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Cragg B, Ji G, Neugebauer V. Differential contributions of vasopressin V1A and oxytocin receptors in the amygdala to pain-related behaviors in rats. Mol Pain 2016; 12:12/0/1744806916676491. [PMID: 27837170 PMCID: PMC5117246 DOI: 10.1177/1744806916676491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2016] [Accepted: 10/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Neuroplastic changes in the amygdala account for emotional-affective aspects of pain and involve neuropeptides such as calcitonin gene-related peptide and corticotropin-releasing factor. Another neuropeptide system, central arginine vasopressin, has been implicated in neuropsychiatric disorders, but its role in pain-related emotional expression and neuroplasticity remains to be determined. Here, we tested the hypothesis that arginine vasopressin in the amygdala contributes to pain-related emotional-affective responses, using stereotaxic applications of arginine vasopressin and antagonists for G-protein coupled vasopressin V1A and oxytocin receptors in adult male Sprague-Dawley rats. In normal animals, arginine vasopressin increased audible and ultrasonic vocalizations and anxiety-like behavior (decreased open-arm preference in the elevated plus maze). The facilitatory effects were blocked by a selective V1A antagonist (SR 49059, Relcovaptan) but not by an oxytocin receptor antagonist (L-371,257). L-371,257 had some facilitatory effects on vocalizations. Arginine vasopressin had no effect in arthritic rats (kaolin/carrageenan knee joint pain model). SR 49059 inhibited vocalizations and anxiety-like behavior (elevated plus maze) in arthritic, but not normal, rats and conveyed anxiolytic properties to arginine vasopressin. Arginine vasopressin, SR 49059, and L-371,257 had no significant effects on spinal reflexes. We interpret the data to suggest that arginine vasopressin through V1A in the amygdala contributes to emotional-affective aspects of pain (arthritis model), whereas oxytocin receptors may mediate some inhibitory effects of the vasopressin system.
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- Bryce Cragg
- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA .,Center of Excellence for Translational Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
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Safron A. What is orgasm? A model of sexual trance and climax via rhythmic entrainment. SOCIOAFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE & PSYCHOLOGY 2016; 6:31763. [PMID: 27799079 PMCID: PMC5087698 DOI: 10.3402/snp.v6.31763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2016] [Revised: 08/04/2016] [Accepted: 08/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Orgasm is one of the most intense pleasures attainable to an organism, yet its underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. On the basis of existing literatures, this article introduces a novel mechanistic model of sexual stimulation and orgasm. In doing so, it characterizes the neurophenomenology of sexual trance and climax, describes parallels in dynamics between orgasms and seizures, speculates on possible evolutionary origins of sex differences in orgasmic responding, and proposes avenues for future experimentation. Here, a model is introduced wherein sexual stimulation induces entrainment of coupling mechanical and neuronal oscillatory systems, thus creating synchronized functional networks within which multiple positive feedback processes intersect synergistically to contribute to sexual experience. These processes generate states of deepening sensory absorption and trance, potentially culminating in climax if critical thresholds are surpassed. The centrality of rhythmic stimulation (and its modulation by salience) for surpassing these thresholds suggests ways in which differential orgasmic responding between individuals-or with different partners-may serve as a mechanism for ensuring adaptive mate choice. Because the production of rhythmic stimulation combines honest indicators of fitness with cues relating to potential for investment, differential orgasmic response may serve to influence the probability of continued sexual encounters with specific mates.
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- Adam Safron
- Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA;
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Üçeyler N, Biko L, Hose D, Hofmann L, Sommer C. Comprehensive and differential long-term characterization of the alpha-galactosidase A deficient mouse model of Fabry disease focusing on the sensory system and pain development. Mol Pain 2016; 12:12/0/1744806916646379. [PMID: 27145802 PMCID: PMC4956180 DOI: 10.1177/1744806916646379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2015] [Accepted: 03/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background Fabry disease is an X-linked lysosomal storage disorder due to impaired activity of alpha-galactosidase A with intracellular accumulation of globotriaosylceramide. Associated small fiber pathology leads to characteristic pain in Fabry disease. We systematically assessed sensory system, physical activity, metabolic parameters, and morphology of male and female mice with alpha-galactosidase A deficiency (Fabry ko) from 2 to 27 months of age and compared results with those of age- and gender-matched wild-type littermates of C57Bl/6J background. Results From the age of two months, male and female Fabry mice showed mechanical hypersensitivity (p < 0.001 each) compared to wild-type littermates. Young Fabry ko mice of both genders were hypersensitive to heat stimulation (p < 0.01) and developed heat hyposensitivity with aging (p < 0.05), while cold hyposensitivity was present constantly in young (p < 0.01) and old (p < 0.05) Fabry ko mice compared to wild-type littermates. Stride angle increased only in male Fabry ko mice with aging (p < 0.01) in comparison to wild-type littermates. Except for young female mice, male (p < 0.05) and female (p < 0.01) Fabry ko mice had a higher body weight than wild-type littermates. Old male Fabry ko mice were physically less active than their wild-type littermates (p < 0.05), had lower chow intake (p < 0.001), and lost more weight (p < 0.001) in a one-week treadmill experiment than wild-type littermates. Also, Fabry ko mice showed spontaneous pain protective behavior and developed orofacial dysmorphism resembling patients with Fabry disease. Conclusions Mice with alpha-galactosidase A deficiency show age-dependent and distinct deficits of the sensory system. alpha-galactosidase A-deficient mice seem to model human Fabry disease and may be helpful when studying the pathophysiology of Fabry-associated pain.
