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Jin YZ, Zhang P, Hao T, Wang LM, Guo MD, Gan YH. Connexin 43 contributes to temporomandibular joint inflammation induced-hypernociception via sodium channel 1.7 in trigeminal ganglion. Neurosci Lett 2019; 707:134301. [PMID: 31152853 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2019.134301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2019] [Revised: 05/27/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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We previously demonstrated that sodium channel 1.7 (Nav1.7) in trigeminal ganglion (TG) was a critical factor in temporomandibular joint (TMJ) inflammation-induced hypernociception, but the mechanism underlying inflammation-induced upregulation of Nav1.7 remained unclear. Glial-neuron interaction plays a critical role in pain process and connexin 43 (Cx43), a gap junction protein expressed in satellite glial cells (SGCs) has been shown to play an important role in several pain models. In the present study, we investigate the role of Cx43 in TMJ inflammation-induced hypernociception and its possible impact on neuronal Nav1.7. We induced TMJ inflammation in rats by injecting complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) into TMJ and observed a decrease in head withdraw threshold after 24 h. Electron microscopy showed morphological alterations of SGCs in TMJ-inflamed rats. The expression of Cx43, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), and Nav1.7 increased greatly compared with controls. In addition, pretreatment with Cx43 blockers in TMJ-inflamed rats could alleviate mechanical hypernociception, inhibit SGCs activation and IL-1βrelease, and thus block the upregulation of Nav1.7. These findings indicate that the propagation of SGCs activation via Cx43 plays a critical role in Nav1.7-involved mechanical hypernociception induced by TMJ inflammation.
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- Yi-Zhou Jin
- Central Laboratory, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, PR China; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, PR China
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- Central Laboratory, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, PR China; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Shandong, PR China
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- Central Laboratory, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, PR China; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, PR China
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- Central Laboratory, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, PR China; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, PR China
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- Central Laboratory, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, PR China; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, PR China
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- Central Laboratory, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, PR China; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, PR China.
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Chakrabarti S, Pattison LA, Singhal K, Hockley JRF, Callejo G, Smith ESJ. Acute inflammation sensitizes knee-innervating sensory neurons and decreases mouse digging behavior in a TRPV1-dependent manner. Neuropharmacology 2018; 143:49-62. [PMID: 30240782 PMCID: PMC6277850 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2018.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Revised: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 09/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Ongoing, spontaneous pain is characteristic of inflammatory joint pain and reduces an individual's quality of life. To understand the neural basis of inflammatory joint pain, we made a unilateral knee injection of complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) in mice, which reduced their natural digging behavior. We hypothesized that sensitization of knee-innervating dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons underlies this altered behavior. To test this hypothesis, we performed electrophysiological recordings on retrograde labeled knee-innervating primary DRG neuron cultures and measured their responses to a number of electrical and chemical stimuli. We found that 24-h after CFA-induced knee inflammation, knee neurons show a decreased action potential generation threshold, as well as increased GABA and capsaicin sensitivity, but have unaltered acid sensitivity. The inflammation-induced sensitization of knee neurons persisted for 24-h in culture, but was not observed after 48-h in culture. Through immunohistochemistry, we showed that the increased knee neuron capsaicin sensitivity correlated with enhanced expression of the capsaicin receptor, transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) in knee-innervating neurons of the CFA-injected side. We also observed an increase in the co-expression of TRPV1 with tropomyosin receptor kinase A (TrkA), which is the receptor for nerve growth factor (NGF), suggesting that NGF partially induces the increased TRPV1 expression. Lastly, we found that systemic administration of the TRPV1 antagonist, A-425619, reversed the decrease in digging behavior induced by CFA injection, further confirming the role of TRPV1, expressed by knee neurons, in acute inflammatory joint pain. Knee inflammation decreases digging behavior in mice. Knee-innervating dorsal root ganglion neurons are hyperexcitable after inflammation. NGF-mediated increase in TRPV1 expression is observed in knee-innervating neurons. Systemic TRPV1 antagonist administration normalises digging behavior in mice.
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Zheng Y, Dou JR, Dong L, Gao Y. Thermal effect induced by low-frequency magnetic field on physiological characteristics in hippocampal CA1 region of rat. Biomed Phys Eng Express 2017. [DOI: 10.1088/2057-1976/aa9686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Gong K, Zou X, Fuchs PN, Lin Q. Minocycline inhibits neurogenic inflammation by blocking the effects of tumor necrosis factor-α. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2015; 42:940-949. [DOI: 10.1111/1440-1681.12444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2015] [Revised: 06/19/2015] [Accepted: 06/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- Kerui Gong
- Department of Psychology; College of Science; University of Texas at Arlington; Arlington TX USA
- Department of Neurobiology; Tai Shan Medical University; Tai'an Shan Dong Province China
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- Department of Psychology; College of Science; University of Texas at Arlington; Arlington TX USA
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- Department of Psychology; College of Science; University of Texas at Arlington; Arlington TX USA
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- Department of Psychology; College of Science; University of Texas at Arlington; Arlington TX USA
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Persistent inflammation results in an increase in the amplitude and duration of depolarization-evoked Ca(2+) transients in putative nociceptive afferents. Previous data indicated that these changes were the result of neither increased neuronal excitability nor an increase in the amplitude of depolarization. Subsequent data also ruled out an increase in voltage-gated Ca(2+) currents and recruitment of Ca(2+)-induced Ca(2+) release. Parametric studies indicated that the inflammation-induced increase in the duration of the evoked Ca(2+) transient required a relatively large and long-lasting increase in the concentration of intracellular Ca(2+) implicating the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger (NCX), a major Ca(2+) extrusion mechanism activated with high intracellular Ca(2+) loads. The contribution of NCX to the inflammation-induced increase in the evoked Ca(2+) transient in rat sensory neurons was tested using fura-2 AM imaging and electrophysiological recordings. Changes in NCX expression and protein were assessed with real-time PCR and Western blot analysis, respectively. An inflammation-induced decrease in NCX activity was observed in a subpopulation of putative nociceptive neurons innervating the site of inflammation. The time course of the decrease in NCX activity paralleled that of the inflammation-induced changes in nociceptive behavior. The change in NCX3 in the cell body was associated with a decrease in NCX3 protein in the ganglia, an increase in the peripheral nerve (sciatic) yet no change in the central root. This single response to inflammation is associated with changes in at least three different segments of the primary afferent, all of which are likely to contribute to the dynamic response to persistent inflammation.
