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Stover JD, Trone MA, Lawrence B, Bowles RD. Multiplex epigenome editing of ion channel expression in nociceptive neurons abolished degenerative IVD-conditioned media-induced mechanical sensitivity. JOR Spine 2023; 6:e1253. [PMID: 37361323 PMCID: PMC10285767 DOI: 10.1002/jsp2.1253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Revised: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023] Open
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Background Low back pain is a major contributor to disability worldwide and generates a tremendous socioeconomic impact. The degenerative intervertebral disc (IVD) has been hypothesized to contribute to discogenic pain by sensitizing nociceptive neurons innervating the disc to stimuli that is nonpainful in healthy patients. Previously, we demonstrated the ability of degenerative IVDs to sensitize neurons to mechanical stimuli; however, elucidation of degenerative IVDs discogenic pain mechanisms is required to develop therapeutic strategies that directly target these mechanisms. Aims In this study, we utilized CRISPR epigenome editing of nociceptive neurons to identify mechanisms of degenerative IVD-induced changes to mechanical nociception and demonstrated the ability of multiplex CRISPR epigenome editing of nociceptive neurons to modulate inflammation-induced mechanical nociception. Methods and Results Utilizing an in vitro model, we demonstrated degenerative IVD-produced IL-6-induced increases in nociceptive neuron activity in response to mechanical stimuli, mediated by TRPA1, ASIC3, and Piezo2 ion channel activity. Once these ion channels were identified as mediators of degenerative IVD-induced mechanical nociception, we developed singleplex and multiplex CRISPR epigenome editing vectors that modulate endogenous expression of TRPA1, ASIC3, and Piezo2 via targeted gene promoter histone methylation. When delivered to nociceptive neurons, the multiplex CRISPR epigenome editing vectors abolished degenerative IVD-induced mechanical nociception while preserving nonpathologic neuron activity. Conclusion This work demonstrates the potential of multiplex CRISPR epigenome editing as a highly targeted gene-based neuromodulation strategy for the treatment of discogenic pain, specifically; and, for the treatment of inflammatory chronic pain conditions, more broadly.
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- Joshua D. Stover
- Department of BioengineeringUniversity of UtahSalt Lake CityUtahUSA
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- Department of BioengineeringUniversity of UtahSalt Lake CityUtahUSA
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- Department of OrthopaedicsUniversity of UtahSalt Lake CityUtahUSA
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- Department of BioengineeringUniversity of UtahSalt Lake CityUtahUSA
- Department of OrthopaedicsUniversity of UtahSalt Lake CityUtahUSA
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Jubileum E, Binzen U, Treede RD, Greffrath W. Temporal and spatial summation of laser heat stimuli in cultured nociceptive neurons of the rat. Pflugers Arch 2022; 474:1003-1019. [PMID: 35867188 PMCID: PMC9393153 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-022-02728-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Revised: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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We studied the efficacy of a near-infrared laser (1475 nm) to activate rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons with short punctate radiant heat pulses (55 µm diameter) and investigated temporal and spatial summation properties for the transduction process for noxious heat at a subcellular level. Strength-duration curves (10–80 ms range) indicated a minimum power of 30.2mW for the induction of laser-induced calcium transients and a chronaxia of 13.9 ms. However, threshold energy increased with increasing stimulus duration suggesting substantial radial cooling of the laser spot. Increasing stimulus duration demonstrated suprathreshold intensity coding of calcium transients with less than linear gains (Stevens exponents 0.29/35mW, 0.38/60mW, 0.46/70mW). The competitive TRPV1 antagonist capsazepine blocked responses to short near-threshold stimuli and significantly reduced responses to longer duration suprathreshold heat. Heating 1/3 of the soma of a neuron was sufficient to induce calcium transients significantly above baseline (p < 0.05), but maximum amplitude was only achieved by centering the laser over the entire neuron. Heat-induced calcium increase was highest in heated cell parts but rapidly reached unstimulated areas reminiscent of spreading depolarization and opening of voltage-gated calcium channels. Full intracellular equilibrium took about 3 s, consistent with a diffusion process. In summary, we investigated transduction mechanisms for noxious laser heat pulses in native sensory neurons at milliseconds temporal and subcellular spatial resolution and characterized strength duration properties, intensity coding, and spatial summation within single neurons. Thermal excitation of parts of a nociceptor spread via both membrane depolarization and intracellular calcium diffusion.
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- Elisabeth Jubileum
- Department of Neurophysiology, Mannheim Center for Translational Neuroscience (MCTN), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Ludolf-Krehl-Str. 13-17, 68167, Mannheim, Germany.,Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Rheinhessen Clinics, Hartmühlenweg 2-4, 55122, Mainz, Germany.,Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Langenbeckstraße 1, 55131, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Mannheim Center for Translational Neuroscience (MCTN), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Ludolf-Krehl-Str. 13-17, 68167, Mannheim, Germany.,Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, European Center for Angioscience (ECAS), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Mannheim Center for Translational Neuroscience (MCTN), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Ludolf-Krehl-Str. 13-17, 68167, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Mannheim Center for Translational Neuroscience (MCTN), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Ludolf-Krehl-Str. 13-17, 68167, Mannheim, Germany.
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Analgesic effects of the CTK 01512-2 toxin in different models of orofacial pain in rats. Pharmacol Rep 2020; 72:600-611. [PMID: 32399819 DOI: 10.1007/s43440-020-00108-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Revised: 04/17/2020] [Accepted: 04/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Orofacial pain is clinically challenging, having therapeutic failures and side effects. This study evaluated the antinociceptive activities of the CTK 01512-2 toxin, the TRPA1 channel antagonist, and the selective inhibitor of the N-type voltage-gated calcium channels (N-type VGCC), in different pain models. MATERIALS AND METHODS The trigeminal ganglia were stimulated in vitro with capsaicin. The in vivo models received subcutaneous (sc) injections of formalin into the upper lip of the rats, Freund's Complete Adjuvant (FCA) into the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), and infraorbital nerve constrictions (IONC). CTK 01512-2 at concentrations of 30, 100, and 300 pmol/site, intrathecally (ith), and MVIIA at 10, 30, and 100 pmol/site in the formalin test, guided the doses for the models. The glutamate levels in the CSF of the rats that were submitted to IONC were analyzed. RESULTS CTK 01512-2 decreased the nociceptive behavior in the inflammatory phase of the formalin test (65.94 ± 7.35%) and MVIIA in the neurogenic phase (81.23 ± 3.36%). CTK 01512-2 reduced facial grooming with FCA in the TMJ (96.7 ± 1.6%), and in the IONC neuropathy model, it decreased heat hyperalgesia (100%) and cold hyperalgesia (81.61 ± 9.02%). The levels of glutamate in the trigeminal ganglia in vitro (81.40 ± 8.59%) and in the CSF in vivo (70.0 ± 9.2%) were reduced. CONCLUSIONS The roles of TRPA1 in pain transduction and the performance of CTK 01512-2 in the inhibition of the N-type VGCCs were reinforced. This dual activity may represent an advantage in clinical treatments.
