Abstract:
Objective To analyze the effects of remimazolam on postoperative hyperalgesia in incision pain model rats by inhibiting the serine threonine protein kinase (AKT1)/glycogen synthase kinase-3β(GSK-3β) signaling pathway.
Methods Thirty modeling rats were used, the model group (n = 9) were given 0.9% sodium chloride solution, the remimazolam group (n = 10) were given remimazolam, the remimazolam + agonist group (n = 9) were given remimazolam + AKT1 agonist, and the blank group (n = 10) were given 0.9% sodium chloride solution. The foot reflex threshold (MWT), pain-causing substances, levels of inflammatory factors, expression levels and relative expression levels of AKT1 and GSK-3β mRNA in four groups were detected and compared.
Results There was no statistical significance in the MWT levels among four groups before modeling (P > 0.05). After 6 hours, 12 hours and 24 hours of modeling, compared with the blank group, the MWT levels in other three groups decreased (P < 0.05); compared with the model group, the MWT levels in the remimazolam group and remimazolam + agonist group increased (P < 0.05); compared with the remimazolam group, the MWT level in the remimazolam + agonist group decreased (P < 0.05). Compared with the blank group, the levels of neurokinin-1 receptor (NK-1R), substance P(SP), interleukin (IL) -6, tumor necrosis factor -α(TNF-α), IL-1β and mRNA, protein expression levels of AKT1 and GSK-3β in others three group increased (P < 0.05). Compared with the model group, the levels of NK-1R, SP, IL-6, TNF-α and IL-1β and mRNA, protein expression levels of AKT1 and GSK-3β in the remimazolam group and remimazolam + agonist group decreased (P < 0.05). Compared with the remimazolam group, the levels of NK-1R, SP, IL-6, TNF-α, IL-1β and mRNA, protein expression levels of AKT1 and GSK-3β in the remimazolam + agonist group increased (P < 0.05).
Conclusions After intervention with remimazolam in the incision pain model rats, the pain threshold increases, the hyperalgesia relieves, and the inflammatory reactions reduce. The mechanism may be related to the inhibition of the AKT1/GSK-3β signaling pathway.