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- Nurcan Üçeyler
- Department of Neurology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Yin K, Baillie GJ, Vetter I. Neuronal cell lines as model dorsal root ganglion neurons: A transcriptomic comparison. Mol Pain 2016; 12:1744806916646111. [PMID: 27130590 PMCID: PMC4956150 DOI: 10.1177/1744806916646111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2016] [Revised: 02/24/2016] [Accepted: 03/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Dorsal root ganglion neuron-derived immortal cell lines including ND7/23 and F-11 cells have been used extensively as in vitro model systems of native peripheral sensory neurons. However, while it is clear that some sensory neuron-specific receptors and ion channels are present in these cell lines, a systematic comparison of the molecular targets expressed by these cell lines with those expressed in intact peripheral neurons is lacking. RESULTS In this study, we examined the expression of RNA transcripts in the human neuroblastoma-derived cell line, SH-SY5Y, and two dorsal root ganglion hybridoma cell lines, F-11 and ND7/23, using Illumina next-generation sequencing, and compared the results with native whole murine dorsal root ganglions. The gene expression profiles of these three cell lines did not resemble any specific defined dorsal root ganglion subclass. The cell lines lacked many markers for nociceptive sensory neurons, such as the Transient receptor potential V1 gene, but expressed markers for both myelinated and unmyelinated neurons. Global gene ontology analysis on whole dorsal root ganglions and cell lines showed similar enrichment of biological process terms across all samples. CONCLUSIONS This paper provides insights into the receptor repertoire expressed in common dorsal root ganglion neuron-derived cell lines compared with whole murine dorsal root ganglions, and illustrates the limits and potentials of these cell lines as tools for neuropharmacological exploration.
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- Kathleen Yin
- Centre for Pain Research, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Pain Research, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Pain Research, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
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Personal social network size exhibits considerable variation in the human population and is associated with both physical and mental health status. Much of this inter-individual variation in human sociality remains unexplained from a biological perspective. According to the brain opioid theory of social attachment, binding of the neuropeptide β-endorphin to μ-opioid receptors in the central nervous system (CNS) is a key neurochemical mechanism involved in social bonding, particularly amongst primates. We hypothesise that a positive association exists between activity of the μ-opioid system and the number of social relationships that an individual maintains. Given the powerful analgesic properties of β-endorphin, we tested this hypothesis using pain tolerance as an assay for activation of the endogenous μ-opioid system. We show that a simple measure of pain tolerance correlates with social network size in humans. Our results are in line with previous studies suggesting that μ-opioid receptor signalling has been elaborated beyond its basic function of pain modulation to play an important role in managing our social encounters. The neuroplasticity of the μ-opioid system is of future research interest, especially with respect to psychiatric disorders associated with symptoms of social withdrawal and anhedonia, both of which are strongly modulated by endogenous opioids.
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Translating Genomic Advances to Physical Therapist Practice: A Closer Look at the Nature and Nurture of Common Diseases. Phys Ther 2016; 96:570-80. [PMID: 26637647 DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20150112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2015] [Accepted: 11/23/2015] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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The Human Genome Project and the International HapMap Project have yielded new understanding of the influence of the human genome on health and disease, advancing health care in significant ways. In personalized medicine, genetic factors are used to identify disease risk and tailor preventive and therapeutic regimens. Insight into the genetic bases of cellular processes is revealing the causes of disease and effects of exercise. Many diseases known to have a major lifestyle contribution are highly influenced by common genetic variants. Genetic variants are associated with increased risk for common diseases such as cardiovascular disease and osteoarthritis. Exercise response also is influenced by genetic factors. Knowledge of genetic factors can help clinicians better understand interindividual differences in disease presentation, pain experience, and exercise response. Family health history is an important genetic tool and encourages clinicians to consider the wider client-family unit. Clinicians in this new era need to be prepared to guide patients and their families on a variety of genomics-related concerns, including genetic testing and other ethical, legal, or social issues. Thus, it is essential that clinicians reconsider the role of genetics in the preservation of wellness and risk for disease to identify ways to best optimize fitness, health, or recovery. Clinicians with knowledge of the influence of genetic variants on health and disease will be uniquely positioned to institute individualized lifestyle interventions, thereby fulfilling roles in prevention and wellness. This article describes how discoveries in genomics are rapidly evolving the understanding of health and disease by highlighting 2 conditions: cardiovascular disease and osteoarthritis. Genetic factors related to exercise effects also are considered.
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Barrett JE, Haas DA. Perspectives and Trends in Pharmacological Approaches to the Modulation of Pain. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY (SAN DIEGO, CALIF.) 2016; 75:1-33. [PMID: 26920007 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apha.2015.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Pharmacological approaches to our understanding and treatment of pain have had a long history and have traditionally relied on very few drugs that either have significant side effects and abuse liability, such as the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or the opioids, respectively, or those that have been developed for other conditions such as the tricyclic antidepressants. The pathophysiology of pain is undoubtedly complex, complicated in part by the fact that it is not a singular condition, and has a variety of etiologies and a number of associated comorbidities that make treatment interventions challenging. Moreover, there are changes in the central nervous system during the course of the development of chronic pain that, in a manner parallel to neurodegenerative disorders, likely require different pharmacological approaches in the early stages of acute pain compared to those that would be effective when pain has become chronic. This chapter reviews the current status of the field of pain research focusing on some relatively underdeveloped areas, such as pain and its associated comorbidities, and the use of transgenic animals and drug self-administration procedures in the context of analgesic assessment. This chapter also incorporates more recent developments and emerging trends in the area of epigenetics, biomarkers, and the use of induced pluripotent stem cells for pharmacological evaluation, target identification, and validation. Recent progress in the study of "organs-on-a-chip" will also be included in this overview, setting expectations for future progress that integrates these advances for deeper insights into mechanisms, novel treatments, and facilitated efforts in drug discovery.