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Amorim D, David-pereira A, Pertovaara A, Almeida A, Pinto-ribeiro F. Amitriptyline reverses hyperalgesia and improves associated mood-like disorders in a model of experimental monoarthritis. Behav Brain Res 2014; 265:12-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2013] [Revised: 01/29/2014] [Accepted: 02/02/2014] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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DeBerry JJ, Schwartz ES, Davis BM. TRPA1 mediates bladder hyperalgesia in a mouse model of cystitis. Pain 2014; 155:1280-1287. [PMID: 24704367 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2014.03.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2014] [Revised: 03/13/2014] [Accepted: 03/27/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Urinary bladder pain is a primary symptom associated with interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome. We used systemic injections of cyclophosphamide (CYP), an alkylating antineoplastic agent, to induce cystitis and examine the roles of 2 channels previously demonstrated to be required for inflammatory visceral hyperalgesia: transient receptor potential vanilloid-1 (TRPV1) and ankyrin-1 (TRPA1). Injection of CYP (100 mg/kg, i.p.) every other day for 5 days was accompanied by bladder edema and urothelial ulceration, but without significant plasma extravasation or infiltration of neutrophils. Toluidine blue staining showed a significant increase in the number of degranulated bladder mast cells after CYP treatment. Despite this mild pathology, CYP-treated mice exhibited bladder hyperalgesia 1 day after the final injection that persisted 7 days later. Although many previous studies of visceral hyperalgesia have reported changes in dorsal root ganglion neuron TRPV1 expression and/or function, we found no change in bladder afferent TRPV1 expression or sensitivity on the basis of the percentage of bladder afferents responsive to capsaicin, including at submaximal concentrations. In contrast, the percentage of bladder afferents expressing functional TRPA1 protein (i.e., those responsive to mustard oil) increased ∼2.5-fold 1 day after CYP treatment, and remained significantly elevated 7 days later. Moreover, bladder hyperalgesia was reversed by acute treatment with the TRPA1 antagonist HC-030031 (300 mg/kg, i.p.). Our results indicate that CYP-induced bladder hyperalgesia can be induced without robust inflammation or changes in primary afferent TRPV1. However, significant changes were observed in TRPA1 expression, and blockade of TRPA1 alleviated CYP-induced bladder hyperalgesia.
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- Jennifer J DeBerry
- Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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Tsuchiya H, Mizogami M. Interaction of local anesthetics with biomembranes consisting of phospholipids and cholesterol: mechanistic and clinical implications for anesthetic and cardiotoxic effects. Anesthesiol Res Pract 2013; 2013:297141. [PMID: 24174934 DOI: 10.1155/2013/297141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2013] [Revised: 08/13/2013] [Accepted: 08/17/2013] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Despite a long history in medical and dental application, the molecular mechanism and precise site of action are still arguable for local anesthetics. Their effects are considered to be induced by acting on functional proteins, on membrane lipids, or on both. Local anesthetics primarily interact with sodium channels embedded in cell membranes to reduce the excitability of nerve cells and cardiomyocytes or produce a malfunction of the cardiovascular system. However, the membrane protein-interacting theory cannot explain all of the pharmacological and toxicological features of local anesthetics. The administered drug molecules must diffuse through the lipid barriers of nerve sheaths and penetrate into or across the lipid bilayers of cell membranes to reach the acting site on transmembrane proteins. Amphiphilic local anesthetics interact hydrophobically and electrostatically with lipid bilayers and modify their physicochemical property, with the direct inhibition of membrane functions, and with the resultant alteration of the membrane lipid environments surrounding transmembrane proteins and the subsequent protein conformational change, leading to the inhibition of channel functions. We review recent studies on the interaction of local anesthetics with biomembranes consisting of phospholipids and cholesterol. Understanding the membrane interactivity of local anesthetics would provide novel insights into their anesthetic and cardiotoxic effects.
