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García G, Martínez-Magaña CJ, Oviedo N, Granados-Soto V, Murbartián J. Bestrophin-1 Participates in Neuropathic Pain Induced by Spinal Nerve Transection but not Spinal Nerve Ligation. THE JOURNAL OF PAIN 2022; 24:689-705. [PMID: 36521670 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2022.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Revised: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Previous studies have reported that L5/L6 spinal nerve ligation (SNL), but not L5 spinal nerve transection (SNT), enhances anoctamin-1 in injured and uninjured dorsal root ganglia (DRG) of rats suggesting some differences in function of the type of nerve injury. The role of bestrophin-1 in these conditions is unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of bestrophin-1 in rats subjected to L5 SNT and L5/L6 SNL. SNT up-regulated bestrophin-1 protein expression in injured L5 and uninjured L4 DRG at day 7, whereas it enhanced GAP43 mainly in injured, but also in uninjured DRG. In contrast, SNL enhanced GAP43 at day 1 and 7, while bestrophin-1 expression increased only at day 1 after nerve injury. Accordingly, intrathecal injection of the bestrophin-1 blocker CaCCinh-A01 (1-10 µg) reverted SNT- or SNL-induced tactile allodynia in a concentration-dependent manner. Intrathecal injection of CaCCinh-A01 (10 µg) prevented SNT-induced upregulation of bestrophin-1 and GAP43 at day 7. In contrast, CaCCinh-A01 did not affect SNL-induced up-regulation of GAP43 nor bestrophin-1. Bestrophin-1 was mainly expressed in small- and medium-size neurons in naïve rats, while SNT increased bestrophin-1 immunoreactivity in CGRP+, but not in IB4+ neuronal cells in DRG. Intrathecal injection of bestrophin-1 plasmid (pCMVBest) induced tactile allodynia and increased bestrophin-1 expression in DRG and spinal cord in naïve rats. CaCCinh-A01 reversed bestrophin-1 overexpression-induced tactile allodynia and restored bestrophin-1 expression. Our data suggest that bestrophin-1 plays a relevant role in neuropathic pain induced by SNT, but not by SNL. PERSPECTIVE: SNT, but not SNL, up-regulates bestrophin-1 and GAP43 protein expression in injured L5 and uninjured L4 DRG. SNT increases bestrophin-1 immunoreactivity in CGRP+ neurons in DRG. Bestrophin-1 overexpression induces allodynia. CaCCinh-A01 reduces allodynia and restores bestrophin-1 expression. Our data suggest bestrophin-1 is differentially regulated depending on the neuropathic pain model.
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- Unidad de Investigación Médica en Inmunología e Infectología, Centro Médico Nacional, La Raza, IMSS. Mexico City, Mexico
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- Neurobiology of Pain Laboratory, Departamento de Farmacobiología, Cinvestav, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Farmacobiología, Cinvestav, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Xiang Q, Tao JS, Li JJ, Tian RB, Li XH. Changes in dorsal root ganglion CGRP expression in mouse pinch nerve injury model: Modulation by Somatostatin type-2 receptor. J Chem Neuroanat 2022; 121:102086. [PMID: 35257878 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2022.102086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Revised: 02/06/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Our previous work has shown that somatostatin effectively inhibits neuropathic pain by activating its type 2 receptor (SSTR2) in the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) and spinal cord of mice. However, the underlying mechanism of this activation has not been elucidated. METHODS To explore further mechanisms, we examined pain behavior and the expression of neuropeptides such as calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in dorsal root ganglion neurons(DRGs) as well as the changes of the number of CGRP-IR DRGs in the mouse model of sciatic pinch nerve injury. RESULTS In this model, the number of medium and small DRG neurons in ipsilateral CGRP-IR was slightly increased, but not significantly, compared with sham animals at 3, 7, and 9 days after pinch nerve injury. This correlated with the behavioral readouts of hypersensitivity at the same time points. However, the magnitude of the painful behavior (Autotomy) was observed after application of SSTR2 antagonist (CYN154806, 5 mg/kg) in the injured nerve groups compared to the saline-treated injured group as well as the sham-operated group. Following pinch nerve injury, there was a significant decrease in the number of ipsilateral CGRP-IR small and medium DRG neurons in SSTR2 antagonist (anti-SSTR2)- but not saline-treated mice. These data also correlated with painful behavioral readouts where hypersensitivity was significantly increased by anti-SSTR2 but not saline treatment. DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION In all, application of the SSTR2 antagonist to the pinched sciatic nerve suppressed CGRP expression and aggravated painful behavior, suggesting that CGRP expression in DRG neurons can be an important component of the pain mechanism and an indicator of pain behavior.
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- Qiong Xiang
- Institute of Medicine, Medical research center, Jishou University, Hunan, China
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- Institute of Medicine, Medical research center, Jishou University, Hunan, China
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- Institute of Medicine, Medical research center, Jishou University, Hunan, China
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- Institute of Medicine, Medical research center, Jishou University, Hunan, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jishou University, Hunan, China.
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A New Gal in Town: A Systematic Review of the Role of Galanin and Its Receptors in Experimental Pain. Cells 2022; 11:cells11050839. [PMID: 35269462 PMCID: PMC8909084 DOI: 10.3390/cells11050839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2022] [Revised: 02/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Galanin is a neuropeptide expressed in a small percentage of sensory neurons of the dorsal root ganglia and the superficial lamina of the dorsal horn of the spinal cord. In this work, we systematically reviewed the literature regarding the role of galanin and its receptors in nociception at the spinal and supraspinal levels, as well as in chronic pain conditions. The literature search was performed in PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, ScienceDirect, OVID, TRIP, and EMBASE using "Galanin" AND "pain" as keywords. Of the 1379 papers that were retrieved in the initial search, we included a total of 141 papers in this review. Using the ARRIVE guidelines, we verified that 89.1% of the works were of good or moderate quality. Galanin shows a differential role in pain, depending on the pain state, site of action, and concentration. Under normal settings, galanin can modulate nociceptive processing through both a pro- and anti-nociceptive action, in a dose-dependent manner. This peptide also plays a key role in chronic pain conditions and its antinociceptive action at both a spinal and supraspinal level is enhanced, reducing animals' hypersensitivity to both mechanical and thermal stimulation. Our results highlight galanin and its receptors as potential therapeutic targets in pain conditions.
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Sántha P, Dobos I, Kis G, Jancsó G. Role of Gangliosides in Peripheral Pain Mechanisms. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E1005. [PMID: 32028715 PMCID: PMC7036959 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21031005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2020] [Revised: 01/31/2020] [Accepted: 02/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Gangliosides are abundantly occurring sialylated glycosphingolipids serving diverse functions in the nervous system. Membrane-localized gangliosides are important components of lipid microdomains (rafts) which determine the distribution of and the interaction among specific membrane proteins. Different classes of gangliosides are expressed in nociceptive primary sensory neurons involved in the transmission of nerve impulses evoked by noxious mechanical, thermal, and chemical stimuli. Gangliosides, in particular GM1, have been shown to participate in the regulation of the function of ion channels, such as transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1), a molecular integrator of noxious stimuli of distinct nature. Gangliosides may influence nociceptive functions through their association with lipid rafts participating in the organization of functional assemblies of specific nociceptive ion channels with neurotrophins, membrane receptors, and intracellular signaling pathways. Genetic and experimentally induced alterations in the expression and/or metabolism of distinct ganglioside species are involved in pathologies associated with nerve injuries, neuropathic, and inflammatory pain in both men and animals. Genetic and/or pharmacological manipulation of neuronal ganglioside expression, metabolism, and action may offer a novel approach to understanding and management of pain.
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- Department of Physiology, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 10, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary; (P.S.); (I.D.); (G.K.)
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Lyu C, Xia S, Lyu GW, Dun XP, Zheng K, Su J, Barde S, Xu ZQD, Hökfelt T, Shi TJS. A preliminary study on DRGs and spinal cord of a galanin receptor 2-EGFP transgenic mouse. Neuropeptides 2020; 79:102000. [PMID: 31864679 DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2019.102000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Revised: 12/12/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The neuropeptide galanin functions via three G-protein coupled receptors, Gal1-3-R. Both Gal1-R and 2-R are involved in pain signaling at the spinal level. Here a Gal2-R-EGFP transgenic (TG) mouse was generated and studied in pain tests and by characterizing Gal2-R expression in both sensory ganglia and spinal cord. After peripheral spared nerve injury, mechanical allodynia developed and was ipsilaterally similar between wild type (WT) and TG mice. A Gal2-R-EGFP-positive signal was primarily observed in small and medium-sized dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons and in spinal interneurons and processes. No significant difference in size distribution of DRG neuronal profiles was found between TG and WT mice. Both percentage and fluorescence intensity of Gal2-R-EGFP-positive neuronal profiles were overall significantly upregulated in ipsilateral DRGs as compared to contralateral DRGs. There was an ipsilateral reduction in substance P-positive and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-positive neuronal profiles, and this reduction was more pronounced in TG as compared to WT mice. Moreover, Gal2-R-EGFP partly co-localized with three pain-related neuropeptides, CGRP, neuropeptide Y and galanin, both in intact and injured DRGs, and with galanin also in local neurons in the superficial dorsal horn. Taken together, the present results provide novel information on the localization and phenotype of DRG and spinal neurons expressing the second galanin receptor, Gal2-R, and on phenotypic changes following peripheral nerve injury. Gal2-R may also be involved in autoreceptor signaling.
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- Chuang Lyu
- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150069, PR China.
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- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology, 1st Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, PR China
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- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Neurobiology, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, PR China
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- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, 5009 Bergen, Norway.
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Liu Y, Wang H. Peripheral nerve injury induced changes in the spinal cord and strategies to counteract/enhance the changes to promote nerve regeneration. Neural Regen Res 2020; 15:189-198. [PMID: 31552884 PMCID: PMC6905333 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.265540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Peripheral nerve injury leads to morphological, molecular and gene expression changes in the spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia, some of which have positive impact on the survival of neurons and nerve regeneration, while the effect of others is the opposite. It is crucial to take prompt measures to capitalize on the positive effects of these reactions and counteract the negative impact after peripheral nerve injury at the level of spinal cord, especially for peripheral nerve injuries that are severe, located close to the cell body, involve long distance for axons to regrow and happen in immature individuals. Early nerve repair, exogenous supply of neurotrophic factors and Schwann cells can sustain the regeneration inductive environment and enhance the positive changes in neurons. Administration of neurotrophic factors, acetyl-L-carnitine, N-acetyl-cysteine, and N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist MK-801 can help counteract axotomy-induced neuronal loss and promote regeneration, which are all time-dependent. Sustaining and reactivation of Schwann cells after denervation provides another effective strategy. FK506 can be used to accelerate axonal regeneration of neurons, especially after chronic axotomy. Exploring the axotomy-induced changes after peripheral nerve injury and applying protective and promotional measures in the spinal cord which help to retain a positive functional status for neuron cell bodies will inevitably benefit regeneration of the peripheral nerve and improve functional outcomes.
