Anti-arthritic effects of microneedling with bee venom gel

• Published in: Journal of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences Vol. 3; no. 4; pp. 256 - 262
• Main Authors: Zhao, Mengdi, Bai, Jie, Lu, Yang, Du, Shouying, Shang, Kexin, Li, Pengyue, Yang, Liu, Dong, Boyu, Tan, Ning
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.10.2016; Elsevier
• Subjects: Arthritis; Bee venom; Gel; Melittin; Microneedle; Arthritis; Melittin; Bee venom; Microneedle; Gel
• ISSN: 2095-7548
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcms.2016.09.005

To combine with transdermal drug delivery using microneedle to simulate the bee venom therapy to evaluate the permeation of bee venom gel. In this study, the sodium urate and LPS were used on rats and mice to construct the model. Bee venom gel–microneedle combination effect on the model is to determine the role of microneedle gel permeation by observing inflammation factors. Compared with the model group, the bee venom gel–microneedle combination group can reduce the level of serum nitric oxide of the acute gouty inflammation model caused by sodium urate, and on LPS induced mouse model of acute inflammation effect and the micro. Bee venom can significantly suppress the occurrence of gouty arthritis inflammation in rats and mice LPS inflammatory reaction. Choose the 750 μm microneedle with 10N force on skin about 3 minutes, bee venom can play the optimal role, and the anti-inflammatory effect is obvious. Microneedles can promote the percutaneous absorption of the active macromolecules bee venom gel.