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The capsaicin receptor TRPV1 is the first line defense protecting from acute non damaging heat: a translational approach. J Transl Med 2020; 18:28. [PMID: 31952468 PMCID: PMC6966804 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-019-02200-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2019] [Accepted: 12/26/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Background Pain is the vital sense preventing tissue damage by harmful noxious stimuli. The capsaicin receptor TRPV1 is activated by noxious temperatures, however, acute heat pain is only marginally affected in mice after TRPV1 knockout but completely eliminated in mice lacking TRPV1 positive fibers. Exploring contribution of candidate signal transduction mechanisms to heat pain in humans needs translational models. Methods We used focused, non-damaging, short near-infrared laser heat stimuli (wavelength 1470/1475 nm) to study the involvement of TRPV1-expressing nerve fibers in the encoding of heat pain intensity. Human psychophysics (both sexes) were compared to calcium transients in native rat DRG neurons and heterologously expressing HEK293 cells. Results Heating of dermal and epidermal nerve fibers in humans with laser stimuli of ≥ 2.5 mJ (≥ 25 ms, 100 mW) induced pain that increased linearly as a function of stimulus intensity in double logarithmic space across two orders of magnitude and was completely abolished by desensitization using topical capsaicin. In DRG neurons and TRPV1-expressing HEK cells, heat sensitivity was restricted to capsaicin sensitive cells. Strength duration curves (2–10 ms range) and thresholds (DRGs 0.56 mJ, HEK cells 0.52 mJ) were nearly identical. Tachyphylaxis upon repetitive stimulation occurred in HEK cells (54%), DRGs (59%), and humans (25%). Conclusion TRPV1-expressing nociceptors encode transient non-damaging heat pain in humans, thermal gating of TRPV1 is similar in HEK cells and DRG neurons, and TRPV1 tachyphylaxis is an important modulator of heat pain sensitivity. These findings suggest that TRPV1 expressed in dermal and epidermal populations of nociceptors serves as first line defense against heat injury.
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Stover JD, Farhang N, Lawrence B, Bowles RD. Multiplex Epigenome Editing of Dorsal Root Ganglion Neuron Receptors Abolishes Redundant Interleukin 6, Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha, and Interleukin 1β Signaling by the Degenerative Intervertebral Disc. Hum Gene Ther 2019; 30:1147-1160. [PMID: 31056946 PMCID: PMC6761584 DOI: 10.1089/hum.2019.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2019] [Accepted: 04/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide and contributes to significant socioeconomic impacts. It has been hypothesized that the degenerative intervertebral disc (IVD) contributes to back pain by sensitizing nociceptive neurons innervating the IVD to stimuli that would not be painful to healthy patients. However, the inflammatory signaling networks mediating this sensitization remain poorly understood. A better understanding of the underlying mechanisms of degenerative IVD-induced changes in nociception is required to improve the understanding and treatment of back pain. Toward these ends, a novel in vitro model was developed to investigate degenerative IVD-induced changes in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neuron activation by measuring DRG neuron activity following neuron seeding on human degenerative IVD tissue collected from patients undergoing surgical treatment for back pain. Lentiviral clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeat (CRISPR) epigenome editing vectors were built to downregulate the inflammatory receptors TNFR1, IL1R1, and IL6st in DRG neurons in single- and multiplex. Multiplex CRISPR epigenome editing of inflammatory receptors demonstrated that degenerative IVD tissue drives thermal sensitization through the simultaneous and redundant signaling of interleukin (IL)-6, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), and IL-1β. This work elucidates redundant signaling pathways in neuron interactions with the degenerative IVD and suggests the need for multiplex targeting of IL-6, TNF-α, and IL-1β for pain modulation in the degenerative IVD.
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- Joshua D. Stover
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Orthopaedics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Department of Orthopaedics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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CRISPR Epigenome Editing of AKAP150 in DRG Neurons Abolishes Degenerative IVD-Induced Neuronal Activation. Mol Ther 2017; 25:2014-2027. [PMID: 28676344 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2017.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2016] [Revised: 06/08/2017] [Accepted: 06/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Back pain is a major contributor to disability and has significant socioeconomic impacts worldwide. The degenerative intervertebral disc (IVD) has been hypothesized to contribute to back pain, but a better understanding of the interactions between the degenerative IVD and nociceptive neurons innervating the disc and treatment strategies that directly target these interactions is needed to improve our understanding and treatment of back pain. We investigated degenerative IVD-induced changes to dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neuron activity and utilized CRISPR epigenome editing as a neuromodulation strategy. By exposing DRG neurons to degenerative IVD-conditioned media under both normal and pathological IVD pH levels, we demonstrate that degenerative IVDs trigger interleukin (IL)-6-induced increases in neuron activity to thermal stimuli, which is directly mediated by AKAP and enhanced by acidic pH. Utilizing this novel information on AKAP-mediated increases in nociceptive neuron activity, we developed lentiviral CRISPR epigenome editing vectors that modulate endogenous expression of AKAP150 by targeted promoter histone methylation. When delivered to DRG neurons, these epigenome-modifying vectors abolished degenerative IVD-induced DRG-elevated neuron activity while preserving non-pathologic neuron activity. This work elucidates the potential for CRISPR epigenome editing as a targeted gene-based pain neuromodulation strategy.
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Palhares MR, Silva JF, Rezende MJS, Santos DC, Silva-Junior CA, Borges MH, Ferreira J, Gomez MV, Castro-Junior CJ. Synergistic antinociceptive effect of a calcium channel blocker and a TRPV1 blocker in an acute pain model in mice. Life Sci 2017. [PMID: 28629730 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2017.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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AIMS Extensive evidence supports a role for voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCC) and TRPV1 receptors in pain transmission and modulation. We investigated the profile of analgesic interaction between Phα1β toxin (a VGCC blocker) and SB366791 (selective TRPV1 antagonist) in a model of acute pain induced by capsaicin. Changes in body temperature induced by combination regimens were also evaluated. MAIN METHODS Isobolographic approach with a fixed dose-ratio of combined drugs was used to determine whether antinociceptive interaction of Phα1β and SB366791 are subadditive, additive or synergic. Body temperature was obtained by thermal infrared imaging. KEY FINDINGS Phα1β and SB366791 interact in a synergistic manner to cause antinociception. We found an interaction index (α) of 0.07 for Phα1β and SB366791 when these drugs were injected together intraplantarly, which indicates that in vivo interaction between these drugs is greater than additive interaction. Synergism also occurred when intraplantar SB366791 was administered simultaneously with intrathecal Phα1β (interaction index α=0.06) suggesting a 15 fold rise in potency on the analgesic effect of these drugs when they are added together. It was observed no significant alterations in body temperature of animals treated with this combination regimen. SIGNIFICANCE Our data reveal that Phα1β toxin potentiates in 15 fold the antinociceptive action of the TRPV1 blocker SB366791. Therefore, lower doses of these drugs are required to achieve antinociceptive effects when these agents are given in combination.
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- Manuella R Palhares
- Department of Neurotransmitters, Institute for Education and Research, Hospital Santa Casa, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 30150-240, Brazil
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- Department of Neurotransmitters, Institute for Education and Research, Hospital Santa Casa, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 30150-240, Brazil
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- Department of Neurotransmitters, Institute for Education and Research, Hospital Santa Casa, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 30150-240, Brazil
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- Department of Neurotransmitters, Institute for Education and Research, Hospital Santa Casa, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 30150-240, Brazil
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- Department of Neurotransmitters, Institute for Education and Research, Hospital Santa Casa, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 30150-240, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Ezequiel Dias Foundation, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 30510-010, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Biological Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina 80040-900, Brazil
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- Department of Neurotransmitters, Institute for Education and Research, Hospital Santa Casa, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 30150-240, Brazil
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- Department of Neurotransmitters, Institute for Education and Research, Hospital Santa Casa, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 30150-240, Brazil.