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- James E Barrett
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Samartzis D, Borthakur A, Belfer I, Bow C, Lotz JC, Wang HQ, Cheung KMC, Carragee E, Karppinen J. Novel diagnostic and prognostic methods for disc degeneration and low back pain. Spine J 2015; 15:1919-32. [PMID: 26303178 PMCID: PMC5473425 DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2014.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2014] [Accepted: 09/09/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Dino Samartzis
- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong, Professorial Block, 5th Floor, 102 Pokfulam Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, SAR, China; The Laboratory and Clinical Research Institute for Pain, The University of Hong Kong, 102 Pokfulam Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, SAR, China.
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance and Optical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, Mezzanine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh, 4200 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong, Professorial Block, 5th Floor, 102 Pokfulam Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, 500 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, No. 169, Changle West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710032, P.R. China
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong, Professorial Block, 5th Floor, 102 Pokfulam Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Medical Research Center Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, Kajaanintie 50, 90220 Oulu, Finland
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Peng F, Qu ZW, Qiu CY, Liao M, Hu WP. Spinal vasopressin alleviates formalin-induced nociception by enhancing GABAA receptor function in mice. Neurosci Lett 2015; 593:61-5. [PMID: 25782631 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2015.03.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2015] [Revised: 03/06/2015] [Accepted: 03/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Arginine vasopressin (AVP) plays a regulatory role in nociception. Intrathecal administration of AVP displays an antinociceptive effect. However, little is understood about the mechanism underlying spinal AVP analgesia. Here, we have found that spinal AVP dose dependently reduced the second, but not first, phase of formalin-induced spontaneous nociception in mice. The AVP analgesia was completely blocked by intrathecal injected SR 49059, a vasopressin-1A (V1A) receptor antagonist. However, spinal AVP failed to exert its antinociceptive effect on the second phase formalin-induced spontaneous nociception in V1A receptor knock-out (V1A-/-) mice. The AVP analgesia was also reversed by bicuculline, a GABAA receptor antagonist. Moreover, AVP potentiated GABA-activated currents in dorsal root ganglion neurons from wild-type littermates, but not from V1A-/- mice. Our results may reveal a novel spinal mechanism of AVP analgesia by enhancing the GABAA receptor function in the spinal cord through V1A receptors.
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- Fang Peng
- Institute of Ion Channels, Department of Pharmacology, Hubei University of Science and Technology, 88 Xianning Road, Xianning 437100, Hubei, PR China; Department of Anatomy and Histology & Embryology, College of Basic Medicine, Wenzou Medical University, Wenzou 32500, Zhejiang, PR China
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- Institute of Ion Channels, Department of Pharmacology, Hubei University of Science and Technology, 88 Xianning Road, Xianning 437100, Hubei, PR China
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- Institute of Ion Channels, Department of Pharmacology, Hubei University of Science and Technology, 88 Xianning Road, Xianning 437100, Hubei, PR China
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- Department of Anatomy and Histology & Embryology, College of Basic Medicine, Wenzou Medical University, Wenzou 32500, Zhejiang, PR China.
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- Institute of Ion Channels, Department of Pharmacology, Hubei University of Science and Technology, 88 Xianning Road, Xianning 437100, Hubei, PR China.
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Qiu F, Qiu CY, Cai H, Liu TT, Qu ZW, Yang Z, Li JD, Zhou QY, Hu WP. Oxytocin inhibits the activity of acid-sensing ion channels through the vasopressin, V1A receptor in primary sensory neurons. Br J Pharmacol 2015; 171:3065-76. [PMID: 24641084 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2013] [Revised: 01/01/2014] [Accepted: 02/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE A growing number of studies have demonstrated that oxytocin (OT) plays an analgesic role in modulation of nociception and pain. Most work to date has focused on the central mechanisms of OT analgesia, but little is known about whether peripheral mechanisms are also involved. Acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) are distributed in peripheral sensory neurons and participate in nociception. Here, we investigated the effects of OT on the activity of ASICs in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Electrophysiological experiments were performed on neurons from rat DRG. Nociceptive behaviour was induced by acetic acid in rats and mice lacking vasopressin, V1A receptors. KEY RESULTS OT inhibited the functional activity of native ASICs. Firstly, OT dose-dependently decreased the amplitude of ASIC currents in DRG neurons. Secondly, OT inhibition of ASIC currents was mimicked by arginine vasopressin (AVP) and completely blocked by the V1A receptor antagonist SR49059, but not by the OT receptor antagonist L-368899. Thirdly, OT altered acidosis-evoked membrane excitability of DRG neurons and significantly decreased the amplitude of the depolarization and number of action potentials induced by acid stimuli. Finally, peripherally administered OT or AVP inhibited nociceptive responses to intraplantar injection of acetic acid in rats. Both OT and AVP also induced an analgesic effect on acidosis-evoked pain in wild-type mice, but not in V1A receptor knockout mice. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS These results reveal a novel peripheral mechanism for the analgesic effect of OT involving the modulation of native ASICs in primary sensory neurons mediated by V1A receptors.