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- Yan Liu
- Department of Hand Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China; Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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Mikuzuki L, Saito H, Katagiri A, Okada S, Sugawara S, Kubo A, Ohara K, Lee J, Toyofuku A, Iwata K. Phenotypic change in trigeminal ganglion neurons associated with satellite cell activation via extracellular signal-regulated kinase phosphorylation is involved in lingual neuropathic pain. Eur J Neurosci 2017; 46:2190-2202. [PMID: 28834578 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2017] [Revised: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 07/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Iatrogenic trigeminal nerve injuries remain a common and complex clinical problem. Satellite glial cell (SGC) activation, associated phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), and neuropeptide expression in the trigeminal ganglion (TG) are known to be involved in trigeminal neuropathic pain related to trigeminal nerve injury. However, the involvement of these molecules in orofacial neuropathic pain mechanisms is still unknown. Phosphorylation of ERK1/2 in lingual nerve crush (LNC) rats was observed in SGCs. To evaluate the role of neuron-SGC interactions under neuropathic pain, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-immunoreactive (IR), phosphorylated ERK1/2 (pERK1/2)-IR and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)-IR cells in the TG were studied in LNC rats. The number of CGRP-IR neurons and neurons encircled with pERK1/2-IR SGCs was significantly larger in LNC rats compared with sham rats. The percentage of large-sized CGRP-IR neurons was significantly higher in LNC rats. The number of CGRP-IR neurons, neurons encircled with pERK1/2-IR SGCs, and neurons encircled with GFAP-IR SGCs was decreased following CGRP receptor blocker CGRP8-37 or mitogen-activated protein kinase/ERK kinase 1 inhibitor PD98059 administration into the TG after LNC. Reduced thresholds to mechanical and heat stimulation to the tongue in LNC rats were also significantly recovered following CGRP8-37 or PD98059 administration. The present findings suggest that CGRP released from TG neurons activates SGCs through ERK1/2 phosphorylation and TG neuronal activity is enhanced, resulting in the tongue hypersensitivity associated with lingual nerve injury. The phenotypic switching of large myelinated TG neurons expressing CGRP may account for the pathogenesis of tongue neuropathic pain.
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- Lou Mikuzuki
- Department of Physiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kandasurugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan.,Department of Psychosomatic Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) Graduate School, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kandasurugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan.,Department of Complete Denture Prosthodontics, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kandasurugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kandasurugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan.,Department of Complete Denture Prosthodontics, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kandasurugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan.,Department of Psychosomatic Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) Graduate School, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kandasurugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan
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- Department of Endodontics, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Complete Denture Prosthodontics, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychosomatic Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) Graduate School, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kandasurugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan
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Barry CM, Ji E, Sharma H, Beukes L, Vilimas PI, DeGraaf YC, Matusica D, Haberberger RV. Morphological and neurochemical differences in peptidergic nerve fibers of the mouse vagina. J Comp Neurol 2017; 525:2394-2410. [PMID: 28324630 DOI: 10.1002/cne.24214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2016] [Revised: 02/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The vagina is innervated by a complex arrangement of sensory, sympathetic, and parasympathetic nerve fibers that contain classical transmitters plus an array of neuropeptides and enzymes known to regulate diverse processes including blood flow and nociception. The neurochemical characteristics and distributions of peptide-containing nerves in the mouse vagina are unknown. This study used multiple labeling immunohistochemistry, confocal maging and analysis to investigate the presence and colocalization of the peptides vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), calcitonin-gene related peptide (CGRP), substance P (SP), neuropeptide tyrosine (NPY), and the nitric oxide synthesizing enzyme neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) in nerve fibers of the murine vaginal wall. We compared cervical and vulvar areas of the vagina in young nullipara and older multipara C57Bl/6 mice, and identified differences including that small ganglia were restricted to cervical segments, epithelial fibers were mainly present in vulvar segments and most nerve fibers were found in the lamina propria of the cervical region of the vagina, where a higher number of fibers containing immunoreactivity for VIP, CGRP, SP, or nNOS were found. Two populations of VIP-containing fibers were identified: fibers containing CGRP and fibers containing VIP but not CGRP. Differences between young and older mice were present in multiple layers of the vaginal wall, with older mice showing overall loss of innervation of epithelium of the proximal vagina and reduced proportions of VIP, CGRP, and SP containing nerve fibers in the distal epithelium. The distal vagina also showed increased vascularization and perivascular fibers containing NPY. Immunolabeling of ganglia associated with the vagina indicated the likely origin of some peptidergic fibers. Our results reveal regional differences and age- or parity-related changes in innervation of the mouse vagina, effecting the distribution of neuropeptides with diverse roles in function of the female genital tract.
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- Christine M Barry
- Anatomy and Histology and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- Anatomy and Histology and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- Anatomy and Histology and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- Anatomy and Histology and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- Anatomy and Histology and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- Anatomy and Histology and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- Anatomy and Histology and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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- Anatomy and Histology and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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Preclinical Analgesic and Safety Evaluation of the GalR2-preferring Analog, NAX 810-2. Neurochem Res 2017; 42:1983-1994. [PMID: 28382595 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-017-2229-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2017] [Revised: 03/06/2017] [Accepted: 03/09/2017] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The potential clinical utility of galanin peptidic analogs has been hindered by poor metabolic stability, lack of brain penetration, and hyperglycemia. In addition to possessing potent anticonvulsant efficacy, galanin analogs are analgesic in various assays. The purpose of these studies was to evaluate the lead galanin receptor type 2 (GalR2)-preferring analog, NAX 810-2, in various pain assays, as well as determine any potential for insulin inhibition, growth hormone stimulation, and cognitive impairment. NAX 810-2 was evaluated in mouse (carrageenan, formalin, tail flick, plantar incision) and rat pain models (partial sciatic nerve ligation). NAX 810-2 dose-dependently increased paw withdrawal latency following plantar administration of carrageenan (ED50 4.7 mg/kg). At a dose of 8 mg/kg, NAX 810-2 significantly attenuated nociceptive behaviors following plantar administration of formalin, and this was observed for both phase I (acute) and phase II (inflammatory) components of the formalin behavioral response. NAX-810-2 was active at higher doses in the mouse tail flick model (ED50 20.2 mg/kg) and similarly, reduced mechanical allodynia following plantar incision in mice at a dose of 24 mg/kg. NAX 810-2 also reduced mechanical allodynia in the partial sciatic nerve ligation model at a dose of 4 mg/kg. In addition, NAX 810-2 did not impair insulin secretion at doses of 2.5 and 8 mg/kg (acutely) or at a dose of 8 mg/kg given daily for 5 days. Similarly, 8 mg/kg (twice daily, 5 days) of NAX 810-2 did not increase growth hormone levels. These results demonstrate that NAX 810-2 possesses a favorable pre-clinical profile as a novel and first-in-class analgesic.
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Duan H, Zhang Y, Zhang XM, Xu HH, Shu J, Xu SL. Antinociceptive roles of galanin receptor 1 in nucleus accumbens of rats in a model of neuropathic pain. J Neurosci Res 2015; 93:1542-51. [DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2015] [Revised: 05/27/2015] [Accepted: 06/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Hao Duan
- Department of Physiology; School of Basic Medicine, Kunming Medical University; Chenggong Kunming Yunnan People's Republic of China
- Department of Orthopedics, Second Affiliated Hospital; Kunming Medical University; Xishan Kunming Yunnan People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathophysiology; School of Basic Medicine, Kunming Medical University; Chenggong Kunming Yunnan People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physiology; School of Basic Medicine, Kunming Medical University; Chenggong Kunming Yunnan People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathophysiology; School of Basic Medicine, Kunming Medical University; Chenggong Kunming Yunnan People's Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Second Affiliated Hospital; Kunming Medical University; Xishan Kunming Yunnan People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physiology; School of Basic Medicine, Kunming Medical University; Chenggong Kunming Yunnan People's Republic of China
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Lang R, Gundlach AL, Holmes FE, Hobson SA, Wynick D, Hökfelt T, Kofler B. Physiology, signaling, and pharmacology of galanin peptides and receptors: three decades of emerging diversity. Pharmacol Rev 2015; 67:118-75. [PMID: 25428932 DOI: 10.1124/pr.112.006536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Galanin was first identified 30 years ago as a "classic neuropeptide," with actions primarily as a modulator of neurotransmission in the brain and peripheral nervous system. Other structurally-related peptides-galanin-like peptide and alarin-with diverse biologic actions in brain and other tissues have since been identified, although, unlike galanin, their cognate receptors are currently unknown. Over the last two decades, in addition to many neuronal actions, a number of nonneuronal actions of galanin and other galanin family peptides have been described. These include actions associated with neural stem cells, nonneuronal cells in the brain such as glia, endocrine functions, effects on metabolism, energy homeostasis, and paracrine effects in bone. Substantial new data also indicate an emerging role for galanin in innate immunity, inflammation, and cancer. Galanin has been shown to regulate its numerous physiologic and pathophysiological processes through interactions with three G protein-coupled receptors, GAL1, GAL2, and GAL3, and signaling via multiple transduction pathways, including inhibition of cAMP/PKA (GAL1, GAL3) and stimulation of phospholipase C (GAL2). In this review, we emphasize the importance of novel galanin receptor-specific agonists and antagonists. Also, other approaches, including new transgenic mouse lines (such as a recently characterized GAL3 knockout mouse) represent, in combination with viral-based techniques, critical tools required to better evaluate galanin system physiology. These in turn will help identify potential targets of the galanin/galanin-receptor systems in a diverse range of human diseases, including pain, mood disorders, epilepsy, neurodegenerative conditions, diabetes, and cancer.
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- Roland Lang
- Department of Dermatology (R.L.) and Laura Bassi Centre of Expertise, Department of Pediatrics (B.K.), Paracelsus Private Medical University, Salzburg, Austria; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, and Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A.L.G.); Schools of Physiology and Pharmacology and Clinical Sciences, Bristol University, Bristol, United Kingdom (F.E.H., S.A.H., D.W.); and Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (T.H.)
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- Department of Dermatology (R.L.) and Laura Bassi Centre of Expertise, Department of Pediatrics (B.K.), Paracelsus Private Medical University, Salzburg, Austria; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, and Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A.L.G.); Schools of Physiology and Pharmacology and Clinical Sciences, Bristol University, Bristol, United Kingdom (F.E.H., S.A.H., D.W.); and Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (T.H.)