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Tan T, Xie J, Tong Z, Liu T, Chen X, Tian X. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation increases excitability of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons. Brain Res 2013; 1520:23-35. [PMID: 23651978 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.04.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2013] [Revised: 04/18/2013] [Accepted: 04/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is able to induce alteration in cortical activity and excitability that outlast the period of stimulation, which is long-term depre-ssion (LTD) or long-term potentiation (LTP)-like. Accumulating evidence shows that Na(+), Ca(2+) and K(+) channels are important for the regulation of neuronal excitability. To investigate the possible mechanisms of rTMS on regulation of intrinsic excitability in hippocampal neurons, the male or female Sprague-Dawley rats aged 2-3 d or 7-8 d were treated with 14 or 7-d's low frequency (1 Hz) rTMS (400 stimuli/d), respectively. After that, the effects of rTMS on ion channels such as Na(+)-channel, A-type K(+)-channel and Ca(2+)-channel in rat hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons were performed by standard whole-cell patch-clamp technique. The results showed that the peak amplitude and maximal rise slope of evoked single action potential (AP) were significantly increased after 14-d's rTMS treatment. Meanwhile, the AP threshold was significantly more depolarized in neurons after 14-d's rTMS treatment than neurons in control group that without rTMS treatment. The spontaneous excitatory post-synaptic currents (sEPSCs) frequency and amplitude of CA1 pyramidal neurons in groups with rTMS treatment (both 7 d and 14 d) were obviously increased compared with the age-matched control group. Furthermore, we found that electrophysiological properties of Na(+)-channel were markedly changed after rTMS treatment, including negative-shifted activation and inactivation curves, as well as fasten recovery rate. After rTMS application, the IA amplitude of K(+)-channel was reduced; the activation and inactivation curves of K(+)-channel were significantly shifted to right. Time constant of recovery from inactivation was also more rapid. Moreover, rTMS induced an obvious increment in the maximal current peak amplitude of Ca(2+)-channel. At the same time, there was a significant rightward shift in the activation curve and inactivation curves of Ca(2+)-channel. These data suggest that rTMS can enhance the AP and sEPSCs of hippocampal CA1 neurons. Altered electrophysiological properties of Na(+)-channel, A-type K(+) channels and Ca(2+) channels contribute to the underling mechanisms of rTMS-induced up-regulation of neural excitability.
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- Tao Tan
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.
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Bi RY, Kou XX, Meng Z, Wang XD, Ding Y, Gan YH. Involvement of trigeminal ganglionic Nav1.7 in hyperalgesia of inflamed temporomandibular joint is dependent on ERK1/2 phosphorylation of glial cells in rats. Eur J Pain 2012; 17:983-94. [PMID: 23242737 DOI: 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2012.00262.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/14/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- R-Y. Bi
- The Third Dental Center; Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology; Beijing; China
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- The Department of Orthodontics; Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology; Beijing; China
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- Central Laboratory and Center for Temporomandibular Disorders & Orofacial Pain; Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology; Beijing; China
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- The Department of Orthodontics; Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology; Beijing; China
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- The Third Dental Center; Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology; Beijing; China
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- Central Laboratory and Center for Temporomandibular Disorders & Orofacial Pain; Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology; Beijing; China
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Scroggs RS. The distribution of low-threshold TTX-resistant Na⁺ currents in rat trigeminal ganglion cells. Neuroscience 2012; 222:205-14. [PMID: 22800565 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2012] [Revised: 06/23/2012] [Accepted: 07/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The distribution of low-threshold tetrodotoxin-resistant (TTX-r) Na(+) current and its co-expression with high-threshold TTX-r Na(+) current were studied in randomly selected acutely dissociated rat trigeminal ganglion (non-identified TG cells) and TG cells serving the temporomandibular joint (TMJ-TG cells). Conditions previously shown to enhance Na(V)1.9 channel-mediated currents (holding potential (HP) -80 mV, 130-mM fluoride internally) were employed to amplify the low-threshold Na(+) current. Under these conditions, detectable low-threshold Na(+) current was exhibited by 16 out of 21 non-identified TG cells (average, 1810 ± 358 pA), and by nine of 14 TMJ-TG cells (average, 959 ± 525 pA). The low-threshold Na(+) current began to activate around -55 mV and was inactivated by holding TG cells at -60 mV and delivering 40-ms test potentials (TPs) to 0 mV. The inactivation was long lasting, recovering only 8 ± 3% over a 5-min period after the HP was returned to -80 mV. Following low-threshold Na(+) current inactivation, high-threshold TTX-r Na(+) current, evoked from HP -60 mV, was observed. High-threshold Na(+) current amplitude averaged 16,592 ± 3913 pA for TPs to 0 mV, was first detectable at an average TP of -34 ± 1.3 mV, and was ½ activated at -7.1 ± 2.3 mV. In TG cells expressing prominent low-threshold Na(+) currents, changing the external solution to one containing 0 mM Na(+) reduced the amount of current required to hold the cells at -80 mV through -50 mV, the peak effect being observed at HP -60 mV. TG cells recorded from with a more physiological pipette solution containing chloride instead of fluoride exhibited small low-threshold Na(+) currents, which were greatly increased upon superfusion of the TG cells with the adenylyl cyclase (AC) activator forskolin. These data suggest two hypotheses: (1) low- and high-threshold Na(V)1.9 and Na(V)1.8 channels, respectively, are frequently co-expressed in TG neurons serving the TMJ and other structures, and (2), Na(V)1.9 channel-mediated currents are small under physiological conditions, but may be enhanced by inflammatory mediators that increase AC activity, and may mediate an inward leak that depolarizes TG neurons, increasing their excitability.
