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. 2022 May 25;13(5):500. doi: 10.1038/s41419-022-04964-w

Fig. 6. C5aR1 is a key mediator of paclitaxel-induced cold and mechanical allodynia.

Fig. 6

Time course of paw withdrawal responses in mice displaying paclitaxel (PAC)-induced cold (A) (two-way ANOVA, effect of time × treatment F (10,285) = 21.69; p < 0.0001 followed by Bonferroni’s multiple comparisons test) and mechanical (B) (two-way ANOVA, effect of time × treatment F (10,285) = 17.63; p < 0.0001 followed by Bonferroni’s multiple comparisons test) allodynia treated or not with a C5aR1 inhibitor, DF3966A (30 mg/kg). DF3966A was orally administered every 12 h for 14 days during the induction phase of CIPN. Cold and mechanical allodynia were evaluated 3 h after DF3966A treatment on days 1, 3, 5, 7, 10 and 14. (C) Real time-PCR analysis of C5aR1 (one-way ANOVA, effect of treatment F (2,27) = 6.381; p = 0.0054 followed by Bonferroni’s multiple comparisons test) and TNF-α (one-way ANOVA, effect of treatment F (2,27) = 14.79; p < 0.0001 followed by Bonferroni’s multiple comparisons test) expression levels in the spinal cord, and of (D) C5aR1 (one-way ANOVA, effect of treatment F (2,27) = 3.480; p = 0.0452 followed by Bonferroni’s multiple comparisons test), TRPV1 (one-way ANOVA, effect of treatment F (2,27) = 6.349; p = 0.0055 followed by Bonferroni’s multiple comparisons test), TRPV4 (one-way ANOVA, effect of treatment F (2,27) = 4.050; p = 0.0290 followed by Bonferroni’s multiple comparisons test), IL-1β (one-way ANOVA, effect of treatment F (2,27) = 13.81; p < 0.0001 followed by Bonferroni’s multiple comparisons test) and IL-6 (one-way ANOVA, effect of treatment F (2,27) = 1.898; p = 0.1694 followed by Bonferroni’s multiple comparisons test) in paw samples collected at day 15 after the first paclitaxel administration. ***P < 0.0005 and *P < 0.05 vs respective sham group; +++P < 0.0005; ++P < 0.005 and +P < 0.05 vs paclitaxel. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM; n = 10 per group.