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Sustained relief of ongoing experimental neuropathic pain by a CRMP2 peptide aptamer with low abuse potential. Pain 2017; 157:2124-2140. [PMID: 27537210 DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Uncoupling the protein-protein interaction between collapsin response mediator protein 2 (CRMP2) and N-type voltage-gated calcium channel (CaV2.2) with an allosteric CRMP2-derived peptide (CBD3) is antinociceptive in rodent models of inflammatory and neuropathic pain. We investigated the efficacy, duration of action, abuse potential, and neurobehavioral toxicity of an improved mutant CRMP2 peptide. A homopolyarginine (R9)-conjugated CBD3-A6K (R9-CBD3-A6K) peptide inhibited the CaV2.2-CRMP2 interaction in a concentration-dependent fashion and diminished surface expression of CaV2.2 and depolarization-evoked Ca influx in rat dorsal root ganglia neurons. In vitro studies demonstrated suppression of excitability of small-to-medium diameter dorsal root ganglion and inhibition of subtypes of voltage-gated Ca channels. Sprague-Dawley rats with tibial nerve injury had profound and long-lasting tactile allodynia and ongoing pain. Immediate administration of R9-CBD3-A6K produced enhanced dopamine release from the nucleus accumbens shell selectively in injured animals, consistent with relief of ongoing pain. R9-CBD3-A6K, when administered repeatedly into the central nervous system ventricles of naive rats, did not result in a positive conditioned place preference demonstrating a lack of abusive liability. Continuous subcutaneous infusion of R9-CBD3-A6K over a 24- to 72-hour period reversed tactile allodynia and ongoing pain, demonstrating a lack of tolerance over this time course. Importantly, continuous infusion of R9-CBD3-A6K did not affect motor activity, anxiety, depression, or memory and learning. Collectively, these results validate the potential therapeutic significance of targeting the CaV-CRMP2 axis for treatment of neuropathic pain.
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Liu B, Qin F. Use Dependence of Heat Sensitivity of Vanilloid Receptor TRPV2. Biophys J 2016; 110:1523-1537. [PMID: 27074678 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2015] [Revised: 02/24/2016] [Accepted: 03/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Thermal TRP channels mediate temperature transduction and pain sensation. The vanilloid receptor TRPV2 is involved in detection of noxious heat in a subpopulation of high-threshold nociceptors. It also plays a critical role in development of thermal hyperalgesia, but the underlying mechanism remains uncertain. Here we analyze the heat sensitivity of the TRPV2 channel. Heat activation of the channel exhibits strong use dependence. Prior heat activation can profoundly alter its subsequent temperature responsiveness, causing decreases in both temperature activation threshold and slope sensitivity of temperature dependence while accelerating activation time courses. Notably, heat and agonist activations differ in cross use-dependence. Prior heat stimulation can dramatically sensitize agonist responses, but not conversely. Quantitative analyses indicate that the use dependence in heat sensitivity is pertinent to the process of temperature sensing by the channel. The use dependence of TRPV2 reveals that the channel can have a dynamic temperature sensitivity. The temperature sensing structures within the channel have multiple conformations and the temperature activation pathway is separate from the agonist activation pathway. Physiologically, the use dependence of TRPV2 confers nociceptors with a hypersensitivity to heat and thus provides a mechanism for peripheral thermal hyperalgesia.
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- Beiying Liu
- Department of Physiology/Biophysics, State University of New York-Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Physiology/Biophysics, State University of New York-Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.
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Horschitz S, Matthäus F, Groß A, Rosner J, Galach M, Greffrath W, Treede RD, Utikal J, Schloss P, Meyer-Lindenberg A. Impact of preconditioning with retinoic acid during early development on morphological and functional characteristics of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons. Stem Cell Res 2015; 15:30-41. [PMID: 26001168 DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2015.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2014] [Revised: 04/21/2015] [Accepted: 04/30/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) are a suitable tool to study basic molecular and cellular mechanisms of neurodevelopment. The directed differentiation of hiPSCs via the generation of a self-renewable neuronal precursor cell line allows the standardization of defined differentiation protocols. Here, we have investigated whether preconditioning with retinoic acid during early neural induction impacts on morphological and functional characteristics of the neuronal culture after terminal differentiation. For this purpose we have analyzed neuronal and glial cell markers, neuronal outgrowth, soma size, depolarization-induced distal shifts of the axon initial segment as well as glutamate-evoked calcium influx. Retinoic acid preconditioning led to a higher yield of neurons vs. glia cells and longer axons than unconditioned controls. In contrast, glutamatergic activation and depolarization induced structural plasticity were unchanged. Our results show that the treatment of neuroectodermal cells with retinoic acid during early development, i.e. during the neurulation phase, increases the yield of neuronal phenotypes, but does not impact on the functionality of terminally differentiated neuronal cells.
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- Sandra Horschitz
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg/Medical Faculty Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg/Medical Faculty Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg/Medical Faculty Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg/Medical Faculty Mannheim, Germany; Department of Neurophysiology, Center for Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim, University of Heidelberg/Medical Faculty Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- Skin Cancer Unit, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Center Mannheim, University of Heidelberg/Medical Faculty Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Center for Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim, University of Heidelberg/Medical Faculty Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Center for Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim, University of Heidelberg/Medical Faculty Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- Skin Cancer Unit, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Center Mannheim, University of Heidelberg/Medical Faculty Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg/Medical Faculty Mannheim, Germany.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg/Medical Faculty Mannheim, Germany
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Castro-Junior CJ, Milano J, Souza AH, Silva JF, Rigo FK, Dalmolin G, Cordeiro MN, Richardson M, Barros AGA, Gomez RS, Silva MAR, Kushmerick C, Ferreira J, Gomez MV. Phα1β toxin prevents capsaicin-induced nociceptive behavior and mechanical hypersensitivity without acting on TRPV1 channels. Neuropharmacology 2013; 71:237-46. [PMID: 23597507 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2013.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2012] [Revised: 03/22/2013] [Accepted: 04/04/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Phα1β toxin is a peptide purified from the venom of the armed spider Phoneutria nigriventer, with markedly antinociceptive action in models of acute and persistent pain in rats. Similarly to ziconotide, its analgesic action is related to inhibition of high voltage activated calcium channels with more selectivity for N-type. In this study we evaluated the effect of Phα1β when injected peripherally or intrathecally in a rat model of spontaneous pain induced by capsaicin. We also investigated the effect of Phα1β on Ca²⁺ transients in cultured dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons and HEK293 cells expressing the TRPV1 receptor. Intraplantar or intrathecal administered Phα1β reduced both nocifensive behavior and mechanical hypersensitivity induced by capsaicin similarly to that observed with SB366791, a specific TRPV1 antagonist. Peripheral nifedipine and mibefradil did also decrease nociceptive behavior induced by intraplantar capsaicin. In contrast, ω-conotoxin MVIIA (a selective N-type Ca²⁺ channel blocker) was effective only when administered intrathecally. Phα1β, MVIIA and SB366791 inhibited, with similar potency, the capsaicin-induced Ca²⁺ transients in DRG neurons. The simultaneous administration of Phα1β and SB366791 inhibited the capsaicin-induced Ca²⁺ transients that were additive suggesting that they act through different targets. Moreover, Phα1β did not inhibit capsaicin-activated currents in patch-clamp recordings of HEK293 cells that expressed TRPV1 receptors. Our results show that Phα1β may be effective as a therapeutic strategy for pain and this effect is not related to the inhibition of TRPV1 receptors.
