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Background/aim: Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a common gynecological condition in women with multifactorial etiology. Some studies have revealed that patients with CPP have the same structural and functional changes in the pain matrix in the brain to patients with other types of chronic pain. However, the relationship between localized pelvic pain and changes in the structure and function of the central nervous system is still unclear.
Materials And Methods: In this study, a rat model of CPP was established by pelvic nerve ligation and behavioral tests were used to validate the model. Afterwards, we compared the expression of CCL2 in CPP and control rats and observed the changes in their behavioral patterns by blocking the expression of CCL2 in the former group. In addition, we upregulated the expression of CCL2 in human microglia cells (HMC3) to further observe the effect of CCL2 on the Notch2 pathway.
Results: Our results showed that the expression of chemokine ligand 2 (CCL2) in the serum exosomes, pelvic vascular endothelial cells, and cerebrospinal fluid was higher in the CPP group than the control group (p<0.05). In HMC3 treated with recombinant CCL2 protein, a significant increase in the mRNA and protein expression of Notch2 was observed.
Conclusion: CCL2 can activate the Notch2 signaling pathway and plays an important role in the central sensitization of chronic pelvic pain.
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