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- R S Scroggs
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, 855 Monroe Avenue, TN, USA.
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Zhang XL, Mok LP, Lee KY, Charbonnet M, Gold MS. Inflammation-induced changes in BK(Ca) currents in cutaneous dorsal root ganglion neurons from the adult rat. Mol Pain 2012; 8:37. [PMID: 22607137 PMCID: PMC3390281 DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-8-37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2011] [Accepted: 05/18/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Inflammation-induced sensitization of primary afferents is associated with a decrease in K(+) current. However, the type of K(+) current and basis for the decrease varies as a function of target of innervation. Because glabrous skin of the rat hindpaw is used often to assess changes in nociception in models of persistent pain, the purpose of the present study was to determine the type and extent to which K(+) currents contribute to the inflammation-induced sensitization of cutaneous afferents. Acutely dissociated retrogradely labeled cutaneous dorsal root ganglion neurons from naïve and inflamed (3 days post complete Freund's adjuvant injection) rats were studied with whole cell and perforated patch techniques. RESULTS Inflammation-induced sensitization of small diameter cutaneous neurons was associated with an increase in action potential duration and rate of decay of the afterhyperpolarization. However, no changes in voltage-gated K(+) currents were detected. In contrast, Ca(2+) modulated iberiotoxin sensitive and paxilline sensitive K(+) (BK(Ca)) currents were significantly smaller in small diameter IB4+ neurons. This decrease in current was not associated with a detectable change in total protein levels of the BK(Ca) channel α or β subunits. Single cell PCR analysis revealed a significant change in the pattern of expression of α subunit splice variants and β subunits that were consistent, at least in part, with inflammation-induced changes in the biophysical properties of BK(Ca) currents in cutaneous neurons. CONCLUSIONS Results of this study provide additional support for the conclusion that it may be possible, if not necessary to selectively treat pain arising from specific body regions. Because a decrease in BK(Ca) current appears to contribute to the inflammation-induced sensitization of cutaneous afferents, BK(Ca) channel openers may be effective for the treatment of inflammatory pain.
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- Xiu-Lin Zhang
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh, 3500 Terrace Street Rm E1440 BST, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh, 3500 Terrace Street Rm E1440 BST, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
- Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh, 3500 Terrace Street Rm E1440 BST, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh, 3500 Terrace Street Rm E1440 BST, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
- Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Clemente-Napimoga JT, Moreira JA, Grillo R, de Melo NFS, Fraceto LF, Napimoga MH. 15d-PGJ2-loaded in nanocapsules enhance the antinociceptive properties into rat temporomandibular hypernociception. Life Sci 2012; 90:944-9. [PMID: 22564409 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2012.04.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2012] [Revised: 04/18/2012] [Accepted: 04/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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AIMS To verify whether the nanoencapsulation of 15d-PGJ(2) in poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) nanocapsules (15d-PGJ(2)-NC) might potentialize its antinociceptive activity into rats' temporomandibular joint (TMJ). MAIN METHODS Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) were used to evaluate the morphology and suspension of the PLGA nanocapsules. Rats were pretreated (15 min) with an intra-TMJ injection of unloaded 15d-PGJ(2) or 15d-PGJ(2)-NC at concentrations of 10, 100 or 1000 pg followed by an ipsilateral intra-TMJ injection of 1.5% formalin. The nociceptive behavioral response was observed during 45 min; animals were then sacrificed and the periarticular tissue was removed for IL-1β measurements. KEY FINDING TEM and AFM analyses showed that 15d-PGJ(2)-NC is spherical without any aggregates or adhesion confirming that this formulation is a good drug carrier system for 15d-PGJ(2). Pretreatment with 15d-PGJ(2)-NC (100 and 1000 pg/TMJ), but not unloaded 15d-PGJ(2), was found to significantly decrease the release of IL-1β cytokine and the animals' nociceptive behavioral response induced by intra-TMJ injection of formalin. SIGNIFICANCE The compound 15d-PGJ(2)-NC might be used as a potential antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory agent to treat temporomandibular disorders in clinical practice.
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- Juliana T Clemente-Napimoga
- Laboratory of Orofacial Pain, Department of Physiology, Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas, Brazil
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Tooth pain, especially tooth thermal pain, is one of the most important symptoms and signs in dental clinic and daily life. As a special sensation, pain has been studied extensively in both clinic and experimental research aimed at reducing or eliminating the possible negative effects of pain. Unfortunately, the full underlying mechanism of pain is still unclear, because the pain could be influenced by many factors, including physiological, psychological, physical, chemical, and biological factors and so on. Besides, most studies on pain mechanisms in the literature are based on skin pain sensation and only few are based on tooth pain. In this paper, we present a comprehensive review on both neurophysiology of tooth pain mechanism, and corresponding thermal, mechanical, and thermomechanical behaviors of teeth. We also describe a multiscale modeling approach for quantifying tooth thermal pain by integrating the mathematic methods of engineering into the neuroscience. The mathematical model of tooth thermal pain will enable better understanding of thermal pain mechanism and optimization of existing diagnosis and treatment in dental clinic.
