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[The change of ACh metabolism in the dorsal horn of spinal cord and spinal ganglia during electroacupuncture analgesia (EAA)]. 1990

X Guan, and J Shi, and Y Zhang, and N Zhang, and J Zhang, and H Qian
Research Department of Acupuncture Analgesia Mechanism, Department of Neurobiology Tongji Medical University, Wuhan.

In this paper a preliminary study was made about the relationship between ACh and the primary input of acupuncture sensation based on the changes of content of ACh, its synthetic enzyme (choline acetylase, or ChAC) and its degradation enzyme (acetylcholinesterase, or AChE) in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord and spinal ganglia. The results were found that: 1) EA at "huantiao" exerted a marked analgesia effect, the acupuncture analgesia was inhibited when the lateral dorsal root was cut off. 2) The content of ACh of the EA group were slightly lower than those of the control group. 3) AChE activity in the spinal ganglia and the dorsal horn increased markedly under electroacupuncture stimulation. 4) The activity of ChAC in the dorsal horn of rats under acupuncture stimulation was significantly higher than those of the control group. 5) ACh content in the spinal ganglia increased obviously when the degradation of peripheral ACh was inhibited by prostigmine. 6) With the lumber dorsal roots excised, AChE activity of the operative side were much lower than those of the intact side during EA stimulation. It suggest that the metabolism of ACh in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord and spinal ganglia change during the course of EAA, and only when signals produced at the acupoints are delivered to the spinal cord via ACh-containing primary somatosensory nerves, can they exert analgesic and therapeutic effect of acupuncture.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D011919 Rats, Inbred Strains Genetically identical individuals developed from brother and sister matings which have been carried out for twenty or more generations or by parent x offspring matings carried out with certain restrictions. This also includes animals with a long history of closed colony breeding. August Rats,Inbred Rat Strains,Inbred Strain of Rat,Inbred Strain of Rats,Inbred Strains of Rats,Rat, Inbred Strain,August Rat,Inbred Rat Strain,Inbred Strain Rat,Inbred Strain Rats,Inbred Strains Rat,Inbred Strains Rats,Rat Inbred Strain,Rat Inbred Strains,Rat Strain, Inbred,Rat Strains, Inbred,Rat, August,Rat, Inbred Strains,Rats Inbred Strain,Rats Inbred Strains,Rats, August,Rats, Inbred Strain,Strain Rat, Inbred,Strain Rats, Inbred,Strain, Inbred Rat,Strains, Inbred Rat
D002795 Choline O-Acetyltransferase An enzyme that catalyzes the formation of acetylcholine from acetyl-CoA and choline. EC 2.3.1.6. Choline Acetylase,Choline Acetyltransferase,Acetylase, Choline,Acetyltransferase, Choline,Choline O Acetyltransferase,O-Acetyltransferase, Choline
D002802 Cholinesterases Acylcholineacylhydrolase,Cholase,Cholinesterase
D005260 Female Females
D005727 Ganglia, Spinal Sensory ganglia located on the dorsal spinal roots within the vertebral column. The spinal ganglion cells are pseudounipolar. The single primary branch bifurcates sending a peripheral process to carry sensory information from the periphery and a central branch which relays that information to the spinal cord or brain. Dorsal Root Ganglia,Spinal Ganglia,Dorsal Root Ganglion,Ganglion, Spinal,Ganglia, Dorsal Root,Ganglion, Dorsal Root,Spinal Ganglion
D000109 Acetylcholine A neurotransmitter found at neuromuscular junctions, autonomic ganglia, parasympathetic effector junctions, a subset of sympathetic effector junctions, and at many sites in the central nervous system. 2-(Acetyloxy)-N,N,N-trimethylethanaminium,Acetilcolina Cusi,Acetylcholine Bromide,Acetylcholine Chloride,Acetylcholine Fluoride,Acetylcholine Hydroxide,Acetylcholine Iodide,Acetylcholine L-Tartrate,Acetylcholine Perchlorate,Acetylcholine Picrate,Acetylcholine Picrate (1:1),Acetylcholine Sulfate (1:1),Bromoacetylcholine,Chloroacetylcholine,Miochol,Acetylcholine L Tartrate,Bromide, Acetylcholine,Cusi, Acetilcolina,Fluoride, Acetylcholine,Hydroxide, Acetylcholine,Iodide, Acetylcholine,L-Tartrate, Acetylcholine,Perchlorate, Acetylcholine
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013116 Spinal Cord A cylindrical column of tissue that lies within the vertebral canal. It is composed of WHITE MATTER and GRAY MATTER. Coccygeal Cord,Conus Medullaris,Conus Terminalis,Lumbar Cord,Medulla Spinalis,Myelon,Sacral Cord,Thoracic Cord,Coccygeal Cords,Conus Medullari,Conus Terminali,Cord, Coccygeal,Cord, Lumbar,Cord, Sacral,Cord, Spinal,Cord, Thoracic,Cords, Coccygeal,Cords, Lumbar,Cords, Sacral,Cords, Spinal,Cords, Thoracic,Lumbar Cords,Medulla Spinali,Medullari, Conus,Medullaris, Conus,Myelons,Sacral Cords,Spinal Cords,Spinali, Medulla,Spinalis, Medulla,Terminali, Conus,Terminalis, Conus,Thoracic Cords
D015667 Acupuncture Analgesia Analgesia produced by the insertion of ACUPUNCTURE needles at certain ACUPUNCTURE POINTS on the body. This activates small myelinated nerve fibers in the muscle which transmit impulses to the spinal cord and then activate three centers - the spinal cord, midbrain and pituitary/hypothalamus - to produce analgesia. Analgesia, Acupuncture,Acupuncture Anesthesia,Anesthesia, Acupuncture

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