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- Celio J Castro-Junior
- Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa da Santa Casa Belo Horizonte, Rua Domingos Vieira 590, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
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Wang W, Wang J, Wang Q, Wu W, Huan F, Xiao H. Bisphenol A Modulates Calcium Currents and Intracellular Calcium Concentration in Rat Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons. J Membr Biol 2013; 246:391-7. [DOI: 10.1007/s00232-013-9545-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2012] [Accepted: 03/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Ju W, Li Q, Allette YM, Ripsch MS, White FA, Khanna R. Suppression of pain-related behavior in two distinct rodent models of peripheral neuropathy by a homopolyarginine-conjugated CRMP2 peptide. J Neurochem 2013; 124:869-79. [PMID: 23106100 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2012] [Revised: 10/16/2012] [Accepted: 10/20/2012] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The N-type voltage-gated calcium channel (CaV2.2) is a clinically endorsed target in chronic pain treatments. As directly targeting the channel can lead to multiple adverse side effects, targeting modulators of CaV2.2 may prove better. We previously identified ST1-104, a short peptide from the collapsin response mediator protein 2 (CRMP2), which disrupted the CaV2.2-CRMP2 interaction and suppressed a model of HIV-related neuropathy induced by anti-retroviral therapy but not traumatic neuropathy. Here, we report ST2-104 -a peptide wherein the cell-penetrating TAT motif has been supplanted with a homopolyarginine motif, which dose-dependently inhibits the CaV2.2-CRMP2 interaction and inhibits depolarization-evoked Ca(2+) influx in sensory neurons. Ca(2+) influx via activation of vanilloid receptors is not affected by either peptide. Systemic administration of ST2-104 does not affect thermal or tactile nociceptive behavioral changes. Importantly, ST2-104 transiently reduces persistent mechanical hypersensitivity induced by systemic administration of the anti-retroviral drug 2',3'-dideoxycytidine (ddC) and following tibial nerve injury (TNI). Possible mechanistic explanations for the broader efficacy of ST2-104 are discussed.
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- Weina Ju
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Paul and Carole Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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Small heat-shock proteins protect from heat-stroke-associated neurodegeneration. Nature 2012; 490:213-8. [PMID: 22972192 DOI: 10.1038/nature11417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2012] [Accepted: 07/16/2012] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Heat stroke is a life-threatening condition, characterized by catastrophic collapse of thermoregulation and extreme hyperthermia. In recent years, intensification of heat waves has caused a surge of heat-stroke fatalities. The mechanisms underlying heat-related pathology are poorly understood. Here we show that heat stroke triggers pervasive necrotic cell death and neurodegeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans. Preconditioning of animals at a mildly elevated temperature strongly protects from heat-induced necrosis. The heat-shock transcription factor HSF-1 and the small heat-shock protein HSP-16.1 mediate cytoprotection by preconditioning. HSP-16.1 localizes to the Golgi, where it functions with the Ca(2+)- and Mn(2+)-transporting ATPase PMR-1 to maintain Ca(2+) homeostasis under heat stroke. Preconditioning also suppresses cell death inflicted by diverse insults, and protects mammalian neurons from heat cytotoxicity. These findings reveal an evolutionarily conserved mechanism that defends against diverse necrotic stimuli, and may be relevant to heat stroke and other pathological conditions involving necrosis in humans.
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Tsagogiorgas C, Wedel J, Hottenrott M, Schneider MO, Binzen U, Greffrath W, Treede RD, Theisinger B, Theisinger S, Waldherr R, Krämer BK, Thiel M, Schnuelle P, Yard BA, Hoeger S. N-octanoyl-dopamine is an agonist at the capsaicin receptor TRPV1 and mitigates ischemia-induced [corrected] acute kidney injury in rat. PLoS One 2012; 7:e43525. [PMID: 22916273 PMCID: PMC3423369 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2012] [Accepted: 07/23/2012] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Since stimulation of transient receptor potential channels of the vanilloid receptor subtype 1 (TRPV1) mitigates acute kidney injury (AKI) and endogenous N-acyl dopamine derivatives are able to activate TRPV1, we tested if synthetic N-octanoyl-dopamine (NOD) activates TRPV1 and if it improves AKI. These properties of NOD and its intrinsic anti-inflammatory character were compared with those of dopamine (DA). TRPV1 activation and anti-inflammatory properties of NOD and DA were tested using primary cell cultures in vitro. The influence of NOD and DA on AKI was tested in a prospective, randomized, controlled animal study with 42 inbred male Lewis rats (LEW, RT1), treated intravenously with equimolar concentrations of DA or NOD one hour before the onset of warm ischemia and immediately before clamp release. NOD, but not DA, activates TRPV1 channels in isolated dorsal root ganglion neurons (DRG) that innervate several tissues including kidney. In TNFα stimulated proximal tubular epithelial cells, inhibition of NFκB and subsequent inhibition of VCAM1 expression by NOD was significantly stronger than by DA. NOD improved renal function compared to DA and saline controls. Histology revealed protective effects of NOD on tubular epithelium at day 5 and a reduced number of monocytes in renal tissue of DA and NOD treated rats. Our data demonstrate that NOD but not DA activates TRPV1 and that NOD has superior anti-inflammatory properties in vitro. Although NOD mitigates deterioration in renal function after AKI, further studies are required to assess to what extend this is causally related to TRPV1 activation and/or desensitization.
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- Charalambos Tsagogiorgas
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.
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Pan Z, Wang Z, Yang H, Zhang F, Reinach PS. TRPV1 activation is required for hypertonicity-stimulated inflammatory cytokine release in human corneal epithelial cells. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2011; 52:485-93. [PMID: 20739465 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To determine whether hypertonic stress promotes increases in inflammatory cytokine release through transient receptor potential vanilloid channel type 1 (TRPV1) signaling pathway activation in human corneal epithelial cells (HCECs). METHODS Hyperosmotic medium was prepared by supplementing isotonic Ringers solution with sucrose. Ca2+ signaling was measured in fura2-AM-loaded HCECs using a single-cell fluorescence imaging system. Western blot analysis evaluated the phosphorylation status of EGFR, ERK, p38 MAPK, and nuclear factor (NF)-κB. ELISA assessed the effect of TRPV1 activation on the release of IL-6 and IL-8. RESULTS A 450 mOsm hypertonic stress elicited 2-fold Ca2+ transients that were suppressed by the TRPV1-selective antagonists capsazepine and JYL 1421. Such transients were enhanced by PGE2. Hypertonicity-induced EGF receptor (EGFR) transactivation was suppressed by preincubating HCECs with capsazepine, matrix metalloproteinase 1 (MMP1) inhibitor TIMP-1, broad-spectrum MMP inhibitor GM 6001, heparin-bound (HB)-EGF inhibitor CRM 197, or EGFR inhibitor AG 1478. ERK and p38 MAPK and NF-κB activation after EGFR transactivation occurred in tonicity and in a time-dependent manner. Hypertonicity-induced increases in IL-6 and IL-8 releases were suppressed by exposure to capsazepine, AG 1478, ERK inhibitor PD 98059, p38 inhibitor SB 203580, or NF-κB inhibitor PDTC. CONCLUSIONS Hypertonic stress-elicited TRPV1 channel stimulation mediates increases in a proinflammatory cytokine IL-6 and a chemoattractant IL-8 by eliciting EGFR transactivation, MAPK, and NF-κB activation. Selective drug modulation of either TRPV1 activity or its signaling mediators may yield a novel approach to suppressing inflammatory responses occurring in dry eye syndrome.
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- Zan Pan
- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Optometry, State University of New York, New York, New York 10065, USA.
