Physiology and Pharmacology
Physiol Pharmacol
Medical Sciences
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Effects of social stress on pain behavior, immune cells and serum concentrations of TNF-α, Interleukin-1 and Interleukin-6 in female mice
Pain and addiction
Neurophysiology/Pharmacology
Experimental research article
Experimental research article
Introduction: Based on human studies, inequality and social injustice have adverse effects on the individual and
community health. In this study, the effects of food intake inequality and social status changes on pain perception and
immunological factors were investigated in Balb/C mice.
Methods: The present study was conducted by implementing different social stresses including food deprivation,
food intake inequality and unstable social status (cage-mate change every 3 days) in 48 female mice. Formalin test was
performed and thereafter the viability of peritoneal macrophages and spleen lymphocytes was evaluated by MTT assay.
Concentrations of proinflammatory cytokines including IL-6, IL- 1 and TNF-α were also measured.
Results: Our results showed that the implementation of food deprivation and inequality induced significant changes
in chronic phase of formalin test compared to the control group (P<0.05). Pain perception was considerably decreased
and this decline in inequality exposed subjects was well above the isolated ones. However, unstable social situation did
not affect pain perception. Moreover, cell viability of peritoneal macrophages decreased, while cell viability of spleen
lymphocytes and proinflammatory cytokines concentrations were increased in the serum of all stressed animals in
comparison with controls (P<0.05).
Conclusion: These results revealed that although food deprivation and social inequality can induce analgesia, some
socioeconomic situations like social instability does not affect pain perception. All of these situations decrease cell
viability in macrophages but enhance cell viability in lymphocytes. It seems that a proinflammatory stress condition is
involved in these situations.
social stress, analgesia, cytokine, macrophage, lymphocyte
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Marjan
Aghajani
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No
Mohammad Reza
Vaez Mahdavi
mh_mahdavi@yahoo.com
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Yes
Tooba
Ghazanfari
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No
Mohsen
Khalili
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No
Armin
Azimi
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No
Saeid
Arbab Soleymani
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No
Shirin
Mahdi Dust
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320031947532846009998
No