Sigvard Kopp1, Per Alstergren. 1. Department of Clinical Oral Physiology, Institute of Odontology, Karolinska Institutet, Box 4064, 141 04 Huddinge, Sweden.
Abstract
AIM: To investigate whether blood serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine) (5-HT) modulates musculoskeletal pain differently in seropositive and seronegative rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: Patients with temporomandibular joint (TMJ) involvement of seropositive RA (33 patients) or seronegative RA (28 patients) and 26 healthy individuals were included. TMJ pain, general musculoskeletal pain, plasma and serum 5-HT, acute phase reactants and thrombocyte count were investigated. RESULTS: The patients with seropositive RA had higher serum (median = 1130 nmol/l) and plasma (55 nmol/l) levels of 5-HT than the healthy individuals (704 nmol/l, p = 0.044 and 23 nmol/l, p < 0.001, respectively), and higher plasma levels of 5-HT than the seronegative patients (14 nmol/l, p < 0.001). There was no significant correlation between serum and plasma levels of 5-HT in any group. In the seropositive RA patients, positive correlations were found between serum levels of 5-HT and the number of painful mandibular movements (r(s) = 0.36, n = 33, p = 0.042), as well as pain on maximum mouth opening (r(s) = 0.41, n = 24, p = 0.047) and tenderness to digital palpation (r(s) = 0.49, n = 33, p = 0.003). In the healthy individuals, there was a negative correlation between plasma level of 5-HT and the TMJ pressure pain threshold (r(s) = -0.47, n = 20, p = 0.037). CONCLUSION: Peripheral serotonergic pain mechanisms seem to be activated by blood 5-HT in patients with seropositive RA, in contrast to seronegative patients.
AIM: To investigate whether blood serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine) (5-HT) modulates musculoskeletal pain differently in seropositive and seronegative rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Patients with temporomandibular joint (TMJ) involvement of seropositive RA (33 patients) or seronegative RA (28 patients) and 26 healthy individuals were included. TMJ pain, general musculoskeletal pain, plasma and serum 5-HT, acute phase reactants and thrombocyte count were investigated. RESULTS: The patients with seropositive RA had higher serum (median = 1130 nmol/l) and plasma (55 nmol/l) levels of 5-HT than the healthy individuals (704 nmol/l, p = 0.044 and 23 nmol/l, p < 0.001, respectively), and higher plasma levels of 5-HT than the seronegative patients (14 nmol/l, p < 0.001). There was no significant correlation between serum and plasma levels of 5-HT in any group. In the seropositive RA patients, positive correlations were found between serum levels of 5-HT and the number of painful mandibular movements (r(s) = 0.36, n = 33, p = 0.042), as well as pain on maximum mouth opening (r(s) = 0.41, n = 24, p = 0.047) and tenderness to digital palpation (r(s) = 0.49, n = 33, p = 0.003). In the healthy individuals, there was a negative correlation between plasma level of 5-HT and the TMJ pressure pain threshold (r(s) = -0.47, n = 20, p = 0.037). CONCLUSION: Peripheral serotonergic pain mechanisms seem to be activated by blood 5-HT in patients with seropositive RA, in contrast to seronegative patients.
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