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Gonçaves JM, Ferreira J, Prado MAM, Cordeiro MN, Richardson M, do Nascimento Pinheiro AC, Romano Silva MA, de Castro Junior CJ, Souza AH, Gomez MV. The Effect of Spider Toxin PhTx3-4, ω-Conotoxins MVIIA and MVIIC on Glutamate Uptake and on Capsaicin-Induced Glutamate Release and [Ca2+]i in Spinal cord Synaptosomes. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2010; 31:277-83. [DOI: 10.1007/s10571-010-9618-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2010] [Accepted: 10/08/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Kostyuk EP, Kostyuk PG. Peculiarities of Ion Channels and Modulation of Their Functions in Neurons Belonging to the Nociceptive System. NEUROPHYSIOLOGY+ 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s11062-009-9090-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Shirakawa H, Yamaoka T, Sanpei K, Sasaoka H, Nakagawa T, Kaneko S. TRPV1 stimulation triggers apoptotic cell death of rat cortical neurons. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008; 377:1211-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.10.152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2008] [Accepted: 10/25/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Protein kinase A anchoring via AKAP150 is essential for TRPV1 modulation by forskolin and prostaglandin E2 in mouse sensory neurons. J Neurosci 2008; 28:4904-17. [PMID: 18463244 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0233-08.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Phosphorylation-dependent modulation of the vanilloid receptor TRPV1 is one of the key mechanisms mediating the hyperalgesic effects of inflammatory mediators, such as prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)). However, little is known about the molecular organization of the TRPV1 phosphorylation complex and specifically about scaffolding proteins that position the protein kinase A (PKA) holoenzyme proximal to TRPV1 for effective and selective regulation of the receptor. Here, we demonstrate the critical role of the A-kinase anchoring protein AKAP150 in PKA-dependent modulation of TRPV1 function in adult mouse dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. We found that AKAP150 is expressed in approximately 80% of TRPV1-positive DRG neurons and is coimmunoprecipitated with the capsaicin receptor. In functional studies, PKA stimulation with forskolin markedly reduced desensitization of TRPV1. This effect was blocked by the PKA selective inhibitors KT5720 [(9S,10R,12R)-2,3,9,10,11,12-hexahydro-10-hydroxy-9-methyl-1-oxo-9,12-epoxy-1H-diindolo[1,2,3-fg:3',2',1'-kl]pyrrolo[3,4-i][1,6]benzodiazocine-10-carboxylicacid hexyl ester] and H89 (N-[2-(p-bromo-cinnamylamino)-ethyl]-5-isoquinoline-sulfon-amide 2HCl), as well as by the AKAP inhibitory peptide Ht31. Similarly, PGE(2) decreased TRPV1 desensitization in a manner sensitive to the PKA inhibitor KT5720. Both the forskolin and PGE(2) effects were strongly impaired in DRG neurons from knock-in mice that express a mutant AKAP150 lacking the PKA-binding domain (Delta36 mice). Protein kinase C-dependent sensitization of TRPV1 remained intact in Delta36 mice. The PGE(2)/PKA signaling defect in DRG neurons from Delta36 mice was rescued by overexpressing the full-length human ortholog of AKAP150 in these cells. In behavioral testing, PGE(2)-induced thermal hyperalgesia was significantly diminished in Delta36 mice. Together, these data suggest that PKA anchoring by AKAP150 is essential for the enhancement of TRPV1 function by activation of the PGE(2)/PKA signaling pathway.
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Fischbach T, Greffrath W, Nawrath H, Treede RD. Effects of anandamide and noxious heat on intracellular calcium concentration in nociceptive drg neurons of rats. J Neurophysiol 2007; 98:929-38. [PMID: 17581853 DOI: 10.1152/jn.01096.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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As an endogenous agonist at the cannabinoid receptor CB1 and the capsaicin-receptor TRPV1, anandamide may exert both anti- and pronociceptive actions. Therefore we studied the effects of anandamide and other activators of both receptors on changes in free cytosolic calcium ([Ca(2+)](i)) in acutely dissociated small dorsal root ganglion neurons (diameter: < or =30 microm). Anandamide (10 microM) increased [Ca(2+)](i) in 76% of the neurons. The EC(50) was 7.41 microM, the Hill slope was 2.15 +/- 0.43 (mean +/- SE). This increase was blocked by the competitive TRPV1-antagonist capsazepine (10 microM) and in Ca(2+)-free extracellular solution. Neither exclusion of voltage-gated sodium channels nor additional blockade of voltage-gated calcium channels of the L-, N-, and/or T-type, significantly reduced the anandamide-induced [Ca(2+)](i) increase or capsaicin-induced [Ca(2+)](i) transients (0.2 microM). The CB1-agonist HU210 (10 microM) inhibited the anandamide-induced rise in [Ca(2+)](i). Conversely, the CB1-antagonist AM251 (3 microM) induced a leftward shift of the concentration-response relationship by approximately 4 microM (P < 0.001; Hill slope, 2.17 +/- 0.75). Intracellular calcium transients in response to noxious heat (47 degrees C for 10 s) were highly correlated with the anandamide-induced [Ca(2+)](i) increases (r = 0.84, P < 0.001). Heat-induced [Ca(2+)](i) transients were facilitated by preincubation with subthreshold concentrations of anandamide (3 microM), an effect that was further enhanced by 3 microM AM251. Although anandamide acts on both TRPV1 and CB1 receptors in the same nociceptive DRG neurons, its pronociceptive effects dominate. Anandamide triggers an influx of calcium through TRPV1 but no intracellular store depletion. It facilitates the heat responsiveness of TRPV1 in a calcium-independent manner. These effects of anandamide differ from those of the classical exogenous TRPV1-agonist capsaicin and suggest a primarily modulatory mode of action of anandamide.