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- Y. J. ZHU
- Stomatological Hospital, College of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Biomechanics Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, P. R. China
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- Biomedical Engineering and Biomechanics Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, P. R. China
- School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, P. R. China
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- Biomedical Engineering and Biomechanics Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, P. R. China
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- Stomatological Hospital, College of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710004, P. R. China
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- Biomedical Engineering and Biomechanics Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, P. R. China
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Bałkowiec-Iskra E, Vermehren-Schmaedick A, Balkowiec A. Tumor necrosis factor-α increases brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in trigeminal ganglion neurons in an activity-dependent manner. Neuroscience 2011; 180:322-33. [PMID: 21335064 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.02.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2010] [Revised: 01/20/2011] [Accepted: 02/10/2011] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Many chronic trigeminal pain conditions, such as migraine or temporo-mandibular disorders, are associated with inflammation within peripheral endings of trigeminal ganglion (TG) sensory neurons. A critical role in mechanisms of neuroinflammation is attributed to proinflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin-1β and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFα) that also contribute to mechanisms of persistent neuropathic pain resulting from nerve injury. However, the mechanisms of cytokine-mediated synaptic plasticity and nociceptor sensitization are not completely understood. In the present study, we examined the effects of TNFα on neuronal expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), whose role in synaptic plasticity and sensitization of nociceptive pathways is well documented. We show that 4- and 24-h treatment with TNFα increases BDNF mRNA and protein, respectively, in neuron-enriched dissociated cultures of rat TG. TNFα increases the phosphorylated form of the cyclic AMP-responsive element binding protein (CREB), a transcription factor involved in regulation of BDNF expression in neurons, and activates transcription of BDNF exon IV (former exon III) and, to a lesser extent, exon VI (former exon IV), but not exon I. TNFα-mediated increase in BDNF expression is accompanied by increase in calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), which is consistent with previously published studies, and indicates that both peptides are similarly regulated in TG neurons by inflammatory mediators. The effect of TNFα on BDNF expression is dependent on sodium influx through TTX-sensitive channels and on p38-mitogen-activated protein kinase. Moreover, electrical stimulation and forskolin, known to increase intracellular cAMP, potentiate the TNFα-mediated upregulation of BDNF expression. This study provides new evidence for a direct action of proinflammatory cytokines on TG primary sensory neurons, and reveals a mechanism through which TNFα stimulates de novo synthesis of BDNF in these neurons. Thus, TNFα should be considered in mechanisms of BDNF-dependent neuronal plasticity.
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- E Bałkowiec-Iskra
- Department of Integrative Biosciences, Oregon Health and Science University School of Dentistry, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
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The transition from acute to chronic pain appears to occur in discrete pathophysiological and histopathological steps. Stimuli initiating a nociceptive response vary, but receptors and endogenous defence mechanisms in the periphery interact in a similar manner regardless of the insult. Chemical, mechanical, and thermal receptors, along with leucocytes and macrophages, determine the intensity, location, and duration of noxious events. Noxious stimuli are transduced to the dorsal horn of the spinal cord, where amino acid and peptide transmitters activate second-order neurones. Spinal neurones then transmit signals to the brain. The resultant actions by the individual involve sensory-discriminative, motivational-affective, and modulatory processes in an attempt to limit or stop the painful process. Under normal conditions, noxious stimuli diminish as healing progresses and pain sensation lessens until minimal or no pain is detected. Persistent, intense pain, however, activates secondary mechanisms both at the periphery and within the central nervous system that cause allodynia, hyperalgesia, and hyperpathia that can diminish normal functioning. These changes begin in the periphery with upregulation of cyclo-oxygenase-2 and interleukin-1β-sensitizing first-order neurones, which eventually sensitize second-order spinal neurones by activating N-methyl-d-aspartic acid channels and signalling microglia to alter neuronal cytoarchitecture. Throughout these processes, prostaglandins, endocannabinoids, ion-specific channels, and scavenger cells all play a key role in the transformation of acute to chronic pain. A better understanding of the interplay among these substances will assist in the development of agents designed to ameliorate or reverse chronic pain.
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- C Voscopoulos
- Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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Takeda M, Matsumoto S, Sessle BJ, Shinoda M, Iwata K. Peripheral and Central Mechanisms of Trigeminal Neuropathic and Inflammatory Pain. J Oral Biosci 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s1349-0079(11)80025-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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This article discusses the pathophysiology of temporomandibular disorders (TMD)-related pain and its treatment with analgesic drugs. Temporomandibular disorders are comprised of a group of conditions that result in temporomandibular joint pain (arthralgia, arthritis) and/or masticatory muscle pain (myofascial TMD). In at least some patients with TMD, a peripheral mechanism contributes to this pain. However, there is often a poor correlation between the severity of TMD-related pain complaints and evidence of definitive tissue pathology. This has led to the concept that pain in some patients with TMD may result from altered central nervous system pain processing and further that this altered pain processing may be attributable to specific genes that are heritable. Psychosocial stressors are also thought to contribute to the development of TMD-related pain, particularly masticatory muscle pain. Finally, substantially more women suffer from TMD than men. Although there are arguably multiple reasons for sex-related differences in the prevalence of TMD, one candidate for the increased occurrence of this disorder in women has been suggested to be the female sex hormone oestrogen. Analgesic drugs are an integral part of the primary treatment for TMD-related pain and dysfunction with more that 90% of treatment recommendations involving use of medications. The most commonly used agents include non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, corticosteroids, muscle relaxants, anxiolytics, opiates and tricyclic antidepressants, however, evidence in support of the effectiveness of these drugs is lacking. Continued research into the pathophysiology of TMD-related pain and the effectiveness of analgesic treatments for this pain is required.
