Table 4.
Spinal cord cytokines | Genotype | Repeated saline | Repeated morphine | Genotype effect | Drug effect | Genotype x drug | |||
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pg/mL | mean ± SEM | mean ± SEM | F1, 19 | p | F1, 19 | p | F1, 19 | p | |
Proinflammatory cytokines | |||||||||
IL-2 | Tat(−) | 12.5 ± 0.36 | 14.3 ± 0.47 | 2.3 | 0.15 | 16.9 | < 0.01 | < 1.0 | 0.98 |
Tat(+) | 11.8 ± 0.44 | 13.6 ± 0.46 | |||||||
IL-6 | Tat(−) | 3.4 ± 0.17 | 3.6 ± 0.19 | 1.5 | 0.24 | 1.5 | 0.23 | < 1.0 | 0.79 |
Tat(+) | 3.2 ± 0.13 | 3.4 ± 0.19 | |||||||
IFN-γ | Tat(−) | 29.1 ± 0.76 | 30.3 ± 0.71 | < 1.0 | 0.38 | 6.2 | 0.02 | < 1.0 | 0.37 |
Tat(+) | 27.8 ± 0.74 | 30.3 ± 0.76 | |||||||
TNF-α | Tat(−) | 52.4 ± 1.70 | 51.8 ± 1.67 | 1.6 | 0.22 | 1.6 | 0.22 | 2.8 | 0.11 |
Tat(+) | 47.8 ± 1.73 | 52.4 ± 0.48 | |||||||
Anti-inflammatory cytokines | |||||||||
IL-5 | Tat(−) | 3.4 ± 0.22 | 3.4 ± 0.12 | 4.3 | 0.05 | < 1.0 | 0.44 | < 1.0 | 0.36 |
Tat(+) | 3.2 ± 0.13 | 2.9 ± 0.11 | |||||||
IL-13 | Tat(−) | 40.8 ± 3.86 | 41.6 ± 3.27 | 1.6 | 0.21 | 1.7 | 0.20 | 2.4 | 0.14 |
Tat(+) | 41.7 ± 2.73 | 32.4 ± 2.63 | |||||||
Chemokines | |||||||||
CCL2 | Tat(−) | 50.8 ± 1.13 | 57.7 ± 1.66 | 2.4 | 0.14 | 12.7 | < 0.01 | < 1.0 | 0.64 |
Tat(+) | 48.9 ± 1.83 | 54.2 ± 2.24 | |||||||
CCL3 | Tat(−) | 5.1 ± 0.14 | 5.3 ± 0.19 | 3.5 | 0.08 | < 1.0 | 0.71 | < 1.0 | 0.53 |
Tat(+) | 4.8 ± 0.21 | 4.8 ± 0.21 | |||||||
CCL4 | Tat(−) | 67.4 ± 1.27 | 74.5 ± 0.78 | 1.4 | 0.25 | 20.3 | < 0.01 | < 1.0 | 0.44 |
Tat(+) | 66.9 ± 1.85 | 71.9 ± 1.18 | |||||||
CCL11 | Tat(−) | 108.4 ± 5.37 | 100.4 ± 4.32 | < 1.0 | 0.57 | < 1.0 | 0.72 | 1.7 | 0.20 |
Tat(+) | 99.3 ± 4.37 | 103.9 ± 5.01 |
Cytokine concentrations in the spinal cord of repeated (8-day) saline- or morphine-treated Tat(−) and Tat(+) mice. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM in pg/mL. Samples were loaded at 500 μg/mL total protein. Two-way ANOVAs for each CNS region were conducted with genotype and drug as between-subjects factors. F values and p values are presented from ANOVA results. Bolded values denote significant differences at α = 0.05; n = 5–6 mice per group. Additional cytokines and chemokines are represented in Figs. 5 and 6