Inflammatory pain resolution by mouse serum-derived small extracellular vesicles

This study explores how small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) in the blood of mice can affect pain. sEVs are like tiny packages that cells use to communicate. The researchers found that sEVs from mice with nerve injury or from normal mice could both temporarily reduce pain in other mice. This effect seems to be related to opioid signaling. Additionally, injecting sEVs before inducing inflammatory pain helped the mice recover faster, possibly by changing the types of immune cells present in the spinal cord and dorsal root ganglion (DRG).

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  Mouse serum-derived sEVs transiently increased basal mechanical thresholds in recipient mice, an effect mediated by opioid signaling.
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  Prophylactic sEV treatment delayed mechanical allodynia in SNI model mice and accelerated recovery from inflammatory pain after CFA injection.
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  sEV treatment reduced NK and NKT cells in the spinal cord and increased CD206+ anti-inflammatory macrophages in the DRG after CFA injection, demonstrating immunomodulatory effects.