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- Fang Qiu
- Department of Pharmacology, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning, China; College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, China
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Haensele E, Banting L, Whitley DC, Clark T. Conformation and dynamics of 8-Arg-vasopressin in solution. J Mol Model 2014; 20:2485. [DOI: 10.1007/s00894-014-2485-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2014] [Accepted: 10/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Wade M, Hoffmann TJ, Jenkins JM. Association between the arginine vasopressin receptor 1A (AVPR1A) gene and preschoolers’ executive functioning. Brain Cogn 2014; 90:116-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2014.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2013] [Revised: 06/02/2014] [Accepted: 06/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Hough LB, Nalwalk JW, Yang W, Ding X. Significance of neuronal cytochrome P450 activity in opioid-mediated stress-induced analgesia. Brain Res 2014; 1578:30-7. [PMID: 25020125 PMCID: PMC4143908 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2014] [Revised: 06/26/2014] [Accepted: 07/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Stressful environmental changes can suppress nociceptive transmission, a phenomenon known as "stress-induced analgesia". Depending on the stressor and the subject, opioid or non-opioid mechanisms are activated. Brain μ opioid receptors mediate analgesia evoked either by exogenous agents (e.g. morphine), or by the release of endogenous opioids following stressful procedures. Recent work with morphine and neuronal cytochrome P450 (P450)-deficient mice proposed a signal transduction role for P450 enzymes in µ analgesia. Since µ opioid receptors also mediate some forms of stress-induced analgesia, the present studies assessed the significance of brain P450 activity in opioid-mediated stress-induced analgesia. Two widely-used models of opioid stress-induced analgesia (restraint and warm water swim) were studied in both sexes of wild-type control and P450-deficient (Null) mice. In control mice, both stressors evoked moderate analgesic responses which were blocked by pretreatment with the opioid antagonist naltrexone, confirming the opioid nature of these responses. Consistent with literature, sex differences (control female>control male) were seen in swim-induced, but not restraint-induced, analgesia. Null mice showed differential responses to the two stress paradigms. As compared with control subjects, Null mice showed highly attenuated restraint-induced analgesia, showing a critical role for neuronal P450s in this response. However, warm water swim-induced analgesia was unchanged in Null vs. control mice. Additional control experiments confirmed the absence of morphine analgesia in Null mice. These results are the first to show that some forms of opioid-mediated stress-induced analgesia require brain neuronal P450 activity.
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- Lindsay B Hough
- Center for Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA.
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- Center for Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, and School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, and School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY, USA
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BACKGROUND The hot water tail-flick test is widely used to measure the degree of nociception experienced by laboratory animals. This study was carried out to optimise interval times for the hot water immersion tail-flick tests in rats. METHOD Ten different intervals from 10 s to 1 h were tested in 60 Sprague-Dawley male rats. At least eight rats were tested for each interval in three consecutive hot water tail-flick tests. Dixon's up-and-down method was also used to find the optimal intervals. The same rats were then divided into two groups. In Group N, naloxone was injected to reverse the prolonged latency times, whereas saline was used in the control Group S. RESULTS Intervals of 10 s, 20 s, 30 min and 1 h did not significantly impact latencies, yielding similar results in three consecutive tests (p > 0.05). However, interval times of between 30 s and 20 min, inclusively, caused significantly prolonged latencies in the second and third tests (p < 0.001). Dixon's up-and-down method showed that 95% of the rats had prolonged latencies in hot water tail-flick tests at intervals longer than 32 s. Naloxone reversed prolonged latencies in Group N, whereas the latencies in Group S were further prolonged in 5 min interval tests. CONCLUSION The optimal intervals for hot water tail-flick tests are either shorter than 20 s or longer than 20 min. The prolonged latencies after repetitive tests were attributable to an endocrine opioid.
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Moons WG, Way BM, Taylor SE. Oxytocin and vasopressin receptor polymorphisms interact with circulating neuropeptides to predict human emotional reactions to stress. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 14:562-72. [PMID: 24660771 DOI: 10.1037/a0035503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Oxytocin (OT) and a polymorphism (rs53576) in the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) have been independently associated with stress reactivity, whereas oxytocin's sister peptide, arginine vasopressin (AVP) and polymorphisms in the vasopressin receptor gene (AVPR1A) have been independently associated with aggressive behavior. In this study, 68 men and 98 women were genotyped for the OXTR rs53576 polymorphism and the AVPR1A RS1 polymorphism. Baseline and poststressor levels of plasma OT, plasma AVP, positive affect, and anger were assessed. Women, but not men, with high levels of poststressor OT and the GG genotype of rs53576 felt the most positive affect after the stressor. Men, but not women, with high levels of poststressor AVP and the 320 allele of the RS1 polymorphism reported more poststressor anger than noncarriers. These data constitute the first evidence that oxytocin and vasopressin receptor genes interact with levels of OT and AVP to predict sex-specific emotional stress responses.
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis
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Belfer I, Youngblood V, Darbari DS, Wang Z, Diaw L, Freeman L, Desai K, Dizon M, Allen D, Cunnington C, Channon KM, Milton J, Hartley SW, Nolan V, Kato GJ, Steinberg MH, Goldman D, Taylor JG. A GCH1 haplotype confers sex-specific susceptibility to pain crises and altered endothelial function in adults with sickle cell anemia. Am J Hematol 2014; 89:187-93. [PMID: 24136375 PMCID: PMC4281092 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2013] [Accepted: 10/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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GTP cyclohydrolase (GCH1) is rate limiting for tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) synthesis, where BH4 is a cofactor for nitric oxide (NO) synthases and aromatic hydroxylases. GCH1 polymorphisms are implicated in the pathophysiology of pain, but have not been investigated in African populations. We examined GCH1 and pain in sickle cell anemia where GCH1 rs8007267 was a risk factor for pain crises in discovery (n = 228; odds ratio [OR] 2.26; P = 0.009) and replication (n = 513; OR 2.23; P = 0.004) cohorts. In vitro, cells from sickle cell anemia subjects homozygous for the risk allele produced higher BH4. In vivo physiological studies of traits likely to be modulated by GCH1 showed rs8007267 is associated with altered endothelial dependent blood flow in females with SCA (8.42% of variation; P = 0.002). The GCH1 pain association is attributable to an African haplotype with where its sickle cell anemia pain association is limited to females (OR 2.69; 95% CI 1.21-5.94; P = 0.01) and has the opposite directional association described in Europeans independent of global admixture. The presence of a GCH1 haplotype with high BH4 in populations of African ancestry could explain the association of rs8007267 with sickle cell anemia pain crises. The vascular effects of GCH1 and BH4 may also have broader implications for cardiovascular disease in populations of African ancestry.
