drug in a desirable food item for voluntary ingestion is an attractive way to administer the drug non-invasively. However, it is vital that the animals ingest the buprenorphine-food-item mix as desired. The present study investigated how readily female and male mice (Mus musculus) of two different strains consumed buprenorphine mixed in a commercially available nut paste (Nutellac (R)), and whether variation between genders and strains would affect the subsequent serum concentrations of buprenorphine. Buprenorphine at different concentrations mixed in Nutella (R) was given to male and female C57BL/6 and BALB/c mice in a complete cross-over study. Pure Nutella or buprenorphine (1.0-3.0 mg kg(-1) bodyweight [bw]) mixed in 10 g kg(-1) bw Nutella (R) were given to the mice at 1500h. The mice were video recorded until the next morning, when blood was collected by submandibular venipuncture. The concentration of buprenorphine in the Nutella (R) mix did not affect the duration of ingestion in any of the groups. However, female mice consumed the Nutella (R) significantly faster than males. Repeated exposure significantly reduced the start time of voluntary ingestion, but not the duration of eating the mixture. These differences did not however affect the serum concentration of buprenorphine measured 17 h post administration.
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- Kalliokoski, Otto, et al.
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Distribution and time course of corticosterone excretion in faeces and urine of female mice with varying systemic concentrations
- 2010
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Ingår i: General and Comparative Endocrinology. - : Elsevier BV. - 0016-6480 .- 1095-6840. ; 168:3, s. 450-454
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Quantification of corticosterone metabolites excreted in faeces and urine is increasingly being used for assessment of preceding corticosterone concentrations in the circulation. This is a promising approach to non-invasive stress assessment in laboratory rodents. It is however unknown whether the proportions of corticosterone metabolites excreted in faeces and urine may differ, depending on the concentration of corticosterone in blood. This uncertainty undermines the applicability of urinary and faecal corticosterone metabolite measurements as biomarkers for stress. Therefore, the terminal distribution and time course of corticosterone excretion, after intravenous injection of varying corticosterone concentrations, was investigated in female mice. Female BALB/c mice excreted 60% of all corticosterone in the urine with an approximate delay of 5 h from tail vein administration. The remaining 40% were excreted in faeces, with an approximate delay of 9 h from administration. The faecal/urinary excretion ratio, as well as time course of excretion, remained unaltered by administration of various doses of corticosterone covering the entire physiological range of serum corticosterone. Although currently untested for other strains of mice and species of animals, these findings add credence to the utility of faecal and urinary corticosterone as non-invasive biomarkers for physiological stress.
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- Kalliokoski, Otto, et al.
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Serum concentrations of buprenorphine after oral and parenteral administration in male mice
- 2011
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Ingår i: The Veterinary Journal. - : Elsevier BV. - 1090-0233 .- 1532-2971. ; 187:2, s. 251-254
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Buprenorphine is the most commonly used drug for peri-operative pain relief in laboratory rodents. The systemic concentrations of buprenorphine were measured in mice following administration intravenously (IV), subcutaneously (SC), orally by gavage and by voluntary ingestion, to determine the post-administration serum concentration of buprenorphine. Voluntarily ingested buprenorphine resulted in long-lasting high serum concentrations, as did oral gavage administration (24h serum concentration: 110ngh/mL for both routes of administration). In contrast, buprenorphine administered parenterally remained in the circulation for a substantially shorter time (24h serum concentration for IV and SC were 40ngh/mL and 30ngh/mL, respectively). This marked difference was probably due to the higher dose used for oral administration, which is regarded necessary for sufficient analgesic effect, and to the slower absorption of the oral boli, as well as saturation of the hepatic buprenorphine metabolising pathways. Voluntary ingestion of buprenorphine was found to constitute a practical way to provide laboratory mice with efficient pain relief.
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- Kalliokoski, Otto, et al.
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The Effect of Voluntarily Ingested Buprenorphine on Rats Subjected to Surgically Induced Global Cerebral Ischaemia
- 2010
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Ingår i: In Vivo. - 0258-851X .- 1791-7549. ; 24:5, s. 641-646
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The effect of perioperatively administered buprenorphine analgesia on rats subjected to surgically induced global ischaemia was assessed. Rats supplied with buprenorphine, mixed in nut paste for voluntary ingestion, displayed significant reductions in postoperative excretions of faecal corticosterone, in both magnitude and variance. This is indicative of lowered stress levels and less inter-animal metabolic variation. Although corticosterone has been reported to modulate the extent of cerebral damage, histology of coronal sections exhibited no differences in the extent of the ischaemia in buprenorphine-treated and untreated animals. A part from a slightly higher hyperthermia immediately after surgery and typical opiate-associated behaviour, the buprenorphine treatment had no apparent adverse effects on the experimental model. In contrast, the analgesic treatment improved the model by minimizing stress-associated confounding variables in the experimental animals.
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- Kanaykina, Nadya, et al.
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In vitro and in vivo effects on neural crest stem celldifferentiation by conditional activation of Runx1 short isoform and its effecton neuropathic pain behavior
- 2010
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Ingår i: Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences. - : Uppsala Medical Society. - 0300-9734 .- 2000-1967. ; 115:1, s. 56-64
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- INTRODUCTION: Runx1, a Runt domain transcription factor, controls thedifferentiation of nociceptors that express the neurotrophin receptor Ret,regulates the expression of many ion channels and receptors, and controls thelamina-specific innervation pattern of nociceptive afferents in the spinal cord. Moreover, mice lacking Runx1 exhibit specific defects in thermal and neuropathic pain. We investigated whether conditional activation of Runx1 short isoform(Runx1a), which lacks a transcription activation domain, influencesdifferentiation of neural crest stem cells (NCSCs) in vitro and in vivo duringdevelopment and whether postnatal Runx1a activation affects the sensitivity toneuropathic pain. METHODS: We activated ectopic expression of Runx1a in cultured NCSCs using the Tet-ON gene regulatory system during the formation ofneurospheres and analyzed the proportion of neurons and glial cells originatingfrom NCSCs. In in vivo experiments we applied doxycycline (DOX) to pregnant mice (days 8-11), i.e. when NCSCs actively migrate, and examined the phenotype ofoffsprings. We also examined whether DOX-induced activation of Runx1a in adultmice affects their sensitivity to mechanical stimulation following a constrictioninjury of the sciatic nerve. RESULTS: Ectopic Runx1a expression in cultured NCSCsresulted in predominantly glial differentiation. Offsprings in which Runx1a hadbeen activated showed retarded growth and displayed megacolon, pigment defects,and dystrophic dorsal root ganglia. In the neuropathic pain model, the threshold for mechanical sensitivity was markedly increased following activation of Runx1a.CONCLUSION: These data suggest that Runx1a has a specific role in NCSCdevelopment and that modulation of Runx1a activity may reduce mechanicalhypersensitivity associated with neuropathic pain.
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