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- B E Cairns
- Canada Research Chair in Neuropharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2146 East Mall, Vancouver, Canada.
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Schaible HG, Richter F, Ebersberger A, Boettger MK, Vanegas H, Natura G, Vazquez E, Segond von Banchet G. Joint pain. Exp Brain Res 2009; 196:153-62. [PMID: 19363606 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-009-1782-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2009] [Accepted: 03/20/2009] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Both inflammatory and degenerative diseases of joints are major causes of chronic pain. This overview addresses the clinical problem of joint pain, the nociceptive system of the joint, the mechanisms of peripheral and central sensitization during joint inflammation and long term changes during chronic joint inflammation. While the nature of inflammatory pain is obvious the nature and site of origin of osteoarthritic pain is less clear. However, in both pathological conditions mechanical hyperalgesia is the major pain problem, and indeed, both joint nociceptors and spinal nociceptive neurons with joint input show pronounced sensitization for mechanical stimulation. Molecular mechanisms of mechanical sensitization of joint nociceptors are addressed with an emphasis on cytokines, and molecular mechanisms of central sensitization include data on the role of excitatory amino acids, neuropeptides and spinal prostaglandins. The overview will also address long-term changes of pain-related behavior, response properties of neurons and receptor expression in chronic animal models of arthritis.
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- Hans-Georg Schaible
- Institute of Physiology 1/Neurophysiology, University Hospital Jena, Teichgraben 8, 07740 Jena, Germany.
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Liverman CS, Brown JW, Sandhir R, Klein RM, McCarson K, Berman NEJ. Oestrogen increases nociception through ERK activation in the trigeminal ganglion: evidence for a peripheral mechanism of allodynia. Cephalalgia 2009; 29:520-31. [PMID: 19210515 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01755.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The mitogen-activated protein kinase, extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), is activated in experimental models of chronic pain, and is also activated by oestrogen. We used an established model of inflammatory trigeminal pain, injection of Complete Freund's Adjuvant (CFA) into the masseter muscle, to determine whether ERK activation may play a role in hormone-related trigeminal pain disorders. We measured withdrawal responses to stimulation of the masseter (V3, primary allodynia) and whisker pad (V2, secondary allodynia) using graded monofilaments. Oestrogen treatment in the presence of inflammation increased withdrawal response to stimulation of both masseter and whisker pad compared with inflammation alone, indicating an additive effect of inflammation and oestrogen on both primary and secondary allodynia. We examined ERK activation in trigeminal ganglia from each treatment group using western blot and immunohistochemistry. Both masseter inflammation and oestrogen treatment increased ERK activation, and combined treatment had an additive effect. Both masseter inflammation and oestrogen increased the percentage of pERK immunoreactive neurons in divisions 1 and 2 (V1/2), and combined treatment increased pERK immunoreactivity in V1/2 compared with inflammation alone. We stereotactically administered ERK antagonist U0126, or inactive control U0124, to the trigeminal ganglion of CFA+E2-treated rats. U0126 decreased withdrawal responses to mechanical stimulation of the whisker pad compared with U0124-treated rats. Because the secondary allodynia in V2 after inflammation in V3 was reduced by antagonizing ERK activation in the periphery, these data suggest a peripheral component to secondary allodynia mediated through ERK activation.
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- C S Liverman
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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Ueno T, Tsuchiya H, Mizogami M, Takakura K. Local anesthetic failure associated with inflammation: verification of the acidosis mechanism and the hypothetic participation of inflammatory peroxynitrite. J Inflamm Res 2008; 1:41-8. [PMID: 22096346 PMCID: PMC3218719 DOI: 10.2147/jir.s3982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The presence of inflammation decreases local anesthetic efficacy, especially in dental anesthesia. Although inflammatory acidosis is most frequently cited as the cause of such clinical phenomena, this has not been experimentally proved. We verified the acidosis mechanism by studying the drug and membrane lipid interaction under acidic conditions together with proposing an alternative hypothesis. Liposomes and nerve cell model membranes consisting of phospholipids and cholesterol were treated at different pH with lidocaine, prilocaine and bupivacaine (0.05%–0.2%, w/v). Their membrane-interactive potencies were compared by the induced-changes in membrane fluidity. Local anesthetics fluidized phosphatidylcholine membranes with the potency being significantly lower at pH 6.4 than at pH 7.4 (p < 0.01), supporting the acidosis theory. However, they greatly fluidized nerve cell model membranes even at pH 6.4 corresponding to inflamed tissues, challenging the conventional mechanism. Local anesthetics acted on phosphatidylserine liposomes, as well as nerve cell model membranes, at pH 6.4 with almost the same potency as that at pH 7.4, but not on phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine and sphingomyelin liposomes. Since the positively charged anesthetic molecules are able to interact with nerve cell membranes by ion-paring with anionic components like phosphatidylserine, tissue acidosis is not essentially responsible for the local anesthetic failure associated with inflammation. The effects of local anesthetics on nerve cell model membranes were inhibited by treating with peroxynitrite (50 μM), suggesting that inflammatory cells producing peroxynitrite may affect local anesthesia.
