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Published in final edited form as: Neuropharmacology. 2014 Nov 4;96(Pt A):55–69. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2014.10.020

Table 1.

Summary of studies in which IL-10-based therapy was used in animal models of neuropathic pain.

Neuropathic Pain
Model Sex Treatment Dose/route Time of treatment Effect Duration of effect Reference
SD rats (CCI) Female IL-10 (n/s) 250 ng, peri-sciatic nerve 0 DPI ↓ Thermal hyperalgesia ~7 days Wagner et al., 1998
SD rats (CCI) Male hIL-10 50 –> 500 – > 500 ng, IT 10 –> 11 –> 12 DPI ↓ Mechanical allodynia (each injection)
↓ Thermal hyperalgesia (2nd/3rd injection)
~2 h Milligan et al., 2005a
SD rats (CCI) Male AD-hIL-10 5 × 107 PFU, IT 10 DPI ↓ Mechanical allodynia
↓ Thermal hyperalgesia
~10 days (mechanical allodynia)
~3–5 days (thermal hyperalgesia)
Milligan et al., 2005a
SD rats (SIN) Male AD-hIL-10 5 × 107 PFU, IT Immediately pre-zymosan injection ↓Mechanical allodynia 24 h (ET) Milligan et al., 2005a
SD rats (SIN) Male AD-hIL-10 5 × 107 PFU, IT 1 day post-zymosan injection ↓Mechanical allodynia ~3 days (ET) Milligan et al., 2005a
SD rats (CCI) Male AAV2-rIL-10 8.5 × 108 IPs, IT 10 DPI ↓Mechanical allodynia/thermal hyperalgesia ~12 days (allodynia)
~14 days (thermal hyperalgesia)
Milligan et al., 2005b
SD rats (SIN) Male AAV2-rIL-10 8.5 × 108 IPs, IT 2 days pre-zymosan ↓Mechanical allodynia ~7–8 days Milligan et al., 2005b
SD rats (CCI) Male pDNA-rIL-10-F129S 100 μg × 4, IT 10 –> 14 –> 22 – > 64 DPI ↓Mechanical allodynia Each injection lasted until subsequent injection, final injection 5 days (ET) Milligan et al., 2006a
SD rats (CCI) Male pDNA-rIL-10-F129S 100 μg × 2, IT 10 –> 13 DPI ↓Mechanical allodynia ~45–47 days (ET) Milligan et al., 2006a
SD rats (CCI) Male pDNA-rIL-10-F129S 100 μg × 2, IT 58 –> 61 DPI ↓Mechanical allodynia ~7–35 days (unreliable effect) Milligan et al., 2006a
SD rats (CCI) Male pDNA-rIL-10-F129S 1 μg × 2, IT 10 –> 13 DPI No effect N/A Milligan et al., 2006b
SD rats (CCI) Male pDNA-rIL-10-F129S 100 μg × 2, IT 10 –> 13 DPI ↓Mechanical allodynia ~31 days Milligan et al., 2006b
SD rats (CCI) Male PEI-pDNA-rIL-10-F129S 5 μg, IT 10 DPI ↓Mechanical allodynia ~11 days Milligan et al., 2006b
SD rats (CCI) Male PEI-pDNA-rIL-10-F129S 5 μg × 2, IT 10 –> 13 DPI ↓Mechanical allodynia ~27–30 days Milligan et al., 2006b
SD rats (CCI) Male XT-101 400 ng, IT 10 DPI ↓Mechanical allodynia ~28–29 days (ET) Milligan et al., 2006b
SD rats (PIN) Male pDNA-rIL-10-F129S 100 –> 25 μg, IT 35 –> 38 DPI ↓Mechanical allodynia ~32–37 days Ledeboer et al., 2007
SD rats (CCI) Male Control pDNA – > pDNA-rIL-10-F129S 100–>25 μg, IT 10 –> 13 DPI ↓Mechanical allodynia ~89 days (ET) Sloane et al., 2009
SD rats (CCI) Male pDNA-rIL-10-F129S – > Control pDNA 100 –> 25 μg, IT 10 –> 13 DPI ↓Mechanical allodynia ~3–4 days Sloane et al., 2009
SD rats (CCI) Male pDNA-rIL-10-F129S 100 –> 25 μg, IT 10 –> 13 DPI ↓Mechanical allodynia ~93 days (ET) Sloane et al., 2009
SD rats (CCI) Male pDNA-rIL-10-F129S 100 –> 1 μg, IT 10 –> 13 DPI ↓Mechanical allodynia ~77–85 days Sloane et al., 2009
SD rats (CCI) Male pDNA-rIL-10-F129S 100 –> 25 μg, IT 10 DPI–>2 h post 1st injection ↓Mechanical allodynia ~6 days Sloane et al., 2009
SD rats (CCI) Male pDNA-rIL-10-F129S 100 –> 25 μg, IT 10 DPI–>5 h post 1st injection ↓Mechanical allodynia ~58 days (ET) Sloane et al., 2009