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- Inna Belfer
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Genomic Medicine Section, Hematology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
- Division of Pediatric Hematology, Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC
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- Genomic Medicine Section, Hematology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Genomic Medicine Section, Hematology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Sickle Cell Vascular Disease Section, Hematology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Genomic Medicine Section, Hematology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Genomic Medicine Section, Hematology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Sickle Cell Vascular Disease Section, Hematology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Center of Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease and Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center of Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease and Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Sickle Cell Vascular Disease Section, Hematology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Center of Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease and Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, NIAAA, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Genomic Medicine Section, Hematology Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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Martin LJ, Tuttle AH, Mogil JS. The interaction between pain and social behavior in humans and rodents. Curr Top Behav Neurosci 2014; 20:233-250. [PMID: 24557935 DOI: 10.1007/7854_2014_287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Pain elicits behaviors in humans and nonhuman animals that serve as social cues. Pain behaviors serve a communicative function in humans, and this may be true as well in other animals. This review considers the current evidence for modulation of acute pain in different social contexts in humans and rodents, with a focus on dyadic social interactions. Increasing data supports the ability of social buffering, emotional contagion (a form of empathy), vicarious learning, and social stress to modulate pain sensitivity and pain behavior in mice and rats. As in humans, many of these social factors operate, and affect pain, in a sex-dependent manner. The development of a true social neuroscience of pain, with detailed explication of the underlying neurochemistry and genetics, now seems achievable.
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- Loren J Martin
- Department of Psychology and Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 1B1, Canada
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George SZ, Parr JJ, Wallace MR, Wu SS, Borsa PA, Dai Y, Fillingim RB. Biopsychosocial influence on exercise-induced injury: genetic and psychological combinations are predictive of shoulder pain phenotypes. THE JOURNAL OF PAIN 2014; 15:68-80. [PMID: 24373571 PMCID: PMC3918888 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2013.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2013] [Revised: 09/13/2013] [Accepted: 09/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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UNLABELLED Chronic pain is influenced by biological, psychological, social, and cultural factors. The current study investigated potential roles for combinations of genetic and psychological factors in the development and/or maintenance of chronic musculoskeletal pain. An exercise-induced shoulder injury model was used, and a priori selected genetic (ADRB2, COMT, OPRM1, AVPR1 A, GCH1, and KCNS1) and psychological (anxiety, depressive symptoms, pain catastrophizing, fear of pain, and kinesiophobia) factors were included as predictors. Pain phenotypes were shoulder pain intensity (5-day average and peak reported on numerical rating scale), upper extremity disability (5-day average and peak reported on the QuickDASH), and shoulder pain duration (in days). After controlling for age, sex, and race, the genetic and psychological predictors were entered as main effects and interaction terms in separate regression models for the different pain phenotypes. Results from the recruited cohort (N = 190) indicated strong statistical evidence for interactions between the COMT diplotype and 1) pain catastrophizing for 5-day average upper extremity disability and 2) depressive symptoms for pain duration. There was moderate statistical evidence for interactions for other shoulder pain phenotypes between additional genes (ADRB2, AVPR1 A, and KCNS1) and depressive symptoms, pain catastrophizing, or kinesiophobia. These findings confirm the importance of the combined predictive ability of COMT with psychological distress and reveal other novel combinations of genetic and psychological factors that may merit additional investigation in other pain cohorts. PERSPECTIVE Interactions between genetic and psychological factors were investigated as predictors of different exercise-induced shoulder pain phenotypes. The strongest statistical evidence was for interactions between the COMT diplotype and pain catastrophizing (for upper extremity disability) or depressive symptoms (for pain duration). Other novel genetic and psychological combinations were identified that may merit further investigation.
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- Steven Z George
- Department of Physical Therapy, Center for Pain Research and Behavioral Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
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- Comprehensive Center for Pain Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, UF Genetics Institute, Center for Epigenetics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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Ahn AH, Goadsby PJ. Migraine and sleep: new connections. CEREBRUM : THE DANA FORUM ON BRAIN SCIENCE 2013; 2013:15. [PMID: 24765233 PMCID: PMC3997296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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"Attack" is often a word associated with migraine, and for good reason. If you suffer from migraine headaches or know someone who does, you are well aware of its crippling nature. This story focuses on new research that has uncovered an important link between migraine and sleep patterns. A better understanding of the relationships among the body's circadian rhythms, the brain's hypothalamus, and a mutated gene holds enormous promise of improved care for the more than 36 million Americans who experience migraine (three times more common in women) and the number of people suffering from familial advanced sleep phase syndrome (FASP).
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Nocebo hyperalgesia is an increase in subjective pain perception after a patient or subject underwent an inert treatment without any active ingredient. For example, verbal suggestion of increased pain can enhance both pain experience and responses in pain-related cortical brain areas. However, changes in cortical pain responses may be secondary to earlier amplification of incoming pain signals within the spinal cord. To test for a potential early enhancement of pain signals in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord, we combined a nocebo heat pain paradigm with spinal functional magnetic resonance imaging in healthy volunteers. We found that local application of an inert nocebo cream on the forearm increased pain ratings compared with a control cream, and also reduced pain thresholds on the nocebo-treated skin patch. On the neurobiological level, pain stimulation induced a strong activation in the spinal cord at the level of the stimulated dermatomes C5/C6. Comparing pain stimulation under nocebo to a control pain stimulation of the same physical intensity revealed enhanced pain-related activity in the ipsilateral dorsal horn of the spinal cord. Importantly, the activation of the main effect of pain and the nocebo effect spatially overlapped. The current study thus provides direct evidence for a pain-facilitating mechanism in the human spinal cord before cortical processing, which can be activated by cognitive manipulations such as nocebo treatments.