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- Takahiro Ueno
- Department of Anesthesiology, Asahi University School of Dentistry, Mizuho, Gifu, Japan
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Kwong K, Carr MJ, Gibbard A, Savage TJ, Singh K, Jing J, Meeker S, Undem BJ. Voltage-gated sodium channels in nociceptive versus non-nociceptive nodose vagal sensory neurons innervating guinea pig lungs. J Physiol 2008; 586:1321-36. [PMID: 18187475 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.146365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Lung vagal sensory fibres are broadly categorized as C fibres (nociceptors) and A fibres (non-nociceptive; rapidly and slowly adapting low-threshold stretch receptors). These afferent fibre types differ in degree of myelination, conduction velocity, neuropeptide content, sensitivity to chemical and mechanical stimuli, as well as evoked reflex responses. Recent studies in nociceptive fibres of the somatosensory system indicated that the tetrodotoxin-resistant (TTX-R) voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSC) are preferentially expressed in the nociceptive fibres of the somatosensory system (dorsal root ganglia). Whereas TTX-R sodium currents have been documented in lung vagal sensory nerves fibres, a rigorous comparison of their expression in nociceptive versus non-nociceptive vagal sensory neurons has not been carried out. Using multiple approaches including patch clamp electrophysiology, immunohistochemistry, and single-cell gene expression analysis in the guinea pig, we obtained data supporting the hypothesis that the TTX-R sodium currents are similarly distributed between nodose ganglion A-fibres and C-fibres innervating the lung. Moreover, mRNA and immunoreactivity for the TTX-R VGSC molecules Na(V)1.8 and Na(V)1.9 were present in nearly all neurons. We conclude that contrary to findings in the somatosensory neurons, TTX-R VGSCs are not preferentially expressed in the nociceptive C-fibre population innervating the lungs.
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- Kevin Kwong
- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Moreira THV, Gover TD, Weinreich D. Electrophysiological properties and chemosensitivity of acutely dissociated trigeminal somata innervating the cornea. Neuroscience 2007; 148:766-74. [PMID: 17706884 PMCID: PMC3390199 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.03.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2006] [Revised: 03/02/2007] [Accepted: 04/04/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Adult rat sensory trigeminal ganglion neurons innervating the cornea (cTGNs) were isolated and identified following retrograde dye labeling with FM1-43. Using standard whole-cell patch clamp recording techniques, cTGNs could be subdivided by their action potential (AP) duration. Fast cTGNs had AP durations <1 ms (40%) while slow cTGNs had AP durations >1 ms and an inflection on the repolarization phase of the AP. With the exception of membrane input resistance, the passive membrane properties of fast cTGNs were different from those of slow cTGNs (capacitance: 61+/-4.5 pF vs. 42+/-2.6 pF, resting membrane potential: -59+/-0.7 mV vs. -53+/-0.9 mV, for fast and slow cTGNs respectively). Active membrane properties also differed between fast and slow cTGNs. Slow cTGNs had a higher AP threshold (-25+/-1.6 mV vs. -38+/-0.8 mV), a larger rheobase (14+/-1.9 pA/pF vs. 6.8+/-1.0 pA/pF), and a smaller AP undershoot (-56+/-1.7 mV vs. -67+/-2.5 mV). The AP overshoot, however was similar between the two types of neurons (46+/-3.1 mV vs. 48+/-4 mV). Slow cTGNs were depolarized by capsaicin (1 microM, 80%) and 60% of their APs were blocked by tetrodotoxin (TTX) (100 nM). Fast cTGNs were unaffected by capsaicin and 100% of their APs were blocked by TTX. Similarly, cTGNs were also heterogeneous with respect to their responses to exogenous ATP and 5-HT. The current work shows that cTGNs have distinctive electrophysiological properties and chemosensitivity profiles. These characteristics may mirror the distinct properties of corneal sensory nerve terminals. The availability of isolated identified cTGNs constitutes a tractable model system to investigate the biophysical and pharmacological properties of corneal sensory nerve terminals.
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- Thaís Helena Veiga Moreira
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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The objective of this review was to discuss the emerging role of botulinum toxin in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders (TMD), to review the current literature, recent clinical trials, as well as preliminary data from our own clinical study, and to formulate an algorithm for the work-up and treatment of TMD.
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- P C Song
- Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, USA
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Arthritis pain affects millions of people worldwide yet we still have only a limited understanding of what makes our joints ache. This review examines the sensory innervation of diarthroidal joints and discusses the neurophysiological processes that lead to the generation of painful sensation. During inflammation, joint nerves become sensitized to mechanical stimuli through the actions of neuropeptides, eicosanoids, proteinase-activated receptors and ion channel ligands. The contribution of immunocytes to arthritis pain is also reviewed. Finally, the existence of an endogenous analgesic system in joints is considered and the reasons for its inability to control pain are postulated.
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- Jason J McDougall
- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Calgary, Hospital Drive, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N1, Canada.