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- Tilo Fischbach
- Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
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Rau KK, Jiang N, Johnson RD, Cooper BY. Heat sensitization in skin and muscle nociceptors expressing distinct combinations of TRPV1 and TRPV2 protein. J Neurophysiol 2007; 97:2651-62. [PMID: 17287441 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00840.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Recordings were made from small and medium diameter dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons that expressed transient receptor potential (TRP) proteins. Physiologically characterized skin nociceptors expressed either TRPV1 (type 2) or TRPV2 (type 4) in isolation. Other nociceptors co-expressed both TRP proteins and innervated deep tissue sites (gastrocnemius muscle, distal colon; type 5, type 8) and skin (type 8). Subpopulations of myelinated (type 8) and unmyelinated (type 5) nociceptors co-expressed both TRPs. Cells that expressed TRPV1 were excellent transducers of intense heat. Proportional inward currents were obtained from a threshold of approximately 46.5 to approximately 56 degrees C. In contrast, cells expressing TRPV2 alone (52 degrees C threshold) did not reliably transduce the intensity of thermal events. Studies were undertaken to assess the capacity of skin and deep nociceptors to exhibit sensitization to repeated intense thermal stimuli [heat-heat sensitization (HHS)]. Only nociceptors that expressed TRPV2, alone or in combination with TRPV1, exhibited HHS. HHS was shown to be Ca(2+) dependent in either case. Intracellular Ca(2+) dependent pathways to HHS varied with the pattern of TRP protein expression. Cells co-expressing both TRPs modulated heat reactivity through serine/threonine phosphorylation or PLA(2)-dependent pathways. Cells expressing only TRPV2 may have relied on tyrosine kinases for HHS. We conclude that heat sensitization in deep and superficial capsaicin and capsaicin-insensitive C and Adelta nociceptors varies with the distribution of TRPV1 and TRPV2 proteins. The expression pattern of these proteins are specific to subclasses of physiologically identified C and A fiber nociceptors with highly restricted tissue targets.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Capsaicin/analogs & derivatives
- Capsaicin/pharmacology
- Colon/innervation
- Colon/metabolism
- Colon/physiology
- Histocytochemistry
- Hot Temperature
- Male
- Muscle, Skeletal/innervation
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/physiology
- Muscle, Smooth/innervation
- Muscle, Smooth/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth/physiology
- Muscles/innervation
- Muscles/metabolism
- Muscles/physiology
- Nerve Fibers, Myelinated/physiology
- Nerve Fibers, Unmyelinated/physiology
- Neurofilament Proteins/biosynthesis
- Neurons, Afferent/drug effects
- Nociceptors/metabolism
- Nociceptors/physiology
- Patch-Clamp Techniques
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- Skin/innervation
- Skin/metabolism
- TRPV Cation Channels/biosynthesis
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- K K Rau
- Dept. of Oral Surgery and Diagnostic Sciences, Div. of Neuroscience, Box 100416, JHMHC, Univ. of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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White MG, Luca LE, Nonner D, Saleh O, Hu B, Barrett EF, Barrett JN. Cellular mechanisms of neuronal damage from hyperthermia. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2007; 162:347-71. [PMID: 17645927 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(06)62017-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Hyperthermia can cause brain damage and also exacerbate the brain damage produced by stroke and amphetamines. The developing brain is especially sensitive to hyperthermia. The severity of, and mechanisms underlying, hyperthermia-induced neuronal death depend on both temperature and duration of exposure. Severe hyperthermia can produce necrotic neuronal death. For a window of less severe heat stresses, cultured neurons exhibit a delayed death with apoptotic characteristics including cytochrome c release and caspase activation. Little is known about mechanisms of hyperthermia-induced damage upstream of these late apoptotic effects. This chapter considers several possible upstream mechanisms, drawing on both in vivo and in vitro studies of the nervous system and other tissues. Hyperthermia-induced damage in some non-neuronal cells includes endoplasmic reticular stress due to denaturing of nascent polypeptide chains, as well as nuclear and cytoskeletal damage. Evidence is presented that hyperthermia produces mitochondrial damage, including depolarization, in cultured mammalian neurons.
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- Michael G White
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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Firner M, Greffrath W, Treede RD. Phosphorylation of extracellular signal-related protein kinase is required for rapid facilitation of heat-induced currents in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons. Neuroscience 2006; 143:253-63. [PMID: 16973292 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.07.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2005] [Revised: 06/20/2006] [Accepted: 07/23/2006] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A subgroup of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons responds to noxious heat with an influx of cations carried by specific ion channels such as the transient receptor potential channel of the vanilloid receptor type, subtype 1 (TRPV1). Application of capsaicin induces a reversible facilitation of these currents. This facilitation could be an interaction of two agonists at their common receptor or be caused by an influx of calcium ions into the cell. Calcium influx into the cell can activate protein kinases such as the extracellular signal-related protein kinase (ERK) pathway. This study explored the kinetics, calcium-dependency and intracellular signals following application of capsaicin and leading to facilitation of heat-induced currents (Iheat) in rat DRG neurons. Application of 0.5 microM capsaicin caused a 2.65-fold increase of Iheat within 2 s, which was significantly correlated to a small capsaicin-induced current. Intracellular application of 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (BAPTA), a fast calcium chelator, did not change capsaicin-induced currents or Iheat itself, but inhibited facilitation of Iheat by capsaicin. ERK is activated by calcium influx and membrane depolarization via the mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-related protein kinase kinase (MEK). Application of the MEK inhibitor U0126 also inhibited facilitation of Iheat by capsaicin. We conclude that the MEK/ERK cascade is an intracellular signaling pathway playing a vital role in the regulation of nociceptive neurons' sensitivity. The very fast kinetics (less than two seconds) are only explainable with a membrane-attached or at least membrane-near localization of these kinases.
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- M Firner
- Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Saarstrasse 21, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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Hagenacker T, Splettstoesser F, Greffrath W, Treede RD, Büsselberg D. Capsaicin differentially modulates voltage-activated calcium channel currents in dorsal root ganglion neurones of rats. Brain Res 2005; 1062:74-85. [PMID: 16269136 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.09.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2005] [Revised: 09/16/2005] [Accepted: 09/25/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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It is discussed whether capsaicin, an agonist of the pain mediating TRPV1 receptor, decreases or increases voltage-activated calcium channel (VACC) currents (I(Ca(V))). I(Ca(V)) were isolated in cultured dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurones of rats using the whole cell patch clamp method and Ba2+ as charge carrier. In large diameter neurones (>35 micorm), a concentration of 50 microM was needed to reduce I(Ca(V)) (activated by depolarizations to 0 mV) by 80%, while in small diameter neurones (< or =30 microm), the IC50 was 0.36 microM. This effect was concentration dependent with a threshold below 0.025 microM and maximal blockade (>80%) at 5 microM. The current-voltage relation was shifted to the hyperpolarized direction with an increase of the current between -40 and -10 mV and a decrease between 0 and +50 mV. Isolation of L-, N-, and T-type calcium channels resulted in differential effects when 0.1 microM capsaicin was applied. While T-type channel currents were equally reduced over the voltage range, L-type channel currents were additionally shifted to the hyperpolarized direction by 10 to 20 mV. N-type channel currents expressed either a shift (3 cells) or a reduction of the current (4 cells) or both (3 cells). Thus, capsaicin increases I(Ca(V)) at negative and decreases I(Ca(V)) at positive voltages by differentially affecting L-, N-, and T-type calcium channels. These effects of capsaicin on different VACCs in small DRG neurones, which most likely express the TRPV1 receptor, may represent another mechanism of action of the pungent substance capsaicin in addition to opening of TRPV1.
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- Tim Hagenacker
- Institut für Physiologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122 Essen, Germany
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Komai H, McDowell TS. Differential effects of bupivacaine and tetracaine on capsaicin-induced currents in dorsal root ganglion neurons. Neurosci Lett 2005; 380:21-5. [PMID: 15854744 PMCID: PMC2046220 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2004] [Revised: 12/29/2004] [Accepted: 01/05/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Capsaicin opens the TRPV1 channel, a cation channel that depolarizes and activates nociceptive neurons. Following this initial activation, neurons become desensitized to subsequent applications of capsaicin as well as to other noxious stimuli, a phenomenon attributed primarily to the entry of Ca2+ ions through the open TRPV1 channel. This ability of capsaicin to desensitize nociceptors has led to its use as an analgesic in the treatment of a variety of chronic pain states. Because treatment with capsaicin is initially quite painful, local anesthetics are sometimes used to block axonal conduction in nociceptive neurons and thus minimize pain. However, local anesthetics might also block TRPV1 and prevent the Ca2+ entry required for capsaicin-induced desensitization. We have studied the direct effect of local anesthetics on currents induced by capsaicin (1 microM) in acutely isolated rat dorsal root ganglion neurons using the whole cell patch clamp technique. At the highest concentration tested (1 mM), bupivacaine only moderately inhibited the capsaicin-induced current to 55 +/- 27% of control (mean +/- S.D.; n=12, p<0.01). Tetracaine (1 mM), on the other hand, enhanced the capsaicin-induced current to 151 +/- 34% of control (mean +/- S.D.; n=7, p<0.01). These results show that local anesthetics can be used to prevent the initial pain induced by application of capsaicin without abolishing, and perhaps even enhancing, its desensitizing actions.