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Abdallah K, Artola A, Monconduit L, Dallel R, Luccarini P. Bilateral descending hypothalamic projections to the spinal trigeminal nucleus caudalis in rats. PLoS One 2013; 8:e73022. [PMID: 23951340 PMCID: PMC3737186 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2013] [Accepted: 07/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Several lines of evidence suggest that the hypothalamus is involved in trigeminal pain processing. However, the organization of descending hypothalamic projections to the spinal trigeminal nucleus caudalis (Sp5C) remains poorly understood. Microinjections of the retrograde tracer, fluorogold (FG), into the Sp5C, in rats, reveal that five hypothalamic nuclei project to the Sp5C: the paraventricular nucleus, the lateral hypothalamic area, the perifornical hypothalamic area, the A11 nucleus and the retrochiasmatic area. Descending hypothalamic projections to the Sp5C are bilateral, except those from the paraventricular nucleus which exhibit a clear ipsilateral predominance. Moreover, the density of retrogradely FG-labeled neurons in the hypothalamus varies according to the dorso-ventral localization of the Sp5C injection site. There are much more labeled neurons after injections into the ventrolateral part of the Sp5C (where ophthalmic afferents project) than after injections into its dorsomedial or intermediate parts (where mandibular and maxillary afferents, respectively, project). These results demonstrate that the organization of descending hypothalamic projections to the spinal dorsal horn and Sp5C are different. Whereas the former are ipsilateral, the latter are bilateral. Moreover, hypothalamic projections to the Sp5C display somatotopy, suggesting that these projections are preferentially involved in the processing of meningeal and cutaneous inputs from the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve in rats. Therefore, our results suggest that the control of trigeminal and spinal dorsal horn processing of nociceptive information by hypothalamic neurons is different and raise the question of the role of bilateral, rather than unilateral, hypothalamic control.
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- Khaled Abdallah
- Clermont Université, Université d’Auvergne, NEURO-DOL: Trigeminal Pain and Migraine, BP 10448, Clermont-Ferrand; Inserm, U1107, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Clermont Université, Université d’Auvergne, NEURO-DOL: Trigeminal Pain and Migraine, BP 10448, Clermont-Ferrand; Inserm, U1107, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Clermont Université, Université d’Auvergne, NEURO-DOL: Trigeminal Pain and Migraine, BP 10448, Clermont-Ferrand; Inserm, U1107, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Clermont Université, Université d’Auvergne, NEURO-DOL: Trigeminal Pain and Migraine, BP 10448, Clermont-Ferrand; Inserm, U1107, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Clermont Université, Université d’Auvergne, NEURO-DOL: Trigeminal Pain and Migraine, BP 10448, Clermont-Ferrand; Inserm, U1107, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- * E-mail: (RD) (PL)
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Neurohormonal effects of oxytocin and vasopressin receptor agonists on spinal pain processing in male rats. Pain 2013; 154:1449-56. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2013] [Accepted: 05/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Belfer I, Segall SK, Lariviere WR, Smith SB, Dai F, Slade GD, Rashid NU, Mogil JS, Campbell CM, Edwards RR, Liu Q, Bair E, Maixner W, Diatchenko L. Pain modality- and sex-specific effects of COMT genetic functional variants. Pain 2013; 154:1368-76. [PMID: 23701723 PMCID: PMC3700530 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2013] [Revised: 03/29/2013] [Accepted: 04/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The enzyme catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) metabolizes catecholamine neurotransmitters involved in a number of physiological functions, including pain perception. Both human and mouse COMT genes possess functional polymorphisms contributing to interindividual variability in pain phenotypes such as sensitivity to noxious stimuli, severity of clinical pain, and response to pain treatment. In this study, we found that the effects of Comt functional variation in mice are modality specific. Spontaneous inflammatory nociception and thermal nociception behaviors were correlated the most with the presence of the B2 SINE transposon insertion residing in the 3'UTR mRNA region. Similarly, in humans, COMT functional haplotypes were associated with thermal pain perception and with capsaicin-induced pain. Furthermore, COMT genetic variations contributed to pain behaviors in mice and pain ratings in humans in a sex-specific manner. The ancestral Comt variant, without a B2 SINE insertion, was more strongly associated with sensitivity to capsaicin in female vs male mice. In humans, the haplotype coding for low COMT activity increased capsaicin-induced pain perception in women, but not men. These findings reemphasize the fundamental contribution of COMT to pain processes, and provide a fine-grained resolution of this contribution at the genetic level that can be used to guide future studies in the area of pain genetics.
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- Inna Belfer
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Näkki A, Battié MC, Kaprio J. Genetics of disc-related disorders: current findings and lessons from other complex diseases. EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE EUROPEAN SPINE SOCIETY, THE EUROPEAN SPINAL DEFORMITY SOCIETY, AND THE EUROPEAN SECTION OF THE CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY 2013; 23 Suppl 3:S354-63. [PMID: 23838702 DOI: 10.1007/s00586-013-2878-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2012] [Revised: 05/28/2013] [Accepted: 06/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Disc-related disorders are highly genetic conditions with heritability estimates of up to 75 % and yet, few genomic locations have been moderately associated with the disorders. Candidate gene studies have shown possible disease associations on loci and genes of 1p21.1 (COL11A1), 6q27 (THBS2), 9q22.31 (ASPN), 10p12.31 (SKT), 20q11.2 (GDF5) and 20q13.12 (MMP9). More recently, in 2012, the first genome-wide association study revealed variants on loci and genes of 3p26.2, 6p21.32 (HLA region) and 6q26 (PARK2) that associate with disc-related disorders. In many other complex diseases, large meta-analyses of hundreds of thousands of study subjects and loci have revealed remarkable pathways. As methodology is evolving rapidly, we have already stepped into the era of routinely sequencing all bases in all human exons and we are approaching the era of sequencing the entire genome of study subjects with common diseases. The past decade has taught us that the common variants seen throughout populations seem to have low effects in many common diseases, explain relatively little of the overall heritability of the diseases and demand thousands of study subjects to identify associations. It seems that familial rare variants play an important role in many common diseases leading us back to valuing studies with large families and isolated populations. Moreover, careful characterization of environmental conditions are needed to explore and determine gene-environment interactions as genes that increase disease risk in one context may not do so under another context.