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- Department of Dermatology (R.L.) and Laura Bassi Centre of Expertise, Department of Pediatrics (B.K.), Paracelsus Private Medical University, Salzburg, Austria; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, and Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A.L.G.); Schools of Physiology and Pharmacology and Clinical Sciences, Bristol University, Bristol, United Kingdom (F.E.H., S.A.H., D.W.); and Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (T.H.)
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- Department of Dermatology (R.L.) and Laura Bassi Centre of Expertise, Department of Pediatrics (B.K.), Paracelsus Private Medical University, Salzburg, Austria; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, and Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A.L.G.); Schools of Physiology and Pharmacology and Clinical Sciences, Bristol University, Bristol, United Kingdom (F.E.H., S.A.H., D.W.); and Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (T.H.)
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- Department of Dermatology (R.L.) and Laura Bassi Centre of Expertise, Department of Pediatrics (B.K.), Paracelsus Private Medical University, Salzburg, Austria; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, and Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A.L.G.); Schools of Physiology and Pharmacology and Clinical Sciences, Bristol University, Bristol, United Kingdom (F.E.H., S.A.H., D.W.); and Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (T.H.)
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- Department of Dermatology (R.L.) and Laura Bassi Centre of Expertise, Department of Pediatrics (B.K.), Paracelsus Private Medical University, Salzburg, Austria; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, and Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A.L.G.); Schools of Physiology and Pharmacology and Clinical Sciences, Bristol University, Bristol, United Kingdom (F.E.H., S.A.H., D.W.); and Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (T.H.)
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- Department of Dermatology (R.L.) and Laura Bassi Centre of Expertise, Department of Pediatrics (B.K.), Paracelsus Private Medical University, Salzburg, Austria; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, and Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A.L.G.); Schools of Physiology and Pharmacology and Clinical Sciences, Bristol University, Bristol, United Kingdom (F.E.H., S.A.H., D.W.); and Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (T.H.)
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Magnussen C, Hung SP, Ribeiro-da-Silva A. Novel expression pattern of neuropeptide Y immunoreactivity in the peripheral nervous system in a rat model of neuropathic pain. Mol Pain 2015; 11:31. [PMID: 26012590 PMCID: PMC4449610 DOI: 10.1186/s12990-015-0029-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2015] [Accepted: 05/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Background Neuropeptide Y (NPY) has been implicated in the modulation of pain. Under normal conditions, NPY is found in interneurons in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord and in sympathetic postganglionic neurons but is absent from the cell bodies of sensory neurons. Following peripheral nerve injury NPY is dramatically upregulated in the sensory ganglia. How NPY expression is altered in the peripheral nervous system, distal to a site of nerve lesion, remains unknown. To address this question, NPY expression was investigated using immunohistochemistry at the level of the trigeminal ganglion, the mental nerve and in the skin of the lower lip in relation to markers of sensory and sympathetic fibers in a rat model of trigeminal neuropathic pain. Results At 2 and 6 weeks after chronic constriction injury (CCI) of the mental nerve, de novo expression of NPY was seen in the trigeminal ganglia, in axons in the mental nerve, and in fibers in the upper dermis of the skin. In lesioned animals, NPY immunoreactivity was expressed primarily by large diameter mental nerve sensory neurons retrogradely labelled with Fluorogold. Many axons transported this de novo NPY to the periphery as NPY-immunoreactive (IR) fibers were seen in the mental nerve both proximal and distal to the CCI. Some of these NPY-IR axons co-expressed Neurofilament 200 (NF200), a marker for myelinated sensory fibers, and occasionally colocalization was seen in their terminals in the skin. Peptidergic and non-peptidergic C fibers expressing calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) or binding isolectin B4 (IB4), respectively, never expressed NPY. CCI caused a significant de novo sprouting of sympathetic fibers into the upper dermis of the skin, and most, but not all of these fibers, expressed NPY. Conclusions This is the first study to provide a comprehensive description of changes in NPY expression in the periphery after nerve injury. Novel expression of NPY in the skin comes mostly from sprouted sympathetic fibers. This information is fundamental in order to understand where endogenous NPY is expressed, and how it might be acting to modulate pain in the periphery.
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- Claire Magnussen
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, McIntyre Medical Building, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Room 1215, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1Y6, Canada. .,Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0G1, Canada.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, McIntyre Medical Building, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Room 1215, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1Y6, Canada.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, McIntyre Medical Building, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Room 1215, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1Y6, Canada. .,Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0G1, Canada. .,Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0C7, Canada.
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McCarthy CJ, Tomasella E, Malet M, Seroogy KB, Hökfelt T, Villar MJ, Gebhart GF, Brumovsky PR. Axotomy of tributaries of the pelvic and pudendal nerves induces changes in the neurochemistry of mouse dorsal root ganglion neurons and the spinal cord. Brain Struct Funct 2015; 221:1985-2004. [PMID: 25749859 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-015-1019-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2014] [Accepted: 02/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Using immunohistochemical techniques, we characterized changes in the expression of several neurochemical markers in lumbar 4-sacral 2 (L4-S2) dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neuron profiles (NPs) and the spinal cord of BALB/c mice after axotomy of the L6 and S1 spinal nerves, major tributaries of the pelvic (targeting pelvic visceral organs) and pudendal (targeting perineum and genitalia) nerves. Sham animals were included. Expression of cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor 3 (ATF3), calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V, member 1 (TRPV1), tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and vesicular glutamate transporters (VGLUT) types 1 and -2 was analysed seven days after injury. L6-S1 axotomy induced dramatic de novo expression of ATF3 in many L6-S1 DRG NPs, and parallel significant downregulations in the percentage of CGRP-, TRPV1-, TH- and VGLUT2-immunoreactive (IR) DRG NPs, as compared to their expression in uninjured DRGs (contralateral L6-S1-AXO; sham mice); VGLUT1 expression remained unaltered. Sham L6-S1 DRGs only showed a small ipsilateral increase in ATF3-IR NPs (other markers were unchanged). L6-S1-AXO induced de novo expression of ATF3 in several lumbosacral spinal cord motoneurons and parasympathetic preganglionic neurons; in sham mice the effect was limited to a few motoneurons. Finally, a moderate decrease in CGRP- and TRPV1-like-immunoreactivities was observed in the ipsilateral superficial dorsal horn neuropil. In conclusion, injury of a mixed visceral/non-visceral nerve leads to considerable neurochemical alterations in DRGs matched, to some extent, in the spinal cord. Changes in these and potentially other nociception-related molecules could contribute to pain due to injury of nerves in the abdominopelvic cavity.
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- Carly J McCarthy
- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, Austral University, Av. Juan D. Perón 1500, Pilar, B1629AHJ, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, Austral University, Av. Juan D. Perón 1500, Pilar, B1629AHJ, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, Austral University, Av. Juan D. Perón 1500, Pilar, B1629AHJ, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Neurology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 17177, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, Austral University, Av. Juan D. Perón 1500, Pilar, B1629AHJ, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Center for Pain Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, Austral University, Av. Juan D. Perón 1500, Pilar, B1629AHJ, Buenos Aires, Argentina. .,Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina. .,Department of Anesthesiology, Center for Pain Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
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Yamamoto H, Iguchi K, Unno K, Kaji K, Hoshino M. Expression and release of progalanin in fibroblasts. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 194-195:55-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2014.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2014] [Revised: 09/03/2014] [Accepted: 09/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Marinelli S, Eleuteri C, Vacca V, Strimpakos G, Mattei E, Severini C, Pavone F, Luvisetto S. Effects of age-related loss of P/Q-type calcium channels in a mice model of peripheral nerve injury. Neurobiol Aging 2014; 36:352-64. [PMID: 25150573 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2014] [Revised: 07/15/2014] [Accepted: 07/21/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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We analyzed the role of P/Q-type calcium channels in sciatic nerve regeneration after lesion induced by chronic constriction injury (CCI) in heterozygous null mutant mice lacking the CaV2.1α1 subunit of these channels (Cacna1a+/-). Compared with wild type, Cacna1a+/- mice showed an initial reduction of the CCI-induced allodynia, indicating a reduced pain perception, but they also evidenced a lack of recovery over time, with atrophy of the injured hindpaw still present 3 months after CCI when wild-type mice fully recovered. In parallel, Cacna1a+/- mice exhibited an early onset of age-dependent loss of P/Q-type channels, which can be responsible for the lack of functional recovery. Moreover, Cacna1a+/- mice showed an early age-dependent reduction of muscular strength, as well as of Schwann cells proliferation and sciatic nerve remyelination. This study demonstrates the important role played by P/Q-type channels in recovery from nerve injury and has important implications for the knowledge of age-related processes.
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- Sara Marinelli
- CNR National Research Council of Italy, Cell Biology and Neurobiology Institute, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
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- CNR National Research Council of Italy, Cell Biology and Neurobiology Institute, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
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- CNR National Research Council of Italy, Cell Biology and Neurobiology Institute, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
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- CNR National Research Council of Italy, Cell Biology and Neurobiology Institute, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
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- CNR National Research Council of Italy, Cell Biology and Neurobiology Institute, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
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- CNR National Research Council of Italy, Cell Biology and Neurobiology Institute, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
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- CNR National Research Council of Italy, Cell Biology and Neurobiology Institute, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
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- CNR National Research Council of Italy, Cell Biology and Neurobiology Institute, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy.
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Cheng HYM, Penninger JM. Transcriptional mechanisms underlying neuropathic pain: DREAM, transcription factors and future pain management? Expert Rev Neurother 2014; 2:677-89. [DOI: 10.1586/14737175.2.5.677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Figueroa JD, Cordero K, Serrano-Illan M, Almeyda A, Baldeosingh K, Almaguel FG, De Leon M. Metabolomics uncovers dietary omega-3 fatty acid-derived metabolites implicated in anti-nociceptive responses after experimental spinal cord injury. Neuroscience 2013; 255:1-18. [PMID: 24042033 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2013] [Revised: 09/03/2013] [Accepted: 09/04/2013] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Chronic neuropathic pain is a frequent comorbidity following spinal cord injury (SCI) and often fails to respond to conventional pain management strategies. Preventive administration of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) or the consumption of a diet rich in omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (O3PUFAs) confers potent prophylaxis against SCI and improves functional recovery. The present study examines whether this novel dietary strategy provides significant antinociceptive benefits in rats experiencing SCI-induced pain. Rats were fed control chow or chow enriched with O3PUFAs for 8weeks before being subjected to sham or cord contusion surgeries, continuing the same diets after surgery for another 8 more weeks. The paw sensitivity to noxious heat was quantified for at least 8weeks post-SCI using the Hargreaves test. We found that SCI rats consuming the preventive O3PUFA-enriched diet exhibited a significant reduction in thermal hyperalgesia compared to those consuming the normal diet. Functional neurometabolomic profiling revealed a distinctive deregulation in the metabolism of endocannabinoids (eCB) and related N-acyl ethanolamines (NAEs) at 8weeks post-SCI. We found that O3PUFAs consumption led to a robust accumulation of novel NAE precursors, including the glycerophospho-containing docosahexaenoyl ethanolamine (DHEA), docosapentaenoyl ethanolamine (DPEA), and eicosapentaenoyl ethanolamine (EPEA). The tissue levels of these metabolites were significantly correlated with the antihyperalgesic phenotype. In addition, rats consuming the O3PUFA-rich diet showed reduced sprouting of nociceptive fibers containing CGRP and dorsal horn neuron p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) expression, well-established biomarkers of pain. The spinal cord levels of inositols were positively correlated with thermal hyperalgesia, supporting their role as biomarkers of chronic neuropathic pain. Notably, the O3PUFA-rich dietary intervention reduced the levels of these metabolites. Collectively, these results demonstrate the prophylactic value of dietary O3PUFA against SCI-mediated chronic pain.