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- * Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 608 265 3186 (Lab)/1 608 263 8698 (Hospital); fax: +1 608 263 0737 (Lab)/1 608 263 0575 (Hospital). E-mail address: (T.S. McDowell)
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Lu G, Henderson D, Liu L, Reinhart PH, Simon SA. TRPV1b, a functional human vanilloid receptor splice variant. Mol Pharmacol 2005; 67:1119-27. [PMID: 15644492 DOI: 10.1124/mol.104.009852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Transient receptor potential (TRP) genes encode a family of related ion-channel subunits. This family consists of cation-selective, calcium-permeable channels that include a group of vanilloid receptor channels (TRPV) implicated in pain and inflammation. These channels are activated by diverse stimuli, including capsaicin, lipids, membrane deformation, heat, and protons. Six members of the TRPV family have been identified that differ predominantly in their activation properties. However, in neurons, TRPV channels do not account for the observed diversity of responses to activators. By probing human and rat brain cDNA libraries to identify TRPV subunits, we identified a novel human TRPV1 RNA splice variant, TRPV1b, which forms functional ion channels that are activated by temperature (threshold, approximately 47 degrees C), but not by capsaicin or protons. Channels with similar activation properties were found in trigeminal ganglion neurons, suggesting that TRPV1b receptors are expressed in these cells and contribute to thermal nociception.
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- Gang Lu
- Box 3209, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Gunthorpe MJ, Rami HK, Jerman JC, Smart D, Gill CH, Soffin EM, Luis Hannan S, Lappin SC, Egerton J, Smith GD, Worby A, Howett L, Owen D, Nasir S, Davies CH, Thompson M, Wyman PA, Randall AD, Davis JB. Identification and characterisation of SB-366791, a potent and selective vanilloid receptor (VR1/TRPV1) antagonist. Neuropharmacology 2004; 46:133-49. [PMID: 14654105 DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3908(03)00305-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 210] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Vanilloid receptor-1 (TRPV1) is a non-selective cation channel, predominantly expressed by peripheral sensory neurones, which is known to play a key role in the detection of noxious painful stimuli, such as capsaicin, acid and heat. To date, a number of antagonists have been used to study the physiological role of TRPV1; however, antagonists such as capsazepine are somewhat compromised by non-selective actions at other receptors and apparent modality-specific properties. SB-366791 is a novel, potent, and selective, cinnamide TRPV1 antagonist isolated via high-throughput screening of a large chemical library. In a FLIPR-based Ca(2+)-assay, SB-366791 produced a concentration-dependent inhibition of the response to capsaicin with an apparent pK(b) of 7.74 +/- 0.08. Schild analysis indicated a competitive mechanism of action with a pA2 of 7.71. In electrophysiological experiments, SB-366791 was demonstrated to be an effective antagonist of hTRPV1 when activated by different modalities, such as capsaicin, acid or noxious heat (50 degrees C). Unlike capsazepine, SB-366791 was also an effective antagonist vs. the acid-mediated activation of rTRPV1. With the aim of defining a useful tool compound, we also profiled SB-366791 in a wide range of selectivity assays. SB-366791 had a good selectivity profile exhibiting little or no effect in a panel of 47 binding assays (containing a wide range of G-protein-coupled receptors and ion channels) and a number of electrophysiological assays including hippocampal synaptic transmission and action potential firing of locus coeruleus or dorsal raphe neurones. Furthermore, unlike capsazepine, SB-366791 had no effect on either the hyperpolarisation-activated current (I(h)) or Voltage-gated Ca(2+)-channels (VGCC) in cultured rodent sensory neurones. In summary, SB-366791 is a new TRPV1 antagonist with high potency and an improved selectivity profile with respect to other commonly used TRPV1 antagonists. SB-366791 may therefore prove to be a useful tool to further study the biology of TRPV1.
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- M J Gunthorpe
- Neurology and GI-CEDD, New Frontiers Science Park, GlaxoSmithKline, Harlow, Essex, CM19 5AW, UK.
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Hu CP, Li NS, Peng J, Xiao L, Deng HW, Li YJ. Involvement of vanilloid receptors in heat stress-induced delayed protection against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. Neuropeptides 2003; 37:233-8. [PMID: 12906841 DOI: 10.1016/s0143-4179(03)00051-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Sprague-Dawley rats were pretreated with whole body hyperthermia (rectal 42 degrees C) for 15 min, 24 h before the experiments, and then the left main coronary artery of rat hearts was subjected to a 60 min occlusion followed by 3 h reperfusion. Myocardium injury degree was evaluated by measurement of infarct size and serum creatine kinase (CK) activity. Plasma concentrations of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), and the expression of alpha- and beta-CGRP mRNA in dorsal root ganglia were determined by radioimmunoassay and semi-quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction, respectively. Hyperthermia treatment significantly reduced infarct size and CK release concomitantly with a dramatic increase in plasma concentrations of CGRP and the expression of alpha-CGRP mRNA, but not beta-CGRP mRNA, which was completely abolished by pretreatment with capsazepine (38 mg/kg, s.c.), a competitive vanilloid receptor 1 antagonist. These results suggests that vanilloid receptor 1 on capsaicin-sensitive sensory nerves plays an important role in the modulation of the delayed cardioprotection induced by heat stress in rats.
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- C-P Hu
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410078, China
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Prostaglandin and protein kinase A-dependent modulation of vanilloid receptor function by metabotropic glutamate receptor 5: potential mechanism for thermal hyperalgesia. J Neurosci 2002. [PMID: 12196566 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-17-07444.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In addition to its role as a CNS neurotransmitter, glutamate has been shown recently to be an important component of the peripheral inflammation response. We demonstrated previously that the group I metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) mGlu1 and mGlu5 are expressed in the peripheral terminals of sensory neurons and that activation of group I mGluRs in the skin increases thermal sensitivity. In the present study, we provide evidence suggesting that group I mGluRs increase thermal sensitivity by enhancing vanilloid (capsaicin) receptor function. We show that mGlu5 potentiates capsaicin responses in mouse sensory neurons by the phospholipase C pathway but not by activation of protein kinase C. Rather, the effects are mediated by the metabolism of diacylglycerol and the production of prostaglandins via the cyclooxygenase pathway, leading to activation of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase subsequent to prostanoid receptor activation. Behavioral thermal sensitization in mice induced by intraplantar injection of mGlu1/5 agonists was also blocked by inhibitors of protein kinase A and cyclooxygenase, suggesting that a similar signaling pathway operates in vivo. These results demonstrate a novel signaling pathway in sensory neurons and provide a plausible mechanism for the enhancement of thermal sensitivity that occurs with inflammation and after activation of mGluRs on peripheral sensory neuron terminals.