SD rats (CCI) Male pDNA-rIL-10-F129S 125 μg, IT 10 DPI ↓Mechanical allodynia ~6 days Sloane et al., 2009
SD rats (CCI) Male pDNA-rIL-10-F129S 100 (pDNA) –> 0.2 (anti-IL-10) –> 25 (pDNA) μg, IT 10 DPI–>1 h after 1st injection –>13 DPI ↓Mechanical allodynia (pDNA) reversed acute/sustained pDNA antinociception (anti-IL-10) ~1 day after each injection (pDNA)
~1 day/~29 days (ET) (anti-IL-10)
Sloane et al., 2009
SD rats (CCI) Male pDNA-rIL-10-F129S 100 –> 25 μg (pDNA) –> 0.2 μg (anti-IL-10), IT 10 –> 13 (pDNA) – > 23 (anti-IL-10) DPI ↓Mechanical allodynia (pDNA) reversed sustained pDNA antinociception (anti-IL-10) ~23 days (pDNA)
~31 days (ET) (anti-IL-10)
Sloane et al., 2009
SD rats (CCI) Male pDNA-rIL-10-F129S 25 –> 25 –> 25 μg, IT 10 –> 13–> 45 DPI ↓Mechanical allodynia Each injection lasted until subsequent injection, final injection 47 days (ET) Sloane et al., 2009
SD rats (CCI) Male pDNA-rIL-10-F129S 25 –> 25 –> 25 μg, IT 10 –> 13–> 61 DPI ↓Mechanical allodynia 1st and 2nd injections lasted ~28 days, final injection had no effect Sloane et al., 2009
SD rats (CCI) Male XT-101 (rat) 8.8 μg, IT 10 DPI ↓Mechanical allodynia ~73–81 days Soderquist et al., 2010
SD rats (SNI) Male rIL-10 0.5–5 μg, intra-red nucleus 21 DPI ↓Mechanical allodynia 30–60 min Wang et al., 2012
SD rats (SCI) Male HSV-rIL-10 2 × 108 PFU, IPL 7 DPI ↓Mechanical allodynia/hyperalgesia and thermal hyperalgesia
↓Operant conflict avoidance
~28 days (allodynia/hyperalgesia) (ET)
*only tested on day 35 (operant conflict avoidance)
Lau et al., 2012
SD rats (L5/L6 SNL) Male rIL-10 0.1–1 μg, IT 1–7 DPI (daily) (each injection 1 h before testing) ↓Mechanical allodynia N/A Lee et al., 2013
SD rats (L5/L6 SNL) Male rIL-10 7 μg, IT 7 DPI (injection 1 h before testing) No effect N/A Lee et al., 2013
SD rats (L5 SNL) Male rIL-10 500 ng × 3, IT 7 –> 8 –> 9 DPI (1×/day) ↓Mechanical allodynia ~2 h after each injection Shen et al., 2013
SD rats (L5 SNL) Male rIL-10 500 ng × 12, IT 7 –> 8 –> 9 DPI (4×/day) ↓Mechanical allodynia ~8 days (ET) Shen et al., 2013
SD rats (CCI) Male D-mannose –> pDNA-rIL-10-F129S 50 ug (D-mannose) –> 1 μg (pDNA) 10 (D-mannose) – > 13 (pDNA) DPI ↓Mechanical allodynia ~10 days Dengler et al., 2014
SD rats (CCI) Male D-mannose –> pDNA-rIL-10-F129S 50 ug (D-mannose) –> 25 μg (pDNA) 10 (D-mannose) – > 13 (pDNA) DPI ↓Mechanical allodynia ~92 days (ET) Dengler et al., 2014
SD rats (CCI) Male D-mannose + pDNA-rIL-10-F129S 50 ug (D-mannose) + 1 μg (pDNA) 10 DPI ↓Mechanical allodynia ~23 days (ET) Dengler et al., 2014
Dog (N/S NP) Mixed XT-101 (human) 500 μg, IT Various ↓Pain-related behaviors ~4 months Unpublished observations

Abbreviations: ↓: suppression, –>: denotes sequence of injections, AAV: adeno-associated virus, AD: adenovirus, CCI: chronic constriction injury, DPI: days post-injury, ET: experiment terminated before resolution of antinociceptive effect, hIL-10: human IL-10, HSV: herpes simplex virus, IPs: infectious particles, IPL: intraplantar, IT: intrathecal, N/S NP: non-specified neuropathic pain, pDNA: plasmid DNA, PEI: polyethylenimine, PIN: paclitaxel-induced neuropathy, PFU: plaque-forming units, PLGA: poly(lactic-co-glycolic), SCI: T12 blunt laminectomy, SD rat: Sprague–Dawley rat, SIN: sciatic inflammatory neuropathy, SNI: spared nerve-injury, SNL: spinal nerve ligation, rIL-10: rat IL-10 rIL-10-F129S: point mutation rIL-10 variant, xT-101 (rat): PLGA-rat IL-10-F129S, xT-101 (human): PLGA-human IL-10-F129S.