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- J D Figueroa
- Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, United States; Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, United States; Department of Pathology and Human Anatomy, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, United States
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Peripheral galanin receptor 2 as a target for the modulation of pain. PAIN RESEARCH AND TREATMENT 2012; 2012:545386. [PMID: 22315681 PMCID: PMC3270467 DOI: 10.1155/2012/545386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2011] [Accepted: 10/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The neuropeptide galanin is widely expressed in the nervous system and has an important role in nociception. It has been shown that galanin can facilitate and inhibit nociception in a dose-dependent manner, principally through the central nervous system, with enhanced antinociceptive actions after nerve injury. However, following nerve injury, expression of galanin within the peripheral nervous system is dramatically increased up to 120-fold. Despite this striking increase in the peripheral nervous system, few studies have investigated the role that galanin plays in modulating nociception at the primary afferent nociceptor. Here, we summarise the recent work supporting the role of peripherally expressed galanin with particular reference to the dual actions of the galanin receptor 2 in neuropathic pain highlighting this as a potential target analgesic.
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Yamamoto H, Arai T, Ben S, Iguchi K, Hoshino M. Expression of galanin and galanin receptor mRNA in skin during the formation of granulation tissue. Endocrine 2011; 40:400-7. [PMID: 21894515 DOI: 10.1007/s12020-011-9529-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2011] [Accepted: 08/19/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Galanin is a neuropeptide widely distributed in the central and peripheral nervous systems. Although its role in non-neural cells is poorly understood, it is known that during inflammation, the dermis layer of the skin produces and releases galanin. The aim of this report is to study the expression of galanin in granulation tissue. After inducing inflammation by cotton thread implantation, galanin-like immunoreactivity (galanin-LI) in plasma reached a maximum on the third day. Galanin-LI was observed in fibroblast-like cells occurring close to collagen fibers in developing granulation tissue. Furthermore, galanin receptor subtypes 1 and 2 (GALR1 and GALR2)-expressing cells were observed around microvessels and were found to produce desmin. Galanin was injected along the cotton threads immediately after implantation, resulting in rapid formation of granulation tissue, and an increase in the contents of microvessels, indicating a stimulatory effect of galanin on the process of angiogenesis in granulation tissue. The results demonstrate that some galanin was released from fibroblast-like cells during the formation of granulation tissue, and that it stimulated angiogenesis.
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- Hiroyuki Yamamoto
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, 422-8526, Japan.
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Nitzan-Luques A, Devor M, Tal M. Genotype-selective phenotypic switch in primary afferent neurons contributes to neuropathic pain. Pain 2011; 152:2413-2426. [PMID: 21872992 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2010] [Revised: 07/06/2011] [Accepted: 07/20/2011] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Pain is normally mediated by nociceptive Aδ and C fibers, while Aβ fibers signal touch. However, after nerve injury, Aβ fibers may signal pain. Using a genetic model, we tested the hypothesis that phenotypic switching in neurotransmitters expressed by Aβ afferents might account for heritable differences in neuropathic pain behavior. The study examined selection-line rats in which one line, high autotomy (HA), shows higher levels of spontaneous pain in the neuroma neuropathy model, and of tactile allodynia in the spinal nerve ligation (SNL) model, than the companion low autotomy (LA) line. Changes in calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and Substance P expression were evaluated immunohistochemically in L4 and L5 dorsal root ganglia 7 days after SNL surgery. Expression of CGRP was decreased in axotomized small- and medium-diameter neurons in both rat lines. However, in HA but not in LA rats, there was a tenfold increase in CGRP immunoreactivity (CGRP-IR) in large-diameter neurons. Corresponding changes in CGRP-IR in axon terminals in the nucleus gracilis were also seen. Finally, there were indications of enhanced CGRP neurotransmission in deep laminae of the dorsal horn. Substance P immunoreactivity was also upregulated in large-diameter neurons, but this change was similar in the 2 lines. Our findings suggest that phenotypic switching contributes to the heritable difference in pain behavior in HA vs LA rats. Specifically, we propose that in HA rats, but less so in LA rats, injured, spontaneously active Aβ afferents both directly drive CGRP-sensitive central nervous system pain-signaling neurons and also trigger and maintain central sensitization, hence generating spontaneous pain and tactile allodynia.
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- Adi Nitzan-Luques
- Department of Medical Neurobiology, Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Institute of Life Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel Center for Research on Pain, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Quantification of gene expression after painful nerve injury: validation of optimal reference genes. J Mol Neurosci 2011; 46:497-504. [PMID: 21863315 DOI: 10.1007/s12031-011-9628-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2011] [Accepted: 08/09/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Stably expressed housekeeping genes (HKGs) are necessary for standardization of transcript measurement by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Peripheral nerve injury disrupts expression of numerous genes in sensory neurons, but the stability of conventional HKGs has not been tested in this context. We examined the stability of candidate HKGs during nerve injury, including the commonly used 18S ribosomal RNA, β-tubulin I and β-tubulin III, actin, glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase 1 (HPRT1), and mitogen-activated protein kinase 6 (MAPK6). Total RNA for cDNA synthesis was isolated from dorsal root ganglia of rats at 3, 7, and 21 days following either skin incision alone or spinal nerve ligation, after which the axotomized and adjacent ganglia were analyzed separately. Relative stability of HKGs was determined using statistical algorithms geNorm and NormFinder. Both analyses identified MAPK6 and GAPDH as the two most stable HKGs for normalizing gene expression for qRT-PCR analysis in the context of peripheral nerve injury. Our findings indicate that a prior analysis of HKG expression levels is important for accurate normalization of gene expression in models of nerve injury.
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Sapunar D, Vukojević K, Kostić S, Puljak L. Attenuation of pain-related behavior evoked by injury through blockade of neuropeptide Y Y2 receptor. Pain 2011; 152:1173-1181. [PMID: 21376464 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.01.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2010] [Revised: 01/17/2011] [Accepted: 01/24/2011] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Neuropeptide Y (NPY) has an important but still insufficiently defined role in pain modulation. We therefore examined the ability of NPY to modulate experimentally induced neuropathic pain by injecting it directly into dorsal root ganglion (DRG) immediately following spinal nerve ligation (SNL) injury. We have found that this application exacerbates pain-related behavior induced by SNL in a modality-specific fashion. When saline was injected after SNL, the expected increase in hyperalgesia responses to needle stimulation was present on the 8th postoperative day. When we injected NPY, hyperalgesic responses were increased in a manner similar to the SNL/saline group. To characterize NPY action, specific Y1 and Y2 antagonists were also delivered directly to DRG, which revealed that behavioral actions of NPY were abolished by Y2 receptor antagonist. We tested whether NPY effects were the result of its role in immunity by immunohistochemical staining for glial fibrillary acidic protein, in order to identify activation of DRG satellite cells and dorsal horn astrocytes. Exacerbation of pain-related behavior following NPY injection was accompanied by astrocyte activation in ipsilateral dorsal horn and with satellite cells activation in the DRG proximal to injury. This activation was reduced following Y2 receptor antagonist application. These findings indicate an important link between pain-related behavior and neuroimmune activation by NPY through its Y2 receptor.
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- Damir Sapunar
- Laboratory for Pain Research, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, University of Split School of Medicine, Šoltanska 2, Split 21000, Croatia
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Since the discovery of galanin in 1983, one of the most frequently suggested physiological function for this peptide is pain modulation at the level of the spinal cord. This notion, initially based on the preferential distribution of galanin in dorsal spinal cord, has been supported by results from a large number of morphological, molecular, and functional studies. It is generally agreed that spinally applied galanin produces a biphasic, dose-dependent effect on spinal nociception through activation of GalR1 (inhibitory) or GalR2 (excitatory) receptors. Galanin also appears to have an endogenous inhibitory role, particularly after peripheral nerve injury when the synthesis of galanin is increased in sensory neurons. In recent years, small molecule ligands of galanin receptors have been developed, which may lead to the development of analgesic drugs, which affects the galanin system at the spinal cord level.
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Zhang YP, Fu ES, Sagen J, Levitt RC, Candiotti KA, Bethea JR, Brambilla R. Glial NF-κB inhibition alters neuropeptide expression after sciatic nerve injury in mice. Brain Res 2011; 1385:38-46. [PMID: 21352816 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.02.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2010] [Revised: 01/25/2011] [Accepted: 02/16/2011] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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We utilized a transgenic mouse model where nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) is selectively inhibited in glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) expressing cells. The transgene, GFAP-IκBα-dn, overexpresses a dominant negative form of the inhibitor of NF-κB (IκBα) under the control of the GFAP promoter. In the present work, we sought to understand the impact of glial NF-κB inhibition on the expression of pain mediating sensory neuropeptides galanin and calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP) in a model of neuropathic pain in mice. Chronic constriction injury (CCI) of the left sciatic nerve was performed on wild type (WT) and GFAP-IκBα-dn transgenic mice. RT-PCR and immunohistological staining were performed in sciatic nerve and/or L4-L5 DRG tissue for galanin, CGRP and macrophage marker CD11b. GFAP-IκBα-dn mice had less mechanical and thermal hyperalgesia compared to WT mice post-CCI. After CCI, we observed galanin upregulation in DRG and sciatic nerve, which was less in GFAP-IκBα-dn mice. CGRP gene expression in the DRG increased transiently on day 1 post-CCI in WT but not in GFAP-IκBα-dn mice, and no evidence of CGRP upregulation in sciatic nerve post-CCI was found. After CCI, upregulation of CD11b in sciatic nerve was less in GFAP-IκBα-dn mice compared to WT mice, indicative of less macrophage infiltration. Our results showed that glial NF-κB inhibition reduces galanin and CGRP expression, which are neuropeptides that correlate with pain behavior and inflammation after peripheral nerve injury.