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- Annu Näkki
- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 20, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
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Furman JM, Marcus DA, Balaban CD. Vestibular migraine: clinical aspects and pathophysiology. Lancet Neurol 2013; 12:706-15. [DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(13)70107-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Belfer I. Nature and nurture of human pain. SCIENTIFICA 2013; 2013:415279. [PMID: 24278778 PMCID: PMC3820306 DOI: 10.1155/2013/415279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2013] [Accepted: 03/14/2013] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Humans are very different when it comes to pain. Some get painful piercings and tattoos; others can not stand even a flu shot. Interindividual variability is one of the main characteristics of human pain on every level including the processing of nociceptive impulses at the periphery, modification of pain signal in the central nervous system, perception of pain, and response to analgesic strategies. As for many other complex behaviors, the sources of this variability come from both nurture (environment) and nature (genes). Here, I will discuss how these factors contribute to human pain separately and via interplay and how epigenetic mechanisms add to the complexity of their effects.
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- Inna Belfer
- Departments of Anesthesiology and Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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Sorge RE, LaCroix-Fralish ML, Tuttle AH, Khoutorsky A, Sotocinal SG, Austin JS, Melmed K, Labialle S, Schmidt JV, Wood JN, Naumova AK, Mogil JS. The Yin and Yang of pain: variability in formalin test nociception and morphine analgesia produced by the Yin Yang 1 transcription factor gene. GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR 2013; 12:405-13. [DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2013] [Accepted: 02/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; McGill University; Montreal; Canada
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- Molecular Nociception Group; University College London; London; UK
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Chronic pain affects approximately one in five adults, resulting in a greatly reduced quality of life and a higher risk of developing co-morbidities such as depression. Available treatments often provide inadequate pain relief, but it is hoped that through deeper understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying chronic pain states we can discover new and improved therapies. Although genetic research has flourished over the past decade and has identified many key genes in pain processing, the budding field of epigenetics promises to provide new insights and a more dynamic view of pain regulation. This review gives an overview of basic mechanisms and current therapies to treat pain, and discusses the clinical and preclinical evidence for the contribution of genetic and epigenetic factors, with a focus on how this knowledge can affect drug development.
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- Megan Crow
- Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
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Sex differences in pain and pain inhibition: multiple explanations of a controversial phenomenon. Nat Rev Neurosci 2013; 13:859-66. [PMID: 23165262 DOI: 10.1038/nrn3360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 659] [Impact Index Per Article: 59.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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A clear majority of patients with chronic pain are women; however, it has been surprisingly difficult to determine whether this sex bias corresponds to actual sex differences in pain sensitivity. A survey of the currently available epidemiological and laboratory data indicates that the evidence for clinical and experimental sex differences in pain is overwhelming. Various explanations for this phenomenon have been given, ranging from experiential and sociocultural differences in pain experience between men and women to hormonally and genetically driven sex differences in brain neurochemistry.
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LARAUCHE M, MULAK A, KIM YS, LABUS J, MILLION M, TACHE Y. Visceral analgesia induced by acute and repeated water avoidance stress in rats: sex difference in opioid involvement. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2012; 24:1031-e547. [PMID: 22776034 PMCID: PMC3470786 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2012.01980.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Chronic psychological stress-induced alterations in visceral sensitivity have been predominantly assessed in male rodents. We investigated the effect of acute and repeated water avoidance stress (WAS) on the visceromotor response (VMR) to colorectal distension (CRD) and the role of opioids in male and cycling female Wistar rats using a novel non-invasive manometric technique. METHODS After a baseline VMR (1st CRD, day 0), rats were exposed to WAS (1 h day(-1) ) either once or for four consecutive days, without injection or with naloxone (1 mg kg(-1) ) or saline injected subcutaneously before each WAS session. KEY RESULTS The VMR to CRD recorded on day 1 or 4 immediately after the last WAS was reduced in both females and males. The visceral analgesia was mainly naloxone-dependent in females, but naloxone-independent in males. In non-injected animals, on days 2 and 5, VMR was not significantly different from baseline in males whereas females exhibited a significant VMR increase at 60 mmHg on day 5. Basal CRD and CRD on days 1, 2, and 5 in both sexes without WAS induced similar VMR. CONCLUSIONS & INFERENCES When monitored non-invasively, psychological stress induces an immediate poststress visceral analgesia mediated by an opiate signaling system in females while naloxone-independent in males, and hyperalgesia at 24 h after repeated stress only in females. These data highlight the importance of sex-specific interventions to modulate visceral pain response to stress.