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Greffrath W, Nemenov MI, Schwarz S, Baumgärtner U, Vogel H, Arendt-Nielsen L, Treede RD. Inward currents in primary nociceptive neurons of the rat and pain sensations in humans elicited by infrared diode laser pulses. Pain 2002; 99:145-55. [PMID: 12237192 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3959(02)00071-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Radiant heat is often used to study nociception in vivo. We now used infrared radiation generated by a diode laser stimulator (wavelength 980 nm) to investigate transduction mechanisms for noxious heat stimuli in acutely dissociated dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons of rats in vitro. The laser stimulator offered the unique opportunity to test whether the same stimuli also elicit pain sensations in humans. A specific heat-induced current (I(heat)) was elicited in six of 13 small DRG neurons (diameter < or =30 microm) tested in the whole-cell configuration of the patch-clamp mode. Current responses in the seven heat-insensitive neurons were within the range explainable by the temperature dependence of the recording setup. I(heat) was characterized by: (1) non-linearity of its amplitude during a suprathreshold heat ramp as well as with stimuli of increasing intensity with an estimated threshold of 42 +/- 1 degrees C; (2) fast rise time and even faster decay time (t(1/2) = 96.5 +/- 5.9 and 27.7 +/- 1.5 ms, respectively); and (3) rate dependence of its induction. All three heat-sensitive neurons tested were also sensitive to capsaicin. The mean threshold for the induction of I(heat) was 2.8 +/- 0.3 J mm(-2). The threshold for the induction of action potentials by depolarizing current pulses was significantly reduced after laser stimulation, suggesting a sensitization at the transformation stage. No such change was seen in heat-insensitive neurons that underwent the same heat stimuli. The same diode laser elicited pain sensations and laser-evoked potentials in human subjects. No significant differences were seen between the pain thresholds in hairy and in glabrous skin, probably due to the deep penetration of this laser radiation. The mean pain threshold for stimuli > or =200 ms in humans was 2.5 +/- 0.2 J mm(-2) (n = 11), and did not differ from the thresholds for the induction of I(heat) in vitro. Our results indicate that I(heat) in primary sensory neurons can be activated by infrared laser pulses that are painful in humans.
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- Wolfgang Greffrath
- Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Saarstrasse 21, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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Himmel HM, Kiss T, Borvendeg SJ, Gillen C, Illes P. The arginine-rich hexapeptide R4W2 is a stereoselective antagonist at the vanilloid receptor 1: a Ca2+ imaging study in adult rat dorsal root ganglion neurons. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2002; 301:981-6. [PMID: 12023528 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.301.3.981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Vanilloid receptors (VR) integrate various painful stimuli, e.g., noxious heat, acidic pH, capsaicin, and resiniferatoxin (RTX). Although VR antagonists may be useful analgesics, the available agents capsazepine and ruthenium red lack the necessary potency and selectivity. Recently, submicromolar concentrations of the arginine-rich hexapeptide RRRRWW-NH(2) (R(4)W(2)) blocked VR-mediated ionic currents in a Xenopus expression system in a noncompetitive and nonstereoselective manner. Here, VR-antagonistic effects of L-R(4)W(2) and D-R(4)W(2), hexapeptides consisting entirely of L- and D-amino acids, were characterized in native adult rat dorsal root ganglion neurons using [Ca(2+)](i) imaging (Fura-2/acetoxymethyl ester). Fura-2 fluorescence ratio (R) was increased by RTX and capsaicin by 0.473 +/- 0.098 unit above basal levels of 0.903 +/- 0.011 (R(max), 2.289 +/- 0.031; R(min), 0.657 +/- 0.007) in a concentration-dependent manner (log EC(50): RTX, -10.04 +/- 0.05, n = 10; capsaicin, -6.60 +/- 0.10, n = 11). Agonist concentration-response curves were shifted to the right by L- and D-R(4)W(2) (0.1, 1, and 10 microM each) and by capsazepine (3, 10, 30, and 100 microM), whereas their maximal effects and slopes remained unaffected, indicating competitive antagonism. Schild analysis for L-R(4)W(2) yielded apparent dissociation constants of 4.0 nM (RTX) and 3.7 nM (capsaicin), and slopes smaller than unity (RTX, 0.38; capsaicin, 0.42). Apparent dissociation constants and slopes for D-R(4)W(2) and capsaicin were 153 nM and 0.67 versus 4.1 microM and 1.19 for capsazepine and capsaicin. Thus, VR-mediated effects in native dorsal root ganglion neurons were antagonized by L-R(4)W(2) > D-R(4)W(2) > capsazepine (order of potency). In conclusion, the R(4)W(2) hexapeptide is a potent, stereospecific, and (probably) competitive VR antagonist, although an allosteric interaction cannot be completely ruled out.
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- Herbert M Himmel
- Rudolf-Boehm-Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
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Greffrath W, Kirschstein T, Nawrath H, Treede RD. Acetylsalicylic acid reduces heat responses in rat nociceptive primary sensory neurons--evidence for a new mechanism of action. Neurosci Lett 2002; 320:61-4. [PMID: 11849764 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(02)00033-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) is thought to exert its peripheral analgesic effects via inhibition of cyclooxygenase. We now studied the effects of ASA on heat responses in primary nociceptive neurons by whole-cell patch-clamp and calcium microfluorimetry experiments. Heat-evoked inward currents in acutely dissociated rat dorsal root ganglion neurons were significantly reduced by ASA in a dose-dependent and reversible manner (IC(50) 375 nM, Hill slope -2.2, maximum effect 55%). Heat-evoked calcium transients (measured with FURA-2) were reversibly reduced by 53+/-14% (P<0.05) by co-application of 1 microM ASA. The low IC(50) value, the rapid occurrence, and the reversibility of the observed effects make it unlikely that inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis is involved in the inhibition of nociceptive heat responses by ASA, and suggest a more direct effect on heat transduction mechanisms.
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- Wolfgang Greffrath
- Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Saarstrasse 21, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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Shu X, Mendell LM. Acute sensitization by NGF of the response of small-diameter sensory neurons to capsaicin. J Neurophysiol 2001; 86:2931-8. [PMID: 11731549 DOI: 10.1152/jn.2001.86.6.2931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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We investigated acute sensitization by nerve growth factor (NGF) of the response of small-diameter (<30 microm) dissociated dorsal root ganglion (DRG) cells to brief repeated puffs of capsaicin as a model for thermal hyperalgesia induced by NGF. We have previously shown that placing NGF in the bath after an initial puff of capsaicin can completely overcome the tachyphylaxis normally observed in response to a second puff 10 min later, and this response is often substantially larger than the first. If tachyphylaxis is abolished by carrying out the experiment in Ca2+-free solution, NGF still elicits potentiation of the second puff. However, the amount of potentiation is considerably less than that observed when tachyphylaxis also takes place. Thus it is concluded that NGF has two effects: overcoming tachyphylaxis and potentiation. With three puffs of capsaicin separated by 10 min, we have found that the potentiation established after 10 min exposure to NGF is no longer evident 10 min after removal of NGF. In Ca2+-free solution the potentiation can last up to 1 h after removal of NGF. These results suggest that the initial behavioral sensitization elicited by NGF could result from a direct effect on the sensory neuron but that its later components most likely involve other mechanisms. We have also investigated the contribution of various second-messenger pathways in these actions of NGF by treating the cells with blockers of MAP kinase (PD98059), protein kinase A (PKA; PKAI14-22, H89), and PKC (Bisindolylmaleimide I). Surprisingly, PD98059, which previously has been shown to diminish the enhancement of capsaicin responses of dissociated neurons when exposed to NGF for several days, had no effect on the acute response to NGF; nor did the PKC inhibitor. However, PKA inhibitors reduced the capsaicin response of the cells to NGF (as determined from the NGF effect on tachyphylaxis). Consistent with these findings we confirmed that forskolin, a PKA activator, enhances the effect of NGF on the capsaicin response. The percentage of small cells sensitized by NGF under these conditions, as determined by its ability to reduce tachyphylaxis, was 64%. This suggests that about two-thirds of DRG cells <30 microm and sensitive to capsaicin express a functional trkA receptor.
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- X Shu
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794-5230, USA
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