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. 2021 Jul 5;18:150. doi: 10.1186/s12974-021-02198-9

Fig. 7.

Fig. 7

Red nucleus IL-33 facilitates the early development of mononeuropathic pain by activating JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway. A Western blotting showed an upregulated p-STAT3 in the RN at 1 week post-SNI, intrarubral administration of anti-IL-33 antibody restrained the increase of p-STAT3 (n = 6 per group, F = 21.807, P < 0.001). B Western blotting demonstrated that intrarubral injection of IL-33 stimulated the protein expression of p-STAT3 in naive rats (n = 6 per group, F = 28.843, P < 0.001). C Immunohistochemistry showed that p-STAT3 was increased in the RN of SNI rats (F = 82.451, P < 0.001) and IL-33-induced hypersensitivity rats (F = 135.468, P < 0.001) (n = 4 per group). D Intrarubral administration of JAK2 inhibitor AG490 at 1 week post-injury attenuated SNI-induced mononeuropathic pain compared to DMSO control (n = 5-6 per group, F = 32.046, P = 0.002). E Intrarubral pre-injection of AG490, 30 min before IL-33 administration, relieved IL-33-evoked mechanical hypersensitivity compared to DMSO control (n = 5–6 per group, F = 73.740, P < 0.001). *P < 0.05 and ***P < 0.001. Scale bars = 50 μm