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- Yan Ping Zhang
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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Liu M, Shen J, Liu H, Xu Y, Su YP, Yang J, Yu CX. Gelsenicine from Gelsemium elegans Attenuates Neuropathic and Inflammatory Pain in Mice. Biol Pharm Bull 2011; 34:1877-80. [DOI: 10.1248/bpb.34.1877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Ming Liu
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University
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Short- but not long-lasting treadmill running reduces allodynia and improves functional recovery after peripheral nerve injury. Neuroscience 2010; 168:273-87. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.03.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2009] [Revised: 03/16/2010] [Accepted: 03/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Wang D, Gao Y, Ji H, Hong Y. Topical and systemic administrations of ketanserin attenuate hypersensitivity and expression of CGRP in rats with spinal nerve ligation. Eur J Pharmacol 2010; 627:124-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2009.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2009] [Revised: 10/15/2009] [Accepted: 11/03/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Caspani O, Zurborg S, Labuz D, Heppenstall PA. The contribution of TRPM8 and TRPA1 channels to cold allodynia and neuropathic pain. PLoS One 2009; 4:e7383. [PMID: 19812688 PMCID: PMC2753652 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2009] [Accepted: 09/14/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Cold allodynia is a common feature of neuropathic pain however the underlying mechanisms of this enhanced sensitivity to cold are not known. Recently the transient receptor potential (TRP) channels TRPM8 and TRPA1 have been identified and proposed to be molecular sensors for cold. Here we have investigated the expression of TRPM8 and TRPA1 mRNA in the dorsal root ganglia (DRG) and examined the cold sensitivity of peripheral sensory neurons in the chronic construction injury (CCI) model of neuropathic pain in mice. In behavioral experiments, chronic constriction injury (CCI) of the sciatic nerve induced a hypersensitivity to both cold and the TRPM8 agonist menthol that developed 2 days post injury and remained stable for at least 2 weeks. Using quantitative RT-PCR and in situ hybridization we examined the expression of TRPM8 and TRPA1 in DRG. Both channels displayed significantly reduced expression levels after injury with no change in their distribution pattern in identified neuronal subpopulations. Furthermore, in calcium imaging experiments, we detected no alterations in the number of cold or menthol responsive neurons in the DRG, or in the functional properties of cold transduction following injury. Intriguingly however, responses to the TRPA1 agonist mustard oil were strongly reduced. Our results indicate that injured sensory neurons do not develop abnormal cold sensitivity after chronic constriction injury and that alterations in the expression of TRPM8 and TRPA1 are unlikely to contribute directly to the pathogenesis of cold allodynia in this neuropathic pain model.
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- Ombretta Caspani
- Klinik für Anaesthesiologie und operative Intensivmedizin, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- Klinik für Anaesthesiologie und operative Intensivmedizin, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- Klinik für Anaesthesiologie und operative Intensivmedizin, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- Klinik für Anaesthesiologie und operative Intensivmedizin, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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Staaf S, Oerther S, Lucas G, Mattsson JP, Ernfors P. Differential regulation of TRP channels in a rat model of neuropathic pain. Pain 2009; 144:187-99. [PMID: 19446956 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2008] [Revised: 04/14/2009] [Accepted: 04/15/2009] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Neuropathic pain is a chronic disease resulting from dysfunction of the nervous system often due to peripheral nerve injury. Hypersensitivity to sensory stimuli (mechanical, thermal or chemical) is a common source of pain in patients and ion channels involved in detecting these stimuli are possible candidates for inducing and/or maintaining the pain. Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels expressed on nociceptors respond to different sensory stimuli and a few of them have been studied previously in the models of neuropathic pain. Using real-time PCR for quantification of all known TRP channels we identified several TRP channels, which have not been associated with nociception or neuropathic pain before, to be expressed in the DRG and to be differentially regulated after spared nerve injury (SNI). Of all TRP channel members, TRPML3 showed the most dramatic change in animals exhibiting neuropathic pain behaviour compared to control animals. In situ hybridisation showed a widespread increase of expression in neurons of small, medium and large cell sizes, indicating expression in multiple subtypes. Co-localisation of TRPML3 with CGRP, NF200 and IB4 staining confirmed a broad subtype distribution. Expression studies during development showed that TRPML3 is an embryonic channel that is induced upon nerve injury in three different nerve injury models investigated. Thus, the current results link for the first time a re-expression of TRPML3 with the development of neuropathic pain conditions. In addition, decreased mRNA levels after SNI were seen for TRPM6, TRPM8, TRPV1, TRPA1, TRPC3, TRPC4 and TRPC5.
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- Susanne Staaf
- Department of Bioscience, AstraZeneca R&D Mölndal, 431 83 Mölndal, Sweden
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Coronel MF, Musolino PL, Brumovsky PR, Hökfelt T, Villar MJ. Bone marrow stromal cells attenuate injury-induced changes in galanin, NPY and NPY Y1-receptor expression after a sciatic nerve constriction. Neuropeptides 2009; 43:125-32. [PMID: 19168218 DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2008.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2008] [Revised: 12/11/2008] [Accepted: 12/12/2008] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Single ligature nerve constriction (SLNC) of the rat sciatic nerve triggers neuropathic pain-related behaviors and induces changes in neuropeptide expression in primary afferent neurons. Bone marrow stromal cells (MSCs) injected into the lumbar 4 (L4) dorsal root ganglia (DRGs) of animals subjected to a sciatic nerve SLNC selectively migrate to the other ipsilateral lumbar DRGs (L3, L5 and L6) and prevent mechanical and thermal allodynia. In this study, we have evaluated the effect of MSC administration on the expression of the neuropeptides galanin and NPY, as well as the NPY Y(1)-receptor (Y(1)R) in DRG neurons. Animals were subjected to a sciatic nerve SLNC either alone or followed by the administration of MSCs, phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) or bone marrow non-adherent mononuclear cells (BNMCs), directly into the ipsilateral L4 DRG. Seven days after injury, the ipsilateral and contralateral L4-5 DRGs were dissected out and processed for standard immunohistochemistry, using specific antibodies. As previously reported, SLNC induced an ipsilateral increase in the number of galanin and NPY immunoreactive neurons and a decrease in Y(1)R-positive DRG neurons. The intraganglionic injection of PBS or BNMCs did not modify this pattern of expression. In contrast, MSC administration partially prevented the injury-induced changes in galanin, NPY and Y(1)R expression. The large number of Y(1)R-immunoreactive neurons together with high levels of NPY expression in animals injected with MSCs could explain, at least in part, the analgesic effects exerted by these cells. Our results support MSC participation in the modulation of neuropathic pain and give insight into one of the possible mechanisms involved.
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- M F Coronel
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Austral University, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Hald A. Spinal Astrogliosis in Pain Models: Cause and Effects. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2009; 29:609-19. [DOI: 10.1007/s10571-009-9390-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2008] [Accepted: 03/09/2009] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Hökfelt T, Stanic D, Sanford SD, Gatlin JC, Nilsson I, Paratcha G, Ledda F, Fetissov S, Lindfors C, Herzog H, Johansen JE, Ubink R, Pfenninger KH. NPY and its involvement in axon guidance, neurogenesis, and feeding. Nutrition 2009; 24:860-8. [PMID: 18725084 DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2008.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2008] [Accepted: 06/09/2008] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The role of neuropeptides in nervous system function is still in many cases undefined. In the present study we examined a possible role of the 36-amino acid neuropeptide Y (NPY) with regard to three functions: axon guidance and attraction/repulsion, adult neurogenesis, and control of food intake. METHODS Growth cones from embryonic dorsal root ganglion neurons were studied in culture during asymmetrical gradient application of NPY. Growth cones were monitored over a 60-min period, and final turning angle and growth rate were recorded. In the second part the NPY Y(1) and Y(2) receptors were studied in the subventricular zone, the rostral migratory stream, and the olfactory bulb in normal mice and mice with genetically deleted NPY Y(1) or Y(2) receptors. In the third part an anorectic mouse was analyzed with immunohistochemistry. RESULTS 1) NPY elicited an attractive turning response and an increase in growth rate, effects exerted via the NPY Y(1) receptor. 2) The NPY Y(1) receptor was expressed in neuroblasts in the anterior rostral migratory stream. Mice deficient in the Y(1) or Y(2) receptor had fewer proliferating precursor cells and neuroblasts in the subventricular zone and rostral migratory stream and fewer neurons in the olfactory bulb expressing calbindin, calretinin or tyrosine hydroxylase. 3) In the anorectic mouse markers for microglia were strongly upregulated in the arcuate nucleus and in projection areas of the NPY/agouti gene-related protein arcuate system. CONCLUSION NPY participates in several mechanisms involved in the development of the nervous system and is of importance in the control of food intake.
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- Tomas Hökfelt
- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Tang HB, Shiba E, Li YS, Morioka N, Zheng TX, Ogata N, Nakata Y. Involvement of voltage-gated sodium channel Na(v)1.8 in the regulation of the release and synthesis of substance P in adult mouse dorsal root ganglion neurons. J Pharmacol Sci 2008; 108:190-7. [PMID: 18845912 DOI: 10.1254/jphs.08163fp] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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This study was conducted to determine whether Na(v)1.8 contributes to the release and/or synthesis of substance P (SP) in adult mice dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. The SP released from cultured DRG neurons of Na(v)1.8 knock-out mice exposed to either capsaicin or KCl was significantly lower than that from wild-type (C57BL/6) mice based on a radioimmunoassay. The SP level of L6 DRG in Na(v)1.8 knock-out mice was also lower than that in wild-type mice. After chronic constriction injury (CCI) of the sciatic nerve, the level of SP decreased in the L6 ipsilateral DRG of wild-type but not Na(v)1.8 knock-out mice. The preprotachykinin-A (PPT-A) mRNAs in L4 - 6 DRGs of Na(v)1.8 knock-out mice also fell to half their normally abundant levels of expression. There were significant increases in Na(v)1.8 expression of the L6 contralateral DRG from wild-type mice and in the percentage of neurons expressing neurokinin-1 receptor in the cytosol of L6 DRGs from wild-type or Na(v)1.8 knock-out mice. These findings suggest that Na(v)1.8 is involved in the regulation of the release and synthesis of SP in the DRG neurons of wild-type mice.
