Abstract
Lower back pain is a common disability associated with aging that continues to carry a huge economic and health burden globally. Importantly, lower back pain is strongly associated with diseases involving intervertebral discs (IVDs), and many of the treatment options for the repair and maintenance of the IVDs are insufficient. Being a well-tolerated and endogenously produced molecule, melatonin is a suitable candidate for the treatment and prevention of a wide variety of skeletal conditions. In this review, we have evaluated current updates regarding melatonin’s activities in IVD degenerative disease and discuss multiple mechanisms related to its effects on inflammation, oxidative stress, autophagy and senescence that contribute towards its support of the IVDs as well as its benefits in the treatment of IVD disease.
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