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The expression levels of CBP and MeCP2 in the spinal cord and dorsal root ganglion (DRG) were compared through immunohistochemistry at 7 and 14 days after surgery. The relationship between neuropathic pain and CBP\/MeCP2 was also analyzed through intrathecal siRNA administration. Results: SNI induced a significant increase in the number of CBPs in L4 compared with contralateral DRG as well as with naive rats. The number of MeCP2 cells in the dorsal horn on the ipsilateral side decreased significantly compared with the contralateral dorsal horn and the control group. SNI induced a significant decrease in the number of MeCP2 neurons in the L4 ipsilateral DRG compared with the contralateral DRG and naive rats. The intrathecal injection of CBP siRNA significantly inhibited mechanical allodynia induced by SNI compared with non-targeting siRNA treatment. MeCP2 siRNA injection showed no significant effect on mechanical allodynia. Conclusions: The results suggest that CBP and MeCP2 may play an important role in the generation of neuropathic pain following peripheral nerve injury.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina60060989","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,17]],"date-time":"2024-06-17T12:48:40Z","timestamp":1718628520000},"page":"989","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["CBP Expression Contributes to Neuropathic Pain via CREB and MeCP2 Regulation in the Spared Nerve Injury Rat Model"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"60","author":[{"given":"Chae-Chil","family":"Lee","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan 44033, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2978-8300","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ki-Bong","family":"Park","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan 44033, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Min Seok","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan 44033, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4862-9679","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Young Dae","family":"Jeon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan 44033, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"635","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cell.2007.02.006","article-title":"Epigenetics: A landscape takes shape","volume":"128","author":"Goldberg","year":"2007","journal-title":"Cell"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"961","DOI":"10.1016\/j.neuron.2008.10.012","article-title":"Decoding the epigenetic language of neuronal plasticity","volume":"60","author":"Borrelli","year":"2008","journal-title":"Neuron"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"11753","DOI":"10.1523\/JNEUROSCI.3797-08.2008","article-title":"Epigenetics in the nervous system","volume":"28","author":"Jiang","year":"2008","journal-title":"J. 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