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- He-Bin Tang
- Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Kasumi 1-2-3, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
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Delaney A, Fleetwood-Walker SM, Colvin LA, Fallon M. Translational medicine: cancer pain mechanisms and management. Br J Anaesth 2008; 101:87-94. [PMID: 18492671 DOI: 10.1093/bja/aen100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Cancer-induced bone pain (CIBP) is a major clinical problem with up to 85% of patients with bony metastases having pain, often associated with anxiety and depression, reduced performance status, and a poor quality of life. Malignant bone disease creates a chronic pain state through sensitization and synaptic plasticity within the spinal cord that amplifies nociceptive signals and their transmission to the brain. Fifty per cent of patients are expected to gain adequate analgesia from palliative radiotherapy within 4-6 weeks of treatment. Opioid analgesia does make a useful contribution to the management of CIBP, especially in terms of suppressing tonic background pain. However, CIBP remains a clinical challenge because the spontaneous and movement-related components are more difficult to treat with opioids and commonly used analgesic drugs, without unacceptable side-effects. Recently developed laboratory models of CIBP, which show congruency with the clinical syndrome, are contributing to an improved understanding of the neurobiology of CIBP. This chronic pain syndrome appears to be unique and distinct from other chronic pain states, such as inflammatory or neuropathic pain. This has clear implications for treatment and development of future therapies. A translational medicine approach, using a highly iterative process between the clinic and the laboratory, may allow improved understanding of the underlying mechanisms of CIBP to be rapidly translated into real clinical benefits in terms of improved pain management.
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- A Delaney
- Centre for Neuroscience Research, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Identification and immunohistochemical characterization of colospinal afferent neurons in the rat. Neuroscience 2008; 153:803-13. [PMID: 18424003 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.02.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2007] [Revised: 02/13/2008] [Accepted: 02/14/2008] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The classification, morphology and function of enteric neurons have been extensively studied in the small and large intestine. However, little is known about enteric neurons that directly project to the CNS. Previous studies have identified these unique neurons in the rectum, rectospinal neurons, but little was done to characterize them. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify and characterize enteric neurons in the rat colon that directly project to the CNS by using retrograde neuronal tracing and immunohistochemistry. By applying the retrograde tracers 1,1'-dioctadecyl-3,3,3',3'-tetramethyl-indocarbocyanine perchlorate (DiI) and Fluorogold (FG) to the L6/S1 segments of the spinal cord, we identified these neurons in both the myenteric and submucosal plexuses of the colon. These neurons were immunoreactive for neurofilament (NF) a marker for Adelta-fibers and isolectin-B4 (IB(4)) a marker for C-fibers. These neurons expressed the enzyme neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) as well as peptides associated with sensory neurons such as substance P (SP) and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) but did not express calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). The N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor subunits NR1 and NR2D and proteinase-activated receptor-2 (PAR2) were also found in these neurons. However they did not express the transient receptor potential receptor V1 (TRPV1) or neurokinin 1 receptor (NK1). The expression of the peptides and receptors suggests that there are at least two separate populations of neurons projecting from the colon to the CNS. The data suggest that these colospinal afferent neurons (CANs) might be involved in nociception. Whether sensory information from CANs is perceived by the animal or is part of the parasympathetic reflex is currently not known.
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Ezquerra L, Alguacil LF, Nguyen T, Deuel TF, Silos-Santiago I, Herradon G. Different pattern of pleiotrophin and midkine expression in neuropathic pain: correlation between changes in pleiotrophin gene expression and rat strain differences in neuropathic pain. Growth Factors 2008; 26:44-8. [PMID: 18365878 DOI: 10.1080/08977190801987711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Pleiotrophin (PTN) and midkine (MK) are two growth factors highly redundant in function that exhibit neurotrophic actions and are upregulated at sites of nerve injury, both properties being compatible with a potential involvement in the pathophysiological events that follow nerve damage (i.e. neuropathic pain). We have tested this hypothesis by comparatively studying PTN and MK gene expression in the spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia (DRG) of three rat strains known to differ in their behavioural responses to chronic constriction injury (CCI) of the sciatic nerve: Lewis, Fischer 344 (F344) and Sprague-Dawley (SD). Real time RT-PCR revealed minimal changes in PTN/MK gene expression in the spinal cord after CCI despite the strain considered, but marked changes were detected in DRG. A significant upregulation of PTN gene expression occurred in injured DRG of the F344 strain, the only strain that recovers from CCI-induced mechanical allodynia 28 days after surgery. In contrast, PTN was found to be downregulated in injured DRG of SD rats, the most sensitive strain in behavioural studies. These changes in PTN were not paralleled by concomitant modifications of MK gene expression. The results demonstrate previously unidentified differences between PTN and MK patterns of expression. Furthermore, the data suggest that upregulation of PTN, but not MK, could play an important role in the recovery from CCI.
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- Laura Ezquerra
- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine and Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Chottová Dvoráková M, Wiegand S, Pesta M, Slavíková J, Grau V, Reischig J, Kuncová J, Kummer W. Expression of neuropeptide Y and its receptors Y1 and Y2 in the rat heart and its supplying autonomic and spinal sensory ganglia in experimentally induced diabetes. Neuroscience 2008; 151:1016-28. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.07.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2006] [Revised: 07/12/2007] [Accepted: 12/06/2007] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Coronel MF, Brumovsky PR, Hökfelt T, Villar MJ. Differential galanin upregulation in dorsal root ganglia and spinal cord after graded single ligature nerve constriction of the rat sciatic nerve. J Chem Neuroanat 2008; 35:94-100. [PMID: 17693056 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2007.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2007] [Revised: 07/11/2007] [Accepted: 07/14/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Single ligature nerve constriction (SLNC) is a newly developed animal model for the study of neuropathic pain. SLNC of the rat sciatic nerve induces pain-related behaviors, as well as changes in the expression of neuropeptide tyrosine and the Y(1) receptor in lumbar dorsal root ganglia (DRGs) and spinal cord. In the present study, we have analyzed the expression of another neuropeptide, galanin, in lumbar DRGs and spinal cord after different degrees of constriction of the rat sciatic nerve. The nerve was ligated and reduced to 10-30, 40-80 or 90% of its original diameter (light, medium or strong SLNCs). At different times after injury (7, 14, 30, 60 days), lumbar 4 and 5 DRGs and the corresponding levels of the spinal cord were dissected out and processed for galanin-immunohistochemistry. In DRGs, SLNC induced a gradual increase in the number of galanin-immunoreactive (IR) neurons, in direct correlation with the degree of constriction. Thus, after light SLNC, a modest upregulation of galanin was observed, mainly in small-sized neurons. However, following medium or strong SLNCs, there was a more drastic increase in the number of galanin-IR neurons, involving also medium and large-sized cells. The highest numbers of galanin-IR neurons were detected 14 days after injury. In the dorsal horn of the spinal cord, medium and strong SLNCs induced a marked ipsilateral increase in galanin-like immunoreactivity in laminae I-II. These results show that galanin expression in DRGs and spinal cord is differentially regulated by different degrees of nerve constriction and further support its modulatory role on neuropathic pain.
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- María Florencia Coronel
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Austral University, Av. Pte. Perón 1500, B1629AHJ Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Jones E, Viñuela-Fernandez I, Eager RA, Delaney A, Anderson H, Patel A, Robertson DC, Allchorne A, Sirinathsinghji EC, Milne EM, MacIntyre N, Shaw DJ, Waran NK, Mayhew J, Fleetwood-Walker SM. Neuropathic changes in equine laminitis pain. Pain 2007; 132:321-331. [PMID: 17935886 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.08.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2006] [Revised: 08/23/2007] [Accepted: 08/28/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Laminitis is a common debilitating disease in horses that involves painful disruption of the lamellar dermo-epidermal junction within the hoof. This condition is often refractory to conventional anti-inflammatory analgesia and results in unremitting pain, which in severe cases requires euthanasia. The mechanisms underlying pain in laminitis were investigated using quantification of behavioural pain indicators in conjunction with histological studies of peripheral nerves innervating the hoof. Laminitic horses displayed consistently altered or abnormal behaviours such as increased forelimb lifting and an increased proportion of time spent at the back of the box compared to normal horses. Electron micrographic analysis of the digital nerve of laminitic horses showed peripheral nerve morphology to be abnormal, as well as having reduced numbers of unmyelinated (43.2%) and myelinated fibers (34.6%) compared to normal horses. Sensory nerve cell bodies innervating the hoof, in cervical, C8 dorsal root ganglia (DRG), showed an upregulated expression of the neuronal injury marker, activating transcription factor-3 (ATF3) in both large NF-200-immunopositive neurons and small neurons that were either peripherin- or IB4-positive. A significantly increased expression of neuropeptide Y (NPY) was also observed in myelinated afferent neurons. These changes are similar to those reported in other neuropathic pain states and were not observed in the C4 DRG of laminitic horses, which is not associated with innervation of the forelimb. This study provides novel evidence for a neuropathic component to the chronic pain state associated with equine laminitis, indicating that anti-neuropathic analgesic treatment may well have a role in the management of this condition.
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- Emma Jones
- Centre for Neuroscience Research, Division of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, R(D)SVS, The University of Edinburgh, Summerhall, Edinburgh EH9 1QH, Scotland, United Kingdom Division of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, R(D)SVS, The University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG, United Kingdom
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Lee SE, Kim JH. Involvement of substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide in development and maintenance of neuropathic pain from spinal nerve injury model of rat. Neurosci Res 2007; 58:245-9. [PMID: 17428562 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2007.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2006] [Revised: 03/13/2007] [Accepted: 03/14/2007] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Recently, it has been suggested that uninjured primary sensory neurons contribute to neuropathic pain induced by peripheral nerve injury. However, there is lack of evidences of roles of normal pain transmitting substances such as substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in neuropathic pain. Whether substance P and CGRP have a role in spinal nerve-injured neuropathic pain model was tested. Male rats were subjected to L5 and L6 spinal nerve transection (SNT), and mechanical hyperalgesia was evaluated by measuring paw withdrawal threshold (PWT). SNT induced a persistent PWT decrease, a sign of neuropathic pain. Lidocaine was soaked on spinal nerves or intrathecally injected 10 min before SNT to block neuronal discharges caused by the injury, and L703,606 (NK1 receptor antagonist) and CGRP8-37 (CGRP receptor antagonist) were intrathecally injected into the rats to block actions of substance P and CGRP released from central nerve terminals in the spinal cord by injury discharges. The treatments with lidocaine, L703,606 and CGRP8-37 delayed the onset of neuropathic pain by 1-4 days, compared with the saline-treated rats. After neuropathic pain was established, intrathecal injections of L703,606 and CGRP8-37 significantly mitigated mechanical hyperalgesia for 20 min. These results suggest that substance P and CGRP are involved in the development and maintenance of neuropathic pain and that these peptides from the central terminals of intact sensory neurons contribute to the maintenance of peripheral nerve injury-induced neuropathic pain.
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- Seo Eun Lee
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, 17 Haengdang-Dong, Sungdong-Gu, Seoul 133-791, South Korea.