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- Muriel LARAUCHE
- CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center and Oppenheimer Family Center for Neurobiology of Stress, Department of Medicine, Digestive Diseases Division at the University of California Los Angeles, and VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System CA 90073 USA
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- CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center and Oppenheimer Family Center for Neurobiology of Stress, Department of Medicine, Digestive Diseases Division at the University of California Los Angeles, and VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System CA 90073 USA
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- CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center and Oppenheimer Family Center for Neurobiology of Stress, Department of Medicine, Digestive Diseases Division at the University of California Los Angeles, and VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System CA 90073 USA
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- CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center and Oppenheimer Family Center for Neurobiology of Stress, Department of Medicine, Digestive Diseases Division at the University of California Los Angeles, and VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System CA 90073 USA
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- CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center and Oppenheimer Family Center for Neurobiology of Stress, Department of Medicine, Digestive Diseases Division at the University of California Los Angeles, and VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System CA 90073 USA
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- CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center and Oppenheimer Family Center for Neurobiology of Stress, Department of Medicine, Digestive Diseases Division at the University of California Los Angeles, and VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System CA 90073 USA
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Heddini U, Bohm-Starke N, Grönbladh A, Nyberg F, Nilsson KW, Johannesson U. GCH1-polymorphism and pain sensitivity among women with provoked vestibulodynia. Mol Pain 2012; 8:68. [PMID: 22971341 PMCID: PMC3489821 DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-8-68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2012] [Accepted: 08/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is a pain disorder localized in the vestibular mucosa. It is the most common cause of dyspareunia among young women and it is associated with general pain hypersensitivity and other chronic pain conditions. Polymorphism in the guanosine triphosphate cyclohydrolase (GCH1) gene has been found to influence general pain sensitivity and the risk of developing a longstanding pain condition. The aim of this study was to investigate GCH1-polymorphism in women with PVD and healthy controls, in correlation to pain sensitivity. Results We found no correlation between the previously defined pain-protective GCH1-SNP combination and the diagnosis of PVD. Nor any correlation with pain sensitivity measured as pressure pain thresholds on the arm, leg and in the vestibule, coital pain scored on a visual analog scale and prevalence of other bodily pain conditions among women with PVD (n = 98) and healthy controls (n = 102). However, among patients with current treatment (n = 36), there was a significant interaction effect of GCH1-gene polymorphism and hormonal contraceptive (HC) therapy on coital pain (p = 0.04) as well as on pressure pain thresholds on the arm (p = 0.04). PVD patients carrying the specified SNP combination and using HCs had higher pain sensitivity compared to non-carriers. In non-HC-users, carriers had lower pain sensitivity. Conclusions The results of this study gave no support to the hypothesis that polymorphism in the GCH1-gene contributes to the etiology of PVD. However, among patients currently receiving treatment an interaction effect of the defined SNP combination and use of hormonal contraceptives on pain sensitivity was found. This finding offers a possible explanation to the clinically known fact that some PVD patients improve after cessation of hormonal contraceptives, indicating that PVD patients carrying the defined SNP combination of GCH1 would benefit from this intervention.
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- Ulrika Heddini
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Milinkeviciute G, Gentile C, Neely GG. Drosophila as a tool for studying the conserved genetics of pain. Clin Genet 2012; 82:359-66. [PMID: 22880632 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2012.01941.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2012] [Revised: 07/23/2012] [Accepted: 07/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Survival of all animals depends on an accurate representation of the world, and an organism must be capable of prioritizing and responding to potentially hazardous conditions. This ability is dependent on nociception, the sensory process allowing animals to detect and avoid potentially harmful stimuli. Nociception is the sensory process that results in the subjective experience of 'pain' in humans. Because of its vital and broad role in animal biology, pain/nociception is a complex, whole-body physiological process that is under stringent evolutionary pressure. Here, we discuss the utility of Drosophila melanogaster as an emerging model organism for studying the conserved genetics of nociception, particularly with respect to recently developed high-throughput Drosophila 'pain' paradigms.
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- G Milinkeviciute
- Neuroscience Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Nissenbaum J. From mouse to humans: discovery of the CACNG2 pain susceptibility gene. Clin Genet 2012; 82:311-20. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2012.01924.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2012] [Revised: 06/29/2012] [Accepted: 06/29/2012] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Grace PM, Hurley D, Barratt DT, Tsykin A, Watkins LR, Rolan PE, Hutchinson MR. Harnessing pain heterogeneity and RNA transcriptome to identify blood-based pain biomarkers: a novel correlational study design and bioinformatics approach in a graded chronic constriction injury model. J Neurochem 2012; 122:976-94. [PMID: 22697386 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2012.07833.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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A quantitative, peripherally accessible biomarker for neuropathic pain has great potential to improve clinical outcomes. Based on the premise that peripheral and central immunity contribute to neuropathic pain mechanisms, we hypothesized that biomarkers could be identified from the whole blood of adult male rats, by integrating graded chronic constriction injury (CCI), ipsilateral lumbar dorsal quadrant (iLDQ) and whole blood transcriptomes, and pathway analysis with pain behavior. Correlational bioinformatics identified a range of putative biomarker genes for allodynia intensity, many encoding for proteins with a recognized role in immune/nociceptive mechanisms. A selection of these genes was validated in a separate replication study. Pathway analysis of the iLDQ transcriptome identified Fcγ and Fcε signaling pathways, among others. This study is the first to employ the whole blood transcriptome to identify pain biomarker panels. The novel correlational bioinformatics, developed here, selected such putative biomarkers based on a correlation with pain behavior and formation of signaling pathways with iLDQ genes. Future studies may demonstrate the predictive ability of these biomarker genes across other models and additional variables.
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- Peter M Grace
- Discipline of Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
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Wellmann S, Bührer C. Who plays the strings in newborn analgesia at birth, vasopressin or oxytocin? Front Neurosci 2012; 6:78. [PMID: 22661926 PMCID: PMC3362806 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2012.00078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2012] [Accepted: 05/10/2012] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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- Sven Wellmann
- Division of Neonatology, University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB) Basel, Switzerland
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Mogil JS. Pain genetics: past, present and future. Trends Genet 2012; 28:258-66. [PMID: 22464640 DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2012.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2012] [Revised: 02/16/2012] [Accepted: 02/22/2012] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Chronic pain is a classic example of gene × environment interaction: inflammatory and/or nerve injuries are known or suspected to be the etiology of most chronic pain syndromes, but only a small minority of those subjected to such injuries actually develop chronic pain. Once chronic pain has developed, pain severity and analgesic response are also highly variable among individuals. Although animal genetics studies have been ongoing for over two decades, only recently have comprehensive human twin studies and large-scale association studies been performed. Here, I review recent and accelerating progress in, and continuing challenges to, the identification of genes contributing to such variability. Success in this endeavor will hopefully lead to both better management of pain using currently available therapies and the development and/or prioritizing of new ones.
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- Jeffrey S Mogil
- Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 1B1, Canada.
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