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Worsley MA, Davies SL, Clayton NM, Bountra C, Loescher AR, Robinson PP, Boissonade FM. The effect of inflammation on Fos expression in the ferret trigeminal nucleus. Eur J Oral Sci 2007; 115:40-7. [PMID: 17305715 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2007.00411.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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We have previously carried out detailed characterization and identification of Fos expression within the trigeminal nucleus after tooth pulp stimulation in ferrets. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of pulpal inflammation on the excitability of central trigeminal neurons following tooth pulp stimulation. Adult ferrets were prepared under anesthesia to allow tooth pulp stimulation, recording from the digastric muscle, and intravenous injections at a subsequent experiment. In some animals, pulpal inflammation was induced by introducing human caries into a deep buccal cavity. After 5 d, animals were re-anaethetized, and the teeth were stimulated at 10 times the threshold of the jaw-opening reflex. Stimulation of all tooth pulps induced ipsilateral Fos in the trigeminal subnuclei caudalis and oralis. All non-stimulated animals showed negligible Fos labeling, with no differences recorded between inflamed and non-inflamed groups. Following tooth pulp stimulation, Fos expression was greater in animals with inflamed teeth than in animals with non-inflamed teeth, with the greatest effect seen in the subnucleus caudalis. These results suggest that inflammation increases the number of trigeminal brainstem neurons activated by tooth pulp stimulation; this may be mediated by peripheral or central mechanisms.
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- Matthew A Worsley
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine and Surgery, School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield, UK.
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Takeda M, Tanimoto T, Ikeda M, Nasu M, Kadoi J, Yoshida S, Matsumoto S. Enhanced excitability of rat trigeminal root ganglion neurons via decrease in A-type potassium currents following temporomandibular joint inflammation. Neuroscience 2006; 138:621-30. [PMID: 16387448 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2005] [Revised: 11/13/2005] [Accepted: 11/19/2005] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of temporomandibular joint inflammation on the excitability of trigeminal root ganglion neurons innervating the temporomandibular joint using a perforated patch-clamp technique. Inflammation was induced by injection of complete Freund's adjuvant into the rat temporomandibular joint. The threshold for escape from mechanical stimulation in the temporomandibular joint-inflamed rats was significantly lower than that in control rats. Fluorogold labeling was used to identify the trigeminal root ganglion neurons innervating the site of inflammation. When voltage-clamp (V(h)=-60 mV) conditions were applied to these Fluorogold-labeled small diameter trigeminal root ganglion neurons (<30 mum), voltage-dependent transient K(+) current densities were significantly reduced in the inflamed rats compared with controls. In addition, the voltage-dependence of inactivation of the voltage-dependent transient K(+) current was negatively shifted in the labeled temporomandibular joint-inflamed trigeminal root ganglion neurons. Furthermore, temporomandibular joint inflammation significantly reduced the threshold current and significantly increased action potential firings evoked at two-fold threshold in the Fluorogold-labeled small trigeminal root ganglion neurons. Application of 4-aminopyridine (0.5mM) to control trigeminal root ganglion neurons mimicked the changes in the firing properties observed after complete Freund's adjuvant treatment. Together, these results suggest that temporomandibular joint inflammation increases the excitability of trigeminal root ganglion neurons innervating temporomandibular joint by suppressing voltage-dependent transient K(+) current via a leftward shift in the inactivation curve. These changes may contribute to trigeminal inflammatory allodynia in temporomandibular joint disorder.
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- M Takeda
- Department of Physiology, School of Dentistry at Tokyo, Nippon Dental University, 1-9-20, Fujimi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8159, Japan.
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Harriott AM, Dessem D, Gold MS. Inflammation increases the excitability of masseter muscle afferents. Neuroscience 2006; 141:433-42. [PMID: 16690218 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.03.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2006] [Revised: 03/24/2006] [Accepted: 03/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Temporomandibular disorder is a major health problem associated with chronic orofacial pain in the masticatory muscles and/or temporomandibular joint. Evidence suggests that changes in primary afferents innervating the muscles of mastication may contribute to temporomandibular disorder. However, there has been little systematic study of the mechanisms controlling the excitability of these muscle afferents, nor their response to inflammation. In the present study, we tested the hypotheses that inflammation increases the excitability of sensory neurons innervating the masseter muscle of the rat and that the ionic mechanisms underlying these changes are unique to these neurons. We examined inflammation-induced changes in the excitability of trigeminal ganglia muscle neurons following intramuscular injections of complete Freund's adjuvant. Three days after complete Freund's adjuvant injection acutely dissociated, retrogradely labeled trigeminal ganglia neurons were studied using whole cell patch clamp techniques. Complete Freund's adjuvant-induced inflammation was associated with an increase in neuronal excitability marked by a significant decrease in rheobase and increase in the slope of the stimulus response function assessed with depolarizing current injection. The increase in excitability was associated with significant decreases in the rate of action potential fall and the duration of the action potential afterhyperpolarization. These changes in excitability and action potential waveform were associated with significant shifts in the voltage-dependence of activation and steady-state availability of voltage-gated K(+) current as well as significant decreases in the density of voltage-gated K(+) current subject to steady-state inactivation. These data suggest that K(+) channel subtypes may provide novel targets for the treatment of pain arising from inflamed muscle. These results also support the hypothesis that the underlying mechanisms of pain arising from specific regions of the body are unique suggesting that it may be possible, if not necessary to treat pain originating from different parts of the body with specific therapeutic interventions.
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- A M Harriott
- University of Maryland, Baltimore Dental School, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Room 5-A-12 HHH, 666 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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