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Abdin MJ, Morioka N, Morita K, Kitayama T, Kitayama S, Nakashima T, Dohi T. Analgesic action of nicotine on tibial nerve transection (TNT)-induced mechanical allodynia through enhancement of the glycinergic inhibitory system in spinal cord. Life Sci 2006; 80:9-16. [PMID: 16950410 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2006.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2006] [Revised: 08/07/2006] [Accepted: 08/15/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The activation of cholinergic pathways by nicotine elicits various physiological and pharmacological effects in mammals. For example, the stimulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) leads to an antinociceptive effect. However, it remains to be elucidated which subtypes of nAChR are involved in the antinociceptive effect of nicotine on nerve injury-induced allodynia and the underlying cascades of the nAChR-mediated antiallodynic effect. In this study, we attempted to characterize the actions of nicotine at the spinal level against mechanical allodynia in an animal model of neuropathic pain, tibial nerve transection (TNT) in rats. It was found that the intrathecal injection of nicotine, RJR-2403, a selective alpha4beta2 nAChR agonist, and choline, a selective alpha7 nAChR agonist, produced an antinociceptive effect on the TNT-induced allodynia. The actions of nicotine were almost completely suppressed by pretreatment with mecamylamine, a non-selective nicotinic antagonist, or dihydro-beta-erythroidine, a selective alpha4beta2 nAChR antagonist, and partially reversed by pretreatment with methyllycaconitine, a selective alpha7 nAChR antagonist. Furthermore, pretreatment with strychnine, a glycine receptor antagonist, blocked the antinociception induced by nicotine, RJR-2403, and choline. On the other hand, the GABAA antagonist bicuculline did not reverse the antiallodynic effect of nicotine. Together, these results indicate that the alpha4beta2 and alpha7 nAChR system, by enhancing the activities of glycinergic neurons at the spinal level, exerts a suppressive effect on the nociceptive transduction in neuropathic pain.
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- Md Joynal Abdin
- Department of Dental Pharmacology, Division of Integrated Medical Science, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8553, Japan
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Landry M, Bouali-Benazzouz R, André C, Shi TJS, Léger C, Nagy F, Hökfelt T. Galanin receptor 1 is expressed in a subpopulation of glutamatergic interneurons in the dorsal horn of the rat spinal cord. J Comp Neurol 2006; 499:391-403. [PMID: 16998907 DOI: 10.1002/cne.21109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The 29/30 amino acid neuropeptide galanin has been implicated in pain processing at the spinal level and local dorsal horn neurons expressing the Gal(1) receptor may play a critical role. In order to determine the transmitter identity of these neurons, we used immunohistochemistry and antibodies against the Gal(1) receptor and the three vesicular glutamate transporters (VGLUTs), as well as in situ hybridization, to explore a possible glutamatergic phenotype. Gal(1) protein, which could not be demonstrated in Gal(1) knockout mice, colocalized with VGLUT2 protein, but not with glutamate decarboxylase, in many nerve endings in lamina II. Moreover, Gal(1) and VGLUT2 transcripts were often found in the same cell bodies in laminae I-IV. Gal(1)-protein and galanin-peptide showed an overlapping distribution but were not colocalized. Gal(1) staining did not appear to be affected by dorsal rhizotomy. Taken together, these findings provide strong evidence that Gal(1) is a heteroreceptor expressed on excitatory glutamatergic dorsal horn interneurons. Activation of such Gal(1) receptors may thus decrease the inhibitory tone in the superficial dorsal horn, and possibly cause antinociception.
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- Marc Landry
- Inserm E 0358, Institut Francois Magendie, University of Bordeaux 2, F-33077 Bordeaux, France.
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Schuelert N, McDougall JJ. Electrophysiological evidence that the vasoactive intestinal peptide receptor antagonist VIP6-28 reduces nociception in an animal model of osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2006; 14:1155-62. [PMID: 16740398 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2006.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2006] [Accepted: 04/18/2006] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The present study examined whether local administration of the neuropeptide vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) could modulate joint nociception in normal rat knee joints and if the VIP antagonist VIP(6-28) could ameliorate joint mechanosensitivity in an animal model of osteoarthritis (OA). METHODS OA was induced in male Wistar rats by intra-articular injection of 3mg sodium monoiodo-acetate with a recovery period of 14 days. Electrophysiological recordings were made from knee joint primary afferents in response to normal rotation and noxious hyper-rotation of the joint both before and following close intra-arterial injection of different doses of VIP and VIP(6-28). RESULTS Local application of VIP to normal knees caused afferent firing rate to be significantly enhanced during normal rotation (up to 180% P<0.01; n=17) and during hyper-rotation (up to 37% P<0.01; n=17) of the knee. VIP-induced sensitization was blocked by pre-administration of the VIP receptor antagonist VIP(6-28). In the OA group, application of VIP(6-28) caused afferent firing rate to be significantly reduced during normal rotation (up to 45% P<0.05; n=17) and during hyper-rotation (up to 34% P<0.01; n=15) of the knee joint. CONCLUSION These findings indicate that VIP is involved in peripheral sensitization of knee joint afferents especially in response to normal joint movements. OA-induced sensitization of knee joint afferents was inhibited by local administration of VIP(6-28), indicating that VIP is released into OA knee joints, potentially contributing to joint pain. As such, VIP(6-28) may prove to be a beneficial agent for the treatment of arthritis pain.
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- N Schuelert
- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Muller A, Sherman R, Weiss J, Addison R, Carr D, Harden RN. Chapter 3 Neurophysiology of Pain from Landmine Injury. PAIN MEDICINE 2006; 7 Suppl 2:S204-8. [PMID: 17112353 DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2006.00234_5.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Andre Muller
- Centre d'Etude et Traitement de la Douleur, Hopital Civil, Strasbourg, France
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Wilson-Gerwing TD, Verge VMK. Neurotrophin-3 attenuates galanin expression in the chronic constriction injury model of neuropathic pain. Neuroscience 2006; 141:2075-85. [PMID: 16843605 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.05.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2006] [Revised: 05/11/2006] [Accepted: 05/12/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We have recently shown that exogenous neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) acts antagonistically to nerve growth factor (NGF) in regulation of nociceptor phenotype in intact neurons and suppresses thermal hyperalgesia and expression of molecules complicit in this behavioral response induced by chronic constriction injury (CCI) of the sciatic nerve. The present study examines whether there is a global influence of NT-3 in mitigating alterations in peptide and NGF receptor expression; molecules believed to also contribute to CCI-associated pain. Thus, the influence of NT-3 on phenotypic changes in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons in rats coincident with CCI was examined using in situ hybridization. Seven days following injury, the incidence of expression of the neuropeptides galanin and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) was increased in L5 sensory neurons ipsilateral to the injury from 12% to 60% and 16% to 37% respectively, in addition to an increased level of expression. In contrast, there was no consistent significant change in tropomyosin-related kinase A (trkA) expression following CCI. Intrathecal infusion of NT-3 globally mitigated both the increased incidence and elevated levels of galanin messenger RNA (mRNA) expression observed following CCI, reducing the former from 60% to 39%. NT-3 infusion resulted in a limited reduction in the incidence and level of neuronal PACAP in medium to large size, but not small size, DRG neurons. NT-3 had no significant net effect on CCI-induced alterations in trkA mRNA expression.
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- T D Wilson-Gerwing
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Cameco MS Neuroscience Research Center, University of Saskatchewan, 701 Queen Street, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 5E5
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Shi TJS, Li J, Dahlström A, Theodorsson E, Ceccatelli S, Decosterd I, Pedrazzini T, Hökfelt T. Deletion of the neuropeptide Y Y1 receptor affects pain sensitivity, neuropeptide transport and expression, and dorsal root ganglion neuron numbers. Neuroscience 2006; 140:293-304. [PMID: 16564642 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2005] [Revised: 02/03/2006] [Accepted: 02/04/2006] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Neuropeptide Y has been implicated in pain modulation and is substantially up-regulated in dorsal root ganglia after peripheral nerve injury. To identify the role of neuropeptide Y after axotomy, we investigated the behavioral and neurochemical phenotype of neuropeptide Y Y1 receptor knockout mice with focus on dorsal root ganglion neurons and spinal cord. Using a specific antibody Y1 receptor immunoreactivity was found in dorsal root ganglia and in dorsal horn neurons of wild-type, but not knockout mice. The Y1 receptor knockout mice exhibited a pronounced mechanical hypersensitivity. After sciatic nerve axotomy, the deletion of Y1 receptor protected knockout mice from the axotomy-induced loss of dorsal root ganglion neurons seen in wild-type mice. Lower levels of calcitonin gene-related peptide and substance P were identified by immunohistochemistry in dorsal root ganglia and dorsal horn of knockout mice, and the axotomy-induced down-regulation of both calcitonin gene-related peptide and substance P was accentuated in Y1 receptor knockout. However, the transcript levels for calcitonin gene-related peptide and substance P were significantly higher in knockout than in wild-type dorsal root ganglia ipsilateral to the axotomy, while more calcitonin gene-related peptide- and substance P-like immunoreactivity accumulated proximal and distal to a crush of the sciatic nerve. These results indicate that the deletion of the Y1 receptor causes increased release and compensatory increased synthesis of calcitonin gene-related peptide and substance P in dorsal root ganglion neurons. Together, these findings suggest that, after peripheral nerve injury, neuropeptide Y, via its Y1 receptor receptor, plays a key role in cell survival as well as in transport and synthesis of the excitatory dorsal horn messengers calcitonin gene-related peptide and substance P and thus may contribute to pain hypersensitivity.
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- T-J S Shi
- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Brumovsky P, Hygge-Blakeman K, Villar MJ, Watanabe M, Wiesenfeld-Hallin Z, Hökfelt T. Phenotyping of sensory and sympathetic ganglion neurons of a galanin-overexpressing mouse--possible implications for pain processing. J Chem Neuroanat 2006; 31:243-62. [PMID: 16546349 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2006.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2005] [Revised: 02/03/2006] [Accepted: 02/04/2006] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The distribution of galanin was studied in the lumbar 5 dorsal root ganglia (DRGs) and spinal cord, superior cervical ganglia (SCGs), and skin of transgenic mice overexpressing galanin under the dopamine beta-hydroxylase (DBH) promoter (GalOE-DBH mice) and in wild type (WT) mice. The DRGs and spinal cord were analysed before and after a unilateral, complete transection (axotomy) of the sciatic nerve and after dorsal rhizotomy. Both galanin protein and transcript were studied by, respectively, immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization. Increased galanin expression was observed in several small, medium-sized and large DRG neuron profiles (NPs) in the naïve transgenic mouse, frequently in neurons lacking calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and isolectin B4-binding. This lack of coexistence was particularly evident in the medium-sized/large NPs. In the dorsal horn of the spinal cord, no differences were detected between GalOE-DBH and WT mice, both displaying a strong galanin-positive neuropil in the superficial laminae of the dorsal horn, but the transgenic mice showed a more abundant galanin-positive innervation of the ventral horn. A 12-day dorsal rhizotomy, surprisingly, failed to alter the galanin staining patterns in the dorsal (and ventral) dorsal horn. Unilateral axotomy induced upregulation of galanin in DRG NPs of all sizes in both types of mouse. In the hindpaw skin, a profuse galanin-positive fiber plexus was observed in sweat glands and around blood vessels of the transgenic mice, being much more restricted in WT mice. Finally, GalOE mice exhibited a strong galanin-like immunoreactivity in most SCG NPs. The overexpression of the peptide in DRGs and SCGs was paralleled by increased mRNA levels. The present results show that overexpression of galanin under the control of the DBH promoter does not only occur, as expected in these mice, in noradrenline/adrenaline neurons but also in DRG neurons, particularly in large and medium-sized NPs. To what extent and how this overexpression pattern is related to the previously shown elevated pain threshold under normal and lesion conditions is discussed [Grass, S., Crawley, J.N., Xu, X.J., Wiesenfeld-Hallin, Z., 2003a. Reduced spinal cord sensitization to C-fibre stimulation in mice over-expressing galanin. Eur. J. Neurosci. 17, 1829-1832; Hygge-Blakeman, K., Brumovsky, P., Hao, J.X., Xu, X.J., Hökfelt, T., Crawley, J.N., Wiesenfeld-Hallin, Z., 2004. Galanin over-expression decreases the development of neuropathic pain-like behaviour in mice after partial sciatic nerve injury. Brain Res. 1025, 152-158].
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Axotomy
- Disease Models, Animal
- Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase/genetics
- Galanin/genetics
- Galanin/metabolism
- Ganglia, Spinal/cytology
- Ganglia, Spinal/metabolism
- Ganglia, Sympathetic/cytology
- Ganglia, Sympathetic/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation/physiology
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic
- Neurons, Afferent/cytology
- Neurons, Afferent/metabolism
- Norepinephrine/metabolism
- Pain/genetics
- Pain/metabolism
- Pain/physiopathology
- Phenotype
- Posterior Horn Cells/cytology
- Posterior Horn Cells/metabolism
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rhizotomy
- Sciatic Neuropathy/genetics
- Sciatic Neuropathy/metabolism
- Sciatic Neuropathy/physiopathology
- Sensory Receptor Cells/metabolism
- Skin/innervation
- Up-Regulation/physiology
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- Pablo Brumovsky
- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Toth C, Brussee V, Martinez JA, McDonald D, Cunningham FA, Zochodne DW. Rescue and regeneration of injured peripheral nerve axons by intrathecal insulin. Neuroscience 2006; 139:429-49. [PMID: 16529870 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.11.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2005] [Revised: 11/11/2005] [Accepted: 11/20/2005] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
Insulin peptide, acting through tyrosine kinase receptor pathways, contributes to nerve development or repair. In this work, we examined the direction, impact and repertoire of insulin signaling in vivo during peripheral nerve regeneration in rats. First, we demonstrated that insulin receptor is expressed on lumbar dorsal root ganglia neuronal perikarya using immunohistochemistry. Immunoblots and polymerase chain reactions confirmed the presence of both alpha and beta insulin receptor subunits in dorsal root ganglia. In vivo and in vitro assessment of dorsal root ganglion neurons showed preferential localization of insulin receptor to perikaryal sites. In vivo, intrathecal delivery of fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled insulin identified localization around dorsal root ganglia neurons. The direction and impact of potential insulin signaling was evaluated by concurrently delivering insulin or carrier over a 2 week period using mini-osmotic pumps, either intrathecally, near nerve, or with both deliveries, following a selective sural nerve crush injury. Only intrathecal insulin increased the number and maturity of regenerating sensory sural nerve axons distal to the crush site. As well, only intrathecal insulin rescued retrograde loss of sural axons after crush. In a separate experiment, insulin also rescued retrograde loss and atrophy of deep peroneal, largely motor, axons post-injury. Intrathecal insulin increased the expression of calcitonin-gene-related peptide in regenerating sprouts, increased the number of visualized regenerating fiber clusters, and reduced downregulation of calcitonin-gene-related peptide in dorsal root ganglia neurons. Insulin delivered intrathecally does not appear to influence expression of insulin-like growth factor-1 at dorsal root ganglion neurons or near peripheral nerve injury, but was associated with upregulation of insulin receptor alpha subunit in dorsal root ganglia. Intrathecal insulin delivery was associated with greater recovery of thermal sensation and longer distances to stimulus response with the pinch test following sural nerve crush. Insulin signaling at neuron perikarya can drive distal sensory axon regrowth, rescue retrograde alterations of axons and alter axon peptide expression. Moreover, such actions are associated with upregulation of its own receptor.
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- C Toth
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences and the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Room 168, 3330 Hospital Drive, NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1
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Brumovsky P, Hofstetter C, Olson L, Ohning G, Villar M, Hökfelt T. The neuropeptide tyrosine Y1R is expressed in interneurons and projection neurons in the dorsal horn and area X of the rat spinal cord. Neuroscience 2006; 138:1361-76. [PMID: 16448775 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.11.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2005] [Revised: 11/22/2005] [Accepted: 11/30/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
The localization of the neuropeptide tyrosine Y1 receptor was studied with immunohistochemistry in parasagittal and transverse, free-floating sections of the rat lumbar spinal cord. At least seven distinct Y1 receptor-positive populations could tentatively be recognized: Type 1) abundant small, fusiform Y1 receptor-positive neurons in laminae I-II, producing a profuse neuropil; Type 2) Y1 receptor-positive projection neurons in lamina I; Type 3) small Y1 receptor-positive neurons in lamina III, similar to Type 1 neurons, but less densely packed; Type 4) a number of large, multipolar Y1 receptor-positive neurons in the border area between laminae III-IV, with dendrites projecting toward laminae I-II; Type 5) a considerable number of large, multipolar Y1 receptor-positive neurons in laminae V-VI; Type 6) many large Y1 receptor-positive neurons around the central canal (area X); and Type 7) a small number of large Y1 receptor-positive neurons in the medial aspect of the ventral horns (lamina VIII). Many of the neurons present in laminae V-VI and area X produce craniocaudal processes extending for several hundred micrometers. Retrograde tracing using cholera toxin B subunit injected at the 9th thoracic spinal cord level shows that several Type 5 neurons in laminae V-VI, and at least a few Type 2 in lamina I and Type 6 in area X have projections extending to the lower segments of the thoracic spinal cord (and perhaps to supraspinal levels). The present results define distinct subpopulations of neuropeptide tyrosine-sensitive neurons, localized in superficial and deep layers of the dorsal, in the ventral horns and in area X. The lamina II neurons express somatostatin [The neuropeptide Y Y1 receptor is a somatic receptor on dorsal root ganglion neurons and a postsynaptic receptor on somatostatin dorsal horn neurons. Eur J Neurosci 11:2211-2225] and are presumably glutamatergic [Todd AJ, Hughes DI, Polgar E, Nagy GG, Mackie M, Ottersen OP, Maxwell DJ (2003) The expression of vesicular glutamate transporters VGLUT1 and VGLUT2 in neurochemically defined axonal populations in the rat spinal cord with emphasis on the dorsal horn. Eur J Neurosci 17:13-27], that is they are excitatory interneurons under a Y1 receptor-mediated inhibitory influence. The remaining Y1 receptor-positive spinal neurons need to be phenotyped, for example if the large Y1 receptor-positive laminae III-IV neurons (Type 5) are identical to the neurokinin (NK)1R-positive neurons previously shown to receive neuropeptide tyrosine positive dendritic contacts [Polgár E, Shehab SA, Watt C, Todd AJ (1999) GABAergic neurons that contain neuropeptide Y selectively target cells with the NK1 receptor in laminae III and IV of the rat spinal cord. J Neurosci 19:2637-2646]. If so, neuropeptide tyrosine could have an antinociceptive action not only via Y1 receptor-positive interneurons (Type 1) but also projection neurons. The present results show neuropeptide tyrosine-sensitive neuron populations virtually in all parts of the lumbar spinal cord, suggesting a role for neuropeptide tyrosine signaling in many spinal functions, including pain.
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- P Brumovsky
- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Retzius väg 8, B2:5, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Garry EM, Delaney A, Blackburn-Munro G, Dickinson T, Moss A, Nakalembe I, Robertson DC, Rosie R, Robberecht P, Mitchell R, Fleetwood-Walker SM. Activation of p38 and p42/44 MAP kinase in neuropathic pain: Involvement of VPAC2 and NK2 receptors and mediation by spinal glia. Mol Cell Neurosci 2005; 30:523-37. [PMID: 16202621 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2005.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2005] [Revised: 08/22/2005] [Accepted: 08/26/2005] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Activation of intracellular signaling pathways involving p38 and p42/44 MAP kinases may contribute importantly to synaptic plasticity underlying spinal neuronal sensitization. Inhibitors of p38 or p42/44 pathways moderately attenuated responses of dorsal horn neurons evoked by mustard oil but not brush and alleviated the behavioral reflex sensitization seen following nerve injury. Activation of p38 and p42/44 MAP kinases in spinal cord ipsilateral to constriction injury was reduced by antagonists of NMDA, VPAC2 and NK2 (but not related) receptors, the glial inhibitor propentofylline and inhibitors of TNF-alpha. A VPAC2 receptor agonist enhanced p38 phosphorylation and caused behavioral reflex sensitization in naïve animals that could be blocked by co-administration of p38 inhibitor. Conversely, an NK2 receptor agonist activated p42/44 and caused behavioral sensitization that could be prevented by co-administration of p42/44 inhibitor. Thus, spinal p38 and p42/44 MAP kinases are activated in neuropathic pain states by mechanisms involving VPAC2, NK2, NMDA receptors and glial cytokine production.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Disease Models, Animal
- Enzyme Activation/drug effects
- Enzyme Activation/physiology
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Inflammation Mediators/pharmacology
- MAP Kinase Signaling System/drug effects
- MAP Kinase Signaling System/physiology
- Male
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/drug effects
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/metabolism
- Neuralgia/metabolism
- Neuralgia/physiopathology
- Neuroglia/drug effects
- Neuroglia/metabolism
- Neuroprotective Agents/pharmacology
- Peripheral Nerve Injuries
- Peripheral Nerves/metabolism
- Peripheral Nerves/physiopathology
- Peripheral Nervous System Diseases/metabolism
- Peripheral Nervous System Diseases/physiopathology
- Phosphorylation/drug effects
- Physical Stimulation
- Posterior Horn Cells/drug effects
- Posterior Horn Cells/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/drug effects
- Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/metabolism
- Receptors, Neurokinin-2/drug effects
- Receptors, Neurokinin-2/metabolism
- Receptors, Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide, Type II/drug effects
- Receptors, Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide, Type II/metabolism
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/antagonists & inhibitors
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism
- Xanthines/pharmacology
- p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/drug effects
- p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism
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- E M Garry
- Centre for Neuroscience, Division of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, EH9 1QH, UK
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